Father Knows Best

6.7(26)|1954-10-03|6 seasons, 203 episodes

ComedyFamily

Overview

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

Episodes

Season 1(26)Season 2(37)Season 3(37)Season 4(33)Season 5(38)Season 6(32)

S1E1 · 1954-10-03 · 30m

Bud Takes Up the Dance

Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.

S1E2 · 1954-10-10 · 30m

Lesson in Citizenship

Jim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.

S1E3 · 1954-10-17 · 30m

The Motor Scooter

Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.

S1E4 · 1954-10-24 · 30m

Football Tickets

Jim gets tickets to an important football game, and picks one of the kids to go with him—only to be blackmailed by an important client (who wants to go to the game, too) out of one of his tickets. He then tries frantically to find a second one.

S1E5 · 1954-10-31 · 30m

Live My Own Life

Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.

S1E6 · 1954-11-07 · 30m

Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.

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Robert Young

Jim Anderson

Jane Wyatt

Margaret Anderson

Elinor Donahue

Betty Anderson

Billy Gray

Bud Anderson

Lauren Chapin

Kathy Anderson