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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Griffith" title="Andy Griffith">Andy Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Knotts" title="Don Knotts">Don Knotts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Bavier" title="Frances Bavier">Frances Bavier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earle_Hagen" title="Earle Hagen">Earle Hagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_W._Spencer" title="Herbert W. Spencer">Herbert W. Spencer</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Theme" title="The Andy Griffith Show Theme"><i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> Theme</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">249 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard" title="Sheldon Leonard">Sheldon Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RKO_Forty_Acres" title="RKO Forty Acres">Desilu Culver</a> (1960–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Studios</a> (1967–1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-camera_setup" title="Single-camera setup">Single-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">25–26 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas Enterprises</a></li> <li>Mayberry Enterprises</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Productions" title="CBS Productions">CBS Productions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">October 3, 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960-10-03</span>)</span> –<br />April 1, 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1968-04-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Thomas_Show" title="The Danny Thomas Show">The Danny Thomas Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D." title="Mayberry R.F.D.">Mayberry R.F.D.</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Andy Griffith Show </b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> television series that was aired on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in <a href="/wiki/Black_and_white" class="mw-redirect" title="Black and white">black and white</a> and 90 in <a href="/wiki/Color" title="Color">color</a>. </p><p>The series originated from an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Thomas_Show" title="The Danny Thomas Show">The Danny Thomas Show</a></i>. It stars <a href="/wiki/Andy_Griffith" title="Andy Griffith">Andy Griffith</a> as <a href="/wiki/Andy_Taylor_(The_Andy_Griffith_Show)" title="Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)">Andy Taylor</a>, the widowed sheriff of <a href="/wiki/Mayberry" title="Mayberry">Mayberry, North Carolina</a>, a fictional community of roughly 2,000–5,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other major characters include Andy's lifelong friend, the well-meaning and enthusiastic but bumbling deputy, <a href="/wiki/Barney_Fife" title="Barney Fife">Barney Fife</a> (<a href="/wiki/Don_Knotts" title="Don Knotts">Don Knotts</a>), Andy's aunt and housekeeper, <a href="/wiki/Aunt_Bee" title="Aunt Bee">Bee Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Frances_Bavier" title="Frances Bavier">Frances Bavier</a>) and Andy's young son, <a href="/wiki/Opie_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Opie Taylor">Opie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a>). The townspeople round out the regular cast. Regarding the tone of the show, Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting, the show evoked nostalgia, saying in a <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a></i> interview, "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."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series was never placed lower than seventh in the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a>, ending its final season at number one. The only other shows to end their runs at the top of the ratings are <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i> (1957) and <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i> (1998).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On separate occasions, it has been ranked by <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i> as the ninth- and thirteenth-best series in American <a href="/wiki/Television_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Television history">television history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Top50Shows_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top50Shows-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fretts_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fretts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a>. The series spawned its own spin-off — <i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i> (1964–1969) – and a reunion telemovie, <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Mayberry" title="Return to Mayberry">Return to Mayberry</a></i> (1986). </p><p>After the eighth season, when Griffith left the series, it was retitled <i><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D." title="Mayberry R.F.D.">Mayberry, R.F.D.</a>,</i> with <a href="/wiki/Ken_Berry" title="Ken Berry">Ken Berry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Foster" title="Buddy Foster">Buddy Foster</a> replacing Griffith and Howard in new roles. In the new format, it ran for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Mayberry_R.F.D._episodes" title="List of Mayberry R.F.D. episodes">78 episodes</a>, ending in 1971 after three seasons. Reruns of <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> are often shown on <a href="/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land">TV Land</a>, <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SundanceTV" class="mw-redirect" title="SundanceTV">SundanceTV</a>. On those channels, the episodes are edited to make room for more commercials, but some airings on SundanceTV air the full uncut versions. The complete series is available on DVD and Blu-ray and intermittently on streaming video services such as Amazon Prime and <a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a>. Mayberry Days, an annual festival celebrating the sitcom, is held each year in Griffith's hometown, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Airy, North Carolina">Mount Airy, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard" title="Sheldon Leonard">Sheldon Leonard</a>—producer of <i>The Danny Thomas Show</i>—and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a> hired veteran comedy writer Arthur Stander (who had written many of the "Danny Thomas" episodes) to create a pilot show for Griffith, featuring him as justice of the peace and newspaper editor in a small town.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Broadway, film, and radio star Griffith was interested in attempting a television role, and the <a href="/wiki/William_Morris_Agency" title="William Morris Agency">William Morris Agency</a> told Leonard that Griffith's rural background and previous rustic characterizations were suited to the part.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After conferences between Leonard and Griffith in New York City, Griffith flew to Los Angeles and filmed the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 15, 1960, <i>The Danny Thomas Show</i> episode "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" aired.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the episode, Griffith played the fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, North Carolina, who arrests Danny Williams (Thomas' character) for running a stop sign. Future players in <i>The Andy Griffith Show,</i> Bavier and Howard, appeared in the episode as townspeople Henrietta Perkins and Opie Taylor (the sheriff's son), respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_Foods" title="General Foods">General Foods</a>, sponsor of <i>The Danny Thomas Show,</i> had <a href="/wiki/Right_of_first_refusal" title="Right of first refusal">first access</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-off</a> and committed to it immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 3, 1960, at 9:30 p.m., <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> made its debut.