Best TV Series of the 1950s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1950s

See It Now

★ 7.0
100 188 1951–1958
Documentary · News

The Black and White Minstrel Show

★ 5.4
100 179 1958–1978
Music

The Mickey Rooney Show

★ 7.2
98 34 1954–1955
Comedy

Markham

★ 8.1
98 60 1959–1960
Crime · Drama

Alcoa Theatre

★ 7.4
98 65 1957–1960
Drama

The Larkins

★ 7.3
96 40 1958–1964
Comedy

The George Burns Show

★ 7.8
96 25 1958–1959
Comedy

The George Gobel Show

★ 7.2
95 136 1954–1960
Comedy · Talk-Show

Play of the Week

★ 7.1
95 67 1959–1961
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

The Man and the Challenge

★ 8.2
95 36 1959–1960
Adventure

Ivor the Engine

★ 7.8
95 34 1959–1964
Animation · Family

The Twentieth Century

★ 8.0
95 222 1957–1968
Documentary · History

The Rough Riders

★ 7.9
94 39 1958–1959
Drama · Western

Gang Busters

★ 6.8
93 49 1952–present
Crime · Drama

Was bin ich?

★ 7.8
93 334 1955–1989
Game-Show

Tom Terrific

★ 7.8
92 44 1957–1959
Animation · Comedy · Family

ABC News

★ 4.3
92 39 1956–present
News

Flower Pot Men

★ 7.7
91 27 1952–1954
Family

Les cinq dernières minutes

★ 7.5
90 149 1958–1996
Crime · Drama

Grandstand

★ 6.9
90 295 1958–2007
Sport

Brave Eagle

★ 7.8
86 26 1955–1956
Western

Rheingold Theatre

★ 8.1
86 156 1953–1957
Drama

The Man Behind the Badge

★ 7.0
86 92 1953–1955
Crime · Drama

Cowboy G-Men

★ 6.5
85 39 1952–present
Drama · Western