The Dukes of Hazzard

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The Dukes of Hazzard
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Genre	Action comedy Adventure Comedy drama
Created by	Gy Waldron
Starring	Tom Wopat John Schneider Catherine Bach Denver Pyle Rick Hurst Sonny Shroyer Ben Jones James Best Sorrell Booke Waylon Jennings Byron Cherry Christopher Mayer
Narrated by	Waylon Jennings
Opening theme	"Good Ol' Boys" performed by Waylon Jennings
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	147 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–49 minutes
Production companies	Paul R. Picard Productions (season 1) Piggy Productions, Inc. (season 1) Lou Step Productions (seasons 2–7) Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 26, 1979 (1979-01-26) – February 8, 1985 (1985-02-08)
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The Dukes of Hazzard is an American action comedy television series created by Gy Waldron that aired on CBS from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985, with a total of seven seasons consisting of 147 episodes. It was consistently among the top-rated television series in the late 1970s and early 1980s (at one point, ranking second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show on CBS's Friday night schedule).

The show is about two young male cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. Probation prevents the "Duke Boys" from owning guns, and they are armed with bows and arrows and clever plans to outwit a corrupt sheriff and greedy rich "city slickers." Their cousin Daisy Duke and other family (such as patriarch Uncle Jesse) live in a secluded country home in the woods, where they plan various escapades to expose and evade county commissioner Boss Hogg and law officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The "Duke Boys" drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the General Lee, which became a symbol of the show.

The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, about a bootlegger family, which Waldron wrote and directed and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.

The show was the basis for a film of the same title in 2005.