About this season
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.
Episodes (30)
1. The Man For the Job
Aired 6 September 1967
The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.
2. Lisa's Jam Session
Aired 13 September 1967
Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.
3. Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
Aired 20 September 1967
An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.
4. Oliver vs. the Phone Company
Aired 27 September 1967
Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.
5. Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
Aired 4 October 1967
Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.
6. A Kind Word For the President
Aired 11 October 1967
Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.
7. Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
Aired 18 October 1967
Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.
8. Eb Elopes
Aired 25 October 1967
Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.
9. The Thing
Aired 1 November 1967
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.
10. Das Lumpen
Aired 8 November 1967
Lisa tells another war story - this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and how their romance began.
11. Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
Aired 15 November 1967
The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.
12. Jealousy, English Style
Aired 22 November 1967
Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her.
13. Haney's New Image
Aired 29 November 1967
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.
14. Alf and Ralph Break Up
Aired 13 December 1967
Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.
15. No Trespassing
Aired 20 December 1967
Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.
16. Eb Returns
Aired 27 December 1967
The Douglas' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married.
17. Not Guilty
Aired 3 January 1968
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.
18. Home is Where You Run Away From
Aired 10 January 1968
A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.
19. How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
Aired 24 January 1968
Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.
20. Arnold, Boy Hero
Aired 31 January 1968
Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.
21. Flight to Nowhere
Aired 7 February 1968
As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.
22. My Mother, the Countess
Aired 14 February 1968
Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.
23. The Spring Festival
Aired 21 February 1968
Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.
24. Our Son, the Barber
Aired 28 February 1968 • 30 min
Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.
25. Oliver's Jaded Past
Aired 6 March 1968 • 30 min
Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.
26. The Hungarian Curse
Aired 13 March 1968 • 30 min
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.
27. The Rutabaga Story
Aired 20 March 1968 • 30 min
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."
28. Instant Family
Aired 27 March 1968
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.
29. A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
Aired 3 April 1968 • 30 min
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.
30. A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
Aired 10 April 1968 • 30 min
Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.