The Beverly Hillbillies is a show that lost the opportunity to appear on television.
Mammoth Studios is the generic name used for fictional movie studios in movies , television , books and comic books . Mammoth Pictures Studios has appeared in movies such as Bombshell ( 1933 ) , Abbott and Costello in Hollywood ( 1945 ) , and Merton of the Movies ( 1947 ) , as well as the television series The Beverly Hillbillies ( from 1964-1971 ) . The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS for nine seasons , from September 26 , 1962 , to March 23 , 1971 . The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 most-watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons , twice ranking as the number one series of the year , with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes in history . The series remains in syndication on MeTV , and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film remake by 20th Century Fox .