All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Babs' School Election

    • January 2, 1953
    • NBC

    Babs is running for President of her college's freshman class. Riley attempts to provide unwanted assistance to her election campaign meet with predictable disaster.

  • S01E02 Riley's Gift From The Boss

    • January 9, 1953
    • NBC

    On his tenth anniversary at the aircraft plant, Riley thinks he's being given a car as a reward for his good work there.

  • S01E03 Riley's New Suit

    • January 16, 1953
    • NBC

    After Riley tears his suit on his way to work, Babs and Junior plan to buy him a new one as a birthday present.

  • S01E04 The Cake Contest

    • January 23, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.

  • S01E05 Riley's Kiss In The Dark

    • January 30, 1953
    • NBC

    When the lights go off at a fancy party, an unknown woman kisses Riley.

  • S01E06 Riley Proves His Manhood

    • February 6, 1953
    • NBC

    Peg goes to work in a run-down café.

  • S01E07 Riley's Sister Cissy

    • February 13, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E08 Riley And The Bean Contest

    • February 20, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.

  • S01E09 Riley And The Scoutmaster

    • February 27, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley sets up as Scoutmaster when Junior's regular scoutmaster must take a leave of absence for the troop. Also, Riley sets out to show his wife that a man can do all the household duties in half the time a woman can.

  • S01E10 Riley Invades The Fight Game

    • March 6, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E11 Riley's Lost Weekend

    • March 13, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E12 Junior Wins The Soapbox Derby

    • March 20, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E13 Riley's Family Reunion

    • March 27, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley's family is selected to appear in a radio program that brings parents and a child together for a family reunion - and plants hidden microphones throughout the house to capture their unrehearsed reactions to the event.

  • S01E14 Riley's Business Venture

    • April 3, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley and Dudley decide to go into business for themselves.

  • S01E15 Riley Camps Out

    • April 10, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis decide to go camping to escape the boredom that's crept into their daily lives.

  • S01E16 Riley Steps Out

    • April 10, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley decides to take Peg to a banquet when he finds to two charity tickets discarded by his boss, Mr Cunningham.

  • S01E17 Riley's Operation

    • June 17, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley's sore throat is traced to his tonsils and he's ordered to have them removed. It's all his family and friends can do to get him to the hospital for his operation.

  • S01E18 Riley the Executive Type

    • December 1, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley thinks he deserves a raise in salary but his boss thinks otherwise and as ultimatums go, Riley quits. Foreman Hawkins tries his best to give a stubborn Riley back his job but "he's got pride!"

  • S01E19 Riley Engages an Escort

    • May 8, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley tries to help daughter Babs arrange herself a date for the Sadie Hawkins Day dance.

  • S01E20 Riley Cultivates Babs

    • May 15, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E21 Riley's Uncle Baxter

    • May 22, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E22 Riley Outwits Cupid

    • May 29, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E23 Riley Gets Engaged

    • June 5, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley's punishment of Junior may cost him a nomination for his lodge.

  • S01E24 Riley Punishes Junior

    • June 12, 1953
    • NBC

    Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.

  • S01E25 Riley Meets A Rival

    • June 19, 1953
    • NBC

  • S01E26 Riley The Typical Worker

    • June 26, 1953
    • NBC

Season 2

Season 3

  • S03E01 Junior's Secret

    • September 17, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley gets involved in a mix-up regarding Junior.

  • S03E02 Riley in the Wild Blue Yonder

    • September 24, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley and his friend Gillis decide to take flying lessons.

  • S03E03 Riley and the Suggestion Contest

    • October 1, 1954
    • NBC

    There's a brand new suggestion box installed at the plant.

  • S03E04 Destination Brooklyn

    • October 8, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley takes his family for a visit back to his old stomping grounds in Brooklyn only to find all his true friends from yesteryear are mean.

  • S03E05 The Dog Watch

    • October 15, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley agrees to take care of his boss's dog for a short time.

  • S03E06 Babs & Junior Try Home Economics

    • October 22, 1954
    • NBC

    Babs and Junior convince Riley that their finances can be stretched through scientific buying.

  • S03E07 The Duck Hunting Trip

    • October 29, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis go duck hunting at a nearby mountain lake.

  • S03E08 Junior the Chief Magistrate

    • November 5, 1954
    • NBC

    It's boys day and the kids take over the town.

  • S03E09 Riley Buys A Statue

    • November 12, 1954
    • NBC

  • S03E10 Riley Versus Numerology

    • November 19, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley consults his pal Waldo, an expert on numerology, and finds that he starts believing in it to.

