The Andy Griffith Show was actually pretty groundbreaking in terms of the use of music on TV. Creator Sheldon Leonard refused to rely on stock music, a standard practice at the time, and insisted ...

The Andy Griffith Show skyrocketed Griffith to fame as he portrayed Andy Taylor — the sheriff of the fictional Mayberry, North Carolina — on the CBS sitcom for eight seasons from October 1960 ...

By the time a show called The Andy Griffith Show came floating through the air waves in 1960, TV reception had improved and because of that show, TV became our favorite form of entertainment.

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it ...

If you showed a time traveler (or, let’s be honest, anyone who is 22 in 2025) the opening sequence of The Andy Griffith Show with the sound off, they’d be like, “Why are you showing me this ...