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The Andy Griffith Show

★ 8.4 19K votes 1960–1968 8 seasons · 249 episodes Ended CBS
Starring
Andy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsFrances BavierColin MaleGeorge Lindsey
Written by
Sheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny Thomas
Starring
Andy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsFrances BavierColin MaleGeorge Lindsey
Written by
Sheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny Thomas
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About

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "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 and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

"Nip it in the bud!"

All Seasons

Season 11960
8.017K3213h 49m
Widower Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) divides his time between raising his young son, Opie (Ron Howard), and his job as Sheriff/Justice of the Peace of sleepy Mayberry, North Carolina. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy's nervous cousin, Barney Fife (Don Knotts), is his deputy sheriff whose utter incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free.
Season 21961
8.214K3113h 31m
Season 31962
8.315K3214h 33m
Season 41963
8.213K3216h
Season 51964
7.912K3216h
Season 61965
6.87K3015h
Season 71966
7.07K3014h 56m
Season 81967
6.77K3015h 30m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Andy Griffith Andy Taylor
Ron Howard Opie Taylor
Don Knotts Barney Fife
Frances Bavier Aunt Bee Taylor, Aunt Bee
Colin Male Announcer, Game Warden, Self - Announcer
George Lindsey Goober Pyle, Goober
Howard McNear Floyd Lawson, Floyd Colby, Floyd, The Barber
Tom Jacobs Townsman, Audience Member, Cleaver
Aneta Corsaut Helen Crump
Jack Dodson Howard Sprague, Ed Jenkins

Crew

Sheldon Leonard
Aaron Ruben
Danny Thomas

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