Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best began as a radio sitcom in 1949 before becoming a long-running television series. Created by Ed James, it followed the Anderson family and starred Robert Young as father Jim Anderson.

Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. The state in which Springfield is located is never specified, but it is generally accepted to be located in the Midwestern United States.

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