There was never a sitcom with a pig called Abner. Green Acres had a pig named Arnold. Strangely enough on the cartoon "Hey Arnold" the title character had a pet pig named Abner. There was also a character on Bewitched named Abner.
There was an old sitcom from the 60's/70's with a pig named Abner.
― Anonymous User 9/15/2018
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We named our son (now 8) Abner. It is an unusual name with a beautiful meaning (Father of Light) & interesting Biblical story. It is also the name of an intriguing Orson Scott Card character, Abner Doon (Dune?). It sounds very 1800s to me & was definitely more common then. My son really likes his name. I like it because it is complicated & meaningful & Hebrew. It is a little difficult for people, especially little kids, to say. My son used to tell people it was Ab-en-ner just so that they could say it. Now some of his cousins still call him that :).