★ 6.7
1954
HD
6 Seasons
Ended
Father Knows Best
⏱️
30m per episode
📺
203 Episodes
🌍
US
🗣️
en
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
Amazon Prime
Peacock
Episodes
E1
Bud Takes Up the Dance
Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.
Oct 03, 1954
▶
📺
E2
Lesson in Citizenship
Jim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.
Oct 10, 1954
▶
📺
E3
The Motor Scooter
Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.
Oct 17, 1954
▶
📺
E4
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.
Oct 24, 1954
▶
📺
E5
Live My Own Life
Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.
Oct 31, 1954
▶
📺
E6
Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation
Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.
Nov 07, 1954
▶
📺
E7
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 department in the washing machine, and ruins the letter, so he doesn’t know why he is asked to be there within seven days.
Nov 14, 1954
▶
📺
E8
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 actually finds out what the poem consists of, his hopes for Kathy’s future are deflated and he disparages the poem to Margaret, unwitting that Kathy has overheard.
Nov 21, 1954
▶
📺
E9
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; and then when the kids take the news too easy, Jim and Margaret are befuddled. They leave, but soon they start thinking about their kids and after reaching the lodge they want to phone in - but no one answers the call...
Nov 28, 1954
▶
📺
E10
Typical Father
Jim becomes worried that things between Betty and a new male friend of hers are getting too serious.
Dec 05, 1954
▶
📺
E11
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 club, leaving her to take lessons alone.
Dec 12, 1954
▶
📺
E12
The Christmas Story
Jim takes the family into the woods to cut down their own tree, and they become stranded there.
Dec 19, 1954
▶
📺
E13
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.
Dec 26, 1954
▶
📺
E14
Boy's Week
Jim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be judge on that day.
Jan 02, 1955
▶
📺
E15
A Friend of Old George's
An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.
Jan 09, 1955
▶
📺
E16
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-tied around them.
Jan 16, 1955
▶
📺
E17
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.
Jan 23, 1955
▶
📺
E18
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 he crosses more lines to fulfill his dream than he ever has before.
Jan 30, 1955
▶
📺
E19
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.
Feb 06, 1955
▶
📺
E20
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.
Feb 13, 1955
▶
📺
E21
The Matchmaker
Margaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.
Feb 20, 1955
▶
📺
E22
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 wedding is called off. Poor Bud is reeled in to do a stand-in for the bride at the rehearsal.
Feb 27, 1955
▶
📺
E23
Proud Father
Jim tries to help the children regain their confidence.
Mar 06, 1955
▶
📺
E24
Father Delivers the Papers
Bud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.
Mar 13, 1955
▶
📺
E25
No Partiality
Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.
Mar 20, 1955
▶
📺
E26
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.
Mar 27, 1955
▶
📺
E1
Art of Salesmanship
Jim tries to encourage Bud to take after him in salesmanship.
Aug 31, 1955
▶
📺
E2
Father's Private Life
Jim comes home tired one day and is harangued by the kids. So, he and Margaret set up new rules to give him some time to relax—but it ends up backfiring.
Sep 07, 1955
▶
📺
E3
Lessons in Civics
A new highway is getting built, and for that the old community hall is going to be pulled down. That's something Jim wouldn't like to see since the hall is a historical monument, and also, memories from his youth are connected with this hall. Everyone from the family sees how much the hall means to Jim, and they use different ways to organize help.
Sep 14, 1955
▶
📺
E4
First Disillusionment
Bud loses a job to a boy who fakes his resumé, which leads him to believe it is alright to do this himself
Sep 21, 1955
▶
📺
E5
Woman in the House
Margaret is forced to invite a woman over who makes her uncomfortable because she is Jim's friend's wife.
Sep 28, 1955
▶
📺
E6
New Girl at School
Bud learns that the girl he likes is dating his best friend.
Oct 05, 1955
▶
📺
E7
Kathy Makes Magic
Kathy gets a new magic set, from a trade with a friend, and becomes convinced she can truly wield magic.
