Best TV Series of the 1950s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1950s

The Loretta Young Show

★ 7.5
336 257 1953–1961
Drama

This Is Your Life

★ 6.9
333 349 1950–1993
Biography · Family · Talk-Show

Clutch Cargo

★ 5.7
332 52 1959–1960
Action · Adventure · Animation

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

★ 6.9
332 76 1956–1958
Adventure · Western

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

★ 7.6
324 78 1956–1960
Action · Crime · Drama

Flash Gordon

★ 5.6
323 39 1954–1955
Action · Adventure · Family

The National

★ 7.2
321 164 1952–present
News

The Thin Man

★ 7.1
316 72 1957–1959
Mystery

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

★ 7.3
310 39 1957–1957
Adventure · Drama · Western

Johnny Staccato

★ 7.9
306 27 1959–1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Broken Arrow

★ 7.5
302 72 1956–1958
Western

The Price Is Right

★ 7.2
297 243 1956–1965
Family · Game-Show

Armchair Theatre

★ 7.7
294 451 1956–1974
Drama

The Secret Storm

★ 5.5
293 5229 1954–1974
Drama · Romance

The Heckle and Jeckle Show

★ 7.2
292 2 1956–1971
Animation · Comedy · Family

December Bride

★ 8.0
291 157 1954–1959
Comedy

The Ruff & Reddy Show

★ 6.7
291 157 1957–1962
Animation · Comedy · Family

Four Star Playhouse

★ 7.5
291 130 1952–1956
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Climax!

★ 6.6
290 166 1954–1958
Drama

The Ford Television Theatre

★ 7.1
289 195 1952–1957
Drama

The Bob Hope Show

★ 7.3
288 155 1950–present
Comedy · Family · Talk-Show

Circus Boy

★ 7.3
287 49 1956–1957
Family · Western

Mr. & Mrs. North

★ 7.4
287 57 1952–1954
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

The Gene Autry Show

★ 7.2
287 91 1950–1955
Western