FATHER KNOWS BEST S1

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Comedy, Family
• Plot: Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household.; ; Father Knows Best premiered on CBS in October 1954 and has been part of the American cultural fabric ever since. The program's depiction of a 'typical' mid-century, middle-class, Midwestern American family is fondly remembered by many of us who grew up watching the show and rather enviously thinking: 'Oh. So this is what happens in all the other houses.'; ; Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt) charmed us as the levelheaded domestic diva who stood faithfully behind the strong and benevolent father. Their three children-sophisticated teen Betty (Elinor Donahue), chronically befuddled 14-year-old brother 'Bud' (Billy Gray) and precocious little sister Kathy (Lauren Chapin) - faced the challenges of growing up right alongside of us. And in episode after episode, Jim and Margaret treated their children's youthful transgressions with authority, empathy and wisdom. By the end of each half hour, we'd all learned our lesson.; ; Join Jim and Margaret and 'Princess', 'Bud' and 'Kitten' in their first year as everyone's favorite '50s family in Family Knows Best.; ; Episodes; - Bud Takes Up The Dance; - Lesson In Citizenship; - The Motor Scooter; - Football Tickets; - Live My Own Life; - Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation; - Bud's Encounter With The Law; - Thanksgiving Day; - Second Honeymoon; - Typical Father; - Margaret Goes Dancing; - The Christmas Story; - Sparrow In The Window; - Boy's Week; - A Friend Of Old George's; - Bud The Snob; - The Promised Playhouse; - Jim The Farmer; - Father Of The Year; - The Mink Coat; - The Matchmaker; - Bud The Bridesmaid; - Proud Father; - Father Delivers The Papers; - No Partiality; - Close Decision
• Cast: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, Elinor Donahue, Lauren Chapin, Paul Wallace, Sarah Selby, Yvonne Fedderson, Jimmy Bates, Vivi Janiss, Robert Foulk, Peter Heisser, Sam Flint, Tina Thompson, Robert Lynn, Leon Tyler, William Fawcett, Lyn Guild, William Hudson, William Traylor, Susan Odin, Lee Erickson, James Todd, Barry Truex, Wallace Ford, Harry Antrim, Ray Walker, Cheerio Meredith, Virginia Christine, Richard Eyer, Tamar Cooper, Charles Tannen, Jack Harris, Harry Hickox, Roger Smith, Mary Adams, Eilene Janssen, Anthony Sydes, Barbara Woodell, Joan Freeman, Nancy Kilgas, William Leslie, Natividad Vacío, Various
• Director: Various
• Runtime: 11:00
• Company: Screen Gems, Shout Factory
• Media Format: Series