The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-popular rural-themed shows...

throughout its entire run but was canceled after its third season in CBS's "rural purge" of 1971. Father and son stories involving Sam and Mike Jones are reminiscent...

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 on DVD and...

show. The show was one of the few shows with rural audience appeal to survive CBS's so-called "rural purge" of 1971, a survival made more unusual because...

The Great Purge, or the Great Terror (Russian: Большой террор, romanized: Bol'shoy terror), also known as the Year of '37 (37-й год, Tridtsat' sed'moy...

was cancelled in 1971 in the CBS network's "rural purge" — a policy to get rid of the network's rural-based television shows. In 1966, Eva Gabor and...

After six seasons, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of CBS's "rural purge". After Green Acres, Lester was typecast as Eb Dawson. In 1990, he reunited...

hit shows by mid-1971 in what became colloquially referred to as the "rural purge", with Green Acres cast member Pat Buttram remarking that the network...

urban-oriented programming that occurred in the early 1970s known as the "rural purge;" the changing culture of the late 1960s was less friendly to the traditional...

and performed strongly in its time slot, but fell victim to the CBS "rural purge" and was axed by the network after two seasons; the last episode was...

what is colloquially known as the "rural purge"—a long-term trend away from programs appealing to older and rural audiences in favor of programs catering...

commissioned in response to the rural purge that the networks in general and CBS specifically had done that eliminated most rural-themed shows in 1971, and...

no longer be so damned relevant," a statement of approval toward the rural purge that led to the above three shows being canceled Dick and Jane, generic...

network's "rural purge" in the early 1970s, which influenced much of American television at the time. The purge canceled long-running and popular rural-oriented...

and CBS canceled its rural shows in the summer of 1971. Undaunted, and noting that one instigating factor for the rural purge—the Prime Time Access Rule—had...

the oft-quoted observation about the 1971 "rural purge," in which CBS canceled many programs with a rural theme or setting: "CBS canceled everything with...

three, Mayberry R.F.D. was canceled in 1971 in what was called "the rural purge", where shows set in a bucolic locale (The Beverly Hillbillies, Green...

the two remaining series of CBS's rural-themed comedies were cancelled. This action came to be known as "the Rural Purge". Pat Buttram, who played Mr. Haney...

Petticoat Junction was cancelled as a precursor to the CBS rural purge of the early 1970s, when all rural-themed shows were cancelled. Its final first-run episode...

audience, did not appeal to urban residents, or both (the so-called Rural Purge). As The Lawrence Welk Show fit into this category, ABC ended its run...

long-running shows throughout the 1970–1971 season (later known as the rural purge). Angered, Sullivan refused to host three more months of scheduled shows...

excellent music variety TV show ran 58 episodes but was canceled in a "rural purge"". The Vintage News. August 10, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2018. "Johnny...

after in syndication. Another instance of premature endings was with the Rural Purge of 1971 where networks (notably CBS) axed still-popular TV series in...

when Fred Silverman replaced Dann in 1970; Silverman orchestrated the "rural purge" and took the network into a more urban-oriented direction. After leaving...

as part of the network's cancellation of all of its rural-oriented shows (known then as "rural purge", which also resulted in the cancellations of The Beverly...

those shows canceled by their networks in 1971 as part of the rural purge; demographics (a rural audience for Hee Haw, an elderly-leaning audience for Lawrence...

Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres were canceled as a result of the "rural purge", joining Petticoat Junction (which ended the year before) in syndicated...

by rivals CBS and ABC making demographic moves away from rural-oriented shows (see "rural purge"). The final episode aired on March 24, 1971, ending the...

was one of the beneficiaries of network president Fred Silverman's "rural purge"; executive Bob Wood also liked the show and moved it into a better timeslot...

debuted in 1972 and marked CBS's return to the game show format in its rural purge. The Match Game became "Big Money" Match Game 73, which proved popular...