After Don Knotts left The Andy Griffith Show, the comedy was never the same. The genial sitcom was as popular as ever — it finished #1 in the ratings in its eighth and final season — but the awards ...

Ron Howard is reflecting on 65 years in Mayberry! Speaking with PEOPLE at the YES Scholars 25th Anniversary Gala in Los Angeles, the 71-year-old Happy Days alum reflected on the upcoming The Andy ...

The character of Andy Taylor was inspired by Griffith’s real-life rural roots in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Already an established actor at the time, Griffith had mastered both stand-up comedy as ...

Before America ever laughed at Don Knotts, fear had already shaped him. Long before Barney Fife trembled his way into television history on The Andy Griffith Show, Knotts had learned how to survive by ...

Rachel Bilson’s grandfather, an Emmy winner, was the first A.D. on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ and he helmed the last sitcom episode Lucille Ball ever did.

The movie offers never came after Griffith killed his Universal deal. Unhappy without a job and wanting to prove he could do more than comedy, Griffith agreed to return to television as the boss of a ...