Where to watch Petticoat Junction Season 1
Petticoat Junction season 1 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription). Season 1 was released on 24 September 1963.
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Petticoat Junction Season 1 air dates
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Petticoat Junction Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Spur Line to Shady Rest
25 mins · Tue, 24 Sep 1963
The struggling Shady Rest Hotel is thrown into more jeopardy when a man is sent to Hooterville to investigate a line connection.
S01 E02
Quick, Hide the Railroad
25 mins · Wed, 2 Oct 1963
Kate wants to hide the Hooterville Cannonball to save it from the scrap heap.
S01 E03
The President Who Came to Dinner
25 mins · Tue, 8 Oct 1963
Railroad president Norman Curtis decides to scrap the Cannonball himself, but has a change of heart after experiencing Kate's kindness.
S01 E04
Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
25 mins · Tue, 15 Oct 1963
Railroad CEO Norman Curtis breaks the throttle of the Cannonball and blocks the way to Kate's jamboree.
S01 E05
The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
25 mins · Tue, 22 Oct 1963
Kate tries to restore the self confidence of Floyd Smoot after he is jilted by his mail-order sweetheart, by pretending to be in love with him.
S01 E06
Please Buy My Violets
25 mins · Tue, 29 Oct 1963
Uncle Joe makes a questionable decision to go into the cologne business, buying up cases of poor quality cologne in hopes of reselling it for a profit.
S01 E07
The Ringer
25 mins · Tue, 5 Nov 1963
Betty Jo becomes the first female contestant in the horseshoe tournament.
S01 E08
Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
25 mins · Tue, 12 Nov 1963
Kate decides the time has arrived for Betty Jo to put down the books and set out to find a significant other.
S01 E09
The Little Train Robbery
25 mins · Tue, 19 Nov 1963
Two crooks decide to rob the bank in Pixley, but their plans change when they learn that the Cannonball bank shipment won't be guarded.
S01 E10
Bedloe Strikes Again
25 mins · Tue, 26 Nov 1963
Homer comes back to Shady Rest in the hope of scrapping the Cannonball, and The Hooterville Hornets suffer their worst game ever.
S01 E11
Uncle Joe's Replacement
25 mins · Tue, 3 Dec 1963
Uncle Joe feels as though he's being replaced when Kate promotes general store clerk Herbie Bates to assistant general manager of the Shady Rest.
S01 E12
Honeymoon Hotel
25 mins · Tue, 10 Dec 1963
Uncle Joe has a plan to bring guests to the hotel, setting his sights on honeymooners with a new, romantic package.
S01 E13
A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
25 mins · Tue, 17 Dec 1963
Uncle Joe accidentally distributes a brochure for the Shady Rest Hotel of the future, and a renowned hotel critic decides to review the establishment.
S01 E14
Cannonball Christmas
25 mins · Tue, 24 Dec 1963
As everyone prepares for the annual Christmas Eve carolling trip, Homer plans to stop the Cannonball from making their annual tour.
S01 E15
Herby Gets Drafted
25 mins · Tue, 31 Dec 1963
Herby Bates, who is sweet on Billie Jo, won't be seeing much more of her, as he has just been drafted.
S01 E16
Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
25 mins · Tue, 7 Jan 1964
Bobbie Jo falls for Alan Landman, an angst ridden poet and slacker, and Kate must find a way to show her what Alan is really like.
S01 E17
My Daughter the Doctor
25 mins · Tue, 14 Jan 1964
Billie Jo discovers that her late father wanted her to be a doctor.
S01 E18
Hooterville vs. Hollywood
25 mins · Tue, 21 Jan 1964
Kate confers with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from heading to Hollywood.
S01 E19
Visit From a Big Star
25 mins · Tue, 28 Jan 1964
Uncle Joe makes a deal with the secretary of movie star Lane Haggard; the actor wishes to escape the madness of Hollywood and stay at the Shady Rest incognito.
