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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

I'm the Law

★ 6.6
56 29 1953–present
Action · Crime · Drama

Pursuit

★ 7.6
56 12 1958–1959
Drama

City Detective

★ 6.7
56 64 1953–1955
Drama

The Best of Broadway

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

Celanese Theatre

★ 6.8
55 20 1951–1952
Drama

Damon Runyon Theater

★ 7.6
55 41 1955–1956
Comedy · Drama

Buckskin

★ 7.5
55 39 1958–1959
Drama · Western

Crusader

★ 7.4
55 53 1955–1956
Drama

Encounter

★ 6.9
55 303 1952–1961
Drama

Deadline

★ 7.5
54 39 1959–1961
Drama

Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens

★ 6.5
54 15 1959–present
Drama

Warner Brothers Presents

★ 7.3
54 16 1955–1956
Drama

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

★ 9.0
54 14 1958–1958
Biography · Drama · History

Pony Express

★ 7.5
54 35 1959–1960
Drama · Western

Corky and White Shadow

★ 7.8
53 18 1956–1956
Drama · Western

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

★ 7.1
52 52 1950–1952
Drama

Playwrights '56

★ 6.3
52 20 1955–1956
Comedy · Drama

The Walter Winchell File

★ 7.4
51 42 1957–1959
Crime · Drama

Wire Service

★ 6.9
51 39 1956–1957
Drama

Appointment with Adventure

★ 6.5
50 53 1955–1956
Adventure · Drama

The Errol Flynn Theatre

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

Celebrity Playhouse

★ 7.1
50 39 1955–1956
Drama

Stage 7

★ 6.9
50 28 1955–1956
Drama

The Bigelow Theatre

★ 7.1
50 35 1950–1951
Drama · Family
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