When Don Knotts left TAGS, things went downhill with the dreadful characters that remained behind. Howard, Floyd, Goober, and Emmett were not good, not entertaining, and hard to watch.
Sam was just as bad. Ken Berry isn't going to offend anyone, inspire anyone, and certainly was not interesting. The presence of Aunt Bee was actually the strongest connection to the past, but they gave her a kid actor who just wasn't interesting.
We as a family watched it to the bitter end but it was not a major blow when it went off the air. It followed other shows leaving the air too, mostly on CBS though everything about TV up to that time was also screeching to a halt.
Sam was just as bad. Ken Berry isn't going to offend anyone, inspire anyone, and certainly was not interesting. The presence of Aunt Bee was actually the strongest connection to the past, but they gave her a kid actor who just wasn't interesting.
We as a family watched it to the bitter end but it was not a major blow when it went off the air. It followed other shows leaving the air too, mostly on CBS though everything about TV up to that time was also screeching to a halt.