Donahue had a very unhappy early marriage. She later married Harry Ackerman, who was the executive producer for many Screen Gems (tv sub of Columbia Pictures) sitcoms. Father Knows Best was a Screen Gems show but Ackerman didn't produce it-Robert Young's company was the producer. Donahue worked on a lot of shows and probably has an interesting story. Young ended the show which had decent ratings and spent a couple years in prime time reruns, which was very odd. Young felt it was time and probably was right. I only ever saw it in reruns and always thought it was less watchable than "Ozzie and Harriet" (the original show about nothing) or Donna Reed (the likeability of the characters overcame the often sanctimonious material). ![]() Chapin was annoying and Bud was obviously (from the perspective of another era) well on his way to becoming a burnout. Young and his wife were alcoholics, which would have been compounded by his depressive problems. The two of them sometimes were hospitalized at the same time. ![]() They were regulars at Las Encitas, the celeb psych hospital in Pasadena. They'd arrive drunk and arguing like children.
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