Season 1
S1 · E1 · Sep 18, 1970
May I Turn On? Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Sep 25, 1970
Battle of the Mini Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Oct 2, 1970
Valerie Has an Emotional Gestalt for the Teacher Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Oct 9, 1970
Bridge That Gap Episode 4
S1 · E5 · Oct 16, 1970
One for the Gipper Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Oct 23, 1970
Will the Real Mother of Tony Landis Please Stand Up? Episode 6
S1 · E7 · Oct 30, 1970
The Experiment Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Nov 6, 1970
Romeo & Juliet and Gary & Hillary Episode 8
S1 · E9 · Nov 13, 1970
Bach Rock Episode 9
S1 · E10 · Nov 20, 1970
Let's Try It Mr. Hiller's Way Episode 10
S1 · E11 · Nov 27, 1970
Nobody's Perfect Episode 11
S1 · E12 · Dec 4, 1970
Count the Ways I Love You Episode 12
S1 · E13 · Dec 18, 1970
Harvard or Bust Episode 13
13 episodes in Season 1
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Headmaster is an American half-hour television comedy-drama starring Andy Griffith and broadcast by CBS in the United States during the 1970-71 season. Headmaster marked the return to series television of Griffith, whose previous eponymous show had been one of CBS's major hits of the 1960s prior to his voluntary departure and a program which was still in production, when Headmaster was launched. With Headmaster, Griffith fulfilled his desire to be cast in a television series as something other than a rural bumpkin dispensing folksy wisdom; here his character, Andy Thompson, was the headmaster of a prestigious Californian private school, the Concord School. His wife, Margaret, was an English teacher; his best friend was the school's main athletic coach, Jerry Brownell. Mr. Purdy was the school's caretaker. Despite being aired in the Friday night 8:30 Eastern time slot vacated by the popular Hogan's Heroes, a theme song sung by Linda Ronstadt, and featuring arguably the biggest CBS star of the 1960s, Headmaster did not prove to be popular and was routinely beaten in the Nielsen ratings by both The Partridge Family on ABC and The Name of the Game on NBC. When this pattern became apparent, production of Headmaster was terminated, with the last first-run episode being broadcast January 1, 1971, and the program replaced by a new situation comedy starring Griffith, The New Andy Griffith Show. This replacement program met with little more success than Headmaster, and was last broadcast on May 21, 1971. In June 1971, Headmaster returned to the time slot in reruns, with the last repeat episode being aired on September 10, 1971.
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Andy Griffith
Andy Thompson
Known for
The Andy Griffith Show
A Face in the Crowd
Parker Fennelly
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
It Happened to Jane
Jerry Van Dyke
Known for
Coach
Annabelle's Wish
Maureen Arthur
Known for
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
James Gregory
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Jeff Corey
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Conan the Destroyer
Ron Howard
Known for
American Graffiti
Happy Days
Mitch Vogel
Known for
Bonanza
The Reivers
Herbie Faye
Known for
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Blackbeard's Ghost
Mark Hamill
Allan
Known for
Star Wars
Regular Show
Aaron Ruben Creator · Marjorie Henderson Costume designer
Total runtime 6h 30m · Episode length 30 min · Country United States
Show info
Premiered
September 18, 1970
Final episode
December 18, 1970
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Country
United States
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
6h 30m
Original language
English
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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