For the first four seasons, October 1952 to June 1956, this show was broadcast on NBC on Thursday evenings between 9:30 and 10:00 Eastern Time.
In the fifth season, October 1956 to June 1957, this show was broadcast on ABC on Wednesday evenings between 9:30 and 10:00 Eastern Time.
Ronald Reagan and his future wife Nancy Reagan made their first professional appearances in season one, episode nineteen, "The First Born", on February 5, 1953.
Represented the first production of Columbia Pictures' new Screen Gems subsidiary. The movie studio's willingness to enter into television production flew in the face of prevailing industry attitudes.
This program was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company thus the name Ford in the title.