


Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

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36 episodes • 1962Avg: 5.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Clampetts Strike Oil | Sep 26, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Getting Settled | Oct 3, 1962 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin | Oct 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Clampetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale | Oct 17, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Jed Buys Stock | Oct 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Trick or Treat | Oct 31, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Servants | Nov 7, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jethro Goes to School | Nov 14, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Elly's First Date | Nov 21, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Pygmalion and Elly | Nov 28, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Elly Races Jethrine | Dec 5, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Great Feud | Dec 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Home for Christmas | Dec 19, 1962 | 7.0 |
| 14 | No Place Like Home | Dec 26, 1962 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Jed Rescues Pearl | Jan 2, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Back to Californy | Jan 9, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Jed's Dilemma | Jan 16, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jed Saves Drysdale's Marriage | Jan 23, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Elly's Animals | Jan 30, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Jed Throws a Wingding | Feb 6, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Jed Plays Solomon | Feb 13, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Duke Steals a Wife | Feb 20, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Jed Buys the Freeway | Feb 27, 1963 | 4.0 |
| 24 | Jed Becomes a Banker | Mar 6, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Family Tree | Mar 13, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jed Cuts the Family Tree | Mar 20, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Granny's Spring Tonic | Mar 27, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Jed Pays His Income Tax | Apr 3, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Clampetts and the Dodgers | Apr 10, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Duke Becomes a Father | Apr 17, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Clampetts Entertain | Apr 24, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Clampetts in Court | May 1, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 33 | The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed | May 8, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 34 | The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted | May 15, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Elly Becomes a Secretary | May 22, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Jethro's Friend | May 29, 1963 | 0.0 |

36 episodes • 1963Avg: 1.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jed Gets the Misery | Sep 25, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Hair-Raising Holiday | Oct 2, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Granny's Garden | Oct 9, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Elly Starts to School | Oct 16, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Clampett Look | Oct 23, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jethro's First Love | Oct 30, 1963 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Chickadee Returns | Nov 6, 1963 | 1.0 |
| 8 | The Clampetts Are Overdrawn | Nov 13, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Clampetts Go Hollywood | Nov 20, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Turkey Day | Nov 27, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Garden Party | Dec 4, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Elly Needs a Maw | Dec 11, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Clampetts Get Culture | Dec 18, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Christmas at the Clampetts | Dec 25, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 15 | A Man for Elly | Jan 1, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Giant Jackrabbit | Jan 8, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Girl from Home | Jan 15, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Lafe Lingers On | Jan 22, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Race for Queen | Feb 5, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Lafe Returns | Feb 12, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Son of Lafe Returns | Feb 19, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Clampetts Go Fishing | Feb 26, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Critter Doctor | Mar 11, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 24 | A Bride for Jed | Mar 18, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Granny Versus the Weather Bureau | Mar 25, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Another Neighbor | Apr 1, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Bank Raising | Apr 8, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Great Crawdad Hunt | Apr 15, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Dress Shop | Apr 22, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The House of Granny | Apr 29, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Continental Touch | May 6, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Jed, Incorporated | May 13, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Granny Learns to Drive | May 20, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Cabin in Beverly Hills | May 27, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Jed Foils a Home Wrecker | Jun 3, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Jethro's Graduation | Jun 10, 1964 | 0.0 |

34 episodes • 1964
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jed Becomes a Movie Mogul | Sep 23, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Clampett City | Sep 30, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Clampett City General Store | Oct 7, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Oct 14, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Doctor Jed Clampett | Oct 21, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jed the Heartbreaker | Oct 28, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Back to Marineland | Nov 4, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Teenage Idol | Nov 11, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Widow Poke Arrives | Nov 18, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Ballet | Nov 25, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Boarder | Dec 9, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Boarder Stays | Dec 16, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Start the New Year Right | Dec 30, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Clampett General Hospital | Jan 6, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Movie Starlet | Jan 13, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Elly in the Movies | Jan 20, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Dash Riprock, You Cad | Jan 27, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Clampett A-Go-Go | Feb 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Granny's Romance | Feb 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Jed's Temptation | Feb 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Double Naught Jethro | Mar 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Clampett's Millions | Mar 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Drysdale's Dog Days | Mar 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Brewster's Honeymoon | Mar 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Flatt, Clampett, and Scruggs | Mar 31, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jed and the Countess | Apr 14, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Big Daddy, Jed | Apr 21, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Cool School is Out | Apr 28, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Big Bank Battle | May 5, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Clampetts vs. Automation | May 12, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Luke's Boy | May 26, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Brewsters Return | Jun 2, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Jed, the Bachelor | Jun 9, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 34 | The Art Center | Jun 16, 1965 | 0.0 |