Oct 12, 1955
▶
📺
E8
Advantage to Betty
Betty has recently taken up tennis at school and is chosen for a photo shoot for the paper. This causes friction between her and her doubles partner, Eula, who is the team’s best player.
Oct 19, 1955
▶
📺
E9
The Big Test
Bud is accused of cheating because he is suddenly getting high grades in class.
Oct 26, 1955
▶
📺
E10
Father Is a Dope
After commenting on a sitcom (“Father Does It Again”) the family watches together one night, Jim speaks about how TV fathers are often portrayed as dumb in comparison with their families. Later, he plans on going hunting and starts believing that Margaret and the kids are secretly trying to get him to stay.
Nov 02, 1955
▶
📺
E11
Spirit of Youth
When Jim gets an invitation to a dance for his class reunion—class of ‘33—the kids start behaving as if their parents are ancient. Then, when the kids at their alma mater treat them the same, Jim and Margaret deal with the thought of getting older.
Nov 09, 1955
▶
📺
E12
Bud, the Ladykiller
Bud gets irritated by a girl (whom he refers to as “Dumb Dora”) who has a crush on him, hurts her feelings when his irritation leads to cruelty, and must make amends.
Nov 16, 1955
▶
📺
E13
Margaret's Premonition
Margaret has a premonition of danger for Jim’s upcoming business trip, and tries to get Jim to postpone it. But Jim believes it’s a bunch of superstitious nonsense, and insists on going anyway.
Nov 30, 1955
▶
📺
E14
Stage to Yuma
Tate Idsen saves a stagecoach from savage Indians in a flashback sequence.
Dec 07, 1955
▶
📺
E15
Bad Influence
Bud gets in trouble when his latest friend turns out to be a kleptomaniac.
Dec 14, 1955
▶
📺
E16
Betty Hates Carter
Betty is indignant when Jim arranges a date for her with an old insurance salesman buddy’s son, Carter.
Dec 28, 1955
▶
📺
E17
Jim, the Tyrant
Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort from his family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.
Jan 04, 1956
▶
📺
E18
Betty's Brother
Bud is having trouble in school and the family are hard-pressed to find out why. Eventually, Jim and Margaret come to the conclusion that, since he’s entered high school, he’s lost his confidence over being constantly compared to Betty and her accomplishments.
Jan 11, 1956
▶
📺
E19
Betty Earns a Formal
Betty gets a job to pay for a new, expensive formal for the Cinderella Ball at the country club.
Jan 18, 1956
▶
📺
E20
The House Painter
Jim has a bet with Betty and Margaret concerning human nature, integrity and the man painting their house—Mr. Everett.
Jan 25, 1956
▶
📺
E21
Bud, the Wallflower
Bud seems determined not to go to a Senior/Freshman dance that is Sadie Hawkins-themed.
Feb 01, 1956
▶
📺
E22
The Bus to Nowhere
Betty becomes irritable with her family as she goes through an existential crisis.
Feb 08, 1956
▶
📺
E23
Kathy, the Indian Giver
Kathy is taught about fair trading from her father—and ends up trading her doll for a real baby.
Feb 15, 1956
▶
📺
E24
The Historical Andersons
When Bud receives an assignment to write a term paper about a Revolutionary War hero, he ends up researching the life of a relative—Major Nathaniel Oliver Anderson.
Feb 22, 1956
▶
📺
E25
The Grass is Greener
Jim’s old college friend, Charlie Bradley, a successful industrial tycoon, is in town. Charlie, along with Jim, were a part of a group known as The Four Musketeers, in college. Of the four, Jim appears to be the least ‘successful.’
Feb 29, 1956
▶
📺
E26
The Persistent Guest
Bud’s new friend, Fred, won't leave the Anderson house.
Mar 07, 1956
▶
📺
E27
Family Reunion
The family tries to think up excuses to keep from going to Margaret's family reunion.
Mar 14, 1956
▶
📺
E28
Family Dines Out
Betty tells a wealthy friend, Eloise Sanders, that she’s going to a charity dinner at a club. But it’s expensive and she hasn’t asked her father, yet.
