Episode list for
"Father Knows Best" (1954)

Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown
Year: 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1977 | unknown

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Bud Takes Up the Dance

Original Air Date: 3 October 1954

Season 1, Episode 2: Lesson in Citizenship

Original Air Date: 10 October 1954

Season 1, Episode 3: Episode #1.3

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Season 1, Episode 4: Football Tickets

Original Air Date: 24 October 1954

Season 1, Episode 5: Live My Own Life

Original Air Date: 31 October 1954

Season 1, Episode 6: Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

Original Air Date: 7 November 1954

Season 1, Episode 7: Bud's Encounter with the Law

Original Air Date: 14 November 1954

Season 1, Episode 8: Episode #1.8

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Season 1, Episode 9: Episode #1.9

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Season 1, Episode 10: Typical Father

Original Air Date: 5 December 1954

Season 1, Episode 11: Episode #1.11

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Season 1, Episode 12: The Christmas Story

Original Air Date: 19 December 1954

Season 1, Episode 13: Episode #1.13

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Season 1, Episode 14: Boy's Week

Original Air Date: 2 January 1955

Season 1, Episode 15: A Friend of Old George's

Original Air Date: 9 January 1955

Season 1, Episode 16: Episode #1.16

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Season 1, Episode 17: Episode #1.17

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Season 1, Episode 18: Jim, the Farmer

Original Air Date: 30 January 1955

Season 1, Episode 19: Father of the Year

Original Air Date: 6 February 1955

Season 1, Episode 20: The Mink Coat

Original Air Date: 13 February 1955

Season 1, Episode 21: The Matchmaker

Original Air Date: 20 February 1955

Season 1, Episode 22: Bud the Bridesmaid

Original Air Date: 27 February 1955

Season 1, Episode 23: Proud Father

Original Air Date: 6 March 1955

Season 1, Episode 24: Father Delivers the Papers

Original Air Date: 13 March 1955

Season 1, Episode 25: No Partiality

Original Air Date: 20 March 1955

Season 1, Episode 26: Close Decision

Original Air Date: 27 March 1955

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: Art of Salesmanship

Original Air Date: 31 August 1955

Season 2, Episode 3: Lesson in Civics

Original Air Date: 14 September 1955

Season 2, Episode 4: First Disillusionment

Original Air Date: 21 September 1955

Season 2, Episode 5: Woman in the House

Original Air Date: 28 September 1955

Season 2, Episode 6: New Girl in School

Original Air Date: 5 October 1955

Season 2, Episode 7: Kathy Makes Magic

Original Air Date: 12 October 1955

Season 2, Episode 8: Advantage to Betty

Original Air Date: 19 October 1955

Season 2, Episode 9: The Big Test

Original Air Date: 26 October 1955

Season 2, Episode 10: Father Is a Dope

Original Air Date: 2 November 1955

Season 2, Episode 11: The Spirit of Youth

Original Air Date: 9 November 1955

Season 2, Episode 12: Bud, the Ladykiller

Original Air Date: 16 November 1955

Season 2, Episode 14: Stage to Yuma

Original Air Date: 7 December 1955

Season 2, Episode 20: The House Painter

Original Air Date: 25 January 1956

Season 2, Episode 33: Hero Father

Original Air Date: 2 May 1956

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 6: Spaghetti for Margaret

Original Air Date: 17 October 1956

Season 3, Episode 9: The Old Days

Original Air Date: 7 November 1956

Season 3, Episode 10: Whistle Bait

Original Air Date: 14 November 1956

Season 3, Episode 15: The Angel's Sweater

Original Air Date: 19 December 1956

Season 3, Episode 19: Brief Holiday

Original Air Date: 16 January 1957

Season 3, Episode 24: Trip to Hillsborough

Original Air Date: 20 February 1957

Season 3, Episode 33: Class Prophecy

Original Air Date: 8 May 1957

Season 3, Episode 35: Margaret Disowns Her Family

Original Air Date: 22 May 1957

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 5: Sentenced to Happiness

Original Air Date: 23 October 1957

Season 4, Episode 7: The Indispensable Man

Original Air Date: 6 November 1957

Season 4, Episode 8: Kathy's Big Chance

Original Air Date: 13 November 1957

Season 4, Episode 11: Mister Beal Meets His Match

Original Air Date: 1958

Season 4, Episode 14: Big Sister

Original Air Date: 8 January 1958

Season 4, Episode 16: Father's Biography

Original Air Date: 22 January 1958

Season 4, Episode 17: The Rivals

Original Air Date: 29 January 1958

Season 4, Episode 22: Country Cousin

Original Air Date: 5 March 1958

Season 4, Episode 30: Jim, the Answer Man

Original Air Date: 14 May 1958

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 8: Bud, the Caretaker

Original Air Date: 3 November 1958

Season 5, Episode 14: The Christmas Story

Original Air Date: 15 December 1958

Season 5, Episode 20: Hard Luck Leo

Original Air Date: 26 January 1959

Season 5, Episode 22: Crisis Over a Kiss

Original Air Date: 9 February 1959

Season 5, Episode 24: A Man of Merit

Original Air Date: 23 November 1959

Season 5, Episode 29: The Art of Romance

Original Air Date: 30 March 1959

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Season 6

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Season 6, Episode 4: The Impostor

Original Air Date: 26 October 1959

Season 6, Episode 21: Jim's Big Surprise

Original Air Date: 29 February 1960

Season 6, Episode 24: The $500 Letter

Original Air Date: 21 March 1960

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Unknown Season

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Betty's Career Problem

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Father Knows Best Reunion

Original Air Date: 1977

Not His Type

Original Air Date: 16 May 1960

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