32 episodes • 1965
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral Jed Clampett | Sep 15, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 2 | That Old Black Magic | Sep 22, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Sheik | Sep 29, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Private Eye | Oct 6, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Possum Day | Oct 13, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Possum Parade | Oct 20, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Clampetts Play the Rams | Oct 27, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Courtship of Elly | Nov 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 9 | A Real Nice Neighbor | Nov 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Poor Farmer | Nov 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hoe Down a-Go-Go | Nov 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mrs. Drysdale's Father | Dec 1, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mr. Farquhar Stays On | Dec 8, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Military School | Dec 15, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Common Cold | Dec 29, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Richest Woman | Jan 5, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Trotting Horse | Jan 12, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Buggy | Jan 19, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Cat Burglar | Jan 26, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Big Chicken | Feb 2, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sonny Drysdale Returns | Feb 9, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Brewster's Baby | Feb 16, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Great Jethro | Feb 23, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Old Folks Home | Mar 2, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Flatt and Scruggs Return | Mar 16, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Folk Singers | Mar 23, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Beautiful Maid | Mar 30, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Jethro's Pad | Apr 6, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Bird Watchers | Apr 13, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Jethro Gets Engaged | Apr 20, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher | Apr 27, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Jethro Goes to College | May 18, 1966 | 0.0 |

30 episodes • 1966
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Party Line | Sep 14, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Soup Contest | Sep 21, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Jethro Takes Love Lessons | Sep 28, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Badger Game | Oct 5, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Badgers Return | Oct 12, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Gorilla | Oct 19, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Come Back, Little Herbie | Oct 26, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jed in Politics | Nov 2, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Clampett Cha Cha Cha | Nov 9, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jed Joins the Board | Nov 16, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Granny Lives It Up | Nov 23, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Gloria Swanson Story | Nov 30, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Woodchucks | Dec 7, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Foggy Mountain Soap | Dec 14, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Christmas Present | Dec 21, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Flying Saucer | Dec 28, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Mayor of Bug Tussle | Jan 4, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Granny Retires | Jan 11, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Clampett Curse | Jan 18, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Indians Are Coming | Feb 1, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Marriage Machine | Feb 8, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Elly Comes Out | Feb 15, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Matador | Feb 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Gypsy's Warning | Mar 1, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 25 | His Royal Highness | Mar 8, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Super Hawg | Mar 15, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Doctors | Mar 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Delovely and Scruggs | Mar 29, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Little Monster | Apr 12, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Dahlia Feud | Apr 19, 1967 | 0.0 |

30 episodes • 1967
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jed Inherits a Castle | Sep 6, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Clampetts in London | Sep 13, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Clampett Castle | Sep 20, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Robin Hood of Griffith Park | Sep 27, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Robin Hood and the Sheriff | Oct 4, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Greetings From the President | Oct 11, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Army Game | Oct 18, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mr. Universe Muscles In | Oct 25, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 9 | A Plot for Granny | Nov 1, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Social Climbers | Nov 8, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Jethro's Military Career | Nov 15, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Reserve Program | Nov 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The South Rises Again | Nov 29, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Jethro in the Reserve | Dec 6, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Cimarron Drip | Dec 13, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Corn Pone Picassos | Dec 20, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Clampetts Play Cupid | Dec 27, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Housekeeper | Jan 3, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Diner | Jan 10, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Topless Anyone? | Jan 17, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Great Snow | Jan 24, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Rass'lin' Clampetts | Jan 31, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Great Tag-Team Match | Feb 7, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Jethro Proposes | Feb 21, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Clampetts Fiddle Around | Feb 28, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Soap Opera | Mar 6, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Dog Days | Mar 13, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Crystal Gazers | Mar 20, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 29 | From Rags to Riches | Mar 27, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Cousin Roy | Apr 3, 1968 | 0.0 |

