The Andy Griffith Show(1960)

series - first aired/released 1960-10-03 - audience 7.6

Directed by Gene Reynolds, Jeffrey Hayden, Sheldon Leonard, Theodore J. Flicker

Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.