Any list without The Andy Griffith Show at the top or near is bogus.
I just rewatched this show. Something struck me as kind of odd. Nobody, in a recurring role is married.
Andy, Barney - not married, and didn’t get married
Aunt Bea and her best friend Clara - not married
Goober and Gomer -never married
Floyd the barber and his nephew Warren who took over for Barney - not married
Howard Sprague and his controlling mother - both, not married
Even the Darlings were just the dad and his 3 idiot sons, and cute daughter. She did marry, but then got Andy and Barney involved in some voodoo divorce scheme.
The only married people I saw were Otis, the town drunk. And Andy’s obnoxious relatives who came for a visit.
I don’t remember Opie’s mother even being mentioned, nor parents of either Andy or his dead wife.
Howard Spragues mother did get married, but after that, she wasn’t on the show anymore.
There may possibly be one exception, and that is Emmett the fix it guy. I think they showed his wife as Aunt Bea’s friend. But, that is the only one I can think of.
In retrospect, I find this kind of odd.
Yeah, loved Barney on Andy Griffith.
I vote for the old Law and Order. I can watch the episodes over and over. Love the spin-offs, too.
For some reason, back in those days they didn’t want TV characters to get married. For all the years Bonanza was on the air, none of the Cartwrights ever got married unless it was just for one episode, and the wife always died before the episode was up.
From Wikipedia:
In other season-one episodes, Floyd refers to his wife, whose name is revealed to be Melba in the season-one episode “Quiet Sam”. Melba was never seen and was never referred to after the first season. In the season-three episode, “Floyd the Gay Deceiver”, Floyd is apparently single or a widower.
The very first episode with Miss Ellie Opie says something like this...
Ain’t got no ma. Are you married? NO
My pa ain’t married either.
Andy should have married Miss Ellie or Peggy.
Crump was a bad choice. She always had a stick up her butt.
Mayor Stoner was married.
And everybody was so happy! Connection?
I’ve only watched the show in reruns and never liked it.