Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Griffith was never content to live only in Mayberry’s shadow. In the years that followed, he searched for the right vehicle to ...

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86. Griffith died at his coastal home in North Carolina at about 7 a.m.

It's hard to imagine today, but in the early 1970s, CBS launched one of the most dramatic shakeups in television history. Practically overnight, the network canceled a slate of hit programs-shows that ...

The prolific director worked on hit shows including 'The Andy Griffith Show,' 'Get Smart' and 'Hogan's Heroes' ...