Mar 28, 1956
▶
📺
E29
Bud, the Boxer
Bud gets in a tussle with a boy, Eddie, at school, then dreads facing him the next day because the kid wants to fight him. Jim makes Bud face him in a boxing ring to settle it, knowing that Bud will have to face Eddie, eventually. Later, Jim has Bud take boxing lessons.
Apr 04, 1956
▶
📺
E30
Betty, Girl Engineer
Betty takes a vocational guidance course and signs up to get practical experience to become an engineer, but she gets a lot of flack for it because she’s a girl.
Apr 11, 1956
▶
📺
E31
The Martins and the Coys
Jim and a family friend, Frank, fight over an insurance claim and dissolve their friendship over it. Betty and his son, Bob, are dating and this affects them, too.
Apr 18, 1956
▶
📺
E32
Dilemma for Margaret
Margaret is asked to represent her branch of the PTA by giving a speech, but later decides against doing so because of some mischief Betty gets into.
Apr 25, 1956
▶
📺
E33
Hero Father
Bud boasts to his friends, Sandy and Kippy, that his dad can get Duke Snider’s All-Stars to come to Springfield.
May 02, 1956
▶
📺
E34
Father, the Naturalist
Jim fights the elements to collect plants for Kathy's nature folder.
May 09, 1956
▶
📺
E35
The Ten Dollar Question
Jim makes a bet: the kid who doesn't tattle for one week will receive ten dollars.
May 16, 1956
▶
📺
E36
Adopted Daughter
Kathy finds a receipt for $25 from the adoption center and believes she was adopted.
May 23, 1956
▶
📺
E37
Betty's Graduation
While the family is readying for Betty’s graduation, Betty becomes conflicted about the event.
May 30, 1956
▶
📺
E1
No Apron Strings
Bud tries to prove he's not tied to his mother's apron strings.
Sep 12, 1956
▶
📺
E2
Never in Twain
On a dude ranch, Betty falls in love with a cowboy only to discover the relationship won't last.
Sep 19, 1956
▶
📺
E3
Betty Goes to College
Jim and Margaret are excited about Betty going to the state college they attended. Betty, who wants to, at first, changes her mind.
Sep 26, 1956
▶
📺
E4
Man About Town
Kippy promises Bud a date with his beautiful cousin, Marissa.
Oct 03, 1956
▶
📺
E5
The Homing Pigeon
Jim tries discouraging Betty from moving into an apartment. Bud and the family await the arrival of Charlie, a homing pigeon.
Oct 10, 1956
▶
📺
E6
Spaghetti for Margaret
The Andersons entertain an aspiring writer—aspiring for 30 years.
Oct 17, 1956
▶
📺
E7
Betty's Birthday
After listening to a lecture in class on the origins of giving gifts, Betty announces that she doesn't want a birthday party or presents.
Oct 24, 1956
▶
📺
E8
Bud, the Millionaire
To teach Bud a lesson, Jim gives him ten dollars a week for allowance, but he's not to spend the money on anyone else but himself, even indirectly.
Oct 31, 1956
▶
📺
E9
The Old Days
Jim and Margaret complain about the children's sloppy clothes. The kids judge the antiquated attire they choose for a PTA costume party.
Nov 07, 1956
▶
📺
E10
Whistle Bait
Betty becomes insecure after she overhears Bud tell Jim that she’s not the kind of girl boys whistle at.
Nov 14, 1956
▶
📺
E11
The Great Guy
Bud and Kippy get a job working at a newspaper.
Nov 21, 1956
▶
📺
E12
The Family Goes to New York
Jim is reluctant to let Betty go to New York to be a bridesmaid to her friend Barbara—afraid she’ll get hurt, somehow.
Nov 28, 1956
▶
📺
E13
Betty Goes Steady
Betty is going steady according to the rules of her school’s social set. But a guy with a chip on his shoulder challenges her preconceptions.
Dec 05, 1956
▶
📺
E14
The Good Prospect
The Andersons try bringing an old man out of his dream world.