<sup id="cite_ref-Beck_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beck-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG/220px-Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG/330px-Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG/440px-Andy_Griffith_Don_Knotts_1970.JPG 2x" data-file-width="837" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption>Knotts and Griffith as their characters in a still taken from the October 7, 1965, one-hour variety special <i>The Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and Jim Nabors Show</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The sitcom's production team included producers <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ruben" title="Aaron Ruben">Aaron Ruben</a> (1960–1965) and Bob Ross (1965–1968).<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First-season writers (many of whom worked in pairs) included Jack Elinson, Charles Stewart, Arthur Stander and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tarloff" title="Frank Tarloff">Frank Tarloff</a> (as "David Adler"), Benedict Freedman and John Fenton Murray, Leo Solomon and Ben Gershman, and Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During season six, Greenbaum and Fritzell left the show. Ruben departed for <i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i>, a show he owned in part.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Bullock_(writer)" title="Harvey Bullock (writer)">Harvey Bullock</a> left after season six. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sweeney_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Sweeney (director)">Bob Sweeney</a> directed the first three seasons save the premiere.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was filmed at <a href="/wiki/Desilu_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Desilu Studios">Desilu Studios</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with exteriors filmed at <a href="/wiki/RKO_Forty_Acres" title="RKO Forty Acres">Forty Acres</a> in Culver City, California.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Woodsy locales were filmed north of <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Hills">Beverly Hills</a> at <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Canyon_Park" title="Franklin Canyon Park">Franklin Canyon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the opening credits and closing credits with Andy and Opie walking to and from "the fishin' hole".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Don_Knotts" title="Don Knotts">Don Knotts</a>, who knew Griffith professionally (they had appeared together in both the Broadway and film versions of <i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_for_Sergeants" title="No Time for Sergeants">No Time for Sergeants</a></i>) and had seen <i>The Danny Thomas Show</i> episode, called Griffith during the developmental stages of the show and suggested the Sheriff character needed a deputy and comic sideman; Griffith agreed. Knotts auditioned for the show's creator and executive producer, <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard" title="Sheldon Leonard">Sheldon Leonard</a>, and was offered a five-year contract playing Barney Fife.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Theme" title="The Andy Griffith Show Theme">show's theme music</a> was composed by <a href="/wiki/Earle_Hagen" title="Earle Hagen">Earle Hagen</a>, who also performed the whistling in the opening and closing credits.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Herbert_W._Spencer" title="Herbert W. Spencer">Herbert Spencer</a> was credited by the <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music,_Inc." title="Broadcast Music, Inc.">BMI</a> as "co-composer", but was not involved with the composition of the theme.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961, actor <a href="/wiki/Everett_Sloane" title="Everett Sloane">Everett Sloane</a>, who also guest starred as Jubal Foster in the episode "The Keeper of the Flame", wrote lyrics for the theme after he learned it did not have any.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This vocal version of the theme was renamed "The Fishin' Hole" and first appeared on an <a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP album</a> of music from the show.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the show's tunes, "The Mayberry March", was reworked several times in different tempo, styles and orchestrations as background music. The show's sole sponsor was <a href="/wiki/General_Foods" title="General Foods">General Foods</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with promotional consideration paid for (in the form of cars) by <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> (mentioned in the credits).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Griffith's_development_of_Andy_Taylor"><span id="Griffith.27s_development_of_Andy_Taylor"></span>Griffith's development of Andy Taylor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Griffith's development of Andy Taylor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Initially, Griffith played Taylor as a heavy-handed country bumpkin, grinning from ear to ear and speaking in a hesitant, frantic manner. The style recalled that used in the delivery of his popular <a href="/wiki/Monologue" title="Monologue">monologues</a> such as "<a href="/wiki/What_It_Was,_Was_Football" title="What It Was, Was Football">What It Was, Was Football</a>." He gradually abandoned the "rustic Taylor" and developed a serious and thoughtful characterization. Producer Aaron Ruben recalled: </p><blockquote><p>He was being that marvelously funny character from <i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_for_Sergeants" title="No Time for Sergeants">No Time for Sergeants</a>,</i> Will Stockdale [a role Griffith played on stage and in film] ... One day he said, "My God, I just realized that I'm the <a href="/wiki/Double_act" title="Double act">straight man</a>. I'm playing straight to all these kooks around me." He didn't like himself [in first year reruns] ... and in the next season he changed, becoming this <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincolnesque</a> character.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> As Griffith stopped portraying some of the sheriff's more unsophisticated character traits and mannerisms, it was impossible for him to create his own problems and troubles in the manner of other central sitcom characters such as Lucy in <i>I Love Lucy</i> or Archie Bunker in <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i>, whose problems were the result of their temperaments, philosophies, and attitudes. Consequently, the characters around Taylor were employed to create the problems and troubles, with rock-solid Taylor stepping in as problem solver, mediator, advisor, disciplinarian, and counselor.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premise_and_characters">Premise and characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Premise and characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_characters" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show characters">List of The Andy Griffith Show characters</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_guest_stars" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show guest stars">List of The Andy Griffith Show guest stars</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG/220px-Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG/330px-Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG/440px-Andy_Griffith_Show_1961.JPG 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>In the 1961 episode "Andy Saves Barney's Morale", Andy leaves Barney in charge while he is away and returns to find Barney has jailed many of Mayberry's citizens for petty reasons.