Best TV Series of the 1950s
Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1950s
The Twilight Zone
110K 156 1959–1964
Anthology · Episodic
I Love Lucy
31K 180 1951–1957
Sitcom · Slapstick · Family-safe
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
21K 268 1955–1962
Anthology · Episodic
Perry Mason
14K 271 1957–1966
Legal · Procedural · Episodic
Bonanza
13K 430 1959–1973
Rural & frontier · Long-runner
Leave It to Beaver
11K 236 1957–1963
Wholesome · Family-safe · Sitcom
Gunsmoke
10K 635 1955–1975
Long-runner · Rural & frontier
The Woody Woodpecker Show
9K 28 1957–1972
Slapstick · Kids & family
The Honeymooners
7K 39 1955–1956
Sitcom · Working class · Episodic
The Rifleman
6K 168 1958–1963
Rural & frontier · Wholesome
Rawhide
5K 217 1959–1965
Rural & frontier · Period piece
The Bullwinkle Show
5K 163 1959–1963
Parody · Satirical · Absurdist
Adventures of Superman
5K 104 1952–1958
Family-safe · Episodic
Zorro
5K 82 1957–1959
Kids & family · Period piece
Lassie
4K 591 1954–1973
Family-safe · Wholesome
The Huckleberry Hound Show
4K 70 1958–1961
Kids & family · Family-safe
Wagon Train
4K 284 1957–1965
Rural & frontier · Period piece
Maverick
4K 124 1957–1962
Episodic · Dry humor
Formula 1
4K 1432 1950–present
Sports · Long-runner · Adrenaline
Have Gun - Will Travel
4K 225 1957–1963
Episodic · Rural & frontier
The Untouchables
3K 119 1959–1963
Criminal underworld · Period piece
Wanted: Dead or Alive
3K 94 1958–1961
Western
Father Knows Best
3K 204 1954–1960
Comedy · Family
Little Mole
3K 64 1957–2002
Adventure · Animation · Comedy