The Andy Griffith Show Hinted at Andy and Barneys Real Relationship Early in the Series Before Dropping the Story Arc – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Unlike movies, which are written, filmed, and completed before they’re released to the audience at large, television shows have a more organic existence. Show creators can have an idea in mind and then have to make changes because of audience reaction or external circumstances.
Sometimes, we’ll see major cast changes when stars come into schedule conflicts — or can’t get along with fellow co-stars. Other times, television shows will adjust their plotlines to account for real-life events. Then there are the times when the creators had an idea in mind and it just sort of . . . fizzled out.
That’s what happened on The Andy Griffith Show. Two primary characters initially had a different relationship than they ended up having on the screen.
‘The Andy Griffith Show’...