Every season of The Andy Griffith Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Andy Griffith Show!

The New Housekeeper

The Manhunt

The Guitar Player

Ellie Comes to Town

Irresistible Andy

Runaway Kid

Andy the Matchmaker

Opie's Charity

A Feud is a Feud

Ellie for Council

Christmas Story

Stranger In Town

Mayberry Goes Hollywood

The Horse Trader

Those Gossipin' Men

The Beauty Contest

Alcohol and Old Lace

Andy, the Marriage Counselor

Mayberry on Record

Andy Saves Barney's Morale

Andy and the Gentleman Crook

Cyrano Andy

Andy and Opie, Housekeepers

The New Doctor

A Plaque for Mayberry

The Inspector

Ellie Saves a Female

Andy Forecloses

Quiet Sam

Barney Gets His Man

The Guitar Player Returns

Bringing Up Opie

Opie and the Bully

Barney's Replacement

Andy and the Woman Speeder

Mayberry Goes Bankrupt

Barney on the Rebound

Opie's Hobo Friend

Crime-Free Mayberry

The Perfect Female

Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter

The Clubmen

The Pickle Story

Sheriff Barney

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Keeper of the Flame

Bailey's Bad Boy

The Manicurist

The Jinx

Jailbreak

A Medal for Opie

Barney and the Choir

Guest of Honor

The Merchant of Mayberry

Aunt Bee the Warden

The County Nurse

Andy and Barney in the Big City

Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee

Three's a Crowd

The Bookie Barber

Andy on Trial

Cousin Virgil

Deputy Otis

Mr. McBeevee

Andy's Rich Girlfriend

Andy and the New Mayor

Andy and Opie, Bachelors

The Cow Thief

Barney Mends a Broken Heart

Lawman Barney

The Mayberry Band

Floyd the Gay Deceiver

Opie's Rival

Convicts-at-Large

The Bed Jacket

The Bank Job

One-Punch Opie

Barney and the Governor

Man in a Hurry

High Noon in Mayberry

The Loaded Goat

Class Reunion

Rafe Hollister Sings

Opie and the Spoiled Kid

The Great Filling Station Robbery

Andy Discovers America

Aunt Bee's Medicine Man

The Darlings Are Coming

Andy's English Valet

Barney's First Car

The Rivals

A Wife for Andy

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

Mountain Wedding

The Big House

Opie the Birdman

The Haunted House

Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army

The Sermon for Today

Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays 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. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by."

The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

The Best Seasons of The Andy Griffith Show

The Best Seasons of The Andy Griffith Show

Season 3

Season 4

Season 2

Other Seasons

Season 1

Season 5

Season 7

Season 8

Season 6