Series

Father Knows Best

1954★ 6.76 seasons

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

Cast

Featured cast

Robert YoungJim Anderson

Jane WyattMargaret Anderson

Elinor DonahueBetty Anderson

Billy GrayBud Anderson

Lauren ChapinKathy Anderson

Episodes

1Bud Takes Up the DanceBud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.30 min 2Lesson in CitizenshipJim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.30 min 3The Motor ScooterJim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.30 min 4Football TicketsJim 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 …30 min 5Live My Own LifeBud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.30 min 6Grandpa Jim's RejuvenationJim comes to believe that he is over the hill.30 min 7Bud's Encounter With the LawBud becomes increasingly paranoid when Kathy (who has a fascination with the new washing machine, and puts everything in there) places a letter addre…30 min 8Thanksgiving DayKathy writes the best poem in the fourth grade on what Thanksgiving means to her, and Jim builds the poem up in his mind to unreasonable expectations…30 min 9Second HoneymoonJim's weekend retreat, just he and his wife, seems like a perfect idea, at first. But he doesn't want to pass this on to the kids when he learns that…30 min 10Typical FatherJim becomes worried that things between Betty and a new male friend of hers are getting too serious.30 min 11Margaret Goes DancingJim and Margaret rarely disagree on anything. But when he finds out Margaret signed them up to take dancing lessons, Jim refuses to do so, and ends u…30 min 12The Christmas StoryJim takes the family into the woods to cut down their own tree, and they become stranded there.30 min 13Sparrow in the WindowKathy discovers a wounded Sparrow on the windowsill of the house—which she then considers hers—and the whole family becomes involved in trying to hel…30 min 14Boy's WeekJim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be judge on that day.30 min 15A Friend of Old George'sAn unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.30 min 16Bud the SnobBud is deemed a snob by the girls in school because he won’t speak to any of them. When Jim talks it over with him, he discovers that Bud‘s real prob…30 min 17The Promised PlayhouseAfter making a big deal about people keeping their word, Jim is forced to put his words into practice to set a good example for his family.30 min 18Jim the FarmerJim wants to give up his office job in order to move into the country to lead a quiet, and less stressful, life as a farmer. Margaret doesn't think t…30 min 19Father of the YearJim is happy to learn his kids are planning to enter him in a Father of the Year contest. But things, of course, don’t go smoothly.30 min 20The Mink CoatEven though finances have grown a little tight in the Anderson household, Jim buys Margaret a mink coat that ends up being more trouble than it’s wor…30 min 21The MatchmakerMargaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.30 min 22Bud the BridesmaidMargaret's cousin (from the previous episode) is set to wed in the Anderson household, but things go wrong, due to the nervousness of the prospective…30 min 23Proud FatherJim tries to help the children regain their confidence.30 min 24Father Delivers the PapersBud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.30 min 25No PartialityKathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.30 min 26Close DecisionMargaret worries the entire day over what will become of Bud’s future if he doesn’t develop good character. This is tied in with a baseball game Bud …30 min

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