Best TV Series of the 1950s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1950s

Ivanhoe

★ 7.1
425 39 1958–1959
Adventure · History

Annie Oakley

★ 7.2
421 81 1954–1957
Western

Whirlybirds

★ 7.7
410 111 1957–1960
Adventure

The Adventures of Spin and Marty

★ 8.0
407 26 1955–1955
Adventure · Family · Western

The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican

★ 1.5
405 6 1950–1954
Animation · Comedy · Family

Your Show of Shows

★ 8.6
396 153 1950–1954
Comedy

Decoy

★ 7.6
395 39 1957–1958
Crime · Drama

The Sky at Night

★ 8.3
390 854 1957–present
Documentary

Dixon of Dock Green

★ 6.9
390 432 1955–1976
Crime · Drama

Trackdown

★ 7.8
387 71 1957–1959
Western

Life with Elizabeth

★ 7.4
382 40 1952–1955
Comedy

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

★ 7.1
376 26 1954–1956
Crime · Drama · Mystery

This Is Your Life

★ 6.4
373 1132 1955–2003
Biography · Documentary

Search for Tomorrow

★ 7.1
369 9189 1951–1986
Drama · Romance

Mike Hammer

★ 8.0
366 78 1958–1959
Action · Crime · Drama

Man with a Camera

★ 7.3
365 29 1958–1960
Crime · Drama

The Mighty Mouse Playhouse

★ 6.9
360 4 1955–1966
Action · Adventure · Animation

Schlitz Playhouse

★ 7.6
359 364 1951–1959
Comedy · Drama

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

★ 5.6
353 886 1954–present
News · Talk-Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

★ 8.2
351 41 1951–1978
Comedy · Drama

The Deputy Dawg Show

★ 7.1
350 104 1959–1972
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar

★ 8.3
340 1159 1957–1962
Comedy · Family · Talk-Show

Review of the Day

★ 7.3
339 547 1952–present
News

The Restless Gun

★ 7.5
336 78 1957–1959
Western