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Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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Quick facts
First Aired
1954
Seasons
6
Episodes
203
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.7/10
Votes
27
Genre
Comedy, Family
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Director
Language
EN
Seasons
S01E01
Bud Takes Up the Dance
Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.
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S01E02
Lesson in Citizenship
Jim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.
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S01E03
The Motor Scooter
Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.
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S01E04
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…
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S01E05
Live My Own Life
Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.
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S01E06
Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation
Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.
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S01E07
Bud's Encounter With the Law
Bud becomes increasingly paranoid when Kathy (who has a fascination with the new washing machine, and puts everything in there) places a letter addressed to him by the police depar…
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S01E08
Thanksgiving Day
Kathy 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 for a fourth grader. When he a…
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S01E09
Second Honeymoon
Jim'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 the kids have plans with them;…
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S01E10
Typical Father
Jim becomes worried that things between Betty and a new male friend of hers are getting too serious.
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S01E11
Margaret Goes Dancing
Jim 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 up defiantly going to his old cl…
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S01E12
The Christmas Story
Jim takes the family into the woods to cut down their own tree, and they become stranded there.
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S01E13
Sparrow in the Window
Kathy discovers a wounded Sparrow on the windowsill of the house—which she then considers hers—and the whole family becomes involved in trying to help it get better.
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S01E14
Boy's Week
Jim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be judge on that day.
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S01E15
A Friend of Old George's
An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.
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S01E16
Bud the Snob
Bud 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 problem is that he becomes tongue-t…
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S01E17
The Promised Playhouse
After 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.
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S01E18
Jim the Farmer
Jim 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 that he means it seriously, but …
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S01E19
Father of the Year
Jim 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.
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S01E20
The Mink Coat
Even 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 worth.
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S01E21
The Matchmaker
Margaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.
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S01E22
Bud the Bridesmaid
Margaret'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 bride and groom, and the weddi…
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S01E23
Proud Father
Jim tries to help the children regain their confidence.
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S01E24
Father Delivers the Papers
Bud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.
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S01E25
No Partiality
Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.
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S01E26
Close Decision
Margaret 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 is trying to get to play in.
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Questions about Father Knows Best
How many seasons does Father Knows Best have?
Father Knows Best has 6 seasons and 203 episodes total.
Who created Father Knows Best?
Father Knows Best was created by Ed James and first aired in 1954.
What genre is Father Knows Best?
Father Knows Best is a Comedy, Family series.
Who stars in Father Knows Best?
The cast of Father Knows Best includes Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin.
What is the TMDB rating for Father Knows Best?
Father Knows Best has a TMDB rating of 6.7/10 based on 27 votes.
