Series

The Headmaster

★ 7.0(1)197030m1 season

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Creator: Aaron Ruben
Release date: 1970-09-18
Runtime: 30m
Language: English
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Network: CBS
Status: Ended

The Headmaster — trailer

About The Headmaster

The Headmaster is a 1970 web series in the Comedy and Drama genres, created by Aaron Ruben, starring Andy Griffith, Parker Fennelly and Jerry Van Dyke. It spans 1 season and 13 episodes, and originally aired on CBS. It holds an average rating of 7.0/10 from 1 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Headmaster in Italy — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

Seasons (1)

Season 113 eps · 1970

Cast

Andy Griffith

Andy Thompson

Parker Fennelly

Jerry Van Dyke

Themes & keywords

californiaprivate schoolteacherhigh school teacherschool principalheadmaster

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch The Headmaster in Italy?+

The Headmaster is not currently listed on any streaming, rental or purchase service in Italy. Availability changes often, so check back or switch your region.

Is The Headmaster on Netflix?+

The Headmaster is not on Netflix in Italy right now.

How many seasons of The Headmaster are there?+

The Headmaster has 1 season and 13 episodes in total.

Who stars in The Headmaster?+

The Headmaster stars Andy Griffith, Parker Fennelly and Jerry Van Dyke.

When did The Headmaster come out?+

The Headmaster is a 1970 web series created by Aaron Ruben.

What genre is The Headmaster?+

The Headmaster is Comedy and Drama series.

Who created The Headmaster?+

The Headmaster was created by Aaron Ruben.