As of July 2026, Petticoat Junction Season 3 aired in 1965 with 34 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Petticoat Junction Season 3

1965 34 Episodes Comedy · Family ⭐ 6/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Petticoat Junction Season 3 is available on and right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Smiley Burnette sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Petticoat Junction Season 3 keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in Petticoat Junction Season 3 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 3 of Petticoat Junction includes 34 episodes. It aired from September 1965 to May 1966. This season stars Smiley Burnette, Lori Saunders and Bea Benaderet. Smiley Burnette and Lori Saunders lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1965. What keeps Petticoat Junction Season 3 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Petticoat Junction Season 3 is a strong candidate. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Smiley Burnette is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

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🎬 Petticoat Junction Season 3 — Episode Guide

E1
Dear Minerva
1965-09-14
Sam has added an advice column called Dear Minerva to the newspaper, and Sam is Minerva. Kate thinks that the column should be written by a woman. Sam convinces Kate to be Minerva as long as no one knows it's her. Kate has a hard time writing the column in the hotel without anyone finding out. The c...
E2
The Baffling Raffle
1965-09-21
Oliver Wendell Douglas and Lisa Douglas are staying overnight at the hotel. They are moving into their newly purchased farmhouse, the run down Haney place. When Joe finds out that Oliver is a lawyer, he wants to ask him how to get out of jury duty. Oliver inadvertently gives Joe an idea and Joe gets...
E3
The Dog Turns Playboy
1965-09-28
Betty Jo and Bobbie Jo and a group of friends are trying to plan a fund-raising stage production to buy some playground equipment for the kids. Because of casting problems, Betty Jo comes up with an idea: rewrite the play for an all canine cast with Dog in the lead. Lawyer Arthur Bronson arrives at ...
E4
The Good Luck Ring
1965-10-05
Bobbie Jo is entering an upcoming spelling bee, but it may be a losing battle against stuck up but excellent speller Henrietta Watson. Cora Watson, Henrietta's equally stuck up mother, protests Sam's appointment as judge since she feels he will be biased in favor of Bobbie Jo. As such, Oliver Dougla...
E5
Joe Carson, General Contractor
1965-10-12
Because Uncle Joe is supposed to paint the Hotel, he gets the idea that he can go into business as a general contractor. He finds out that the wealthy Douglases are looking for a contractor to help fix up the "Green Acres" farmhouse. He does get Mrs. Douglas to hire him. Although Joe knows nothing a...
E6
Bobbie Jo's Sorority
1965-10-26
Bobbie Jo has been nominated for membership into Hooterville High's only sorority. She is worried as she knows many girls who were nominated but didn't pass the initiation. The head of the sorority, Henrietta Watson doesn't want Bobbie Jo in the sorority. She devises what she believes is an impossib...
E7
A Doctor in the House
1965-11-02
Uncle Joe answers the ad of Dr. Mathew Bailey. Dr. Bailey is looking for office space in return for free medical service. Kate doesn't think it's a good idea, especially with everyone in Hooterville going to see Doc Stuart. But once the girls get a look at the young and handsome Dr. Bailey, there is...
E8
Hooterville A-Go-Go
1965-11-09
The Every Other Wednesday Afternoon Discussion Club, with its new member Lisa Douglas, is planning on holding a square dance as a high school benefit. The Bradley girls decide to try and get King Ring a Ding, the big rock 'n' roll star, to perform at the benefit instead. Who shows up unexpectedly at...
E9
Hooterville Hurricane
1965-11-16
Boxer Kid Dynamite is offering $100 to anyone who can stay in the ring with him for three rounds without going down. Uncle Joe is trying to find a fighter who he can train, while keeping the majority of the prize money as a training fee. He thinks he's found that person in Herman Crawley, the strong...
E10
Betty Jo Goes to New York
1965-11-23
Mrs. Douglas asks an excited Betty Jo to accompany her on a week long trip to New York City as her guest. After an initial hesitation, Kate allows Betty Jo to go. When Betty Jo returns to Hooterville she's a changed person, putting on airs and believing country life is beneath her. Kate initially be...
E11
Bedloe's Successor
1965-11-30
Homer Bedloe, arch-enemy of the Hooterville Cannonball, returns in abject disgrace and poverty to Hooterville Valley. He has been replaced by Wilbur Goodfellow, who supposedly is the exact opposite of Bedloe in every way. Bedloe is looking for somewhere to stay, at least for a little while. Goodfell...
E12
The Crowded Wedding Ring
1965-12-07
One of Kate Bradley's old swains named Ralph Denton sends a telegram stating that he is coming by the hotel for a few days. Uncle Joe thinks Kate is acting just a little too nonchalantly, which means she still has feelings for him. Ralph shows up with his overbearing and busybody spinster sister, Ma...
E13
Uncle Joe Plays Post Office
1965-12-14
Joe insults Sam about the way he runs the post office, so Sam lets Joe take over. Joe decides to set up the post office at the hotel's reception desk. Kate tries to persuade Joe to give the post office back to Sam and for Sam to take it back. Joe tries to gather the equipment he needs to run the pos...
E14
What's a Trajectory?
1965-12-21
It's been a month since there have been any guests at the hotel. But then a Mr. Reynolds checks in. To Kate and the girls, Mr. Reynolds seems like a nice, friendly man, but Uncle Joe doesn't trust him. Mr. Reynolds pays in cash and reserves the entire hotel so he won't be disturbed. Joe hears that t...
E15
The Butler Did It
1965-12-28
Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo are entering contests where they are required to send in food can and box top labels. This leaves much of Kate's pantry left with unlabeled cans and boxes. Bobbie Jo manages to win the contest sponsored by Gibney's Old English Tomato Sauce, with first prize being a traditional...
E16
Better Never Than Late
1966-01-04
Uncle Joe advertises to hotel guests Billie Jo's services as a stenographer. Mr. Norton, a salesman who wants to write a business letter to Frank Mortimer, hires her. Norton dictates a letter that is harsh and scathing as Mortimer reneged on an order. But Norton decides not to send the letter until ...
E17
Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet
1966-01-11
Gladys Knockleheimer and Bernie McKenzie are holding their wedding reception at the hotel. They are the fifth set of friends of Billie Jo's that have gotten married. Both Billie Jo and Bobbie Jo are excited by the idea of getting married, but Betty Jo is not interested. When Betty Jo catches Gladys'...
E18
Billie Jo's Independence Day
1966-01-18
Billie Jo wants to move out of the hotel and into her own apartment in Pixley. Kate repeatedly says no. Kate finally gives in, but she has to approve of the place and the landlord. She only agreed because she believes there is not an apartment to be found in Pixley. However, Billie Jo finds a place ...
E19
Yogurt, Anyone?
1966-01-25
High-schooler Betty Jo is on the verge of breaking up with her latest boyfriend Edward. He believes Betty Jo is intellectually immature. The problem is that she now has no date for Saturday night's basketball game. Betty Jo meets an older college boy named Chuck, who is visiting relatives in Hooterv...
E20
Only Boy in the Class
1966-02-01
It's the start of the new semester at Hooterville High and there are seven new girls and one new boy enrolled. Bobbie Jo takes pity on the new boy, Walter Thorp, as he is the only boy in her home economics class. Bobbie Jo is attracted to the athletic Walter, and wants to make him feel welcome. She ...

🎭 Cast of Petticoat Junction Season 3

Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Charley Pratt
Lori Saunders
Lori Saunders
Bobbie Jo Bradley
Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet
Kate Bradley
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan
Uncle Joe Carson
Gunilla Hutton
Gunilla Hutton
Billie 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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