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Article: Real `Beverly Hillbillies' head to TV
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- Daily Breeze
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- August 30, 2002
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Real `Beverly Hillbillies' head to TV
Up from CBS comesa-bubblin' crude, with the network developing
areality series based on the venerable "The Beverly Hillbillies"
sitcom.
CBS is planning to cast a weekly half-hour series that will
chronicle the lives of a rural, lower-middle class family as they
move into a luxurious Beverly Hills mansion.
The project is tentatively titled, "Real Beverly Hillbillies," the
trade newspaper Variety reported.
A maid and personal assistants will be amongthe indulgences
afforded to the family during a one-year stay in California.
Participants also will be able to earn money each week as part of the
contest.
"The intent is to be respective but at the same time ...