On The Andy Griffith Show, Griffith played Sheriff Andy Taylor, the straight-laced peacekeeper in the tiny town of Mayberry.

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Goober Pyle appeared in over 80 episodes of 'The Andy Griffith Show.' The character was included in other projects, too. Did you know he had a failed spinoff? While Gomer Pyle is forever linked to The ...

When you watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show-most notably its first five seasons-you can't help but get taken in by the ...

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Matlock is back on CBS. Oscar-winner Kathy Bates stars as Madeline “Matty” Matlock in the new gender-flipped reimagining of the popular Andy Griffith legal drama. In the new show, Bates plays a woman ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday. He was 86.