[2] Don Becker created and produced the program, with Chuck Vincent and Oliver Barbour as directors.
[2] In the 1940-41 season, The Parker Family finished with a 13.0 rating, good enough for 26th place overall (and winning its Sunday 9:15-9:30 timeslot).
In 1941-42, it slipped to 12.8 and 37th place, second in its timeslot to Fred Allen; both seasons, the program had Walter Winchell as a lead-in.
The Parker Family aired weekly on CBS from July to October 1939, then switched to NBC Blue (today's ABC), running until April 10, 1944.
An experimental video version was aired on NBC-TV on May 9, 1941, with Janney and Gould reprising their radio roles.