[1] Based on their earlier Broadway play, The Fourposter, the series aired Sunday evenings on NBC at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time from October 4, 1953 through March 28, 1954.
[citation needed] New York attorney Ben Marriott (Hume Cronyn) was married to former department store fashion buyer Liz (Jessica Tandy), who struggled with her switch to domestic life.
The sophisticated couple discussed such subjects as art, theater, literature and philosophy, while raising a son, Pete[2] (David Pfeffer[1]), and an awkward teenage daughter, Emily (Denise Alexander).
[3] The series was produced after a 1952 audition recording left Bud Barry, vice president at NBC, pleased but thinking that a stronger script was needed.
[4] A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Billboard noted the similarity of the concept to that of The Fourposter and said, "The Cronyns, as usual, endow it with warmth and vitality.