Father Knows Best
TVG
Sitcom
Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems of his growing family.
Cast & Crew
Robert Young Jim Anderson
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson ("Princess")
Billy Gray James Anderson Jr. ("Bud")
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson ("Kitten")
Sarah Selby Miss Thomas
Robert Foulk Ed Davis
Vivi Janiss Myrtle Davis
Yvonne Lime Dotty Snow
Paul Wallace Kippy Watkins
Jimmy Bates Claude Messner
Eugene B. Rodney Producer
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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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