B00008G8OI

096009067595

1960

1960-10-03

Won 6 Primetime Emmys, 14 wins & 5 nominations total

Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts

Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben, Richard O. Linke, Bob Ross, Jerry Jameson, Jay Sandrich, Danny Thomas

Earle Hagen, Pete Carpenter, Carl Brandt

Sidney Hickox

Tom Stevens, Ben Ray, Bob Lewis, Marshall Neilan Jr., Alan Jaggs, Robert Fritch, Joseph Gluck, Bud S. Isaacs, Bud Molin, Leon Selditz, Robert Moore, Archie Dattelbaum, Roy V. Livingston, Jerry Jameson, Earl Biddle

Ruth Burch, Fred Roos, Mike Fenton

Kenneth A. Reid, Harold Michelson, Howard Campbell, Ralph Berger, Walter Holscher, Rolland M. Brooks

Ken Swartz, Harry Gordon, Robert Priestley

Stanley Kufel, Robert O Dell, Bob Christenson, Ann Helfgott, Marge Makau, Florence Albert

Lee Greenway, Eva Kryger, Carmen Dirigo, Eleanor Edwards, Donna McDonough

Frank E. Myers, Ronald Jacobs, W. Argyle Nelson, Edward M. Hillie

Robert Saunders, Bruce Bilson, Buddy Messinger

Reggie Smith, Ideal Dottini, Reggie Smith

Charles David Forrest, Robert Reeve, Eldon Campbell, Victor Guarnier, Dick Maier, Max M. Hutchinson, Dick Le Grand, Gene Corso, James Nelson, Leonard Davison, Jack A. Goodrich, Terrance Emerson, Bill B. Keith, John Speak

Michael A. Jones, Joe Barnes

Joan Joseff

Joseph Gluck, Ben Ray, Jerry Jameson, Alan Jaggs

Herbert W. Spencer, Donn Cambern, Alan Jaggs, Ken Johnson, Mark Southern, Ed. Norton, Lloyd Young, John Mick

Hazel W. Hall, Bob Ross, Rosemary Dorsey, Kay Thackery, Fred S. Fox, Dorothy Aldworth, Pat Miller, Marjorie Mullen, Mollie Kent, Jane Ficker

Frank Khoury

Aaron Ruben, Doris Hartley, Joel Swanson, Jay Sandrich, Ronald Jacobs, Bob Ross, Mitch DeWood, Mike Fenton, I.A. Lipsey, Fred S. Fox, Sylvia Lewis

Comedy, Family

CBS, Danny Thomas Enterprises, Mayberry Enterprises

USA

English

TV-G

8.4

14967

The Andy Griffith Show is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.

The series originated partly from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show. The show stars Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina, a fictional community of roughly 2,000–5,000 people. Other major characters include Andy s cousin, the well-meaning and enthusiastic deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts); Andy s aunt and housekeeper, Bee Taylor (Frances Bavier); and Andy s young son, Opie (Ron Howard). Eccentric townspeople and, periodically, Andy s girlfriends complete the cast. Regarding the tone of the show, Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting, the show evoked nostalgia, saying in a Today Show interview, Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the 60s, it had a feeling of the 30s. It was, when we were doing it, of a time gone by.

The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings, ending its final season at number one. The only other shows to end their runs at the top of the ratings are I Love Lucy (1957) and Seinfeld (1998). On separate occasions, it has been ranked by TV Guide as the ninth- and thirteenth-best series in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The series spawned its own spin-off—Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–1969) and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry (1986).

After the eighth season, when Griffith left the series, it was retitled Mayberry, R.F.D., with Ken Berry and Buddy Foster replacing Griffith and Howard in new roles. In the new format, it ran for 78 episodes, ending in 1971 after three seasons. Reruns of The Andy Griffith Show are often shown on TV Land, MeTV, The CW, Pluto TV, and SundanceTV. On those channels, the episodes are edited to make room for commercials, but some airings on SundanceTV air the full uncut versions. The complete series is available on DVD and Blu-ray and is intermittently available on such streaming video services as Amazon Prime. Mayberry Days, an annual festival celebrating the sitcom, is held each year in Griffith s hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina.

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