  • S03E11 Riley, the Friendly Neighbor

    • November 26, 1954
    • NBC

    Gillis starts filling his garage with various household appliances.

  • S03E12 Riley's Wild Oats

    • December 3, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley thinks he's getting older and never had a chance to sow his wild oats. Peg gives him that chance and it's not all it's cracked up to be.

  • S03E13 Puppy Love

    • December 10, 1954
    • NBC

    When Riley learns Junior has a girlfriend, he has a heart-to-heart talk with him about the unhappiness of marriage.

  • S03E14 The Car Pool

    • December 17, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley's latest money making scheme is car pooling.

  • S03E15 Job Opening

    • December 24, 1954
    • NBC

    Riley and his pal Gillis are both interested in the same out-of-town job.

  • S03E16 Brotherly Love

    • December 31, 1954
    • NBC

    The Riley's soon learn that a little brotherly love is better than a lot all at once.

  • S03E17 Unwelcome Guests

    • January 7, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley agrees to take care of the Gillis home while the family is away on vacation.

  • S03E18 Come Back, Little Junior

    • January 14, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley decides that it's time for his son to go out into the world and get himself a job and Junior and Egbert take off to find their life's fortune, while running into a hobo.

  • S03E19 Riley Buys A Wrestler

    • January 21, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley must find a professional wrestler to fight the plant champ for an annual charity event.

  • S03E20 Light-fingered Babs

    • January 28, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley thinks Babs has become a kleptomaniac when she starts wearing a whole new wardrobe.

  • S03E21 Family Activities Planned

    • February 4, 1955
    • NBC

  • S03E22 The Auction

    • February 11, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley and Otto auction off a motorcycle and find making numbers for the sale are not that easy when they both write the winning number 50.

  • S03E23 A Bride for Otto

    • February 25, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis decide to get a mail order bride for their friend Otto

  • S03E24 Sister Cissy Returns

    • February 25, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley is told Peg has broken her heel. He is convinced it's her foot, but actually it is the heel of her shoe.

  • S03E25 Night Shift

    • March 4, 1955
    • NBC

    To balance the family budget, Riley take a job in a department store in the evenings.

  • S03E26 Chicken Ranch

    • March 11, 1955
    • NBC

    To convince his Pop to stay in California and not return to his native Brooklyn, Chester buys his parents a chicken farm.

  • S03E27 Up To The Jury

    • March 11, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley is proud that Peg has been chosen for jury duty.

  • S03E28 The Gymnasium

    • March 25, 1955
    • NBC

    When a friend of his is fired at the plant, Riley helps him start a gymnasium.

  • S03E29 The Singing Cowboy

    • April 1, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley breaks up a romance between daughter Babs and Tex, a singing cowboy. Shortly thereafter, he is asked by his boss to get a cowboy singer for an upcoming office party. Frantically Riley tries to reunite Babs and Tex, in order to corral the singer for the party and his boss' favor.

  • S03E30 Look Peg, I'm Dancing

    • April 8, 1955
    • NBC

    A reluctant Riley and Gillis are enrolled by their wives in a dancing class

  • S03E31 Meet the Neighbor

    • April 15, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis' new neighbor Mr Parker doesn't fully appreciate having trash thrown over his fence.

  • S03E32 Babs Gets Engaged

    • April 22, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley is upset over his daughter's romantic escapades.

  • S03E33 Babs Graduates From College

    • April 29, 1955
    • NBC

    Babs's graduation from college and her pending engagement bring out the protective father in Chester.

  • S03E34 The Blockade

    • May 13, 1955
    • NBC

    A tree is blown across Riley's driveway.

  • S03E35 The Diet

    • May 20, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis diet in an effort to fit into last year's bowling jackets.

  • S03E36 Top Secret

    • June 3, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis are assigned to work on a top secret project.

  • S03E37 Riley Unites the Family

    • June 10, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley has come to the conclusion that his family has lost interest in him.

  • S03E38 School Board Critic

    • June 17, 1955
    • NBC

    Riley schemes to get an all- expense paid trip to Chicago.

  • S03E39 The Stupid Cupid

    • June 24, 1955
    • NBC

Season 4

Season 5

  • S05E01 A Wire For Gillis

    • September 14, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E02 The First Quarrel

    • September 21, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E03 Buttering Up A Millionaire

    • September 28, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E04 The New Job

    • October 5, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E05 Destination Del Mar Vista

    • September 14, 1956
    • NBC

    When Gillis receives a telegram, Riley thinks his friend has come into a large amount of money.

