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Bachelor Father

Season 2 1958 - 1959
TV-G

  • 1958-09-14T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 24m
  • 8h 12m (20 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
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 from 1961 to 1962. 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. Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major televisions networks.

20 episodes

Season Premiere

1958-09-14T04:00:00Z

2x01 Bentley and the Finishing School

Season Premiere

2x01 Bentley and the Finishing School

  • 1958-09-14T04:00:00Z24m

Bentley decides to send Kelly to a girls finishing school so that she will acquire some polish. But Kelly doesn't like the idea at all and enlists the aid of Peter in a plot to outwit her uncle.

Kelly urges her Uncle Bentley to try out for the leading role in a forthcoming PTA play. Bentley allows himself to be persuaded but during the rehearsal he argues with the leading lady and walks out on the play.

2x03 Bentley Leads a Dog's Life

  • 1958-10-12T04:00:00Z24m

Bentley's plans for a weekend vacation run into an unexpected snag. He has made arrangements to place Kelly's dog, Jasper, in a kennel during their short holiday, but Jasper runs away.

2x04 Bentley and the Teenage Siren

  • 1958-10-26T04:00:00Z24m

Kelly loses her self confidence when a teen-age siren at schol makes a vivid impression on the boys. Bentley tries to help Kelly feel that she's attractive too.

2x05 Bentley and Peter's Teacher

  • 1958-11-09T05:00:00Z24m

Peter enrolls in high school in an attempt to improve his English. Bentley, who tries to help Peter, is impressed by the pretty teacher in charge of Peter's class.

2x06 Bentley and the Wedding Bells

  • 1958-11-23T05:00:00Z30m

The wife of an important client decides that Bentley would be the ideal husband for her plain neice.

1958-12-07T05:00:00Z

2x07 Kelly's Mad Crush

2x07 Kelly's Mad Crush

  • 1958-12-07T05:00:00Z24m

Kelly gets a crush on Ronnie Burns and talks of nothing else. Kelly's boy friend doesn't like this turn of events one bit and even considers Bentley, partly to blame.

1958-12-21T05:00:00Z

2x08 Bentley's Big Case

2x08 Bentley's Big Case

  • 1958-12-21T05:00:00Z24m

Bentley represents a wealthy client in a minor accident case and finds himself opposing Peter, who is acting as his own counsel.

1959-01-04T05:00:00Z

2x09 Bentley's Economy Wave

2x09 Bentley's Economy Wave

  • 1959-01-04T05:00:00Z24m

Bentley decides to place the household on a stringent budget, but with very unhappy results.

1959-01-18T05:00:00Z

2x10 Decisions, Decisions

2x10 Decisions, Decisions

  • 1959-01-18T05:00:00Z30m

When two boys ask Kelly to the prom, she can't decide which invitation to accept. She takes her problem to Bentley who quickly finds that she is the just the first of a chain of people who call upon him to make their decisions.

2x11 Bentley and the Kleptomaniac

  • 1959-02-01T05:00:00Z24m

Kelly wants to discourage Bentley from checking up on her every move, so she decides to give him something big to worry about. She pressures her boyfriend, Howard, into taking objects from the Gregg household, creating the impression that the young man is a kleptomaniac.

1959-02-15T05:00:00Z

2x12 A Phone for Kelly

2x12 A Phone for Kelly

  • 1959-02-15T05:00:00Z24m

Bentley starchly refuses Kelly's plea for a second telephone in the house but Kelly is determined to make him change his mind.

1959-03-01T05:00:00Z

2x13 Bentley the Starmaker

2x13 Bentley the Starmaker

  • 1959-03-01T05:00:00Z24m

Kelly's boyfriend, Howard is always hanging around and Bentley reasons that if Howard's singing career took up more of his time, Bentley would see less of him. So Bentley decides to give Howard's career a push.

1959-03-15T05:00:00Z

2x14 Bentley the Proud Father

2x14 Bentley the Proud Father

  • 1959-03-15T05:00:00Z24m

Bentley feels that Kelly should be more popular with the boys. He decides to change her personality and campaigns to have her named queen of the carnival.

1959-03-29T05:00:00Z

2x15 Bentley's Aunt Caroline

2x15 Bentley's Aunt Caroline

  • 1959-03-29T05:00:00Z24m

Concerned over Kelly's lack of discipline, Bentley decides she needs a woman's guidance. He sends for his Aunt Caroline, but her arrival only complicates Bentley's problem.

1959-04-12T05:00:00Z

2x16 Bentley, Man of Steel

2x16 Bentley, Man of Steel

  • 1959-04-12T05:00:00Z24m

Bentley succumbs to the charms of a lovely girl who operates a health club. He is so impressed that he starts exercising with barbells and eating health foods, hoping to capture the young lady's admiration.

2x17 Bentley and the Motorcycle

  • 1959-04-26T05:00:00Z24m

Persistant Howard asks Bentley for permission to go steady with Kelly. Bentley refuses on the grounds that Kelly is too young to be held down to one person.

1959-05-10T04:00:00Z

2x18 Bentley the Organizer

2x18 Bentley the Organizer

  • 1959-05-10T04:00:00Z24m

2x19 Bentley and the Beauty Contest

  • 1959-05-24T04:00:00Z24m

Bentley takes an avid interest in a beautiful Peruvian girl and helps her to win a talent contest. But he encounters unexpected complications in his campaign to woo her.

Season Finale

1959-06-07T04:00:00Z

2x20 Bentley the Hero

Season Finale

2x20 Bentley the Hero

  • 1959-06-07T04:00:00Z24m

A girl who has her heart set on breaking into pictures decides that Bentley is just the man to help her. The girl begins by pretending to drown so that Bentley can save her.

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