Editing The Dukes of Hazzard (section)

==Reception==
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Season 1 garnered a mixed reception from critics. [[Tom Shales]] (''[[The Washington Post]]''): "Within five minutes, the program is out of breath from pandering so pantingly to its audience. [...] If this show succeeds, every television critic in America may as well quit."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/01/26/the-dukes-of-hazzard/f8feb600-1227-44d0-b978-edbc5ee2334d/|title=The Dukes of Hazzard|last=Shales|first=Tom|date=January 26, 1979|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> Peter Hartlaub, writing for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'': "Unfortunately, the first ''Dukes'' season wasn't the best, with a low budget and characters who found their footing as the series continued (Cooter started out a numbskull type)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/DVD-REVIEWS-2745930.php|title=The Dukes of Hazzard: Complete First Season|last=Hartlaub|first=Peter|date=June 27, 2004|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> Conversely, Danny Graydon ([[Empire (film magazine)|''Empire'']]) writes: "Today, ''Hazzard''{{'}}s considerable charm endures, even if the sheer predictability is wearing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/dukes-hazzard-season-1-review/|title=Dukes Of Hazzard: Season 1, The Review|last=Graydon|first=Danny|date=August 4, 2005|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>