Sponsored Openings

Season One (1954-55).
It takes place in the front hallway/stairs and was sponsored by Kent Cigarettes.
Announcer – Wendell Niles.

Season Two (1955-56).
It takes place in the kitchen and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Jay Jackson, who later hosed Tic Tac Dough on NBC. (Thank you to David Schwartz for this info.)

Season Three (1956-57).
It takes place in the living room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. Announcer – unknown.

Season Four (1957-58).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)

Season Four (1957-58).
Alternate opening. It was sponsored by Lever Brothers (All Detergent, Lux Liquid Soap).
Announcer – unknown.

Season Five (1958-59).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company.
Announcer – unknown.

Season Five (1958-59).
Alternate opening. It was sponsored by Lever Brothers (All Detergent, Lux Liquid Soap).
Announcer – unknown.

Season Six (1959-60).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored The Scott Paper Company.
The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)

Father Knows Best was so popular when the show ended production in 1960, that CBS ran it for the next two years (1960-1962) on the primetime schedule (evenings). Then ABC aired it primetime in 1962-1963. It had various sponsors. Here is a sampling of those sponsors.