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1. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 16,974
2. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley
Votes: 10,793
3. Matlock (1986–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford
Votes: 9,330
4. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War
The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart
Votes: 4,161
5. Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In liberal San Francisco a conservative cartoonist tries to keep his two daughters, who rent an apartment below him, safe. In season 6 the cartoonist buys a small-town newspaper in Tiburon.
Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Jim J. Bullock, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 2,703
6. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
7. The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin
Votes: 1,735
8. E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary series exploring a topic, headline, or person that became the ground zero for a revolution in culture; told by the people who were on the front lines of the story.
Stars: Phil Crowley, Chip Bolcik, Beng Spies, Ken Baker
Votes: 1,255
9. The Comic (1969)
M/PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 937
10.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Christmas Story
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Crotchety old businessman Ben Weaver wants moonshiner Sam Muggins locked up for Christmas but, after seeing the holiday spirit in Andy's jail, he tries to be arrested himself.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 772
11.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The New Housekeeper
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Sheriff Andy Taylor invites Aunt Bee to stay and help raise his 6-year-old son Opie when his housekeeper, Rose, leaves to get married. Opie objects to the change.
Director: Sheldon Leonard | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 684
12.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Convicts-at-Large
(1962)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Barney and Floyd are held hostage in a cabin by three escaped women convicts.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Howard McNear
Votes: 673
13.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Manhunt
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A state police captain errs in not utilizing Sheriff Taylor's intimate knowledge of the area and its people when issuing a dragnet for an escaped criminal.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 624
14.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Pickle Story
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
No one will admit to Aunt Bee's homemade pickles being the worst they've ever tasted. Andy switches them with store-bought ones to avoid eating hers, but her decision to enter them in the county fair presents a dilemma.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 621
15.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Haunted House
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney and Gomer try to retrieve a baseball from a supposedly haunted house and find some strange goings on inside.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Hal Smith
Votes: 606
16.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Guitar Player
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Sheriff Taylor twists the law to help a musically gifted citizen leave the community nest by arresting a traveling band on trumped up charges.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 586
17.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Man in a Hurry
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Car trouble strands a busy businessman in Mayberry on a Sunday, where the slow pace registers more as an infuriating dead stop.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 582
18.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's First Car
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
It's a red-letter day in Mayberry when Barney decides to join the motoring world, but things go sour when his cream-puff turns out to be a lemon.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 550
19.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Stranger in Town
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A smiling stranger comes to Mayberry - and danged if he don't know everything about everybody, giving the townsfolk a righteous case of the willies.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, William Lanteau
Votes: 546
20.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie the Birdman
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they get big.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 524
21.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mr. McBeevee
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Opie starts talking about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, but his description is hard to believe.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 523
22.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie's Charity
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Pride in what other people think presents itself to Andy two-fold when he hears that Opie gave only a measly three cents to a school charity fund, and when a two-years-dead husband walks up to say hello.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 513
23.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie Comes to Town
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A problem with ethics soon puts a lovely new lady pharmacist on the town's black list over withholding pills from a senior citizen simply because she has no prescription for her regular medication.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue, Don Knotts
Votes: 500
24.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney and the Choir
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The choir director invites Barney to join the choir before he realizes Barney can't sing.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 495
25.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Manicurist
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
When a pretty young manicurist starts working in Floyd's Barber Shop, the men are uneasy about it at first but eventually take to the idea in a big way. Their jealous wives, however, do not.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Howard McNear
Votes: 489
26.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
A Feud Is a Feud
(1960)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
For the sake of a determined young couple, Andy aims to end an 87-year-old bloodless feud betwixt their daddies.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 485
27.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Rafe Hollister Sings
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When image-conscious Mayor Stoner objects to a golden-voiced--but wardrobe-challenged--farmer chosen to represent Mayberry in the upcoming musicale, Andy must find a way to appease all sides.
