Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

The Andy Griffith Show

TV Series#1049ā–¼901960• TV-G• 30m
ComedyFamily
⭐ 8.4 / 10(18,942)

Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his friend and deputy, Barney Fife.

Rated
TV-G
Runtime
30m
Released
1960
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1960

Storyline

Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his friend and deputy, Barney Fife.

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Cast
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Awards

6 wins & 3 nominations

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Did you know

• Andy Griffith and Frances Bavier did not get along during the series. According to Griffith and Howard Morris, Bavier was extremely sensitive, and resented her role of Aunt Bee. In 1972 Griffith and Ron Howard paid her a visit at her home in Siler City, NC, but she turned them away. When Bavier was terminally ill in 1989, she contacted Griffith to say that she regretted that they did not get along better.

• The show never mentions what happened to Opie's mother. Opie was said to be just "a speck of a boy" when she died. Her first name is never given, her picture is never shown in Andy's house, nor anywhere else, and her grave is never shown.

• Andy Griffith originally told Don Knotts that he only wanted to do the show for five years, so they both signed five-year contracts. During the fifth season, Knotts began looking for other work and signed a five-year deal with Universal Pictures. Griffith decided to continue with the series for three more years, and offered Knotts a new contract. Knotts, already bound by his contract with Universal, left the show.

Episodes

249 episodes – 8 seasons

User reviews

⭐ 9/10

The Life and Times of Sheriff Andy Taylor

šŸ‘ 74 Ā· 1/9/2004
⭐ 9/10

One of the most heartwarming sitcoms of all time. Commemorating "Andy" on it's 55th anniversary

šŸ‘ 35 Ā· 6/18/2000
⭐ 9/10

The 9 rating is for the 1st 5 seasons, after that it goes down drastically! :(

šŸ‘ 7 Ā· 12/20/2020

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White, Color

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