Dec 12, 1956
▶
📺
E15
The Angel's Sweater
Jim’s sister comes for Christmas, and the kids are less than thrilled—particularly, Kathy.
Dec 19, 1956
▶
📺
E16
The Promising Young Man
The boss's son goes to work in Jim's office.
Dec 26, 1956
▶
📺
E17
Margaret Hires a Gardener
A Spanish immigrant, Frank, fixes the Andersons lawn and then charges a high price.
Jan 02, 1957
▶
📺
E18
Swiss Family Anderson
The Anderson family becomes shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Jan 09, 1957
▶
📺
E19
Brief Holiday
Margaret takes a small, much-needed break from her daily duties.
Jan 16, 1957
▶
📺
E20
The Lawn Party
Bud tells the family they are to set up for a lawn party that is tomorrow.
Jan 23, 1957
▶
📺
E21
Short Wave
While listening to Bud’s short wave radio, the family overhears a distress call from a boat.
Jan 30, 1957
▶
📺
E22
Carnival
Bud squanders Jim's money at a carnival.
Feb 06, 1957
▶
📺
E23
Betty and the Jet Pilot
Betty's new boyfriend, a jet pilot, is transferred to Alaska.
Feb 13, 1957
▶
📺
E24
Trip to Hillsborough
Looking for adventure, Bud travels to a neighboring town.
Feb 20, 1957
▶
📺
E25
An Evening to Remember
The Anderson home is disrupted by a visit from actor Cornel Wilde.
Feb 27, 1957
▶
📺
E26
Bud Buys a Car
Bud buys a car for $10.
Mar 13, 1957
▶
📺
E27
Safety First
When Bud receives a traffic ticket, he is forced to become a crossing guard.
Mar 20, 1957
▶
📺
E28
Bud, the Hero
Bud…a hero? A chain reaction of events, starting with a girl who wants to use Bud to make her boyfriend jealous, leads to Bud becoming a hero of the town.
Mar 27, 1957
▶
📺
E29
Betty, the Track Star
Betty becomes flower queen and wins a track race, all in the same day.
Apr 03, 1957
▶
📺
E30
The Spelling Bee
Apr 17, 1957
▶
📺
E31
Bud, the Philanthropist
Kippy takes credit for a church donation Bud made, and Bud plans to get even.
Apr 24, 1957
▶
📺
E32
Baby in the House
Jim and Margaret take care of a baby Betty is supposed to babysit, so she can go out.
May 01, 1957
▶
📺
E33
Class Prophecy
Henry Pruett, a traveling salesman, knocks on the Anderson’s door. It turns out she, Jim and Henry all attended college together.
May 08, 1957
▶
📺
E34
The Art of Romance
Bud gets advice from Jim on how to win over Judy, while she is asking Margaret.
May 15, 1957
▶
📺
E35
Margaret Disowns Her Family
Margaret tries to help a young woman overcome her fear of having a baby.
May 22, 1957
▶
📺
E36
Grandpa Retires
Jim and Margaret are called in to help Margaret's dad, who's about to hand over his printing office and retire.
May 29, 1957
▶
📺
E37
Shoot for the Moon
Sageman helps the Andersons regain their self-confidence.
Jun 05, 1957
▶
📺
E1
Follow the Leader
Bud must decide if he should stand up for a teacher or join the class in a revolt.
Sep 25, 1957
▶
📺
E2
The Awkward Hero
Betty tutors a football player who will escort her to a dance as payment.
Oct 02, 1957
▶
📺
E3
The Good Neighbor
Margaret receives a new house which she plans to rent out.
Oct 09, 1957
▶
📺
E4
Bud, the Executive
Bud becomes the chairman for the planning of his high school picnic.
Oct 16, 1957
▶
📺
E5
Sentenced to Happiness
The Anderson's gardener, Frank, is forced to get a real job and then winds up in court.
Oct 23, 1957
▶
📺
E6
Mother Goes to School
Margaret enrolls in an English class in college and is put in Betty's class.
