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'''''Window on Main Street''''' is a 34-episode [[United States|American]] half-hour situation [[comedy]]-[[drama]] [[television]] series starring Robert Young (1907-1998), which aired on [[CBS]] during the 1961-1962 season.
'''''Window on Main Street''''' is a 34-episode nostalgic [[United States|American]] half-hour situation [[comedy]]-[[drama]] [[television]] series starring Robert Young (1907-1998), which aired on [[CBS]] during the 1961-1962 season.
[[Image:Actor Robert Young.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Robert Young as Cameron Garret Brooks on ''Window on Main Street'']]
[[Image:Actor Robert Young.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Robert Young as Cameron Garrett Brooks on ''Window on Main Street'']]
Created by Roswell Rogers (1910-1998), ''Window on Main Street'' was produced for twenty-one episodes by Eugene B. Rodney (1898-1985) and for seven episodes by the star, Robert Young. The program was of high quality and usually inspirational, despite a lack of popular appeal.
Created by Roswell Rogers (1910-1998), ''Window on Main Street'' was produced for twenty-one episodes by Eugene B. Rodney (1898-1985) and for seven episodes by the star, Robert Young. The program was of high quality and usually inspirational, despite a lack of popular appeal.
==Production notes==
==Production notes==
The series premiered on Monday, October 2, 1961, following the second and final season of the sitcom, ''Pete and Gladys'', and preceding ''The Danny Thomas Show.'' The program filled the time slot vacated the previous season by the unsuccessful sitcom, ''Bringing Up Buddy,'' starring Frank Aletter. ''Window on Main Street'' was paired opposite ''The Price Is Right'' starring Bill Cullen on [[NBC]] and Chuck Connors in ''The Rifleman'' on [[ABC]].<ref>1961-1962 United States network television schedule.</ref>
The series premiered on Monday, October 2, 1961, following the second and final season of the sitcom, ''Pete and Gladys'', and preceding ''The Danny Thomas Show.'' The program filled the time slot vacated the previous season by the unsuccessful sitcom, ''[[Bringing Up Buddy]],'' starring Frank George Aletter (1926-2009). ''Window on Main Street'' was paired opposite ''The Price Is Right'' starring Bill Cullen on [[NBC]] and Chuck Connors in ''The Rifleman'' on [[ABC]].<ref>1961-1962 United States network television schedule.</ref>
''Father Knows Best'' was still on the CBS schedule on Wednesdays in prime time repeats during the 1961-1962 season; so Young was featured in two network comedies the same season.
''Father Knows Best'' was still on the CBS schedule on Wednesdays in prime time repeats during the 1961-1962 season; so Young was featured in two network comedies the same season.