page_title: Father Knows Best
hierarchical_section_title: Father Knows Best
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo of Jane Wyatt and Robert Young from the television show Marcus Welby, M.D.. Note that ABC had issued a "double photo" with Wyatt and Young shown in a 1950s photo from Father Knows Best as well as a photo from Marcus Welby, M.D..
context_page_description: Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin. The series, which first began on radio in 1949, aired for six seasons with a total of 203 episodes. The series debuted on CBS in October 1954. It ran for one season and was canceled the following year. The series was picked up by NBC, where it remained for three seasons. After a second cancellation in 1958, the series was picked up yet again, by CBS, where it aired until May 1960.
  Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the Midwestern town of Springfield.
context_section_description: Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin. The series, which first began on radio in 1949, aired for six seasons with a total of 203 episodes. The series debuted on  CBS in October 1954. It ran for one season and was canceled the following year. The series was picked up by NBC, where it remained for three seasons. After a second cancellation in 1958, the series was picked up yet again, by CBS, where it aired until May 1960.
  Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the Midwestern town of Springfield.
caption: Robert Young and Jane Wyatt as Jim and Margaret Anderson
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