The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)

The Farmer's Daughter is an American sitcom, loosely based on the 1947 film, that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963, to April 22, 1966. It was sponsored by Lark Cigarettes and Clairol, for whom the two leading stars often appeared at the show's end, promoting the products; the commercials were also filmed. The Farmer's Daughter also enjoyed a brief run in syndication when it aired on CBN Cable in the 1980s.

Overview

The series stars Inger Stevens as Katy Holstrum, a young Swedish woman who becomes the housekeeper for widowed congressman Glen Morley. He has two sons, Steve (age 14) and Danny (8) at the time of the premiere. The congressman's mother is Agatha Morley. After the wedding episode, the show's ratings, which were already declining, fell, and ABC canceled ''The Farmer's Daughter''. Unlike the 1947 film, Katy never ran for (nor was elected to) Congress in the series. ==Cast==

Cast

• Inger Stevens as Katrin "Katy" Holstrum (later, Morley) File:Inger Stevens Beverly Garland The Farmers Daughter 1963.JPG|Inger Stevens (holding baby) and Beverly Garland, 1963. File:Inger Stevens William Windom The Farmer's Daughter wedding 1965.jpg|''The Farmer's Daughter'' wedding File:Cathleen Nesbitt in The Farmer's Daughter.JPG|Cathleen Nesbitt in ''The Farmer's Daughte''r ==Episodes==

Episodes

Season 1 (1963–64) All episodes in black-and-white Season 2 (1964–65) All episodes in black-and-white Season 3 (1965–66) The third and fourth episodes in black-and-white, the remainder in color == Production ==

Production

While the first two seasons were black & white, the third season brought some changes to the format, as the series began filming episodes in color. However, the third and fourth episodes had been shot in black-and-white. == Reception ==

Reception

In its first season (filmed in black-and-white), ''The Farmer's Daughter competed against The Twilight Zone on CBS and the short-lived Larry Blyden series Harry's Girls'' on NBC. The series never reached the top 30 in ratings, but during its first two years it earned respectable ratings and proved to be moderately successful. Awards and nominations ==Notes==

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