The Real McCoys is a television situation comedy, co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The program aired on the ABC network from 1957 through 1962. It aired for one more season on CBS before its end in 1963. From September 1962 through September 1966, CBS also carried daytime repeats of the series. The program was entitled The McCoys in 1962-1963.
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The Real McCoys is a television situation comedy, co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The program aired on the ABC network from 1957 through 1962. It aired for one more season on CBS before its end in 1963. From September 1962 through September 1966, CBS also carried daytime repeats of the series. The program was entitled The McCoys in 1962-1963.
The series revolved around the lives of a mountain family who originally hailed from the fictional community of Smoky Corners, West Virginia. The McCoys moved to California where they became dirt farmers. The family consisted of Grandpa Amos McCoy (the head of the family; Walter Brennan), his grandson Luke (Richard Crenna), Luke's new bride Kate (Kathleen Nolan), teenage sister Hassie (Lydia Reed), and 11-year-old brother Little Luke (Michael Winkelman). The double-naming of the brothers was explained in the first episode by the elder Luke as due to...
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