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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

The Grove Family

★ 5.0
21 147 1954–1957
Drama

First Performance

★ 6.7
21 15 1955–1958
Drama

Sneak Preview

★ 6.3
21 4 1956–1956
Drama

Television Playwright

★ 5.7
21 30 1958–1959
Drama

The New Adventures of Martin Kane

★ 5.3
21 39 1957–1958
Drama

Charlie Wild, Private Detective

★ 7.2
20 58 1950–1952
Crime · Drama

The Wonderful John Acton

★ 6.2
20 7 1953–present
Drama

Para Handy - Master Mariner

★ 7.9
20 6 1959–present
Comedy · Drama

The Cabin in the Clearing

★ 7.0
20 5 1954–1959
Drama · Western

Knight Errant Limited

★ 5.8
20 75 1959–1961
Crime · Drama

Stage 13

★ 5.6
20 10 1950–present
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Escape

★ 6.0
20 13 1950–present
Action · Drama · Fantasy

Three Steps to Heaven

★ 4.4
20 380 1953–1954
Drama

Grand Jury

★ 6.7
19 40 1959–present
Drama

Woman with a Past

★ 6.2
19 110 1954–present
Drama · Mystery

Little Women

★ 7.3
19 6 1958–1958
Drama · Family · Romance

Steve Randall

★ 6.4
19 14 1952–1953
Drama

Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City

★ 5.3
19 7 1953–1953
Drama

The Faith of Our Children

★ 7.8
18 4 1955–1957
Drama

Alias Mike Hercules

★ 6.4
18 1 1956–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Golden Spur

★ 7.0
18 6 1959–1959
Adventure · Drama

The First Hundred Years

★ 6.0
18 428 1950–1952
Drama

Hollywood Theatre Time

★ 5.7
18 55 1950–1951
Comedy · Drama

Miss Susan

★ 6.9
18 218 1951–1951
Drama
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