Don Knotts and Andy Griffith in a scene from ‘The Andy Griffith show,’ 1965 | CBS Photo Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images The Andy Griffith Show started running on television in 1960. It ...

Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock in ‘Matlock,’ 1994 | Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives ‘Matlock’ ran for 9 seasons ...

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 ...

In Matlock, Griffith played a very different character than Andy Taylor as Ben Matlock, a cantankerous yet very experienced and smart attorney. It reestablished Griffith as a star, and the show ...

Griffith, who was born in Mt. Airy, N.C., was launched to fame as Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show for the CBS from 1960-1968. On the show, Ron Howard played his son, Opie.

The years 1960 to 1964 marked the height of Andy Griffith’s rise as a television sensation. The Andy Griffith Show premiered in October 1960, spun off from a backdoor pilot episode on The Danny ...

The Mantle Of Matlock: From Past To Present, A Look Into The Andy Griffith And Kathy Bates’ Versions By: Joshua Pleming Published: September 11, 2024 · 12:00 PM EDT ...

The Matlock cast graced television screens from 1986 to 1995. This iconic courtroom drama captured audiences in large part because of its stellar ensemble cast, including its star — Andy Griffith.

Actor Andy Griffith, who won the hearts of 1960s TV viewers with his role as gentle Sheriff Andy Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show,” then returned as a 1980s country lawyer in “Matlock ...

The new “Matlock” was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman, and has nothing to do with the late Andy Griffith’s old “Matlock.” The new “Matlock” gave us a sneak peek on Sept. 22 before ...