Shortly after the Hellman play, she was cast as a member of the Anderson household in "Father Knows Best" opposite Robert Young. The show was emblematic of the anodyne sitcoms favored by the viewing public in the 1950s, in which contented families nested in spotless suburbs (the Andersons lived in Springfield, which was a galaxy away from the town of the same name which claims the Simpsons as citizens) and never had a wrestle with a problem that rose above the anecdotal. The show was hugely popular, and, when CBS cancelled it in 1955, a flood of letters caused NBC to pick it up. It ran until 1960 and Ms. Wyatt was rewarded with three consecutive Emmy Awards for her portrayal.