(1967-1968) Get back to Andy, Barney, Opie, Aunt Bee, and the population of Mayberry for the eighth and final season of the easy-going small town family sitcom starring Andy Griffith as a widower raising a young son (Ronnie Howard) and keeping the peace in a generally peaceful rural burg. Frances Bavier is the doting Aunt Bee, Jack Dodson is her beau Howard Sprague, Aneta Corsaut is Andy's fiancée Helen Crump, Howard McNear, George Lindsey, and Hal Smith co-star, and Don Knotts makes another of his guest appearances as Andy's old deputy Barney Fife. The final episode introduces the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D., starring Ken Berry with many of The Andy Griffith Show regulars.