Reality Hillbillies.

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Television executives are taking the expression "life imitating art" to a whole new level. CBS has announced it plans to recast the 1960s hit sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies as a reality show. In the original, Jed Clampett's poor mountain family moves to Beverly Hills after accidentally striking oil. In the new version, CBS plans to take a real-life rural, lower-middle-class family and transplant them to a Beverly Hills mansion. Critics say the show...

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