The two hundred and twenty-second TV show: #19 Father Knows Best
When I found myself swearing at the screen about the resolution of the second episode I watched, I knew not to push myself much further. For a lot of it, the comedy isn't funny. For most of the show, I feel like the kids - in particular the teens - are the funniest, which feels like a rarity here. But the family is too perfect and the father, played by Robert Young, in particular feels like he's too much of a lecturing good guy, showing how the world is and how people should behave. It just doesn't work as a comedy and the values and everything feels like it's too much. I've enjoyed other shows of the era more than this - this is just a failure for me.