There are already some marathons planned to honor Andy Griffith's work. We'll update this post as we learn of others.
-TV Land will run blocks of "The Andy Griffith Show" episodes starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. and going until 1 p.m. Then on Saturday and Sunday (July 7 and 8), episodes will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. TV Land airs on channels 54 and 216 on Time Warner Cable; on 304 on DirecTV; 106 on Dish; and 138 and 1138 on AT&T U-Verse.
-The Hallmark Movie Channel (not to be confused with the regular Hallmark Channel) had already planned a "Matlock" marathon for July 4. It begins at 6 a.m. tomorrow and runs until 8 a.m. on Thursday. Hallmark Movie Channels airs on 624 and 1624 on Time Warner Cable, 560 on DirecTV, and 187 on Dish.
-WRAL2 will run a two-day marathon of "The Andy Griffith Show" (classic black & white episodes only!) on Saturday from 1 p.m to 1 a.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. WRAL2 is available over the air at channel 5.2. On Time Warner Cable, you can see it on digital channel 106. Not available on satellite.
-Turner Classic Movies will air Griffith's most memorable motion pictures on July 18. Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) will air at 9 p.m.; "No Time For Sergeants" (1958) will air at 10:15 p.m.; "Hearts of the West" (1975) will air at 12:30 a.m.; and "Onionhead" (1958) will air at 2:15 a.m. TCM airs on channels 67, 621, and 1621 on Time Warner Cable; 256 and 1256 on DirecTV; 132 on Dish; and 790 and 1790 on AT&T U-Verse.

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A Face in the Crowd Thursday July 5 on TCM
Wed, 07/04/2012 - 14:15 — YasminahSpike Lee is the guest programmer on TCM Thursday, July 5 and he has chosen 'A Face in the Crowd' as one of his picks. But it is the last of his film picks and therefore not airing until 1:45am (basically, early morning July 6).
hi. Thanks for reporting on
Tue, 07/03/2012 - 14:52 — vdotuhi. Thanks for reporting on the DirecTV channels! As well as the other options that local users have for local TV access.
I am suprised that timewarner and uverse havnt done anything to simplify its channel line with the HD channels.. Very cumbersome to remember all of those options!
Thanks!
Tue, 07/03/2012 - 14:37 — ncsulilwolfThanks for the WRAL2 mention, Brooke!