The television series Petticoat Junction enjoyed a seven season run on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The show concerns the comic misadventures of Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet), her three pretty daughters (Bobbie Jo, Billie Jo, and Betty Jo), and "Uncle Joe" Carson (Edgar Buchanan) as they run the Shady Rest Hotel, a small town inn along a railroad stop. Higgins the dog played the Bradley's pet; he later became better known as the star of the film Benji.