In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it includes an ...

The iconic 1960s sitcom with ties to Mount Airy could become one of North Carolina’s dozens of state symbols if NC House Bill 557 is passed. 6 A.M. NORTH CAROLINA HAS QUITE A FEW STATE SYMBOLS YOU ...

The state House voted Wednesday to add an official state TV show to North Carolina's long list of state symbols. Lawmakers chose "The Andy Griffith Show" for the honor. The 1960s show is set in the ...

An iconic television show synonymous with North Carolina’s cultural fabric continues to resonate with its citizens decades later. Now, a new layer of recognition for The Andy Griffith Show is on the ...

SOME PEOPLE roll their eyes at legislation that would make “The Andy Griffith Show” the official TV series of North Carolina and would just as soon nip it in the bud in favor of more pressing issues.

Before Andy Griffith rubbed elbows with rising and established Hollywood stars on Matlock, he did so on his original small-screen claim to fame, The Andy Griffith Show. On that CBS sitcom — a spinoff ...