The Pride of the Family

The Pride of the Family
Robert Hyatt as Junior Morrison, Fay Wray as Catherine Morrison, Paul Hartman as Albie Morrieson and Natalie Wood as Ann Morrison in The Pride of the Family (1953)
Genre	Situation comedy
Written by	James B. Allardice
Directed by	Bob Finkel et al
Starring	Paul Hartman Fay Wray Natalie Wood Robert Hyatt Larry J. Blake
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	22 mins.
Production company(s)	Revue Productions
Distributor	NBC Universal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Black and white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 2, 1953 (1953-10-02) – July 2, 1954 (1954-07-02)

The Pride of the Family is an American situation comedy starring Paul Hartman, Fay Wray, Natalie Wood, and Robert Hyatt, which aired for forty episodes on ABC in the 1953–1954 season.

Hartman portrays Albie Morrison, the father and error-prone head of the household, about whom most of the episodes are centered. Albie works in the advertising section of his local newspaper, and he often has new ideas that go awry in the workplace as well as failed handyman activities at home. Wray, remembered in particularly from her role in the horror film King Kong, plays Albie's wife, Catherine. Natalie Wood is the 15-year-old daughter, Ann, and "Bobby" Hyatt (1939–2007) is the 14-year-old son, Junior Morrison. Larry J. Blake appeared fourteen times in the role of "Frank".

Billboard described Hartman's lead role as "average"; indeed the series attempted to present the "average family."

Guest stars included Tol Avery, Barbara Billingsley, Douglas Fowley, Frank Ferguson (five times as Murdock), Lyle Talbot, Steven Terrell (five times as Tom), and Joey D. Vieira (six episodes as Hollis).

The Pride of the Family aired at 9 p.m. EST on Fridays. It followed ABC's The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse anthology series and preceded the short-lived, The Comeback Story, a reality show hosted by George Jessel and Arlene Francis. It was slated opposite The Big Story on NBC and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on CBS. The series also aired in limited rebroadcasts in June and July 1955 on CBS.