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Barbara Stanwyck didn't like people calling her ''Big Valley'' character ''Mrs. Ben Cartwright''
The actor wasn't fond of the comparison.
March 18, 2024, 2:51PM
Andy Griffith once said that the best thing that he and Don Knotts did together was nothing at all
The actors were simple men — and it made them famous.
March 18, 2024, 10:25AM
Don Knotts was always willing to play Barney Fife again, if Andy Griffith asked
Knotts couldn't say no to Griffith.
March 18, 2024, 9:54AM
Did you ever sing the lullaby in this famous Flintstones episode to your little lambs?
Ann-Margret singing Pebbles to sleep as Ann-Margrock can work for you, too.
March 15, 2024, 4:03PM
Here's what Paul Fix thought about the transition from silent films to television
Fix made the transition to television look easy.
March 15, 2024, 3:10PM
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman exhausted themselves trying to make Cary Grant laugh
It took a lot of energy to keep Cary Grant laughing.
March 15, 2024, 2:33PM
Carl Reiner explained why Sally Rogers was ''embarrassing'' when looking back on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''
"It was based on my life."
March 15, 2024, 12:31PM
Don Knotts wanted to be an actor first, and then comedy followed
He loved movies first, and comedy second.
March 15, 2024, 11:23AM
Green Acres fired the director halfway through the first episode
Luckily, there were no hard feelings.
March 15, 2024, 9:47AM
A woman who wrote to Jean Stapleton revealed that ''All in the Family'' made her husband realize he was being an Archie
"Our purpose is to be humorous."
March 15, 2024, 9:42AM
This ''Rifleman'' director said that one of the hardest parts of directing the series was creating an affectionate father-son relationship
"The great message of the show was the love between a father and a son."
March 14, 2024, 2:05PM
Betty Lynn revealed she had ''a little crush'' on Andy Griffith
No wonder Barney was always the jealous type.
March 14, 2024, 1:30PM
Dick Van Dyke revealed he only saw Carl Reiner get angry once on the set of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''
It took a few years on The Dick Van Dyke Show, but Carl Reiner finally got properly steamed up.
March 14, 2024, 1:24PM
Get an inside look at Ann-Margret recording her lines and songs for The Flintstones
These behind-the-scenes photos from 1963 show the star voicing her modern stone age alter-ego Ann-Margrock.
March 14, 2024, 12:21PM
Billy Wilder risked Fred MacMurray's image in ''Double Indemnity''
"Look, I'm a saxophone player," said MacMurray.
March 14, 2024, 12:16PM
Bob Denver: ''I had Alan Hale as a big cushion''
Denver bounced more than ideas off of his co-star.
March 14, 2024, 12:00PM
6 Ellen Corby roles that are the opposite of Grandma Walton
She bossed around the Addams family, hoodwinked Barney and Gomer, and even played an alien!
March 14, 2024, 11:31AM
Richard Thomas explained why he had to leave ''The Waltons''
Thomas didn't intend to play John-Boy forever.
March 14, 2024, 10:36AM
Will Geer played the role of grandpa and teacher for the Waltons kids
Will Geer taught the Walton kids some valuable life lessons onscreen and off.
March 14, 2024, 10:29AM
Archie and Edith reminded Jean Stapleton of her own parents
Stapleton saw her family in the Bunkers.
March 13, 2024, 3:47PM
Robert Horton said he knew his wife loved him when she told him to quit ''Wagon Train''
Horton knew instantly that his wife was one for him.
March 13, 2024, 2:55PM
10 heartwarming episodes of The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling didn't always take us to dark places
March 13, 2024, 1:52PM
About that time Bette Davis and Amanda Blake got into a fake fight on camera
Oh, how Miss Kitty's fur would fly!
March 13, 2024, 10:19AM
Was there a Raquel Welch obsession behind-the-scenes of The Brady Bunch?
The series' writers seemed to have a crush!
March 13, 2024, 10:15AM
This Trading Places actor almost starred in Green Acres
Oliver Douglas almost had a very different look and feel!
March 13, 2024, 9:30AM
Frances Bavier on Don Knotts: "I don't think I said more than five words to him" during the entire run of The Andy Griffith Show
Aunt Bee gives us the real scoop.