  • S05E06 Uncle Bixby Takes Over

    • October 19, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E07 Friends are Where You Find Them

    • October 26, 1956
    • NBC

    Deciding that they are seeing too much of each other, Riley and Gillis search for new friends.

  • S05E08 Juvenile Delinquent

    • November 2, 1956
    • NBC

    Riley worries about Junior becoming a delinquent when the lad says he wants to get a hot rod.

  • S05E09 Riley's Lonely NIght

    • November 9, 1956
    • NBC

    Peg goes out for the night and Riley's left alone to watch the fights on TV. Once the fight ends prematurely, he gets lonely and winds up at a lonely hearts Club.

  • S05E10 A Man's Pride

    • November 16, 1956
    • NBC

    Riley get to thinking that he could make it without working for the Aircraft Company and quits his job. Peg comes to the rescue.

  • S05E11 Riley Hires A Nurse

    • November 23, 1956
    • NBC

    With Babs expecting, Chester decides to become involved in planning day-care for his soon-to-be-grandchild. However, when he attends a "baby nursing course" that he thought would be for nurses, he discovers that it is instead a class for mothers. Complications ensue.

  • S05E12 Blessed Event

    • November 3, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E13 Benefit For Egbert

    • December 7, 1956
    • NBC

    As a Father-Son Banquet nears, Riley feels bad for Gillis as they cannot afford to bring their son Egbert home from school. Rileys throws a barbecue to raise funds.

  • S05E14 Honeybee's Mother

    • December 14, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E15 World's Greatest Grandson

    • December 21, 1956
    • NBC

    Riley continually brags about his new grandson to Gillis and everyone

  • S05E16 Double, Double Date

    • December 28, 1956
    • NBC

  • S05E17 Riley Wins A Trip

    • January 4, 1957
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis enter a dance contest and Gillis wins a trip for four. Riley reminds Jim Gillis that the trip IS FOR 4 people, and of course, they were joking with Riley...they all go on a trip with Junior too.

  • S05E18 Aloha Riley, Goodbye

    • January 11, 1957
    • NBC

    The Rileys and Gillis' head to Hawaii on a vacation and get involved with a murder mystery.

  • S05E19 Change In Command

    • January 18, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E20 Strolling Through the Park

    • January 25, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E21 Deep in the Heart of...

    • February 1, 1957
    • NBC

    All hell breaks loose when Riley and his cronies decide to go on a midnight horse ride.

  • S05E22 Candid Camera

    • February 8, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E23 Foreign Intrigue

    • February 15, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E24 All-American Brain

    • February 22, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E25 Getting Riley's Goat

    • March 1, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E26 A Young Man's Fancy

    • March 8, 1957
    • NBC

    Riley and Gillis mistakenly think that Junior has fallen in love with an older woman at a flower store.

  • S05E27 Babs' Dream House

    • March 15, 1957
    • NBC

    Babs tells her Mom she and her husband have hired a famous architect to design their new home. Riley isn't convinced that the designer knows his business and soon the two men are butting heads over the project's blueprints.

  • S05E28 A Watch for Gillis

    • March 22, 1957
    • NBC

    Riley takes Gillis to a jewelry store to purchase a surprize gift for Gillis but his friend's advice proves to be no bargain.

  • S05E29 Junior's Future

    • March 29, 1957
    • NBC

    Riley and Peg worry about Junior's future once he's done with high school. His friend Egbert already has plans for college and Riley and Gillis see Junior going into a pool hall.

  • S05E30 A Day at the Beach

    • April 5, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E31 A House Divided

    • April 12, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E32 Return to Blue View

    • April 19, 1957
    • NBC

    Riley tries to break into his old house to retrieve $3,000 worth of bonds he thinks he left behind in the fireplace brick.

  • S05E33 The High Cost of Riley

    • April 26, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E34 Babs Comes Home

    • May 3, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E35 Father-in-Law vs Father-In-Law

    • May 10, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E36 The Stray Dog

    • May 17, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E37 Vacation Plans

    • May 24, 1957
    • NBC

    The Rileys and Gillises plan a camping trip together but then Riley receives an invite for his family to stay at a beach house.

  • S05E38 Homeless Otto

    • May 31, 1957
    • NBC

  • S05E39 Summer Job For Junior

    • June 7, 1957
    • NBC

Season 6