Father Knows Best

Saturday, December 6

The Trial

Season 4 • Episode 20

Bud is accused of causing $100 worth of damage to a neighbor's property.

Saturday, December 6

Revenge Is Sweet

Season 4 • Episode 21

Betty is concerned over Bud's failure to present himself in a socially acceptable manner.

Sunday, December 7

Country Cousin

Season 4 • Episode 22

Betty is concerned that her cousin will present a bad impression to her friends.

Sunday, December 7

Poor Old Dad

Season 4 • Episode 23

Bud teases his father about being married.

Monday, December 8

The Old Days

Season 3 • Episode 9

The Andersons have a dispute over fashion.

Monday, December 8

Whistle Bait

Season 3 • Episode 10

Betty learns a valuable lesson while teaching others at college.

Tuesday, December 9

The Great Guy

Season 3 • Episode 11

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

Tuesday, December 9

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.

Wednesday, December 10

Betty Goes Steady

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Wednesday, December 10

The Good Prospect

Season 3 • Episode 14

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

Thursday, December 11

The Promising Young Man

Season 3 • Episode 16

Jim has problems handling a young man he is supposed to be helping.

Thursday, December 11

Margaret Hires a Gardener

Season 3 • Episode 17

A kindly Spanish man adopts the Andersons and becomes their gardener.

Friday, December 12

Swiss Family Anderson

Season 3 • Episode 18

Jim considers buying an island when the family starts complaining at home.

Friday, December 12

Brief Holiday

Season 3 • Episode 19

Margaret takes an impulsive shopping trip.

Saturday, December 13

Betty's Crusade

Season 4 • Episode 24

Betty takes up the cause to save a popular restaurant from being closed.

Saturday, December 13

Young Love

Season 4 • Episode 25

Bud is struck with puppy love when he sees a woman in the supermarket.

Sunday, December 14

Tell It to Mom

Season 4 • Episode 26

Margaret is an eyewitness to a mole hill rising into a mountain all by itself.

Sunday, December 14

A Friend in Need

Season 4 • Episode 27

The Andersons are bewildered when a dog rings their doorbell in the middle of the night.

Monday, December 15

The Lawn Party

Season 3 • Episode 20

Jim and Margaret are tired of always chaperoning the neighborhood parties.

Monday, December 15

Short Wave

Season 3 • Episode 21

Bud's short-wave radio picks up a distress call from a ship at sea.

Tuesday, December 16

Carnival

Season 3 • Episode 22

Bud learns what it is like to be suckered when he's taken in twice by the same man.

Tuesday, December 16

Betty and the Jet Pilot

Season 3 • Episode 23

Betty falls in love with an Army pilot stationed at the local base.

Wednesday, December 17

Trip to Hillsborough

Season 3 • Episode 24

Bud's plans to go to Hillsborough go astray, but he doggedly persists.

Wednesday, December 17

An Evening to Remember

Season 3 • Episode 25

The Anderson household is turned upside down when Cornel Wilde comes to talk with Jim.

Thursday, December 18

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

Thursday, December 18

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

Thursday, December 18

Bud Buys a Car

Season 3 • Episode 26

Bud's purchase of a used car causes dissension in the Anderson household.

Thursday, December 18

Safety First

Season 3 • Episode 27

Jim teaches Bud a lesson in traffic safety.

Thursday, December 18

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

Thursday, December 18

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

Thursday, December 18

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

Thursday, December 18

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

Friday, December 19

Bud, the Hero

Season 3 • Episode 28

Bud's heroic deed was really an accident.

Friday, December 19

Betty, Track Star

Season 3 • Episode 29

Betty faces a dilemma when a promise threatens to keep her from winning the Flower Queen title.

Saturday, December 20

A Medal for Margaret

Season 4 • Episode 28

Margaret secretly takes fly-casting lessons in hopes of winning a contest.

Saturday, December 20

The Weaker Sex

Season 4 • Episode 29

Betty is ashamed to learn that her plot to ensnare a local boy has been discovered.

Sunday, December 21

Jim, the Answer Man

Season 4 • Episode 30

Jim tries desperately to finish his work before he has to leave on a trip.

Sunday, December 21

Bud Quits School

Season 4 • Episode 31

After Bud sees a successful man, he decides to quit school and go to work.

Sunday, December 21

The Angel's Sweater

Season 3 • Episode 15

The Christmas holiday is threatened when Jim's sister spends the holidays with the Andersons.

Sunday, December 21

The Christmas Story

Season 1 • Episode 12

Jim is disappointed by his family's attitude toward Christmas and decides to do something about it.

Monday, December 22

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

Monday, December 22

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

Tuesday, December 23

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

Tuesday, December 23

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