March 12, 2024, 3:32PM
Mission Impossible's Lynda Day George didn't want her son in show business
She shared her calling with her husband, but not her firstborn.
March 12, 2024, 1:28PM
Jim Nabors got a letter from Ron Howard more than 50 years after they met
It seems Gomer and Opie kept in touch!
March 12, 2024, 11:10AM
Milburn Stone got his inspiration for Gunsmoke's Doc Adams from an old man who hit him on the street
A childhood mishap turned out to be amazing for Stone's acting career.
March 12, 2024, 10:33AM
Bob Denver and Dawn Wells said Gilligan's Island wasn't just for kids
It didn't matter if you were a kid or an adult, getting stranded on Gilligan's Island was an easy thing to do.
March 12, 2024, 10:27AM
Dick Van Dyke didn't even like the name ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' at first
The actor wasn't a fan, to say the least.
March 12, 2024, 9:25AM
Rose Marie on the cast of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'': ''I've never been closer to any group of people in my life''
The costar to friends pipeline is real, apparently.
March 11, 2024, 2:32PM
Tim Conway said Barney Fife was ''one of the greatest, funniest, and truest personalities ever seen on the screen''
The movie pair held each other in high regard.
March 11, 2024, 2:13PM
Richard Thomas thought The Waltons fans were tough to crack
Audiences weren't sure about The Waltons, but Thomas knew exactly what the family was capable of.
March 11, 2024, 12:01PM
Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson shared ''a mutual fondness," and spent time together offstage
Johnson wrote of their relationship in his 1993 memoir.
March 11, 2024, 9:48AM
Barbara Stanwyck had been trying to act in a Western television series for years before she landed ''The Big Valley''
Stanwyck wasn't lucky to be on The Big Valley — the show was lucky to have her.
March 11, 2024, 9:37AM
Me Madness 2024: Vote for the ultimate fan-favorite episode!
We want to see the ultimate fan-favorite episode! Which one will come out on top? Vote for your favorites and see who takes home the gold!
March 9, 2024, 8:00AM
Russell Johnson on his feelings towards Tina Louise
He described her as "puzzling," among other, less-favorable things.
March 8, 2024, 3:05PM
Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and Ron Howard had a little ''Andy Griffith Show'' reunion at a wedding
Mayberry now, Mayberry forever!
March 8, 2024, 1:11PM
How Leave It to Beaver and the Brady Bunch changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe
WandaVision was inspired by some of the greats!
March 8, 2024, 10:55AM
R.I.P. Steve Lawrence, classic crooner and Carol Burnett Show regular
Often performing with his wife, Eydie Gormé, Lawrence had a decades-long career that included nightclubs, TV appearances, and movie roles.
March 8, 2024, 10:46AM
An editor for ''Gunsmoke'' had this fiery opinion to share about the show's cancellation
This screen editor was heated.
March 8, 2024, 10:32AM
Here's how The Andy Griffith Show shaped Matlock
Character-based comedy was the golden rule.
March 8, 2024, 10:28AM
Rod Serling on the importance of being ''original''
Alien neighbors and nuclear apocalypses was as original as it could get.
March 7, 2024, 4:59PM
The Beverly Hillbillies creator didn't care about critics
Critics hated it, Henning created it, and the fans kept it rated among the top.
March 7, 2024, 4:17PM
Irene Ryan would walk like Granny of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' when she was tired
Ryan took a bit of Granny home with her.
March 7, 2024, 2:08PM
James Arness on returning to Dodge for the Gunsmoke reunion
"I certainly feel 12 years older," said the former TV Marshal.
March 7, 2024, 2:01PM
Alan Alda briefly studied medicine years before he played surgeon Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H
That's Dr. Alan Alda, to you.
March 7, 2024, 1:14PM
13 Ghosts: A haunted house that's worth a visit
William Castle packs in the fright and the fun!
March 7, 2024, 11:52AM
Don Knotts said that the cast of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' was ''terrified'' when the series hit number one in the ratings
Why the triumph had Knotts and the cast shaking in their boots.
March 7, 2024, 11:44AM