Best Comedy TV Series of the 1950s

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

Playwrights '56

★ 6.3
52 20 1955–1956
Comedy · Drama

The Pinky Lee Show

★ 6.9
51 19 1950–1957
Comedy · Family · Music

Fibber McGee and Molly

★ 7.2
51 26 1959–1960
Comedy

The Arthur Haynes Show

★ 6.6
50 160 1956–1966
Comedy

The Errol Flynn Theatre

★ 7.0
50 26 1956–1957
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

The Spike Jones Show

★ 7.9
49 19 1954–1954
Comedy · Music

A Christmas Night with the Stars

★ 5.9
49 13 1958–1994
Comedy · Music

The Bob & Ray Show

★ 8.1
47 8 1951–1953
Comedy

Art Carney Special

★ 6.9
45 10 1959–present
Comedy · Drama · Music

The Donald O'Connor Show

★ 6.8
44 20 1954–1955
Comedy · Music

Colonel Humphrey Flack

★ 7.5
43 80 1953–1959
Comedy · Family

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

★ 7.1
43 32 1959–1960
Comedy

Bozo the Clown

★ 7.5
43 1959–1964
Comedy · Family

Whacko!

★ 7.2
43 60 1956–1972
Comedy · Drama

Broadway Television Theatre

★ 6.3
42 73 1952–1954
Comedy · Drama

My Friend Irma

★ 6.6
41 42 1952–1954
Comedy

Luke and the Tenderfoot

★ 7.0
41 2 1955–1955
Comedy · Western

On Camera

★ 6.0
40 179 1954–1958
Comedy · Drama

The Hector Heathcote Show

★ 5.8
40 11 1959–1965
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Pride of the Family

★ 6.7
40 40 1953–1955
Comedy

The Joe Palooka Story

★ 6.7
39 27 1954–present
Comedy

Your Favorite Story

★ 6.9
39 100 1953–1955
Comedy · Drama

Coke Time

★ 7.2
38 64 1953–1957
Comedy · Music

The Ken Murray Show

★ 5.9
37 88 1950–1953
Comedy · Music