The Andy Griffith Show
"Nip it in the bud!"
Paramount+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.
Season 1
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 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Cast (540)
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Directors
Bob Sweeney
Director
Ages 41-49
Lee Philips
Director
Ages 33-41
Alan Rafkin
Director
Ages 32-39
Coby Ruskin
Director
Ages 48-56
Don Weis
Director
Ages 38-45
Jeffrey Hayden
Director
Ages 33-41
Richard Crenna
Director
Ages 33-41
Howard Morris
Director
Ages 41-48
Earl Bellamy
Director
Ages 43-51
Peter Baldwin
Director
Ages 29-37
Theodore J. Flicker
Director
Ages 30-37
Gene Reynolds
Director
Ages 37-44
Charles Irving
Director
Ages 48-55
Sheldon Leonard
Director
Ages 53-61
Gene Nelson
Director
Ages 40-48
Lawrence Dobkin
Director
Ages 41-48
Gary Nelson
Director
Ages 25-33
Aaron Ruben
Director
Ages 46-54
Writers
Aaron Ruben
Writer
Ages 46-54
Jack Elinson
Writer
Ages 38-45
Harvey Bullock
Writer
Ages 39-46
Everett Greenbaum
Writer
Ages 40-48
James Fritzell
Writer
Ages 40-48
Charles Stewart
Writer
Ages 46-53
Sam Bobrick
Writer
Ages 28-35
Bill Idelson
Writer
Ages 41-48
Frank Tarloff
Writer
Ages 44-52
Fred Freeman
Writer
John Whedon
Writer
Ages 54-62
Lawrence J. Cohen
Writer
Ages 24-32
Bob Ross
Writer
Ages 52-59
Bob Ross
Story
Ages 52-59
Ben Gershman
Writer
Leo Solomon
Writer
Fred S. Fox
Writer
Ages 45-52
Seaman Jacobs
Writer
Ages 48-56
Ben Joelson
Writer
Ages 34-42
Perry Grant
Writer
Ages 36-44
Art Baer
Writer
Ages 35-42
Dick Bensfield
Writer
Ages 34-41
Michael Morris
Writer
Joseph Bonaduce
Writer
Ages 33-41
Doug Tibbles
Writer
R. Allen Saffian
Writer
Sid Morse
Writer
Arnold Margolin
Writer
Ages 25-33
Jim Parker
Writer
John L. Greene
Writer
Arthur Stander
Writer
Ages 43-51
Richard M. Powell
Writer
Paul David
Writer
Stan Dreben
Writer
Ages 42-49
Iz Elinson
Writer
Ronald Axe
Writer
Earl Barret
Writer
Pat McCormick
Writer
Ages 33-40
Benedict Freedman
Writer
Ron Friedman
Writer
James L. Brooks
Writer
Ages 20-27
Budd Grossman
Writer
Ages 36-44
Robert C. Dennis
Writer
Ages 44-52
Kent Wilson
Writer
John Fenton Murray
Writer
Ages 43-51
Howard Merrill
Writer
Ages 44-52
Ben Starr
Writer
Roland MacLane
Writer
Phil Shuken
Writer
Ages 48-56
Rance Howard
Writer
Ages 31-39
Laurence Marks
Writer
Ages 45-52
Sid Mandel
Writer
Les Roberts
Writer
Michael Morris
Writer
Jack Raymond
Writer
Ages 74-82
Paul Henning
Writer
Ages 49-56
Paul Wayne
Writer
Leo Townsend
Writer
Bill Freedman
Writer
Barry Blitzer
Writer
Ages 31-38
Ray Brenner
Writer
Ages 32-40
Bruce Howard
Writer
Richard Morgan
Writer
Pauline Townsend
Writer
Dave Evans
Writer
Henry Sharp
Writer
Gus Adrian
Writer
Charles Stewart
Writer
Producers
Cinematographers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US
Production Companies
CBS, Danny Thomas Enterprises, Mayberry Enterprises