Oct 30, 1957
▶
📺
E7
The Indispensable Man
Bud is not able to play in the football game because he wouldn't go to bed early.
Nov 06, 1957
▶
📺
E8
Kathy's Big Chance
Kathy competes in an essay contest judged by Greer Garson.
Nov 13, 1957
▶
📺
E9
Margaret Learns to Drive
Jim tries to teach Margaret how to drive a car.
Nov 20, 1957
▶
📺
E10
The Way of a Dictator
Bud is given the pleasure of raising Kathy when he says they are doing it all wrong.
Dec 04, 1957
▶
📺
E11
Mr. Beal Meets His Match
Betty is going through a phase where she thinks selfishness is the sole motivator in people's lives.
Dec 11, 1957
▶
📺
E12
Kathy Makes a Wish
When Kathy finds a horseshoe and she wishes for a horse, and gets one.
Dec 25, 1957
▶
📺
E13
Man With a Plan
A girl thinks Bud is going into the Army and throws a going away party.
Jan 01, 1958
▶
📺
E14
Big Sister
At summer camp Kathy rebels after her counselor, Betty, keeps pushing her to do better.
Jan 08, 1957
▶
📺
E15
Calypso Kid
Bud practices the bongo drums to impress his new girlfriend.
Jan 15, 1958
▶
📺
E16
Father's Biography
Jim can either attend a business meeting or see Kathy read his biography.
Jan 22, 1958
▶
📺
E17
The Rivals
Betty has two dates for the same night and doesn't plan to break either one.
Jan 29, 1958
▶
📺
E18
Bud, the Mind Reader
Bud practices mind reading, and Betty tries to make the debating team.
Feb 05, 1958
▶
📺
E19
Margaret's Other Family
The family gets mad when Margaret keeps helping a furniture maker and his wife.
Feb 12, 1958
▶
📺
E20
The Trial
Bud is in trouble when he is accused of causing damage to a neighbor's property.
Feb 19, 1958
▶
📺
E21
Revenge is Sweet
26Feb58 Betty teases Bud saying he is sloppy when some very influential people come over.
Feb 26, 1958
▶
📺
E22
Country Cousin
The Anderson's cousin, Milly, arrives for a visit and to look at the college.
Mar 05, 1958
▶
📺
E23
Poor Old Dad
Bud believes that his father is henpecked when he willingly does everything Margaret wants him to.
Mar 12, 1958
▶
📺
E24
Betty's Crusade
Betty tries to help an old man fix up his restaurant so he isn't evicted by Jim's company.
Mar 19, 1958
▶
📺
E25
Young Love
Bud falls in love with an older woman at the grocery store who is married.
Mar 26, 1958
▶
📺
E26
Tell It to Mom
Chaos strikes when Betty hides a pair of skates for a friend of hers.
Apr 02, 1958
▶
📺
E27
A Friend in Need
A very talented dog shows up and takes residence in the Anderson's house.
Apr 16, 1958
▶
📺
E28
A Medal For Margaret
When Jim plans to build a case for trophies, and Margaret sets out to win a medal.
Apr 23, 1958
▶
📺
E29
The Weaker Sex
Betty tries to use her feminine wiles on a young man to get him to take her out.
Apr 30, 1958
▶
📺
E30
Jim, the Answer Man
Jim is bombarded with questions when he is getting ready for a business trip.
May 14, 1958
▶
📺
E31
Bud Quits School
When Bud meets a successful business man who quit school and Bud plans to do the same.
May 21, 1958
▶
📺
E32
A Matter of Pride
Bud is chosen as the most popular boy in his class at school.
Jun 04, 1958
▶
📺
E33
Betty Finds a Cause
Betty tries to make a man remove a hedge that blocks the view on a road.
Jun 11, 1958
▶
📺
E1
Vine Covered Cottage
Betty and Ralph plan to get married, but find it is not as happy as they thought.
Sep 15, 1958
▶
📺
E2
Be Kind to Bud Week
Bud thinks Betty has an ulterior motive when she is kind to him.
