The Real McCoys

American television program

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"The Real McCoys" was an American television program that aired from 1957 to 1963. It was a sitcom about a family who moved from the mountains of West Virginia to operate a ranch in California. The show was an early example of the rural humor genre that became popular in the 1960s. The phrase "the real McCoy" means something or someone that is real or genuine, not an imitation or substitute.12

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Walter Brennan
…on the weekly situation comedy The Real McCoys, which lasted six years and 224 episodes. He went on to star in two additional TV series, Tycoon (1964) and The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–69). Brennan’s last film, Smoke in the Wind (1975), was released posthumously; his son Andy was an…
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…on the weekly situation comedy The Real McCoys, which lasted six years and 224 episodes. He went on to star in two additional TV series, Tycoon (1964) and The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–69). Brennan’s last film, Smoke in the Wind (1975), was released posthumously; his son Andy was an…
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Television in the United States
Rural humor
…television three years earlier with The Real McCoys (ABC/CBS, 1957–63)—a sitcom about a family who left the mountains of West Virginia to operate a ranch in California—the success of The Andy Griffith Show firmly established the rural comedy as a dominant genre of the 1960s.
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…television three years earlier with The Real McCoys (ABC/CBS, 1957–63)—a sitcom about a family who left the mountains of West Virginia to operate a ranch in California—the success of The Andy Griffith Show firmly established the rural comedy as a dominant genre of the 1960s.
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