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Starring Robert Young & Jane Wyatt
Season 6 (CBS) (1959-60)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Shawn A. Adam (synopses for all episodes), Rina Fox, Jimmie D.
references:
TV Guide /   Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 6 1959-60 ###############
############### (final season) ###############
CBS Mondays 8:30 pm Eastern

6.01 [172] Father Knows Best: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
5Oct59 CBS Mon
The Andersons get stranded on a deserted road when their car breaks down

6.02 [173] Father Knows Best: BUD BRANCHES OUT
12Oct59 CBS Mon
Bud falls in love with his French professor after a misunderstanding.

6.03 [174] Father Knows Best: THE GARDENER'S BIG DAY
19Oct59 CBS Mon
Frank is picked as a model citizen to represent Springfield before the governor.

6.04 [175] Father Knows Best: THE IMPOSTER
26Oct59 CBS Mon
Betty falls for a guy who pretends he is Mr. Ebert when he really is working for Jim.

6.05 [176] Father Knows Best: BUD PLAYS IT SAFE
2Nov59 CBS Mon
To get on the football team Bud dates the coach's daughter.

6.06 [177] Father Knows Best: BICYCLE TRIP FOR TWO
9Nov59 CBS Mon
Jim tries to regain the memory of his first bicycle trip with Margaret.

6.07 [178] Father Knows Best: FIRST DISILLUSIONMENT
16Nov59 CBS Mon
Kathy learns about what happened to Bud when a boy faked his credentials.
(Recut from a previous episode.)

6.08 [179] Father Knows Best: MARGARET'S OLD FLAME
23Nov59 CBS Mon
Margaret reminisces about her old flames before going to her class reunion.

6.09 [180] Father Knows Best: KATHY BECOMES A GIRL
30Nov59 CBS Mon
Kathy is changed from a tomboy to a beautiful young woman.

6.10 [181] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE WILLING WORKER
7Dec59 CBS Mon
Bud tries to get a job so he can buy a boat.

6.11 [182] Father Knows Best: TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
14Dec59 CBS Mon
Jim and Kathy are both double crossed by people they trust.

6.12 [183] Father Knows Best: GOOD JOKE ON MOM
28Dec59 CBS Mon
Margaret makes the family believe that she is responsible for the building of a clinic.

6.13 [184] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S DOUBLE
4Jan60 CBS Mon
Betty is sent to Hollywood to see a movie star who is her double.

6.14 [185] Father Knows Best: BUD HIDES BEHIND A SKIRT
18Jan60 CBS Mon
Bud blames reckless driving on Betty, who is on the safe driving campaign.

6.15 [186] Father Knows Best: TOGETHERNESS
25Jan60 CBS Mon
The Anderson family is the focus of a magazine article on family togetherness.

6.16 [187] Father Knows Best: SECOND BEST
1Feb60 CBS Mon
In order to be the best at something Betty competes in a fencing tournament.

6.17 [188] Father Knows Best: KATHY'S BIG DECEPTION
8Feb60 CBS Mon
Jealous of Betty's dates Kathy tells the family a lie about her boyfriend.

6.18 [189] Father Knows Best: CUPID KNOWS BEST
15Feb60 CBS Mon
Betty plays matchmaker between Frank and the daughter of an neighborhood florist.

6.19 [190] Father Knows Best: JIM'S BIG SURPRISE
29Feb60 CBS Mon
Jim is surprised when the family feels his big surprise is a material item.

6.20 [191] Father Knows Best: TIME TO RETIRE
7Mar60 CBS Mon
Jim has trouble telling an employee that he has to retire because of his age.

6.21 [192] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE SPECULATOR
14Mar60 CBS Mon
Bud invests fifty dollars in a company that is a fraud and takes his money and runs.

6.22 [193] Father Knows Best: THE $500 LETTER
21Mar60 CBS Mon
The Andersons tell their good deeds in order to receive a $500 check.

6.23 [194] Father Knows Best: ADOPTED DAUGHTER (II)
28Mar60 CBS Mon
Synopsis unavailable.
This episode was recut from a previous episode. See 2.36 [062] "Adopted Daughter" (I)

6.24 [195] Father Knows Best: FAMILY CONTEST
4Apr60 CBS Mon
Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against them in a photo contest.

6.25 [196] Father Knows Best: LOVE AND LEARN
11Apr60 CBS Mon
Bud falls for his English tutor but discovers she is all work.

6.26 [197] Father Knows Best: BLIND DATE
18Apr60 CBS Mon
Betty dates a boy considered to be a loser in order to spite the other kids.

6.27 [198] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S CAREER PROBLEMS
25Apr60 CBS Mon
Betty is discouraged when every contest she enters she loses to the same boy.

6.28 [199] Father Knows Best: BUD LIVES IT UP
9May60 CBS Mon
Bud charges numerous bills to a college he is debating in Chicago.

6.29 [200] Father Knows Best: NOT HIS TYPE
16May60 CBS Mon
Betty is caught in the middle of a fight between two friends that are going to marry.

6.30 [201] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S GRADUATION (II) (final episode)
23May60 CBS Mon
Kathy is told of Betty's fear of graduating when she doesn't
want to graduate from junior high.
This episode was recut from a previous episode. See 2.37 [063] "Betty's Graduation" (I)

############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 1960-61 ################
##############################################
CBS Tuesdays 8:00 PM Eastern
re-runs
[--] 08May61 rerun of 5.29 "The Art of Romance" (first aired 30Mar59)
[--] 27Jun61 rerun of 4.14 "Big Sister" (first aired 08Jan58)
[--] 01Aug61 rerun of 4.22 "Country Cousin" (first aired 05Mar58)

############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 1961-62 ################
##############################################
re-runs
[--] 12Mar62 rerun of 5.20 "Hard Luck Leo" (first aired 26Jan59)
final network rerun on CBS - 17Sep62 Monday
############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 1962-63 ################
############## (final season) ################
re-runs on ABC

############# Father Knows Best ##############
############### reunion tvm's ################
##############################################

 [R1] FATHER KNOWS BEST FAMILY REUNION
17May77
Rodney Young production
produced by Hugh Benson
directed by Marc Daniels
Betty, Bud, and Kathy, secretly come home to surprise their
parents on their wedding anniversary.

 [R2] FATHER KNOWS BEST HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
18Dec77
Rodney Young production
produced by Hugh Benson
directed by Norman Abbott
Betty, Bud, and Kathy, come home for Christmas and discover the family house is up for sale.

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