Petticoat Junction, which ran on CBS from 1963 to 1970 for a total of 222 episodes, is set largely at the Shady Rest Hotel in Hooterville and run by widower Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet).

When “Petticoat Junction” premiered in 1963, it quickly became a beloved classic — and according to its cast it’s easy to see why. The show, a spinoff of “The Beverly Hillbillies ...