Bachelor Father (American TV series)

*Bachelor Father*
Bachelor Father
	Noreen Corcoran and John Forsythe, 1961
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	John Forsythe; Noreen Corcoran; Sammee Tong; Jimmy Boyd; Bernadette Withers;
Theme music composer	Dave Kahn; (1957–1958); Melvyn Lenard Gordon; (1957–1958); Jeff Alexander; (1958–1959); Larry Ornstein; (1958–1959); Johnny Williams; (1959–1960); Conrad Salinger; (1960–62);
Opening theme	"Bachelor Father Serenade"; (1957–1958); "Bachelor Father Theme"; (1958–1959); "Bachelor Father Theme"; (1959–1960); "Bentley's Theme"; (1960–62)
Composer	Stanley Wilson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	157
Production
Producers	Harry Ackerman; (1957–1958); Everett Freeman; (1958–1962); Robert Sparks;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 mins.
Production companies	Bachelor Productions; Revue Studios;
Original release
Network	CBS (1957–1959); NBC (1959–1961); ABC (1961–1962)
Release	September 15, 1957 –; September 25, 1962
Related
	General Electric Theater
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Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC. A total of 157 episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life", which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957.^[1]

Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC).^[2]

^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). Penguin Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-1402-4916-3.
^ Terrace, Vincent (1980). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947 - 1979). Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-4980-2488-7.

[mcneil-1] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). Penguin Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-1402-4916-3.

[Terrace-2] Terrace, Vincent (1980). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947 - 1979). Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-4980-2488-7.

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