Father Knows Best
American television program (1954–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Robert Young and Jane Wyatt as Jim and Margaret Anderson | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Ed James |
Directed by | Peter Tewksbury |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 203 |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
Production companies | Rodney-Young Productions Screen Gems |
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Release | October 3, 1954 (1954-10-03) – May 23, 1960 (1960-05-23) |
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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.