TV Land Celebrates the Life of Film and TV Icon Don Knotts

TV Land Celebrates the Life of Film and TV Icon Don Knotts

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land will honor the life and work of veteran actor Don Knotts, who passed away on Friday, February 24, with two separate on-air tributes. The network will showcase a six episode presentation of Knotts' memorable work on The Andy Griffith Show as the lovable, bumbling small town deputy, Barney Fife on Tuesday, February 28 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT. Additionally, beginning Saturday March 4 at 6 a.m. ET/PT, TV Land will air a 48-hour marathon of both The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company, the latter of which he played the eccentric landlord Mr. Furley.

"Don Knotts was a superb talent and great friend to the entire staff at TV Land and we will all miss him tremendously," explains Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land and Nick at Nite. "We are so honored to have known him and enjoy his amazing contributions to the entertainment world, and we will remember him fondly forever."

The Andy Griffith Show episodes in TV Land's tribute to Don Knotts on Tuesday, February 28 will include:

8 p.m. The Pickle Story

Rather than eat Aunt Bee's indigestible home-made pickles, Andy and Barney secretly substitute store-bought pickles in her preserving jars.

8:30 p.m. Barney and the Choir

Andy's diplomacy and modern engineering techniques are required to upgrade the music of the Mayberry choir.

9 p.m. Barney and the Governor

Barney hangs a parking ticket on the Governor's car, and refuses to tear it up.

9:30 p.m. Barney's First Car

Jim Nabors appears as Gomer Pyle as Barney invests his life's savings in a used car.

10 p.m. The Haunted House

Andy, Barney and Gomer are a trio of laughs as they tread the boards of a "haunted house."

10:30 p.m. The Shoplifters

Barney disguises himself as a dummy in an attempt to solve a series of thefts in a Mayberry department store.

TV Land's 48-hour marathon tribute which includes episodes from The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company is as follows:

Don Knotts Memorial Marathon

Saturday, March 4th Sunday, March 5th

Andy Griffith #1 - The New Housekeeper 6:00a Andy Griffith #13 - Mayberry
Goes Hollywood
Andy Griffith #2 - The Manhunt 6:30a Andy Griffith #15 - Those
Gossipin' Men
Andy Griffith #21 - Andy and the 7:00a Andy Griffith #17 - Alcohol
Gentlemen Crook and Old Lace
Andy Griffith #34 - Barney's 7:30a Andy Griffith #45 - The
Replacement Farmer Takes a Wife
Andy Griffith #29 - Quiet Sam 8:00a Andy Griffith #105 - A Date
for Gomer
Andy Griffith #42 - The Clubmen 8:30a Andy Griffith #113 -
Prisoner of Love
Andy Griffith #12 - Stranger in Town 9:00a Andy Griffith #85 - The
Great Filling Station
Robbery
Andy Griffith #44 - Sheriff Barney 9:30a Andy Griffith #57 - Andy and
Barney in the Big City
Andy Griffith #22 - Cyrano Andy 10:00a Andy Griffith #76 - The
Bank Job
Andy Griffith #30 - Barney Gets His Man 10:30a Andy Griffith #91 - The
Rivals
Andy Griffith #37 - Barney on the 11:00a Andy Griffith #92 - A Wife
Rebound for Andy
Andy Griffith #64 - Mr. Beevee 11:30a Andy Griffith #115 - The
Song Festers
Andy Griffith #59 - Three's a Crowd 12:00p Andy Griffith #117 - Andy's
Vacation
Andy Griffith #69 - Barney Mends a 12:30p Andy Griffith #120 -
Broken Heart Divorce Mountain Style
Andy Griffith #70 - Lawman Barney 1:00p Andy Griffith #140 - Andy
and Helen Have Their Day
Andy Griffith #95 - The Big House 1:30p Andy Griffith #143 - Barney
Fife, Realtor
Andy Griffith #104 - Up in Barney's 2:00p Andy Griffith #147 - Goober
Room and the Art of Love
Andy Griffith #106 - Citizens Arrest 2:30p Andy Griffith #80 - High
Noon in Mayberry
Andy Griffith #108 - Barney and the 3:00p Andy Griffith #81 - The
Cave Rescue Loaded Goat
Andy Griffith #116 - The Shoplifters 3:30p Andy Griffith #124 - The
Rumor
Andy Griffith #120 - Divorce Mountain 4:00p Andy Griffith #125 - Barney
Style and Thelma Low Pheft
Andy Griffith #240 - Barney Hosts A 4:30p Andy Griffith #126 - Back
Summit Meeting to Nature
Andy Griffith #148 - Barney Runs for 5:00p Andy Griffith #129 -
Sheriff Barney's Physical
Andy Griffith #149 - If I Had a Quarter 5:30p Andy Griffith #135 -
- Million Barney's Uniform
Andy Griffith #152 - Case of the Punch 6:00p Andy Griffith #95 - The Big
on the Nose House
Andy Griffith #157 - Opie Flunks 6:30p Andy Griffith #149 - If I
Arithmetic Had a Quarter- Million
Andy Griffith #176 - Return of Barney 7:00p Andy Griffith #207 - A
Fife Visit To Barney Fife
Andy Griffith #177 - Legend of Barney 7:30p Andy Griffith #208 - Barney
Fife Comes To Mayberry
Andy Griffith #7 - Andy the Matchmaker 8:00p Andy Griffith #74 -
Convicts-at-Large
Andy Griffith #20 - Andy Saves Barney's 8:30p Andy Griffith #78 -
Morale Barney and the Governor
Andy Griffith #90 - Barney's First Car 9:00p Andy Griffith #111 -
Barney's Sidecar
Andy Griffith #97 - The Haunted House 9:30p Andy Griffith #133 -
Barney's Bloodhound
Andy Griffith #43 - The Pickle Story 10:00p Andy Griffith #137 -
Goodbye Sheriff Taylor
Andy Griffith #52 - Barney and the 10:30p Andy Griffith #146 - The
Choir Lucky Letter
Three's Company #58 - The New Landlord 11:00p Three's Company #94 -
Furley vs. Furley
Three's Company #64 - Chrissy's 11:30p Three's Company #144 -
Hospitality Going to Pot
Three's Company #67 - Ralph's Rivals 12:00a Three's Company #155 - The
Money Machine
Three's Company #72 - The Love Lesson 12:30a Three's Company #166 -
Baby, it's Cold Inside
Three's Company #79 - The Goodbye Guy 1:00a Three's Company #140 - The
Impossible Dream
Three's Company #167 - Look What I 1:30a Three's Company #143 - Bob
Found and Carol and Larry and
Terri
Three's Company #98 - The Night of the 2:00a Three's Company #147 -
Ropers Jack's Double Date
Three's Company #115 - The Match- 2:30a Three's Company #165 -
breakers Itching for Trouble
Three's Company #141 - Breaking Up is 3:00a Three's Company #134 -
Hard to Do Extra, Extra
Three's Company #99 - Double Trouble 3:30a Three's Company #82 - And
Justice for Jack
Three's Company #124 - Paradise Lost 4:00a Three's Company #135 - Jack
Gets His
Three's Company #169 - Jack Takes Off 4:30a Three's Company #63 - A
Camping We Will Go
Three's Company #58 - The New Landlord 5:00a Andy Griffith #122 - Fun
Girls
Andy Griffith #82 - Class Reunion 5:30a Andy Griffith #141 - Three
Wishes for Opie

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