Green Acres - Season 1 - Eps 1: Oliver Buys A Farm
New York lawyer Oliver Douglas quits his job at the law firm of Felton, O'Connell, Clay, Blakely, Harmon, Dillion & Pasteur and buys a farm in Hooterville, sight unseen. The locals are astounded that Haney had managed to unload the place on someone and try to talk him out of it. Laying her eyes on the dilapidated farmhouse for the first time, Lisa bursts into tears.
About Green Acres
Title: Green Acres
First Air Date: 1965-09-15
Last Air Date: 1971-04-27
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 65 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 170
Network: CBS
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Filmways Television, Orion Television, MGM Television, Filmways Pictures
Synopsis
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural 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 in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Cast
Eddie Albert
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eva Gabor
Lisa Douglas
