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Best Drama TV Series of the 1950s

386 Drama series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

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386 series

O.S.S.

★ 7.1
36 26 1957–1958
Drama · War

The New Adventures of China Smith

★ 6.7
36 28 1954–1956
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Billy Rose Show

★ 7.2
36 25 1950–1951
Drama

Grande Teatro Tupi

★ 8.4
36 352 1951–1964
Drama

Hilda Lessways

★ 6.7
35 6 1959–present
Drama

ABC Album

★ 6.4
35 16 1953–present
Drama

Starlight Theatre

★ 6.6
35 46 1950–1951
Drama

Mr. District Attorney

★ 7.2
35 79 1954–1955
Drama

Jefferson Drum

★ 7.0
35 26 1958–1959
Drama · Western

Divorce Court

★ 5.7
35 112 1957–1984
Drama

Frontier Justice

★ 7.5
34 32 1958–1961
Drama · Western

Curtain Call

★ 5.3
33 15 1952–present
Drama

The Unforeseen

★ 6.4
33 58 1958–1960
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

★ 7.7
33 1085 1950–1955
Drama

Young Dr. Malone

★ 7.1
33 82 1958–1963
Drama

Star Stage

★ 6.0
32 40 1955–1956
Drama

Crime Photographer

★ 4.7
32 55 1951–1952
Drama

The Adventures of Ellery Queen

★ 7.8
31 32 1954–1957
Drama

Bleak House

★ 7.2
31 11 1959–1959
Crime · Drama

Justice

★ 5.2
31 89 1954–1956
Drama

Cameo Theatre

★ 6.8
31 42 1950–1955
Drama

Lilli Palmer Theatre

★ 7.4
31 35 1955–1956
Drama

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

★ 7.1
31 67 1955–1957
Drama

The Catholic Hour

★ 5.7
30 43 1953–present
Drama · Family
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