As of July 2026, Petticoat Junction Season 1 aired in 1963 with 38 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Petticoat Junction Season 1

1963 38 Episodes Comedy · Family ⭐ 6/10

Right now you can watch Petticoat Junction Season 1 on and — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 41 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Smiley Burnette sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Petticoat Junction Season 1 earns its spot. Petticoat Junction Season 1 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 1 of Petticoat Junction includes 38 episodes. It aired from September 1963 to June 1964. This season stars Smiley Burnette, Bea Benaderet and Edgar Buchanan. Smiley Burnette and Bea Benaderet lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1963. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Petticoat Junction Season 1 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Petticoat Junction Season 1 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Smiley Burnette sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.

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🎬 Petticoat Junction Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Spur Line to Shady Rest
1963-09-24
Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn't connect with the main line. The branch line carries the "Cannonball" train, and is vital to the Shady Rest Hotel, run by K...
E2
Quick, Hide the Railroad
1963-10-01
Kate uses a combination of charm, subterfuge, and wiles to prevent Homer Bedloe from catching the Hooterville Cannonball and getting to Pixley in order to initiate proceedings that would permanently terminate the train's operation. She has to keep him at the Shady Rest long enough to convince him th...
E3
The President Who Came to Dinner
1963-10-08
C&F W Railroad President Norman P. Curtis is incensed that ace troubleshooter Homer Bedloe utterly failed to scrap the Hooterville Cannonball. Taking matters into his own hands, he decides to do it himself, incognito. Although Curtis doesn't intend on appearing as such, he comes across to Kate and o...
E4
Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
1963-10-15
Norman Curtis, who has fallen in love with life at the Shady Rest, is still staying there for free without Kate yet knowing his true identity. He accidentally breaks the throttle handle of the Hooterville Cannonball and folks can't get to Kate's annual Shady Rest Jamboree. Norman decides to come cle...
E5
The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
1963-10-22
Floyd Smoot, the conductor, is courting a woman through the mail. But, when she ends it after receiving a photo of him, he loses all confidence. Kate tries to help him think all the women from Hooterville and the surrounding area have eyes for him, but instead he gets the idea that Kate has been sec...
E6
Please Buy My Violets
1963-10-29
Uncle Joe spends Kate's money to buy cases of lousy smelling men and women's cologne to make a fast buck reselling it. The money was intended to put screens in the hotel that will keep mosquitoes from chasing away paying guests. Kate figures out a way to sell all the cologne to salesmen Mr. Blake an...
E7
The Ringer
1963-11-05
Betty Jo enters the annual Shady Rest Horseshoe Tournament and becomes the first female contestant in the tournament's history. But she experiences conflicting emotions when she finds herself with an opportunity to defeat the legendary Pixley Fats. After a talk with Kate, Betty Jo decides that winni...
E8
Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
1963-11-12
When Billie Jo has to come up with a fourth for her double date with Junior Hocker and Junior's visiting friend Roger Budd, Kate suggests Bobbie Jo to her. Billie Jo doesn't think Bobbie Jo would be a good fit as she knows all the boys see Bobbie Jo as a book worm instead of a fun girl. Convincing B...
E9
The Little Train Robbery
1963-11-19
Two young men, Arthur Gilroy and Lowell Rightmeyer, are on their way to rob the bank in Pixley. They change their plans when they learn that the next day, the Cannonball, without any armed guards, will make its run from Hooterville to Pixley for the bank shipment. Arthur and Lowell decide to stay th...
E10
Bedloe Strikes Again
1963-11-26
The Cannonball and its primary passenger, Uncle Joe, are pelted with eggs after the Hooterville Hornets, coached by Uncle Joe, are drubbed in what may be their worst game ever. Another unexpected passenger on that run is Homer Bedloe, who is surprisingly cordial and pleasant. Uncle Joe doesn't see a...
E11
Uncle Joe's Replacement
1963-12-03
Kate and the girls go to Drucker's store to pick up the pocket watch they ordered for Uncle Joe's birthday present. While there Kate, in an effort to boost Herby's confidence, inadvertently offers him a job as Assistant Manager at the hotel. Now Kate doesn't have the heart not to give him the job, s...
E12
Honeymoon Hotel
1963-12-10
Uncle Joe has come up with another scheme to attract guests to the hotel: advertise it as a wedding/honeymoon destination. Uncle Joe manages to get Sam, the county judge, to swear him in as temporary Justice of the Peace before Sam goes away on a hunting vacation at Lost Lake. All Uncle Joe has to d...
E13
A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
1963-12-17
A brochure made by Uncle Joe describing the incomparable Shady Rest Hotel of the future is accidentally mailed to The Centerville Sun Express travel columnist Gladys Stroud. In the brochure was the vision of what he hoped the hotel would one day be, including indoor ice rink, bowling alley, and swim...
E14
Cannonball Christmas
1963-12-24
The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for its annual Christmas Eve trip of caroling, gift-giving and merriment around the valley. But, Homer Bedloe is determined to be a Scrooge and take possession of the train on Christmas Eve. Railroad President Norman C...
E15
Herbie Gets Drafted
1963-12-31
Herby is depressed when he gets drafted, so the girls cheer him up by suggesting he could be an astronaut. Uncle Joe hears this and decides he needs to promote Herby's future political career to the whole town. When Herby gets a discharge for minor medical problems, Kate finds a way for him to save ...
E16
Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
1964-01-07
Bobbie Jo brings home Alan Landman, a mad-at-the-world young poet and slacker who has won her heart. Despite Bobbie Jo liking him in every respect, he dismisses her way of life. Bobbie Jo wants to prove him wrong, while deep down she wants to find out for herself if Alan is really right about how me...
E17
My Daughter the Doctor
1964-01-14
Billie Jo receives a $500 insurance endowment, which her late father set aside for his first-born to become a doctor. But Billie Jo wants to go to Hollywood to become an actress. Kate thinks that Hooterville's long time doctor, Dr. Depew, can talk Billie Jo into it. But Kate's thinks that Dr. Depew'...
E18
Hooterville vs. Hollywood
1964-01-21
Billie Jo is still determined to use the $500 from her father to go to Hollywood to become a movie star. It doesn't help that Uncle Joe, who wants to go with her, is fueling her dream. Kate talks with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood, but he advises a...
E19
Visit From a Big Star
1964-01-28
Uncle Joe has made a deal with Lucy Wayne, the secretary of movie star Lane Haggard, for them to stay for two weeks at the Shady Rest. Incognito as Mr. Jones, Haggard, according to Miss Wayne, needs to get some rest and relaxation away from prying public eyes. But upon their arrival, Miss Wayne beli...
E20
Last Chance Farm
1964-02-04
Business is bad at the Shady Rest and Kate needs to make a $200 bank loan payment. Uncle Joe meets Henrietta Boswell and Gertrude Hawley, who are lost and looking for Madame Bovary's Hideaway Reducing Farm. He convinces them that the Shady Rest is the most exclusive reducing farm and charges them $2...

🎭 Cast of Petticoat Junction Season 1

Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Charley Pratt
Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet
Kate Bradley
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan
Uncle Joe Carson
Jeannine Riley
Jeannine Riley
Billie Jo Bradley
Pat Woodell
Pat Woodell
Bobbie Jo Bradley
Frank Cady
Frank Cady
Sam Drucker
Rufe Davis
Rufe Davis
Floyd Smoot
Linda Henning
Linda Henning
Betty Jo Bradley

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