</figcaption></figure> <p>The series revolves around <a href="/wiki/Andy_Taylor_(The_Andy_Griffith_Show)" title="Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)">Andy Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Andy_Griffith" title="Andy Griffith">Andy Griffith</a>), the sheriff of the sleepy, slow-paced fictional community of <a href="/wiki/Mayberry" title="Mayberry">Mayberry, North Carolina</a>. His laid-back, level-headed approach to law enforcement makes him the scourge of local <a href="/wiki/Moonshine" title="Moonshine">moonshiners</a> and out-of-town criminals, while his abilities to settle community problems with common-sense advice, mediation, and conciliation make him popular with his fellow citizens. His professional life, however, is complicated by the repeated gaffes of his inept deputy, <a href="/wiki/Barney_Fife" title="Barney Fife">Barney Fife</a> (<a href="/wiki/Don_Knotts" title="Don Knotts">Don Knotts</a>). Barney is Andy's cousin and best friend. At home, widower Andy raises his young son <a href="/wiki/Opie_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Opie Taylor">Opie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ronny_Howard" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronny Howard">Ronny Howard</a>), assisted by his maiden aunt and housekeeper, <a href="/wiki/Aunt_Bee" title="Aunt Bee">Aunt Bee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Frances_Bavier" title="Frances Bavier">Frances Bavier</a>). Opie tests his father's parenting skills season after season, and Aunt Bee's ill-considered romances and adventures cause her nephew concern. </p><p>Andy's friends and neighbors include, at various times, barber <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Lawson" title="Floyd Lawson">Floyd Lawson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Howard_McNear" title="Howard McNear">Howard McNear</a>; <a href="/wiki/Walter_Baldwin" title="Walter Baldwin">Walter Baldwin</a> portrayed the role in the 1960 episode "Stranger in Town"), service station attendants and cousins <a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle" title="Gomer Pyle">Gomer Pyle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Goober_Pyle" title="Goober Pyle">Goober Pyle</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_Lindsey" title="George Lindsey">George Lindsey</a>), and local drunkard <a href="/wiki/Otis_Campbell" title="Otis Campbell">Otis Campbell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hal_Smith_(actor)" title="Hal Smith (actor)">Hal Smith</a>). There are two mayors over the course of the series: Mayor Pike (<a href="/wiki/Dick_Elliott" title="Dick Elliott">Dick Elliott</a>) is more relaxed, but often indecisive, while Mayor Roy Stoner (<a href="/wiki/Parley_Baer" title="Parley Baer">Parley Baer</a>) has a more assertive personality. Other semi-regulars include townswoman <a href="/wiki/Clara_Edwards" title="Clara Edwards">Clara Edwards</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hope_Summers" title="Hope Summers">Hope Summers</a>), Barney's sweetheart <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Lou" title="Thelma Lou">Thelma Lou</a> (<a href="/wiki/Betty_Lynn" title="Betty Lynn">Betty Lynn</a>) and Andy's schoolteacher sweetheart <a href="/wiki/Helen_Crump" title="Helen Crump">Helen Crump</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aneta_Corsaut" title="Aneta Corsaut">Aneta Corsaut</a>). Ellie Walker (<a href="/wiki/Elinor_Donahue" title="Elinor Donahue">Elinor Donahue</a>) is Andy's girlfriend in the first season, while Peggy McMillan (<a href="/wiki/Joanna_Moore" title="Joanna Moore">Joanna Moore</a>) is a nurse who becomes his girlfriend in season 3. In the color seasons, County Clerk <a href="/wiki/Howard_Sprague" title="Howard Sprague">Howard Sprague</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jack_Dodson" title="Jack Dodson">Jack Dodson</a>) and handyman Emmett Clark (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Hartman" title="Paul Hartman">Paul Hartman</a>) appear regularly, while Barney's replacement deputy <a href="/wiki/Warren_Ferguson_(The_Andy_Griffith_Show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warren Ferguson (The Andy Griffith Show)">Warren Ferguson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jack_Burns" title="Jack Burns">Jack Burns</a>) appears in about half of season six. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ernest_T._Bass" title="Ernest T. Bass">Ernest T. Bass</a> made his first appearance in episode #94 ("Mountain Wedding"), as well as four later episodes. The actor who portrayed him, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Morris" title="Howard Morris">Howard Morris</a>, also played George, the television repairman in episode #140 ("Andy and Helen Have Their Day") and two uncredited voice roles, as Leonard Blush and a radio announcer. Morris also directed a total of eight episodes of the show, none while portraying Ernest T. Bass. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Unseen_character" title="Unseen character">Unseen characters</a> such as telephone operator Sarah, and Barney's love interest, local diner waitress Juanita Beasley, as mentioned in the first season, are often referenced. The show's announcer for the first five seasons, Colin Male, portrayed Game Warden Peterson in Episode #140 ("Andy and Helen Have Their Day"). </p><p>In the series' last few episodes, farmer Sam Jones (<a href="/wiki/Ken_Berry" title="Ken Berry">Ken Berry</a>) debuts and later becomes the lead of the retitled show, <i><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D." title="Mayberry R.F.D.">Mayberry R.F.D.</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut, Jack Dodson, and Betty Lynn also appeared on Griffith's later show <i><a href="/wiki/Matlock_(1986_TV_series)" title="Matlock (1986 TV series)">Matlock</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rank</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rating</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Viewers<br />(millions)</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#4B0082;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Pilot_(1960)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">Intro</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">1</td><td colspan="2" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">February 15, 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960-02-15</span>)</span></td><td data-sort-value="" class="table-na" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">—</td><td data-sort-value="" class="table-na" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">—</td><td data-sort-value="" class="table-na" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">—</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#000080;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_1_(1960–61)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">32</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 3, 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960-10-03</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 22, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1961-05-22</span>)</span></td><td>4</td><td>27.8</td><td>13.12<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#7BA429;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_2_(1961–62)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">31</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 2, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-10-02</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 7, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1962-05-07</span>)</span></td><td>7</td><td>27.0</td><td>13.10<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#8B4513;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_3_(1962–63)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">32</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 1, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-10-01</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 6, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1963-05-06</span>)</span></td><td>6</td><td>29.7</td><td>14.93<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#87CEEB;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_4_(1963–64)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">32</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 30, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1963-09-30</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 18, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1964-05-18</span>)</span></td><td>5</td><td>29.4</td><td>15.17<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#000;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_5_(1964–65)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">32</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 21, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1964-09-21</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 3, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1965-05-03</span>)</span></td><td>4</td><td>28.3</td><td>14.91<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#DEB887;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_6_(1965–66)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">6</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 13, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1965-09-13</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 11, 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1966-04-11</span>)</span></td><td>6</td><td>26.9</td><td>14.48<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FFFF00;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_7_(1966–67)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">7</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 12, 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-09-12</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 10, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1967-04-10</span>)</span></td><td>3</td><td>27.4</td><td>15.10<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#4A5F2A;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_episodes#Season_8_(1967–68)" title="List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes">8</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 11, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1967-09-11</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 1, 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1968-04-01</span>)</span></td><td>1</td><td>27.6</td><td>15.64<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The show comprises eight full seasons and 249 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—159 episodes in black and white (seasons 1–5) and 90 in color (seasons 6–8). Griffith appears in all 249 episodes with Howard appearing in 202, Bavier appearing in 175, and Knotts appearing in 141. Only Griffith, Howard, Bavier, Knotts and Hope Summers appeared in all eight seasons. Knotts left the show at the end of season five to pursue a career in films (on the show, it is explained that he takes a job as a detective with the <a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Police_Department" title="Raleigh Police Department">Raleigh Police Department</a>) but returned to make five guest appearances as Barney in seasons six through eight. His last appearance is in the final season, in a story about a summit meeting with Soviet dignitaries "ranked eleventh among single comedy programs most watched in television between 1960 and 1984, with an audience of thirty-three and a half million."<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reruns,_spinoffs_and_reunions"><span id="Reruns.2C_spinoffs_and_reunions"></span>Reruns, spinoffs and reunions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reruns, spinoffs and reunions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG/220px-Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG/330px-Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG/440px-Andy_Griffith_Ken_Berry_Mayberry_RFD_1968.JPG 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="844" /></a><figcaption>Sam Jones (<a href="/wiki/Ken_Berry" title="Ken Berry">Ken Berry</a>) and his son Mike (<a href="/wiki/Buddy_Foster" title="Buddy Foster">Buddy Foster</a>) were recurring characters in the final season of <i>The Andy Griffith Show,</i> setting up the sequel series <i><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D." title="Mayberry R.F.D.">Mayberry R.F.D.</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1964, daytime <a href="/wiki/Reruns" class="mw-redirect" title="Reruns">reruns</a> began airing during the fall season and the show has been in syndication since.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reruns were retitled <i>Andy of Mayberry</i> to distinguish the repeat episodes from the new episodes airing in primetime.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of season four (May 1964), the <a href="/wiki/Backdoor_pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Backdoor pilot">backdoor pilot</a> "<a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a>" aired and the following September, the spinoff series <i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i> debuted with Jim Nabors in the role of Gomer and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sutton" title="Frank Sutton">Frank Sutton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Drill_instructor" title="Drill instructor">drill instructor</a> Sergeant Vince Carter. </p><p>In the last episodes of the eighth season, as Griffith was preparing to leave, the character Sam Jones, played by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Berry" title="Ken Berry">Ken Berry</a>, was introduced as the new star and the series was retitled <i><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D." title="Mayberry R.F.D.">Mayberry R.F.D.</a></i> Most of the cast members continued their original roles, with Bavier becoming Sam's housekeeper. To create a smooth transition, Andy and Helen were married in the first episode with the new title and remained for a few additional episodes before leaving with a move to <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>, effectively ending their appearances. </p><p>After <i>RFD</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s cancellation in 1971, George Lindsey played Goober for many years on the popular country-variety show <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a>.</i> </p><p>Goober, Barney and Emmett all made appearances in the series premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Andy_Griffith_Show" title="The New Andy Griffith Show">The New Andy Griffith Show</a>,</i> which starred Griffith as a similar but canonically different character, Mayor Andy Sawyer. All three characters treated Sawyer as if he were Andy Taylor. The series only lasted ten episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-tvparty_newags_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvparty_newags-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, the reunion <a href="/wiki/Telemovie" class="mw-redirect" title="Telemovie">telemovie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Mayberry" title="Return to Mayberry">Return to Mayberry</a></i> was broadcast with several cast members reprising their original roles. Absent, however, was <a href="/wiki/Frances_Bavier" title="Frances Bavier">Frances Bavier</a>. She was living in <a href="/wiki/Siler_City,_North_Carolina" title="Siler City, North Carolina">Siler City, North Carolina</a> in ill health and declined to participate. In the TV movie, Aunt Bee is portrayed as deceased (and in fact, Bavier did die three years later), with Andy visiting her grave. Also absent were Howard McNear, Paul Hartman, Jack Burns, and the cast members who were featured only in the <i>Mayberry RFD</i> seasons. </p><p>Griffith and Howard reprised their roles a final time for a <a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die" title="Funny or Die">Funny or Die</a> skit supporting the <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993, <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> had a Reunion Special which featured Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors, George Lindsey, and Jack Dodson.