Father Knows Best (1954)

Directed by

Peter Tewksbury

Genre

sitcom, comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

6 seasons, 203 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-class family, the Andersons, live in a Midwestern town. The show follows their everyday lives and the mild troubles they solve together.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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