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Best TV Series of the 1960s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1960s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

★ 7.6
520 50 1967–1969
Western

Belphégor ou le fantôme du Louvre

★ 7.4
518 4 1965–1965
Romance · Thriller

Please Sir!

★ 7.1
515 55 1968–1972
Comedy

A Tenkes kapitánya

★ 8.1
502 13 1964–present
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Public Eye

★ 8.5
495 87 1965–1975
Crime · Drama

Urmel aus dem Eis

★ 7.9
490 4 1969–present
Family

Jackanory

★ 7.2
489 3583 1965–1996
Family · Fantasy

The Dating Game

★ 5.8
487 186 1965–1986
Game-Show · Romance

Z Cars

★ 7.1
486 799 1962–1978
Crime · Drama

Lancer

★ 7.1
483 51 1968–1970
Western

Maigret

★ 7.9
478 52 1960–1963
Crime · Drama

Doctor in the House

★ 7.4
475 26 1969–1970
Comedy

The Judy Garland Show

★ 8.9
474 26 1963–1964
Comedy · Music

Run for Your Life

★ 7.6
472 85 1965–1968
Drama

Supercar

★ 6.9
460 39 1961–1962
Family · Sci-Fi

Trumpton

★ 7.4
459 13 1967–1967
Animation · Family

Crossroads

★ 4.5
457 4510 1964–1988
Drama

The French Chef

★ 8.9
456 321 1962–2022
Documentary · Family · Reality-TV

Up Pompeii!

★ 7.6
452 14 1969–1970
Comedy · History

Donahue

★ 6.3
451 5962 1967–1995
Talk-Show

Ultra Q

★ 7.6
442 28 1965–1967
Action · Mystery · Sci-Fi

The New 3 Stooges

★ 7.0
442 194 1965–1965
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Camberwick Green

★ 7.6
432 13 1966–1966
Animation · Family

The Archie Show

★ 6.8
429 17 1968–1969
Animation · Comedy · Family
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