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, four surviving cast members (Griffith, Howard, Knotts, and Nabors) came together for a reunion special that featured the actors reminiscing about each other's time on the show. The production was interspersed with archival footage and short filmed interviews with some of the other surviving cast members. This special was called <i>The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry.</i><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> was a top ten hit through its entire run, never ranking lower than seventh place in the yearly ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Nielsen study conducted during the show's final season (1967–68) indicated the show ranked number one among blue collar workers followed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lucy_Show" title="The Lucy Show">The Lucy Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a>.</i> Among white collar workers, the show ranked third, following <i>Saturday Movies</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show" title="The Dean Martin Show">The Dean Martin Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_8-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final season of <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> was the number one ranked show on television.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other shows to have accomplished this include <i>I Love Lucy</i><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Seinfeld.</i><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, the year <i>Seinfeld</i> ended, more than five million people a day watched the show's reruns on 120 stations.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Emmys">Emmys</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Emmys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1961</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series: Don Knotts – Won</li> <li>Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor – Nominated (Winner: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program" title="The Jack Benny Program">The Jack Benny Program</a></i>)</li></ul> <p><b>1962</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor: Don Knotts – Won</li> <li>Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor – Nominated (Winner: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bob_Newhart_Show_(1961_TV_series)" title="The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series)">The Bob Newhart Show</a></i>)</li></ul> <p><b>1963</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor: Don Knotts – Won</li></ul> <p><b>1966</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Don Knotts for "The Return of Barney Fife" – Won</li></ul> <p><b>1967</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Comedy Series – Nominated (Winner: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monkees_(TV_series)" title="The Monkees (TV series)">The Monkees</a></i>)</li> <li>Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Don Knotts for "Barney Comes to Mayberry" – Won</li> <li>Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Frances Bavier – Won</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TV_Land_Awards">TV Land Awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: TV Land Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Favorite Second Banana: Don Knotts – Won (2003)</li> <li>Single Dad of the Year: Andy Griffith – Won (2003)</li> <li>Legend Award – Won (2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_accolades">Other accolades</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1997, the episode "<a href="/wiki/Opie_the_Birdman" title="Opie the Birdman">Opie the Birdman</a>" was ranked No. 24 on <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide%27s_100_Greatest_Episodes_of_All_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time">TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2002, <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i> ranked <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> ninth on its list of the 50 Best Shows of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-Top50Shows_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top50Shows-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bravo_(American_TV_network)" title="Bravo (American TV network)">Bravo</a> ranked Andy Taylor 63rd on their list of the 100 greatest TV characters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2013, <i>TV Guide</i> ranked <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> number 15 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-Fretts_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fretts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandise_and_pop_culture">Merchandise and pop culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Merchandise and pop culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Very little merchandise was produced for <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> during its original run, a peculiarity for a hit TV show in the 1960s. One theory for the lack of merchandise is that the show's producers, Griffith in particular, wanted to protect its image as a realistic and thoughtful offering and keep the public's focus on the show itself rather than its branding.<sup id="cite_ref-RetFan1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetFan1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the handful of merchandise released during the show's first run, <a href="/wiki/Dell_Comics" title="Dell Comics">Dell Comics</a> published two <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic books</a>, one drawn by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Scarpelli" title="Henry Scarpelli">Henry Scarpelli</a>, the other by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fraccio" title="Bill Fraccio">Bill Fraccio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RetFan1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetFan1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, copies in near-mint condition were priced in excess of $500 each.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a <a href="/wiki/Soundtrack_album" title="Soundtrack album">soundtrack album</a>, two coloring books, and a 1966 <a href="/wiki/Grape-Nuts" title="Grape-Nuts">Grape-Nuts</a> cereal box with a photo of Griffith in character as Sheriff Andy Taylor beside a lemon pie recipe on the back.<sup id="cite_ref-RetFan1_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetFan1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's enduring popularity has spawned considerable merchandise during the decades following its cancellation,<sup id="cite_ref-RetFan1_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetFan1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including board games, bobblehead dolls, kitchenware, and books. In 2007, a line of canned foods inspired by the series was made available in grocery stores across America. </p><p>Griffith's hometown of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Airy, North Carolina">Mount Airy, North Carolina</a>, annually hosts a week-long "Mayberry Days" celebration featuring concerts, parades and appearances by the show's players. </p><p>In 2003, the country band <a href="/wiki/Rascal_Flatts" title="Rascal Flatts">Rascal Flatts</a> released the song "<a href="/wiki/Mayberry_(song)" title="Mayberry (song)">Mayberry</a>" and many of the lyrics pay tribute to the show. The 1989 song "<a href="/wiki/Floyd_the_Barber_(Nirvana_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Floyd the Barber (Nirvana song)">Floyd the Barber</a>" by American grunge band <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a> references multiple characters from the show, including Floyd, Barney, Opie, Andy, and Aunt Bee.