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 includes an ...

Why Andy Griffith ‘Didn’t Like the Idea’ for ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ originally appeared on Parade. As unlikely as it seems, Andy Griffith almost didn’t star on The Andy Griffith Show. In a ...

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? Also, ...

SOME PEOPLE roll their eyes at legislation that would make “The Andy Griffith Show” the official TV series of North Carolina and would just as soon nip it in the bud in favor of more pressing issues.

Before his career as an Oscar-winning director, Ron Howard made a name for himself as a child actor. One of his first roles was Sheriff Andy Taylor's (Andy Griffith) son, Opie, on The Andy Griffith ...

In the late 1950s TV was relatively new in our rural community. Those in my age group felt very fortunate to have that “snowy” picture light up a screen when we turned the set on and allowed it to ...

Can anyone imagine The Andy Griffith Show without Andy Griffith? Who else could bring that grounded wisdom and warmth to Sheriff Andy Taylor? Can we imagine someone else dealing with the antics of Don ...

Ron starred on the series as Opie, the son of Griffith's Andy Taylor Ron Howard reflected on his time on The Andy Griffith Show in a new interview Ron shared that he only learned as an adult that his ...

Ron Howard is taking a trip down memory lane. On Feb. 15, the 70-year-old posted a picture to Instagram of his “The Andy Griffith Show” co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, visiting him on set in ...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story stated the barber shop chairs were brought from the set of the show. The chairs are actually from the barber shop Andy Griffith received haircuts from ...