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Best TV Series of the 1950s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1950s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Cinépanorama

★ 7.0
67 104 1956–1966
Documentary

The Ray Milland Show

★ 7.2
66 77 1953–1955
Comedy

The O. Henry Playhouse

★ 6.4
66 39 1957–1957
Drama

Zum blauen Bock

★ 5.9
66 213 1957–1987
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

CBS Television Workshop

★ 6.5
66 30 1952–present
Drama

Frontier

★ 7.4
66 31 1955–1956
Western

Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

★ 7.2
66 156 1958–1962
Animation · Comedy

Garfield Goose and Friends

★ 8.7
65 3 1952–1976
Family

Pipo de Clown

★ 7.2
65 542 1958–2017
Adventure · Comedy · Family

Vigilante Rodoviário

★ 8.0
65 39 1959–present
Adventure

Juke Box Jury

★ 7.4
65 462 1959–1990
Music

Manhunt

★ 7.3
64 78 1959–1961
Crime · Drama

Flight

★ 7.4
63 39 1958–1959
Adventure

Strange Experiences

★ 7.6
63 29 1955–1962
Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Life with Buster Keaton

★ 7.1
63 1951–present
Comedy

Passport to Danger

★ 7.0
63 36 1954–1958
Adventure

People Are Funny

★ 6.6
63 24 1954–1961
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

Hotel de Paree

★ 7.7
63 32 1959–1960
Drama · Western

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show

★ 7.3
62 26 1956–present
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Sandy Becker Show

★ 8.3
62 1 1955–present
Comedy

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker

★ 8.4
62 57 1959–present
Music

Wichita Town

★ 7.4
62 26 1959–1960
Western

The Adventures of McGraw

★ 7.1
61 42 1957–1958
Crime · Drama

Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson

★ 2.8
61 27 1952–present
Drama
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