Father Knows Best arrived in 1954, and she was thrilled to be a part of it. "It has a warmth and loving energy to it that was very special," she says. "There was no mean spritedness to it.

For many of us, Robert Young will always be Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, the warm and wise dad we all wanted. Later, he ...

‘Father Knows Best’ Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt) was portrayed as the “voice of reason,” on this early sitcom for her kids, Princess, Kitten and Bud.Her husband was an insurance salesman ...

—Jim Anderson, "Father Knows Best" (1954 to 1960) If there were ever a template for the sitcom family, it was the Andersons. A well-coiffed insurance agent by day, ...

LOS ANGELES – To the millions watching the 1950s TV show "Father Knows Best," actress Jane Wyatt was the wholesome stay-at-home mom who, the series' title notwithstanding, could be counted on ...