NBC Affiliate in Cleveland Airs 20-Year-Old Episode of Matlock In Lieu of Thursday's Primetime Lineup to Protest Andy Griffith Oscars In Memoriam Snub Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/01/13 05:33PM Andy Griffith, who passed away last July, was unceremoniously absent from this year's Oscars "In Memoriam" tribute, so NBC's Cleveland affiliate WKYC-TV decided to make it up to him by giving Matlock most of their Thursday primetime block.
