The Headmaster 1970
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- September 18, 1970
- Last Aired
- December 18, 1970
- Format
- 1 season · 13 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~6.5 hours (30 min/ep)
- Created By
- Aaron Ruben
- Network
- CBS
What is The Headmaster?
Topic: Television series "The Headmaster" (1970). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1970
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 13
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 18, 1970
- Last aired
- Dec 18, 1970
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.0/10 from 1 votes
- Format
- 1 season · 13 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~30 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
How long to binge?
Estimate the schedule using 13 episodes and an average 30-minute runtime.
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Topic: Television series "The Headmaster" (1970).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: The Headmaster (or Headmaster).
Year: 1970.
Genre: American half-hour television comedy-drama.
Star: Andy Griffith.
Network: CBS.
Country: United States.
Season: 1970-71 season.
Context: Marked the return to series television of Andy Griffith. His previous eponymous show was a major CBS hit of the 1960s and was still in production when Headmaster launched.
Character: Andy Thompson, the headmaster of a prestigious California private school called the Concord School.
Character Goal: Griffith wanted to be cast as something other than a rural bumpkin dispensing folksy wisdom.
Wife: Margaret (played by Claudette Nevins), an English teacher.
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Should you watch it?
“Andy Griffith returns to television in this 1970 CBS comedy-drama as a school headmaster.”
- It stars Andy Griffith in his return to series television.
- It presents the lead actor in a role different from his previous rural characters.
- It offers a half-hour comedy-drama format broadcast during the 1970-71 season.
- The provided sources contain no information regarding current streaming availability or full episode guides.
Watch it if you are interested in exploring Andy Griffith's post-1960s television work on CBS.
The tone is a blend of comedy and drama delivered in half-hour episodes during the 1970-71 broadcast season.
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Season 1 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 May I Turn On? Mytharc Sep 18, 1970
- E2 Battle of the Mini Core Sep 25, 1970
- E3 Valerie Has an Emotional Gestalt for the Teacher Core Oct 2, 1970
- E4 Bridge That Gap Core Oct 9, 1970
- E5 One for the Gipper Core Oct 16, 1970
- E6 Will the Real Mother of Tony Landis Please Stand Up? Core Oct 23, 1970
- E7 The Experiment Core Oct 30, 1970
- E8 Romeo & Juliet and Gary & Hillary Core Nov 6, 1970
- E9 Bach Rock Core Nov 13, 1970
- E10 Let's Try It Mr. Hiller's Way Core Nov 20, 1970
- E11 Nobody's Perfect Core Nov 27, 1970
- E12 Count the Ways I Love You Mytharc Dec 4, 1970
- E13 Harvard or Bust Mytharc Dec 18, 1970
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Is The Headmaster worth watching?
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