When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...

Paul Henning, the man who created The Beverly Hillbillies, was a certified “genius” — at least according to Irene Ryan, the actress who played Granny. Ryan must have believed her casting was genius as ...

FARMVILLE — It’s been more than half a century since folks could “come and listen to a story about a man named Jed” — except in reruns. Television audiences said goodbye to Jed and all his kin back in ...