Sep 22, 1958
▶
📺
E3
Kathy's Romance
Kathy's new boyfriend is more interested in Jim than of Kathy.
Sep 29, 1958
▶
📺
E4
Voice From the Past
Bud prepares for the arrival of the homecoming queen.
Oct 06, 1958
▶
📺
E5
Frank's Family Tress
Frank tries to console Kathy by telling her that his family are entertainers.
Oct 13, 1958
▶
📺
E6
Always Plan Ahead
Jim tries to teach the children a lesson when they are constantly not planning ahead.
Oct 20, 1958
▶
📺
E7
Second Wedding
Betty talks Jim and Margaret into getting married again for their anniversary.
Oct 27, 1958
▶
📺
E8
Bud, the Caretaker
Bud finds a dent on the back of the car he is watching for a friend.
Nov 03, 1958
▶
📺
E9
Betty, the Pioneer Woman
Betty plays the founder of Springfield's wife in a play of what really happened.
Nov 10, 1958
▶
📺
E10
Fair Exchange
An Indian exchange student arrives for the weekend from Betty's college.
Nov 17, 1958
▶
📺
E11
Bud, the Snob
Nov 24, 1958
▶
📺
E12
Margaret Wins a Car
In a raffle, Margaret wins a car and uses it to help the orphans home.
Dec 01, 1958
▶
📺
E13
The Great Experiment
Jim attempts to get the family to broaden their horizons and disaster strikes.
Dec 08, 1958
▶
📺
E14
The Christmas Story
The family recalls as they are putting up the Christmas tree, how Jim wanted them to cut their own tree, and in the process got stranded in a cabin.
Dec 15, 1958
▶
📺
E15
The Basketball Coach
Jim becomes the coach of Bud's basketball team.
Dec 22, 1958
▶
📺
E16
Kathy, Girl Executive
Kathy is elected by the family to control Bud's lawn moving company.
Dec 29, 1958
▶
📺
E17
The Good Samaritan
5Jan59 Bud must do a good deed for an English report and ends up resenting the whole world.
Jan 05, 1959
▶
📺
E18
The Ideal Father
Uncle Charlie believes the children are spoiled when they forget Jim's birthday.
Jan 12, 1959
▶
📺
E19
Big Shot Bud
Bud gets into hot water when he tries to buy Margaret a bottle of expensive perfume.
Jan 19, 1959
▶
📺
E20
Hard Luck Leo
Leo visits and takes advantage of the whole family until something surprising happens.
Jan 26, 1959
▶
📺
E21
Bud, the Campus Romeo
When Bus refuses dates, the girl launch an anti-Bud campaign.
Feb 02, 1959
▶
📺
E22
Crisis Over a Kiss
Bud tries to save Betty from her boyfriend but Betty resents the help.
Feb 09, 1959
▶
📺
E23
Kathy Grows Up
Kathy says she wants to be treated as if she was an adult.
Feb 16, 1959
▶
📺
E24
A Man of Merit
Jim learns that he is to be appointed as an outstanding person in the community.
Feb 23, 1959
▶
📺
E25
Betty Makes a Choice
Betty is faced with a hard decision that will affect her future.
Mar 02, 1959
▶
📺
E26
It's a Small World
Margaret must decide to attend a luncheon or go with Jim on an important trip.
Mar 09, 1959
▶
📺
E27
Two Loves Has Bud
Bud has a hard time when he must decide between two girls to take to the prom.
Mar 16, 1959
▶
📺
E28
An Extraordinary Woman
The Anderson's are visited by an author on African Culture.
Mar 23, 1959
▶
📺
E29
The Art of Romance
Mar 30, 1959
▶
📺
E30
Formula for Happiness
Strange things begin to happen when Jim's dreams start to come true.
Apr 06, 1959
▶
📺
E31
Bud and the Debutante
Bud tries to impress a wealthy girl by taking her to an expensive restaurant.
Apr 13, 1959
▶
📺
E32
The Promised Playhouse
A flashback show about building a playhouse for Kathy.
