Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best - CBS

CBS

Series

1954

TVG

Sitcom

Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems of his growing family.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Wednesday, July 9

The Persistent Guest

Season 2 • Episode 26

Jim is intrigued by a friend of Bud's who never seems to go home.

Wednesday, July 9

Family Reunion

Season 2 • Episode 27

The Andersons' annual trip to Margaret's family reunion is threatened.

Thursday, July 10

Family Dines Out

Season 2 • Episode 28

The Andersons are divided when they receive two dinner invitations for the same night.

Thursday, July 10

Bud, the Boxer

Season 2 • Episode 29

Bud takes up boxing and decides on it as a career.

Friday, July 11

Betty, Girl Engineer

Season 2 • Episode 30

Betty meets opposition to her plans to be an engineer.

Friday, July 11

The Martins and the Coys

Season 2 • Episode 31

A family feud threatens to separate friends when Jim and a friend have a business falling out.

Saturday, July 12

Kathy Makes Magic

Season 2 • Episode 7

Kathy thinks she has put a magic curse on Bud.

Saturday, July 12

Advantage to Betty

Season 2 • Episode 8

Betty is picked as queen of the sports banquet because of her beauty instead of her ability.

Sunday, July 13

The Big Test

Season 2 • Episode 9

Bud is wrongfully accused of cheating in school.

Sunday, July 13

Father Is a Dope

Season 2 • Episode 10

Jim suspects that his family is conspiring to keep him from a hunting trip.

Monday, July 14

Dilemma for Margaret

Season 2 • Episode 32

Margaret thinks Betty participated in a prank.

Monday, July 14

Hero Father

Season 2 • Episode 33

Bud promises Jim's help in getting an all-star ball team to town.

Tuesday, July 15

Father, the Naturalist

Season 6 • Episode 14

Margaret recalls an earlier time when Jim went all out to help Kathy with a school project.

Tuesday, July 15

The Ten Dollar Question

Season 2 • Episode 35

Jim accuses the children when $10 is missing.

Wednesday, July 16

Adopted Daughter

Season 2 • Episode 36

Kathy fears that she is an adopted child.

Wednesday, July 16

Betty's Graduation

Season 2 • Episode 37

Betty realizes that her graduation from high school will bring an end to many things.

Thursday, July 17

No Apron Strings

Season 3 • Episode 1

Bud develops a crush on a girl from "the wrong side of the tracks.".

Thursday, July 17

Never the Twain

Season 3 • Episode 2

Betty prepares for the arrival of a cowboy beau.

Friday, July 18

Betty Goes to College

Season 3 • Episode 3

When Jim and Margaret decide Betty should go to college, they make all the plans for her.

Friday, July 18

Man About Town

Season 3 • Episode 4

Bud tries to seem older for a beautiful date.

Saturday, July 19

Spirit of Youth

Season 2 • Episode 11

Jim and Margaret feel that they are being relegated to the roles of "old fogies.".

Saturday, July 19

Bad Influence

Season 2 • Episode 15

Bud befriends a boy who is a compulsive thief.

Sunday, July 20

Betty Hates Carter

Season 2 • Episode 16

Betty is enraged when she learns that Jim has arranged a date for her.

Sunday, July 20

Jim, the Tyrant

Season 2 • Episode 17

Jim and Kathy go on a free-for-all to determine who will be the family tyrant.

Monday, July 21

The Homing Pigeon

Season 3 • Episode 5

Betty decides it is time she went out on her own, so she moves in with a friend of hers.

Monday, July 21

Spaghetti for Margaret

Season 3 • Episode 6

The Andersons arrange a face-saving banquet for a poverty-stricken author.

Tuesday, July 22

Betty's Birthday

Season 3 • Episode 7

Betty decides she doesn't want a birthday party.

Tuesday, July 22

Bud, the Millionaire

Season 3 • Episode 8

Jim makes a risky deal with Bud when they agree on a $10-a-week allowance.

Wednesday, July 23

The Old Days

Season 3 • Episode 9

The Andersons have a dispute over fashion.

Wednesday, July 23

Whistle Bait

Season 3 • Episode 10

Betty learns a valuable lesson while teaching others at college.

Thursday, July 24

The Great Guy

Season 3 • Episode 11

Bud gets a job at the local newspaper, much to Margaret and Jim's disapproval.

Thursday, July 24

The Family Goes to New York

Season 3 • Episode 12

The Andersons are worried when Betty goes to New York to attend a friend's wedding.

Friday, July 25

Betty Goes Steady

Season 3 • Episode 13

Betty is accepted by a self-appointed group of "acceptable" students.

Friday, July 25

The Good Prospect

Season 3 • Episode 14

An elderly man is forced to accept reality when Kathy crashes his dream world.

Saturday, July 26

Betty's Brother

Season 2 • Episode 18

Bud is faced with academic failure while Betty shines in school.

Saturday, July 26

Betty Earns a Formal

Season 2 • Episode 19

When Jim refuses to buy Betty a gown for a special dance, she sets out to earn the money herself.

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