26 episodes • 1968Avg: 5.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Bundle for Britain | Sep 25, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Something for the Queen | Oct 2, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 3 | War of the Roses | Oct 9, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Coming Through the Rye | Oct 16, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Ghost of Clampett Castle | Oct 23, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Granny Goes to Hooterville | Oct 30, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Italian Cook | Nov 6, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Great Cook-Off | Nov 13, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bonnie, Flatt, and Scruggs | Nov 20, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Thanksgiving Spirit | Nov 27, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Courtship of Homer Noodleman | Dec 4, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Hot-Rod Truck | Dec 11, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Week Before Christmas | Dec 18, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Christmas in Hooterville | Dec 25, 1968 | 5.0 |
| 15 | Drysdale and Friend | Jan 1, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Problem Bear | Jan 8, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Jethro the Flesh Peddler | Jan 22, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cousin Roy in Movieland | Jan 29, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jed Clampett Enterprises | Feb 5, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Phantom Fifth Floor | Feb 12, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Hired Gun | Feb 19, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Happy Bank | Feb 26, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sam Drucker's Visit | Mar 5, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Guru | Mar 12, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Jogging Clampetts | Mar 19, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Collard Greens an' Fatback | Mar 26, 1969 | 0.0 |

26 episodes • 1969
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to the Hills | Sep 24, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Hills of Home | Oct 1, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Silver Dollar City Fair | Oct 8, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Jane Finds Elly a Man | Oct 15, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Wedding Plans | Oct 22, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jed Buys Central Park | Oct 29, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Clampetts in New York | Nov 5, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Manhattan Hillbillies | Nov 12, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Home Again | Nov 19, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Shorty Kellems Moves West | Nov 26, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Midnight Shorty | Dec 3, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shorty Go Home | Dec 10, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Hero | Dec 17, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Our Hero the Banker | Dec 24, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Buzz Bodine, Boy General | Dec 31, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Clampett-Hewes Empire | Jan 7, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 17 | What Happened to Shorty? | Jan 14, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Marry Me, Shorty | Jan 21, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Shorty Spits the Hook | Jan 28, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Three-Day Reprieve | Feb 4, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Wedding | Feb 11, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Annul That Marriage | Feb 18, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Hotel for Women | Feb 25, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Simon Legree Drysdale | Mar 4, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Honest John Returns | Mar 11, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Honesty is the Best Policy | Mar 18, 1970 | 0.0 |

24 episodes • 1970
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pollution Solution | Sep 15, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Clampetts in Washington | Sep 22, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Jed Buys the Capitol | Sep 29, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mark Templeton Arrives | Oct 6, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Don't Marry a Frogman | Oct 13, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Doctor, Cure My Frog | Oct 27, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Do You Elly Take This Frog? | Nov 10, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Frog Family | Nov 17, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Farm in the Ocean | Nov 24, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Shorty to the Rescue | Dec 1, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Welcome to the Family | Dec 8, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Great Revelation | Dec 15, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Grunion Invasion | Jan 5, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Girls from Grun | Jan 12, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Grun Incident | Jan 19, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Women's Lib | Jan 26, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Teahouse of Jed Clampett | Feb 2, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Palace of Clampett San | Feb 9, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Lib and Let Lib | Feb 16, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Elly, the Working Girl | Feb 23, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Elly, the Secretary | Mar 2, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Love Finds Jane Hathaway | Mar 9, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Clampetts Meet Robert Audubon Getty Crockett | Mar 16, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Jethro Returns | Mar 23, 1971 | 0.0 |