The Andy Griffith Show

1960–1968 · Comedy, Family · 8 seasons · ★ 7.6

Ended

Synopsis of The Andy Griffith Show

Andy Taylor is the sheriff of Mayberry, a fictional town in North Carolina where life moves at a slow pace. With a relaxed yet very sensible approach, he goes after moonshine makers and outside criminals, while his neighbors come to him to settle disputes with common-sense advice, mediation and conciliation. His job is not easy, because his deputy, Barney Fife, keeps making one blunder after another. Well-meaning and enthusiastic but clumsy, Barney turns every case into a small disaster that Andy has to fix. The series, created by Sheldon Leonard, airs on CBS and stars Andy Griffith, who plays this widowed sheriff raising his son while trying to keep the peace in town.

«Nip it in the bud!»

8seasons

249episodes

25 minper episode

7.6audience scoreTMDB · 179 votes

8.4IMDb rating19,267 votes

Seasons of The Andy Griffith Show

Season 11960 · 32 ep. · ★ 8.4

Season 21961 · 31 ep. · ★ 8.5

Season 31962 · 32 ep. · ★ 8.4

Season 41963 · 32 ep. · ★ 8.3

Season 51964 · 32 ep. · ★ 7.9

Season 61965 · 30 ep. · ★ 7.0

Season 71966 · 30 ep. · ★ 7.2

Season 81967 · 30 ep. · ★ 6.7

Cast by The Andy Griffith Show

Andy GriffithAndy Taylor249 episodes

Ron HowardOpie Taylor249 episodes

Frances BavierAunt Bee Taylor249 episodes

Don KnottsBarney Fife164 episodes

George LindseyGoober86 episodes

Howard McNearFloyd Lawson80 episodes

Aneta CorsautHelen Crump67 episodes

Jack DodsonEd Jenkins37 episodes

Hope SummersClara Edwards32 episodes

Hal SmithOtis Campbell (credit only)32 episodes

Betty LynnThelma Lou26 episodes

Jim NaborsGomer Pyle23 episodes

Paul HartmanEmmett Clark16 episodes

Burt MustinJubal14 episodes

Robert McQuainJoe Waters (as Bob McQuain)13 episodes

Mary LansingDorothy13 episodes

Elinor DonahueEllie Walker12 episodes

Jack BurnsDeputy Warren Ferguson11 episodes

Allan MelvinClyde Plaunt / Fred Plummer / Escaped Prisoner / Clarence "Doc" Malloy/ Neal/ Hotel Detective Bardoli10 episodes

Keith ThibodeauxJohnny Paul Jason10 episodes

Dick ElliottMayor Pike10 episodes

Sheldon CollinsArnold Bailey9 episodes

Joseph HamiltonChester Jones9 episodes

Ronda JeterSharon Dobbins (uncredited)9 episodes

Dennis RushHowie Pruitt8 episodes

Colin MaleAnnouncer (voice) (uncredited)8 episodes

Roy EngelJess Morgan8 episodes

Parley BaerMayor Roy Stoner7 episodes

Howard MorrisErnest T. Bass7 episodes

Charles ThompsonAsa Breeney7 episodes

Denver PyleBriscoe Darling6 episodes

William KeeneReverend Tucker6 episodes

Maggie PetersonCharlene Darling-Wash6 episodes

Cheerio MeredithEmma Brand6 episodes

Doug DillardDoug Darling6 episodes

Rodney DillardRodney Darling6 episodes

Mitch JayneMitch Darling6 episodes

Dean WebbDean Darling6 episodes

Forrest LewisCliff6 episodes

Jack PrinceRummage Sale Customer6 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas
Address: Bob Sweeney, Lee Philips, Alan Rafkin, Coby Ruskin, Don Weis
Writing: Aaron Ruben, Jack Elinson, Harvey Bullock, James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Production companies: CBS, Danny Thomas Enterprises, Mayberry Enterprises
Network or Platform: CBS
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: October 3, 1960
Last Episode: April 1, 1968 (8x30)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: Won 6 Emmy Awards; 16 wins and 7 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB

Trivia about The Andy Griffith Show

Don Knotts called Griffith during the development of the show and suggested that the sheriff needed a deputy and a comedic partner. Griffith accepted the proposal.

In 1961, actor Everett Sloane wrote the lyrics to the theme song after learning that it had none. That sung version was named "The Fishin' Hole."

The theme song was composed by Earle Hagen, who also whistled the melody for the opening and closing credits.

Neither Griffith nor the series won any awards in their eight seasons, but Knotts and Bavier together earned six Emmy Awards.

Bravo ranked Andy Taylor at number 63 on its list of the 100 greatest TV celebrities.

«The Andy Griffith Show» wrapped up its eighth season as the most-watched show on American television according to Nielsen ratings for 1967–1968, although its ending was not due to a drop in viewership.

After Andy Griffith left, CBS turned the show into "Mayberry, R.F.D.", which kept the Mayberry setting but replaced Griffith and Ron Howard with new celebrities and aired 78 episodes over three seasons.

The series spawned two spin-offs: "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and "Mayberry, R.F.D.".

Sources: Wikipedia (English)