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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

Shadow Squad

★ 5.6
17 177 1957–1959
Crime · Drama

Playbill

★ 5.1
17 50 1953–1959
Drama

Little Women

★ 8.3
17 6 1950–present
Drama · Family · Romance

Portia Faces Life

★ 6.4
17 326 1954–1955
Drama

Lash of the West

★ 5.7
17 1 1953–present
Drama · Western

David Copperfield

★ 6.5
17 13 1956–1956
Drama

Stars Over Hollywood

★ 5.0
17 45 1950–1951
Drama

Gutierritos

★ 7.5
16 50 1958–present
Drama

The Way of the World

★ 5.9
16 201 1955–1955
Drama

Undercurrent

★ 6.0
16 6 1955–1958
Drama

Night Court U.S.A.

★ 6.1
15 3 1958–1959
Drama

Escape

★ 5.1
15 6 1957–1957
Drama

The Hunter

★ 6.1
15 26 1952–present
Drama

Harlem Detective

★ 6.7
15 14 1953–present
Drama

For Better or Worse

★ 6.4
14 256 1959–1960
Drama

Jane Eyre

★ 6.7
14 5 1957–present
Drama · Romance

Stryker of the Yard

★ 6.1
14 15 1957–present
Crime · Drama

Skyport

★ 4.7
14 52 1959–1960
Drama

Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre

★ 5.6
14 22 1951–present
Drama

Man Against Crime

★ 6.9
14 9 1956–1956
Drama

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 5.4
14 8 1957–1957
Drama · History · Romance

First Love

★ 6.7
14 388 1954–present
Drama

Mister Charlesworth

★ 4.9
13 6 1957–1957
Drama

Nightmare!

★ 5.4
13 53 1957–1958
Comedy · Drama · Horror
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