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1.
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: 681
2.
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: 778
3.
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: 554
4.
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: 609
5.
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: 625
6.
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: 588
7.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 2
(1977)
120 min | Drama
The involvement of the CIA in American domestic politics is likely to create long-lasting difficulties.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 15
8.
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: 496
9.
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: 458
10.
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: 429
11.
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: 526
12.
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: 449
13.
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: 437
14.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Big House
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
When the Mayberry jail is called upon to lodge two hold-up men captured by the state police, Barney finds himself with more than he can handle - especially when "assisted" by ad-hoc deputy Gomer.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Jack Lambert
Votes: 380
15.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 4
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 16
16. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.
Stars: Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, The Ernie Flatt Dancers, Harvey Korman
Votes: 7,318
17. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
18.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Jailbreak
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The state police come to town to catch some payroll robbers. They want Andy and Barney to stay out of the way and let them handle it. The big boys end up needing Andy and Barney more than they thought.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Ken Lynch
Votes: 377
19.
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: 529
20. The Mike Wallace Interview (1957–1960)
30 min | Talk-Show
The Mike Wallace Interview is a series of 30-minute television interviews conducted by host Mike Wallace from 1957 to 1960. Before The Mike Wallace Interview was televised nationally on ... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Wallace, Cyrus Eaton, Bennett Cerf, Alexander de Seversky
Votes: 32
21.
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: 425
22.
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: 420
23.
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: 629
24.
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: 491
25.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Shoplifters
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Ben Weaver complains to the Mayberry sheriff's office that merchandise has been disappearing from his department store. While Andy investigates, Barney decides to go undercover to catch the crook(s).
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 395
26. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,246
27. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,770
28. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
60 min | Comedy
The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen.
Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Louis Nye, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 258
29. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 52
30.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
A Date for Gomer
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney has to play matchmaker for Thelma Lou's homely, visiting cousin Mary Grace, and sets her up with Gomer Pyle.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 404
31.
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: 444
32.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Andy and Barney in the Big City
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy and Barney travel to Raleigh on business and help catch a jewel thief in their hotel.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 374
33.
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: 420
34.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney and the Governor
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Barney tickets the governor's car for illegal parking, the governor, impressed, comes to Mayberry to congratulate him for doing a good job. Barney, not realizing this, thinks he is going to lose his job instead.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Parley Baer
Votes: 373
35.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's Physical
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney has to gain weight and somehow grow taller in a week's time in order to meet new guidelines for sheriff's deputies or lose his job. Can he do it?
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 359
36.
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: 436
37.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Lawman Barney
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Two intimidating farmers test Barney's effectiveness as a lawman when they scare him off after refusing to obey his directive to stop illegally selling produce roadside.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Howard McNear
Votes: 357
38.
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: 422
39.
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: 515
40.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Cow Thief
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The mayor calls in an investigator from the state capital to help solve a string of cow thefts.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 391
41.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Up in Barney's Room
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney's landlady evicts him and he has to move into the back room of the courthouse. When she withdraws all her money and decides to marry someone she just met, Barney suspects she is the victim of a con man.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Betty Lynn
Votes: 371
42.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 3
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 13
43.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 5
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 12
44. 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: 17,043
45. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
46.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Andy Discovers America
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Opie's reinterpretation of Andy's encouragement lands Andy in hot water with Opie's new teacher, Miss Helen "Old Lady" Crump.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 380
47.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney and the Cave Rescue
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Andy and Helen go exploring in a cave, it collapses behind them. They find another way out, but hear on the radio that Barney has mobilized the town to rescue them. They go back into ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut
Votes: 361
48.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's Uniform
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When a tough guy threatens to beat up Barney if he catches him out of uniform, Barney begins to wear the uniform all the time.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 341
49.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
My Fair Ernest T. Bass
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
In order to help Ernest T. Bass find a girl, Andy and Barney attempt to teach him some manners and get him dressed up. Then they try to pass him off at a party as Andy's cousin from Raleigh.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 408
50.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie's Fortune
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Opie finds a change purse and almost gains $50.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 296