The Andy Griffith Show put Andy Taylor’s romances on the back burner and focused almost entirely on his interactions with the residents of the town of Mayberry. Still, the writers left a little room ...

The show was first introduced through a 1960 episode of The Danny Thomas Show, where Danny Thomas is pulled over for speeding in Mayberry and gets a taste of the town’s unique charm. The success of ...

Howard also reflected on the show’s legacy in a September interview with PEOPLE In 1986, the surviving cast from the show reunited for a TV film, Return to Mayberry. In it, Andy — who married Aneta ...

One of the things that I absolutely adore about The Andy Griffith Show is the relationship between widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son, Opie. Over the course of the show’s eight seasons, we really ...

Everybody knows that familiar whistling tune that opened up each episode of The Andy Griffith Show, which has far outlived the series itself. From 1960 until 1968, the Andy Griffith-led sitcom aired ...

An iconic television show synonymous with North Carolina’s cultural fabric continues to resonate with its citizens decades later. Now, a new layer of recognition for The Andy Griffith Show is on the ...