Rodney Dillard is perhaps best known for being a member of the Darling Family playing bluegrass classics such as “Dooley” on ...

Julie Adams was the first actor to play Mary Simpson on "The Andy Griffith Show," close to eight years after she made her name in a classic monster movie.

TV shows change for many reasons, and that includes their titles. These series switched names after launch, sometimes subtly, ...

Chronicle movie critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about Andy Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and more.

Unfortunately, despite the show's consistent ratings, the television landscape changed beneath Green Acres, cancelling the ...

Ron Howard has turned down the chance to act in movies by Martin Scorsese and the Coen brothers, preferring to focus on his ...

Cable TV’s creation actually dates back to the late 1940s. By the mid-1970s, more Americans fed up with having only four ...

Hormel is a registered Republican who lost in the GOP primary for mayor but got enough write-in votes to earn the Democratic ...

When Jeff Foxworthy began performing stand up, he thought he’d last two years before returning to his job at IBM with his hat in his hands, telling them he’d made a mistake by leaving to pursue comedy ...

When fall arrives in North Carolina, the air gets crisp and the leaves turn beautiful colors, but something even more ...

The hit CBS series Matlock starring Kathy Bates brilliantly strayed from the procedural formula by continuing an evolving, ...