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Green Acres | |
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Created by | Jay Sommers |
Written by | Jay Sommers Dick Chevillat |
Directed by | Richard L. Bare |
Starring | Eddie Albert Eva Gabor Pat Buttram Tom Lester Frank Cady Hank Patterson Barbara Pepper Fran Ryan Alvy Moore |
Theme music composer | Vic Mizzy |
Composer | Vic Mizzy |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 170 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Paul Henning |
Producer | Jay Sommers |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | Filmways |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 15, 1965 April 27, 1971 | –
Related | |
The Beverly Hillbillies Petticoat Junction | |
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Green Acres is an American television absurdist sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965, to April 27, 1971.
Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available on DVD and VHS releases. A reunion movie aired in 1990.
In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold Is Born" was ranked No. 59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time.[1]