Best Family TV Series of the 1950s

239 Family series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

Leave It to Beaver

★ 7.6
11K 236 1957–1963
Comedy · Family

The Honeymooners

★ 8.6
7K 39 1955–1956
Comedy · Family

The Rifleman

★ 8.3
6K 168 1958–1963
Family · Western

Zorro

★ 8.2
5K 82 1957–1959
Adventure · Family · Western

Lassie

★ 6.6
4K 591 1954–1973
Adventure · Drama · Family

The Huckleberry Hound Show

★ 6.6
4K 70 1958–1961
Animation · Comedy · Family

Father Knows Best

★ 7.4
3K 204 1954–1960
Comedy · Family

Dennis the Menace

★ 7.0
3K 146 1959–1963
Comedy · Family

The Magical World of Disney

★ 8.3
3K 737 1954–1997
Adventure · Drama · Family

Quick Draw McGraw

★ 6.7
2K 51 1959–1961
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

★ 7.7
2K 148 1959–1963
Comedy · Family

The Donna Reed Show

★ 7.4
2K 275 1958–1966
Comedy · Family

What's My Line?

★ 8.5
2K 877 1950–1967
Family · Game-Show

The Phil Silvers Show

★ 8.4
2K 144 1955–1959
Comedy · Family

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

★ 7.4
2K 436 1952–1966
Comedy · Drama · Family

Captain Kangaroo

★ 8.1
2K 1427 1955–1992
Family

The Little Rascals

★ 8.0
2K 13 1955–1955
Comedy · Family

The Abbott and Costello Show

★ 8.1
2K 52 1952–1957
Comedy · Family · Mystery

The Real McCoys

★ 7.6
1K 224 1957–1963
Comedy · Family

The Danny Thomas Show

★ 7.1
1K 343 1953–1965
Comedy · Family

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

★ 8.4
1K 13 1957–1960
Comedy · Family

Felix the Cat

★ 6.7
1K 134 1958–1961
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Adventures of Robin Hood

★ 7.6
988 144 1955–1960
Action · Adventure · Family

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

★ 7.0
960 164 1954–1959
Family · Western