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Best Drama TV Series of the 1960s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1960s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Route 66

★ 7.7
2K 116 1960–1964
Adventure · Crime · Drama

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

★ 7.8
2K 32 1967–1968
Action · Crime · Drama

Life on Seacrow Island

★ 7.2
2K 13 1964–1964
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Marcus Welby, M.D.

★ 7.0
2K 170 1969–1976
Drama

Thriller

★ 8.2
2K 67 1960–1962
Crime · Drama · Horror

The F.B.I.

★ 7.4
2K 241 1965–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

12 O'Clock High

★ 8.1
2K 78 1964–1967
Drama · War

Room 222

★ 7.7
1K 113 1969–1974
Comedy · Drama · Family

The Odyssey

★ 8.4
1K 8 1968–1968
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

The Forsyte Saga

★ 8.5
1K 26 1967–1967
Drama · Romance

Skippy

★ 6.4
1K 92 1968–1970
Adventure · Drama · Family

Another World

★ 7.1
1K 7381 1964–1999
Drama · Romance

Dr. Kildare

★ 7.0
1K 192 1961–1966
Drama

Nase malo misto

★ 9.1
1K 14 1969–1971
Comedy · Drama · War

Medical Center

★ 7.1
1K 171 1969–1976
Drama

Callan

★ 8.3
971 43 1967–1972
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Honey West

★ 7.5
922 31 1965–1966
Action · Crime · Drama

Fireball XL5

★ 7.2
837 39 1962–1963
Action · Animation · Drama

Peyton Place

★ 7.4
813 514 1964–1969
Drama · Romance

The Shield and the Sword

★ 7.7
811 4 1968–1968
Adventure · Drama · War

Gentle Ben

★ 6.6
789 56 1967–1969
Adventure · Drama · Family

The Name of the Game

★ 7.6
757 76 1968–1971
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Ben Casey

★ 7.1
742 153 1961–1966
Drama

Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.5
705 29 1964–1968
Crime · Drama · History
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