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The Andy Griffith Show is one or America's perennial TV favorites. It hasn't left the air--thanks to reruns--in the 35 years since its debut and is one of the most-watched programs in syndication. With fabulous cast photos, a color photo insert and a rip-roaring introduction, this special anniversary edition is a must-have for fans of the show.
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Certainly at the beginning The Andy Griffith Show was a genuinely well-written and realized show. That's the main reason the program has stayed popular, it stands as an idealized snapshot of at least one vision of the American dream.
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The Andy Griffith Show is still a popular syndicated program, but the question is, how popular is it with younger viewers? If it seemed old-fashioned to people in the 1960's, how much more removed from reality does it seem to young people now? There may come a time when the show is seen as so countrified that no station wants to carry it - indeed, that happened to several shows in the early 1970's when CBS started phasing out most of its 'rural comedy' programming such as Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, etc.; the network apparently wanted to appeal to a more hip demographic despite many of the shows being popular money-makers.
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