Real Beverly Hillbillies

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Published January 26, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

When CBS announced that it was going to remake The Beverly Hillbillies as a reality show, many Appalachian groups complained that they were being trivialized. Member station WMRA's Martha Woodroof reports.

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