One of the most durable television sitcoms and one of the most successful of the popular rural comedies at CBS during the 1960s, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-71) has withstood critical disdain and become a favorite with viewers in reruns. The Beverly...

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television series about a hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California after finding oil on their Bug Tussle land. A Filmways production, the series aired on CBS from September 26, 1962, - May 23,...

Vilma Ebsen, who danced in the film "Broadway Melody of 1936" with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. She was 96.Vilma Ebsen, a dance instructor and co-owner of the old Ebsen School of Dancing in Pacific Palisades,...

Earl Scruggs and the late Lester Flatt are now members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.Flatt & Scruggs teamed as a bluegrass act in the 1940s. They recorded the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show in 1962, and their instrumental "Foggy Mountain...

Officials in the four states where Mitt Romney has lived say the Republican presidential contender, who calls himself a lifelong hunter, never took out a license.Romney says that is because he seldom has hunted where he needed one.Questions about his hunting activities trailed Romney this...

Hank Williams Jr. and bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs will be among this year's five new inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the hall announced Monday.The two acts, along with country tunesmiths Bob DiPiero and Mac McAnally and gospel singer Dottie Rambo, will...