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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Vinton Hayworth, Sam Edwards, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, J. Pat O'Malley
Episode 2
Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Barbara Pepper, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 3
An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Hank Patterson, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 4
Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Hank Patterson, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Kay E. Kuter, Hal Smith, Stephen Coit
Episode 5
Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Robert Foulk, Kay E. Kuter, Dave Willock
Episode 6
Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Frank Cady, Robert Foulk, Kay E. Kuter
Episode 7
Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, June Foray
Episode 8
Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 9
Oliver stops paying storage rates for an item that neither he nor Lisa can remember owning, and the unknown item is shipped to the farm.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Nora Denney, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 10
Lisa tells another war story - this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and how their romance began.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Murray Alper, George N. Neise, Louis Mercier, John Alderson, Gordon Jump
Episode 11
The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Shirley Mitchell, Hank Patterson, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Ted de Corsia
Episode 12
Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 13
When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm.
Directed by Richard L. BareGuest stars Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 14
Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Sid Melton, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 15
Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Vinton Hayworth, Eleanor Audley, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Percy Helton
Episode 16
The Douglas' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Kay E. Kuter, Maggie Peterson
Episode 17
Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost $300.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars John Harmon, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Bob Hastings, Tom D'Andrea, John Harmon, Damian O'Flynn
Episode 18
A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Kerry MacLane, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 19
Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Barbara Pepper, Hank Patterson, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 20
Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Henry Corden, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Harry Harvey, Bill Zuckert
Episode 21
As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Kay E. Kuter, John Hubbard, Damian O'Flynn, Dennis Fimple
Episode 22
Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Robert Foulk, Kay E. Kuter
Episode 23
Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 24
Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Kay E. Kuter, J. Pat O'Malley
Episode 25
Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Louis Quinn, Shirley Mitchell
Episode 26
A fellow Hungarian, Lazlo Broslav, visits Lisa and becomes an unwanted house guest. It is revealed that Lazlo once saved the life of Lisa's uncle, and now her family must repay the debt.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 27
Oliver decides that all Hooterville farmers should plant rutabagas as their primary cash crop, and initiates a publicity campaign to make America more "rutabaga conscious."
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady, Robert Foulk, Kay E. Kuter, Foster Brooks
Episode 28
When an expectant mother goes into labor, Oliver takes her to the hospital, and Lisa takes her seven other children to live with the Douglases until she recovers.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Gary Dubin, Pamelyn Ferdin, Shirley Mitchell, Craig Huxley
Episode 29
Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater. Lisa arranges for an old friend to give him a chance in show business.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Patience Cleveland, Oscar Beregi Jr., Tom Lester, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, Frank Cady
Episode 30
Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Jay SommersGuest stars Patience Cleveland, Peter Leeds, Oscar Beregi Jr.
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Eddie AlbertOliver Wendell Douglas
Eva GaborLisa Douglas
Victoria Paige Meyerink
William SylvesterDr. Hoffman
Rick Lenz
Sid Melton
Frank CadySam Drucker
Vinton Hayworth
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