S01 E20
Last Chance Farm
25 mins · Tue, 4 Feb 1964
Uncle Joe convinces two overweight women that the Shady Rest is really a reducing farm, where their loss is management's gain.
S01 E21
The Very Old Antique
Tue, 11 Feb 1964
Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with a retired railroad tycoon who's interested in buying the Cannonball
S01 E22
The Art Game
Tue, 18 Feb 1964
The art dealer buys one of Uncle Joe's paintings for its valuable frame, but Uncle Joe thinks he's on the road to fantastic artistic success.
S01 E23
Betty Jo's First Love
Tue, 25 Feb 1964
Betty Jo has her first crush - but the object of her affections (Orville Miggs) is more interested in tinkering with cars than he is in romance.
S01 E24
Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining
Tue, 3 Mar 1964
Uncle Joe tries to bring more guests to Shady Rest--and get his drainage ditch dug for free--by spreading rumors about a silver strike in the area.
S01 E25
The Talent Contest
Tue, 10 Mar 1964
Uncle Joe is promoting a talent contest, and he tries to make sure that one of his three nieces wins.
S01 E26
Kate and the Manpower Problem
Tue, 17 Mar 1964
An old school chum thinks it's time Kate was married again, and she tells the girls to round up some prospects.
S01 E27
The Ladybugs
Tue, 24 Mar 1964
Uncle Joe decides to cash in on ""Beatlemania"" by casting his nieces and Sheriff Ragsdale's daughter in a musical group called ""The Ladybugs"".
S01 E28
The Hooterville Flivverball
Tue, 31 Mar 1964
Uncle Joe decides to bankrupt the Hooterville Cannonball by starting his own railroad, powered by Orville Miggs' flivver.
S01 E29
Kate the Stockholder
Tue, 7 Apr 1964
Homer Bedloe becomes superintendent of the Hooterville Cannonball. He forces Charley & Floyd to keep to a strict schedule, all in his latest attempt to shut the train line down. It's up to Kate to foil his plans by buying stock in the C&FW Railroad and speaking out at the stockholders meeting.
S01 E30
Kate and the Dowager
Tue, 14 Apr 1964
Socialite Clara Watkins is an important guest at Shady Rest. Unless she recommends the place to her friends, the bank won't lend Kate any more money.
S01 E31
Charley Abandons the Cannonball
Tue, 21 Apr 1964
Everyone seems too busy to spend any time with Charley, so he decides to quit his job as engineer of the Hooterville Cannonball.
S01 E32
Dog Days at Shady Rest
Tue, 28 Apr 1964
Railroad President Norman Curtis thinks that his household's pet basset hound needs a change of scenery, so he sends the dog off to Shady Rest.
S01 E33
A Millionaire for Kate
Tue, 5 May 1964
Kate Bradley is visited by an old schoolmate who's now a millionaire, but Uncle Joe has him pegged as a con artist.
S01 E34
Bedloe and Son
Tue, 12 May 1964
Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with his son, Homer Junior, who is as hateful and devious as his father.
S01 E35
Local Girl Makes Good
Tue, 19 May 1964
Business executive Mary Jane Hastings returns home to Hooterville and impresses everyone with her administrative ability, particularly her handling of men.
S01 E36
Cave Woman (1)
Tue, 26 May 1964
Shady Rest would stand a better chance of being selected as the site of the big convention if Kate were around, but she's trapped in a cave-in.
S01 E37
Kate Flat on Her Back (2)
Tue, 2 Jun 1964
Kate is still trying to get Shady Rest chosen as the site for a big convention, but a sprained ankle has incapacitated her and the job of cornering the convention is left to Uncle Joe and the daughters
S01 E38
The Genghis Keane Story
Tue, 9 Jun 1964
When Adelaide ""Genghis"" Keane returns from Europe, Kate is surprised to find that the elderly schoolteacher is no longer the tyrannical disciplinarian she used to be.