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canadian rapper and singer <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> references the show's theme song in his 2009 track "<a href="/wiki/Best_I_Ever_Had_(Drake_song)" title="Best I Ever Had (Drake song)">Best I Ever Had"</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cable television network <a href="/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land">TV Land</a> erected bronze statues of Andy and Opie in Mount Airy and <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a> (<i>see:</i> <a href="/wiki/Pullen_Park" title="Pullen Park">Pullen Park</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Taylor Home Inn in <a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Wisconsin" title="Clear Lake, Wisconsin">Clear Lake, Wisconsin</a>, is a bed-and-breakfast modeled after the Taylor Home.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mayberry Cafe in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Indiana" title="Danville, Indiana">Danville, Indiana</a>, features Aunt Bee's Fried Chicken and a replica of Andy's <a href="/wiki/Ford_Galaxie" title="Ford Galaxie">Ford Galaxie</a> police car. </p><p>In 2021, the original feature film <i>Mayberry Man</i> was produced by children of actors from <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> featuring Mayberry tribute artists set in a fictitious modern-day Mayberry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1980s, Premier Promotions released various episodes on VHS. Most tapes had either two or four episodes. In the early to mid-1990s, <a href="/wiki/United_American_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="United American Video">United American Video</a> (under license from the show's then-syndicator <a href="/wiki/Viacom_Enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom Enterprises">Viacom Enterprises</a>) released VHS tapes of various episodes. They either had two or three episodes. These compilations were culled from episodes early in the show's run that had lapsed into the public domain; these episodes continue to be circulated on unofficial video releases. </p><p>Starting in 2004, <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Home_Media_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Home Media Distribution">Paramount Home Entertainment</a> (under the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Home_Entertainment" title="CBS Home Entertainment">CBS Home Entertainment</a> label starting in 2006) released all eight seasons as single-season packages on Region 1 DVD. <i>The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series</i> was first released as a 40-disc boxed set in 2007. In addition to all 249 episodes of the series, its bonus features included the episode "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Thomas_Show" title="The Danny Thomas Show">The Danny Thomas Show</a></i> which served as the pilot, the episode "Opie Joins the Marines" from <i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i> which featured Ron Howard and the 95-minute, <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">made-for-television</a> <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Mayberry" title="Return to Mayberry">Return to Mayberry</a></i>. In 2016, <i>The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series</i> was repackaged and released again as a 39-disc set that featured all 249 episodes of the series but did not include the bonus feature disc. The last 16 episodes of the third season, which lapsed into the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> after CBS neglected to file copyright renewals on the episodes in 1989, are available on discount DVDs. The 2007 lawsuit <i>CBS Operations Inc v. Reel Funds International Inc.</i> ruled that the episodes in question were <a href="/wiki/Derivative_work" title="Derivative work">derivative works</a> based on the copyrighted episodes even though the episodes themselves were not under copyright and granted CBS indirect copyright over the public domain episodes; the ruling <a href="/wiki/Enjoin" class="mw-redirect" title="Enjoin">enjoined</a> Reel Funds International, a public domain distributor, from selling DVDs with those episodes within the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas">United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>DVD Name </th> <th>Ep# </th> <th>Release Date </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>The First Season</i> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>November 16, 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Second Season</i> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>May 24, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Third Season</i> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>August 16, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Fourth Season</i> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>November 22, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Fifth Season</i> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>February 14, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Sixth Season</i> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>May 9, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Seventh Season</i> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>August 29, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Final Season</i> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>December 12, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Complete Series</i> </td> <td>249 </td> <td>May 29, 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Complete Series</i> </td> <td>249 </td> <td>February 16, 2016 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: The Region 1 release of <i>The Third Season</i> contains two episodes edited for syndication: "The Darlings Are Coming"—which had several scenes cut—and "Barney Mends a Broken Heart", which had its <a href="/wiki/Epilogue" title="Epilogue">epilogue</a> cut. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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New York: Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-4773-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-4773-6"><bdi>978-1-4767-4773-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Andy+%26+Don%3A+The+Making+of+a+Friendship+and+a+Classic+TV+Show&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-4767-4773-6&rft.aulast=de+Vise&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvYPRCgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Andy+Griffith+Show" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Fann, Joey. <i>The Way Back to Mayberry</i>. Broadman and Holman, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8054-2420-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8054-2420-2">0-8054-2420-2</a>.</li> <li>Kelly, Richard. <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i> (John F. Blair, 1981). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89587-043-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-89587-043-6">0-89587-043-6</a>.</li> <li>McElroy, Kathleen. "Remembering Mayberry in White and Black: The Andy Griffith Show's Construction of the South," <i>Memory Studies,</i> 8 (Oct. 2015), 440–453.