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Best Drama TV Series of 1959

59 Drama series that started in 1959, ranked by popularity

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59 series

Buick-Electra Playhouse

★ 6.2
22 4 1959–1960
Drama

Musical Playhouse

★ 7.4
22 5 1959–1960
Drama · Musical

Para Handy - Master Mariner

★ 7.9
20 6 1959–present
Comedy · Drama

Knight Errant Limited

★ 5.8
20 75 1959–1961
Crime · Drama

Grand Jury

★ 6.7
19 40 1959–present
Drama

The Golden Spur

★ 7.0
18 6 1959–1959
Adventure · Drama

For Better or Worse

★ 6.4
14 256 1959–1960
Drama

Skyport

★ 4.7
14 52 1959–1960
Drama

Emergency

★ 8.1
13 16 1959–1959
Drama

Mighty Atom

★ 7.5
10 13 1959–present
Drama · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

Ottocento

★ 4.2
9 5 1959–present
Drama
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