Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D. is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) is a spin-off, or, perhaps more accurately, a direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods. When Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons (78 color episodes) on the CBS Television Network from 1968-1971. During the final seaso...
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Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D. is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) is a spin-off, or, perhaps more accurately, a direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods. When Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons (78 color episodes) on the CBS Television Network from 1968-1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones (Ken Berry) and his young son Mike (Buddy Foster) are introduced; the two then become the focus of the sequel series. Sherriff Andy Taylor and newlywed wife Helen, make guest appearances until late 1969, and are then written out. The show's first episode had the highest ratings in recorded television history (1968), and the series was popular throughout its entire run. It was cancelled in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971.
The sequel's plot follows Sam and Mike Jones in stories...
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