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustavo_P%C3%A9rez_Firmat" title="Gustavo Pérez Firmat">Pérez Firmat, Gustavo</a>. <i>A Cuban in Mayberry: Looking Back at America's Hometown</i>. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 2014.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVaughn2004" class="citation news cs1">Vaughn, Don Rodney (November 1, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14331567_ITM">"Why "The Andy Griffith Show" is Important to Popular Culture"</a>. 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Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Campbell" title="Otis Campbell">Otis Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Crump" title="Helen Crump">Helen Crump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Darlings" title="The Darlings">The Darlings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clara_Edwards" title="Clara Edwards">Clara Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fun_Girls" title="The Fun Girls">The Fun Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Lawson" title="Floyd Lawson">Floyd Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Sprague" title="Howard Sprague">Howard Sprague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelma_Lou" title="Thelma Lou">Thelma Lou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_for_Sergeants_(film)" title="No Time for Sergeants (film)">No Time for Sergeants</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Thomas_Show" title="The Danny Thomas Show">The Danny Thomas Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Nabors_Hour" title="The Jim Nabors Hour">The Jim Nabors Hour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Andy_Griffith_Show" title="The New Andy Griffith Show">The New Andy Griffith Show</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Desilu_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Desilu Productions">Desilu Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_(song)" title="Mayberry (song)">Mayberry (song)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayberry_Machiavelli" title="Mayberry Machiavelli">Mayberry Machiavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_North_Carolina#Mayberry" title="Mount Airy, North Carolina">Mount Airy</a></li> <li><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:TopUSTVShows" title="Template:TopUSTVShows"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:TopUSTVShows" title="Template talk:TopUSTVShows"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:TopUSTVShows" title="Special:EditPage/Template:TopUSTVShows"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Nielsen_Media_Research_top-rated_United_States_network_television_show" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen Media Research</a> top-rated United States network television show</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1950–51 United States network television schedule">50–51</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Texaco_Star_Theater" title="Texaco Star Theater">Texaco Star Theater</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1951–52 United States network television schedule">51–52</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey%27s_Talent_Scouts" title="Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts">Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1952–53 United States network television schedule">52–53</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1953–54 United States network television schedule">53–54</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1954–55 United States network television schedule">54–55</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1955–56 United States network television schedule">55–56</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_$64,000_Question" title="The $64,000 Question">The $64,000 Question</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1956–57 United States network television schedule">56–57</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1957–58 United States network television schedule">57–58</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1958–59 United States network television schedule">58–59</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1959–60 United States network television schedule">59–60</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1960–61 United States network television schedule">60–61</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1961–62 United States network television schedule">61–62</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Train" title="Wagon Train">Wagon Train</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1962–63 United States network television schedule">62–63</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1963–64 United States network television schedule">63–64</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies" title="The Beverly Hillbillies">The Beverly Hillbillies</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Beverly_Hillbillies_episodes#Season_1:_1962/63" title="List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes">S1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Beverly_Hillbillies_episodes#Season_2:_1963/64" title="List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes">S2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1964–65 United States network television schedule">64–65</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1965–66 United States network television schedule">65–66</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1966–67 United States network television schedule">66–67</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1967–68 United States network television schedule">67–68</a>: <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Andy Griffith Show</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show_season_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Andy Griffith Show season 8 (page does not exist)">(S8)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1968–69 United States network television schedule">68–69</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1969–70 United States network television schedule">69–70</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1970–71 United States network television schedule">70–71</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Welby,_M.D." title="Marcus Welby, M.D.">Marcus Welby, M.D.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1971–72 United States network television schedule">71–72</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1972–73 United States network television schedule">72–73</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1973–74 United States network television schedule">73–74</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1974–75 United States network television schedule">74–75</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1975–76 United States network television schedule">75–76</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 2 (page does not exist)">S2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 3 (page does not exist)">S3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 4 (page does not exist)">S4</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 5 (page does not exist)">S5</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 6 (page does not exist)">S6</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1976–77 United States network television schedule">76–77</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Happy_Days_season_4" title="Happy Days season 4">(S4)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1977–78 United States network television schedule">77–78</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1978–79 United States network television schedule">78–79</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley_season_3" title="Laverne & Shirley season 3">S3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley_season_4" title="Laverne & Shirley season 4">S4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1979–80 United States network television schedule">79–80</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1980–81 United States network television schedule">80–81</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1981–82 United States network television schedule">81–82</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_4" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4">S4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_5" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 5">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1982–83 United States network television schedule">82–83</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1983–84 United States network television schedule">83–84</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_7" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 7">(S7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1984–85 United States network television schedule">84–85</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dynasty_(1981_TV_series)" title="Dynasty (1981 TV series)">Dynasty</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1985–86 United States network television schedule">85–86</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1986–87 United States network television schedule">86–87</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1987–88 United States network television schedule">87–88</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1988–89 United States network television schedule">88–89</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 2 (page does not exist)">S2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 3 (page does not exist)">S3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 4 (page does not exist)">S4</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 5 (page does not exist)">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1989–90 United States network television schedule">89–90</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roseanne_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roseanne season 2 (page does not exist)">(S2)</a>/<i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 6 (page does not exist)">(S6)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1990–91 United States network television schedule">90–91</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Cheers" title="Cheers">Cheers</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Cheers_season_9" title="Cheers season 9">(S9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1991–92 United States network television schedule">91–92</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1992–93 United States network television schedule">92–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1993–94 United States network television schedule">93–94</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1994–95 United States network television schedule">94–95</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld </a></i> <a href="/wiki/Seinfeld_season_6" title="Seinfeld season 6">(S6)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1995–96 United States network television schedule">95–96</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1996–97 United States network television schedule">96–97</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/ER_season_2" title="ER season 2">S2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ER_season_3" title="ER season 3">S3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1997–98 United States network television schedule">97–98</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Seinfeld_season_9" title="Seinfeld season 9">(S9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1998–99 United States network television schedule">98–99</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> <a href="/wiki/ER_season_5" title="ER season 5">(S5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1999–2000 United States network television schedule">99–2000</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire_(American_game_show)" title="Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)">Who Wants to Be a Millionaire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2000–01 United States network television schedule">00–01</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Survivor_(American_TV_series)" title="Survivor (American TV series)">Survivor</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Survivor:_The_Australian_Outback" title="Survivor: The Australian Outback">(S2-AO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2001–02 United States network television schedule">01–02</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Friends_season_8" title="Friends season 8">(S8)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2002–03 United States network television schedule">02–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2003–04 United States network television schedule">03–04</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2004–05 United States network television schedule">04–05</a>,: <i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_3" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 3">S3</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_4" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 4">S4</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_5" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 5">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2005–06 United States network television schedule">05–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2006–07 United States network television schedule">06–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2007–08 United States network television schedule">07–08</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2008–09 United States network television schedule">08–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2009–10 United States network television schedule">09–10</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_5" title="American Idol season 5">S5</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_6" title="American Idol season 6">S6</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_7" title="American Idol season 7">S7</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_8" title="American Idol season 8">S8</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_9" title="American Idol season 9">S9</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2010–11 United States network television schedule">10–11</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a></i> <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_10" title="American Idol season 10">(S10)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2011–12 United States network television schedule">11–12</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">NBC Sunday Night Football</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2012–13 United States network television schedule">12–13</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/NCIS_(TV_series)" title="NCIS (TV series)">NCIS</a></i> <a href="/wiki/NCIS_season_10" title="NCIS season 10">(S10)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2013–14 United States network television schedule">13–14</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2014–15 United States network television schedule">14–15</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2015–16 United States network television schedule">15–16</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2016–17 United States network television schedule">16–17</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">NBC Sunday Night Football</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2017–18 United States network television schedule">17–18</a>: <i><a 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