Andy Griffith and Cindi Knight at the 2004 TV Land Awards; Ron Howard and Cheryl Howard attend the premiere of "Eden" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The sitcom, which premiered ...

Joanna Moore, who played Peggy on "The Andy Griffith Show" for four episodes, dealt with a number of personal challenges ...

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 ...

Howard also reflected on the show’s legacy in a September interview with PEOPLE In 1986, the surviving cast from the show reunited for a TV film, Return to Mayberry. In it, Andy — who married Aneta ...

The Andy Griffith Show started its legendary reign 65 years ago. The sitcom, which premiered on Oct. 3, 1960, starred Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the sheriff in the small fictional town of Mayberry, ...

In its ever-widening efforts to find its base things to be mad about that are not the way no amount of rage expressed at trans rights, immigrants, or late-night talk show hosts seems to actually make ...

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 ...

An offhanded comment from Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker at the Sept. 30 council meeting is generating controversy online. Parker was responding to comments made by Fort Worth nonprofit leader and ...

Andy Beshear speaks with voters at a Louisville pharmacy during his successful 2019 campaign for Kentucky governor. Credit: Associated Press Flashier governors in larger states—like Gavin Newsom of ...

Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones slowed up on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence's game-winning touchdown run on Monday. / ESPN/ABC. The Jaguars defeated the Chiefs on Monday Night Football thanks ...

"Pretty Woman" actor Richard Gere criticized President Donald Trump’s record during his second term in an interview Monday. While attending a charity dinner for Open Arms, a Spanish non-governmental ...

James (Jim) Mitchum, a film and television actor and son of Robert Mitchum who appeared in over 35 titles between 1949 and 1994, died on Sept. 20 at his home in Skull Valley, Ariz. He was 84. Born in ...