Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best
Robert Young and Jane Wyatt as Jim and Margaret Anderson
GenreSitcom
Created byEd James
Directed byPeter Tewksbury
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes203
Production
Producers
  • Murray Bolen
  • Ken Burton
  • Fran Van Hartesfeldt
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesRodney-Young Productions
Screen Gems
Original release
Network
  • CBS (1954–1955, 1958–1960)
  • NBC (1955–1958)
ReleaseOctober 3, 1954 (1954-10-03) –
May 23, 1960 (1960-05-23)
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Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. The state in which Springfield is located is never specified, but it is generally accepted to be located in the Midwestern United States.[1]

The television series debuted on CBS in October 1954. It ran for one season and was canceled by CBS but picked up by NBC, where it remained for three seasons. After cancellation by NBC in 1958, the series returned to CBS, where it aired until May 1960.

  1. ^ Father Knows Best (radio). December 20, 1948. Pilot Episode.