Best Comedy TV Series of the 1950s

311 Comedy series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

The Dinah Shore Show

★ 6.7
72 60 1951–1960
Comedy · Music

Hey, Jeannie!

★ 7.3
72 32 1956–1957
Comedy

The Eve Arden Show

★ 7.4
69 26 1957–1958
Comedy

Opportunity Knocks

★ 6.2
68 124 1956–1990
Comedy · Game-Show

Lux Playhouse

★ 7.8
67 19 1958–1959
Comedy · Drama · Romance

My Hero

★ 6.8
67 33 1952–1953
Comedy

Zum blauen Bock

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

The Ray Milland Show

★ 7.2
66 77 1953–1955
Comedy

The Halls of Ivy

★ 7.9
66 38 1954–1955
Comedy

Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

★ 7.2
66 156 1958–1962
Animation · Comedy

Pipo de Clown

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

People Are Funny

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

Life with Buster Keaton

★ 7.1
63 1951–present
Comedy

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show

★ 7.4
62 26 1956–present
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Sandy Becker Show

★ 8.3
62 1 1955–present
Comedy

The Betty Hutton Show

★ 6.5
61 30 1959–1960
Comedy

Stars in der Manege

★ 5.5
58 53 1959–present
Comedy · Documentary · Music

The Best of Broadway

★ 6.9
56 9 1954–1955
Comedy · Drama · Musical

The Milton Berle Show

★ 7.7
55 25 1958–1962
Comedy · Music

Damon Runyon Theater

★ 7.6
55 41 1955–1956
Comedy · Drama

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

★ 7.0
54 38 1955–1955
Comedy

Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School

★ 6.8
53 51 1952–1961
Comedy

The Jimmy Durante Show

★ 7.6
53 50 1954–1956
Comedy · Music

Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium

★ 7.3
53 338 1955–1967
Comedy · Music