Bachelor Father 1957

Overview

Bachelor Father is an American sitcom that originally premiered on CBS in September 1957. The program stars John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong. Based on the production titled A New Girl in His Life, which aired as an episode of General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957, the series follows the life of a bachelor tasked with raising his niece. Throughout its broadcast history, the show moved between different networks. After its initial run on CBS, the series transitioned to NBC for its third season in 1959. The fifth and final season aired on ABC from 1961 to 1962. Over the course of its run, a total of 157 episodes were produced and aired. Bachelor Father holds the distinction of being the only primetime television series to run in consecutive years on all three major American television networks. The show remains a notable entry in television history for this unique scheduling trajectory across the primary broadcast networks of its era.