Apr 20, 1959
▶
📺
E33
The Meanest Professor
Bud regrets writing a bad article about a professor after the professor finds the article.
Apr 27, 1959
▶
📺
E34
Live My Own Life
This is a recut version of episode 5 with the same name where Bud goes out on his own and tries to make good.
May 04, 1959
▶
📺
E35
Bud Has A Problem
Bud blames his professor when it appears he will not pass Physics.
May 11, 1959
▶
📺
E36
The Great Anderson Mystery
The Andersons act out a detective story when the television breaks down.
May 18, 1959
▶
📺
E37
Margaret Goes Dancing Flashback
Margaret wants Jim to take her dancing. She tries to trick him into dance lessons.
May 25, 1959
▶
📺
E38
The Gold Turnip
1Jun59 Bud feels that there is no use for tradition so he starts to break all traditions.
Jun 01, 1959
▶
📺
E1
A Day in the Country
While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.
Oct 05, 1959
▶
📺
E2
Bud Branches Out
Bud falls in love with his college French professor.
Oct 12, 1959
▶
📺
E3
The Gardener's Big Day
Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.
Oct 19, 1959
▶
📺
E4
The Imposter
Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.
Oct 26, 1959
▶
📺
E5
Bud Plays It Safe
Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.
Nov 02, 1959
▶
📺
E6
Bicycle Trip for Two
Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing
Nov 09, 1959
▶
📺
E7
First Disillusionment
Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.
Nov 16, 1959
▶
📺
E8
Margaret's Old Flame
Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.
Nov 23, 1959
▶
📺
E9
Kathy Becomes a Girl
The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.
Nov 30, 1959
▶
📺
E10
Bud, the Willing Worker
Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.
Dec 07, 1959
▶
📺
E11
Turn the Other Cheek
Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.
Dec 14, 1959
▶
📺
E12
Good Joke on Mom
Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.
Dec 28, 1959
▶
📺
E13
Betty's Double
Betty wins a trip to Hollywood because she looks like a famous movie star.
Jan 04, 1960
▶
📺
E14
Father, the Naturalist
This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
Jan 11, 1960
▶
📺
E15
Bud Hides Behind a Skirt
Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.
Jan 18, 1960
▶
📺
E16
Togetherness
A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.
Jan 25, 1960
▶
📺
E17
Second Best
Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.
Feb 01, 1960
▶
📺
E18
Kathy's Big Deception
Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
Feb 08, 1960
▶
📺
E19
Cupid Knows Best
Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
Feb 15, 1960
▶
📺
E20
The Big Test
Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.
Feb 22, 1960
▶
📺
E21
Jim's Big Surprise
Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.
Feb 29, 1960
▶
📺
E22
Time to Retire
When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.
Mar 07, 1960
▶
📺
E23
Bud, the Speculator
Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars
Mar 14, 1960
▶
📺
E24
The $500 Letter
The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.
Mar 21, 1960
▶
📺
E25
Adopted Daughter
While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.
Mar 28, 1960
▶
📺
E26
Family Contest
Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest
Apr 04, 1960
▶
📺
E27
Love and Learn
Bud falls in love with his English Tutor
Apr 11, 1960
▶
📺
E28
Blind Date
Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser
Apr 18, 1960
▶
📺
E29
Betty's Career Problem
Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too
Apr 25, 1960
▶
📺
E30
Bud Lives It Up
Bud spends more money than he has in order to impress a girl in Chicago.
May 09, 1960
▶
📺
E31
Not His Type
Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.
May 16, 1960
▶
📺
E32
Betty's Graduation
When Kathy refuses to graduate from high school, the family tells her about Betty's reluctance to graduate from High School, too. This is a recut version of episode 63. It is not part of the syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
May 23, 1960
▶
Details
Status
Ended
Seasons
6
Episodes
203
Runtime
30m
First Aired
1954
Last Aired
May 23, 1960
Type
Scripted
Country
US
Votes
27
Popularity
36
In Production
❌ No
Created By
Ed James
Networks
CBS
Production
You Might Also Like