Director: Charles Irving | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Parley Baer
Votes: 473
28.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Irresistible Andy
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy overthinks his asking Ellie to the church dance (prompted by her uncle Fred) into believing they've tricked him aboard the fast track to matrimony, for which he takes steps to derail.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 461
29.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Citizen's Arrest
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Gomer makes a citizen's arrest of Barney for committing the same traffic violation that Barney just ticketed him for. This causes Barney to overreact, resigning as deputy and demanding a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 456
30.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Three Wishes for Opie
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut
Votes: 448
31.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie for Council
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Ellie's run for city council divides Mayberry into a battle of the sexes.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 446
32.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Runaway Kid
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy lectures Opie on the value of keeping one's promise then later asks him to break it to reveal the identity of the runaway kid he just met and befriended, leaving Opie confused.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 445
33. CPO Sharkey (1976–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Comic exploits of an acid-tongued chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy.
Stars: Don Rickles, Harrison Page, Jeff Hollis, Tom Ruben
Votes: 444
34.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Alcohol and Old Lace
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
In tracking down area moonshiners, Barney and Andy hardly suspect the little, old Morrison sisters who've been so helpful to them, but they should.
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Howard McNear
Votes: 442
35.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Those Gossipin' Men
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
When a shoe salesman comes to town, riled Aunt Bee uses him to teach Andy a lesson in men being just as big a bunch of gossips as women.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 441
36.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Darlings Are Coming
(1963)
TV-G | 23 min | Comedy, Family
The Darlings, a musical mountain family, descend upon Mayberry.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 436
37.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney Gets His Man
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The accidental capture of a wanted man makes Barney the toast of Mayberry. It goes to his head 'til the felon escapes and returns to pay Barney back.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Betty Lynn
Votes: 434
38.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Fun Girls
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Two fun-loving girls from Mount Pilot interrupt Andy and Barney's late-night office work. When Helen and Thelma Lou see them together, they get upset and cancel their dates to the big dance... See full summary »
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 433
39.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mayberry Goes Hollywood
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Mayberry gussies up for a Hollywood film crew - exactly what the visiting Hollywood producer and Andy don't want.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 429
40.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Loaded Goat
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
What do you do with a goat full of dynamite? Nobody in Mayberry seems to know, least of all Otis, who shows up even more 'loaded' than the goat.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Parley Baer
Votes: 427
41.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Andy on Trial
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy is accused of official misconduct by a big-shot newspaper publisher whom he officially summoned on a traffic violation.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Hal Smith
Votes: 423
42.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie Saves a Female
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Ellie crosses the line when she insists on a farm girl wearing make-up and perfume against her hard-pressed father's wishes, leading Barney to commit an abduction.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 423
43.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mayberry on Record
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy suspects that Barney and a few other citizens have been taken in by a slick music-recording man from out of town.
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Howard McNear
Votes: 421
44.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Bank Job
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney thinks the Mayberry Bank is a pushover for a robbery and sets out to prove it.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Lee Krieger
Votes: 420
45.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Aunt Bee the Warden
(1962)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
With the jail full of angry moonshiners, Otis serves his latest public intoxication sentence at the Taylor residence under the stern and watchful eye of Aunt Bee.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 418
46.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's Sidecar
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney buys an old surplus army motorcycle and sidecar to use on patrol, then becomes a menace to the whole town.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 418
47.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mountain Wedding
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The Darlings ask Andy to help them deal with wild mountain man Ernest T. Bass, who wants the already-married Charlene Darling/Wash for himself.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Denver Pyle
Votes: 418
48.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie and the Spoiled Kid
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Opie's friend Arnold seems to have it all--a new bike, fat allowance, and plenty of leisure time. When the pressure's on, though, Opie learns that these assets are actually Arnold's greatest weakness.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Ronnie Dapo
Votes: 417
49.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Prisoner of Love
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A beautiful young prisoner manages to charm both Barney and Andy.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 416
50.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie's Hobo Friend
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy must put away the welcome mat when a likable drifter, passing through Mayberry, starts putting Artful Dodger-ish notions into Opie's head.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 414