Wonderful John Acton is an American television situation comedy that was broadcast on NBC from July 5, 1953, until September 22, 1953.
"A few days later," he said, "Tom McDermott, an ad agency guy, buttonholed me on the street -- told me I ought to write those things down, that he thought they'd make a good TV series.
The setting was 1919 in Ludlow, Kentucky, where John Acton owned and operated (and lived in the back of) a store that sold candy and notions.
[5] As a summer replacement for Red Skelton's program,[6] Wonderful John Acton was broadcast on Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern Time from July 5, 1953, through August 31, 1953.
[9] The review also complimented Lockwood's directing, the "lower middle-class of yesterday sets", and the "lilting Irish musical accompaniment".