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Best Family TV Series of the 1950s

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

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241 series

Loopy de Loop

★ 6.3
159 48 1959–1975
Animation · Comedy · Family

Andy's Gang

★ 8.2
158 8 1955–1960
Comedy · Family

Blondie

★ 6.9
157 26 1957–1957
Comedy · Family

Watch Mr. Wizard

★ 8.3
157 568 1951–1972
Family

Matty's Funday Funnies

★ 7.4
155 26 1959–1962
Animation · Comedy · Family

Noggin the Nog

★ 8.5
150 30 1959–1965
Animation · Family · Fantasy

Crackerjack!

★ 6.6
150 465 1955–2021
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

The Ernie Kovacs Show

★ 8.2
131 24 1952–1956
Comedy · Family

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

★ 7.0
128 91 1950–1955
Action · Adventure · Family

Beat the Clock

★ 7.1
127 101 1950–1961
Family · Game-Show

Tales of the Texas Rangers

★ 7.6
122 52 1955–1959
Drama · Family · Western

Life Is Worth Living

★ 8.7
118 70 1952–1965
Family · Talk-Show

Howdy Doody

★ 7.8
117 7 1954–1959
Family

Wonderama

★ 8.3
111 8 1955–1987
Family

The Name's the Same

★ 7.5
109 196 1951–1955
Family · Game-Show

Colonel Bleep

★ 6.5
105 104 1956–present
Animation · Family · Sci-Fi

This Is the Life

★ 6.5
104 230 1952–1988
Drama · Family

Andy Pandy

★ 7.1
104 5 1950–1957
Family

Shower of Stars

★ 7.2
101 32 1954–1958
Adventure · Drama · Family

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

★ 7.1
100 18 1955–1956
Adventure · Family

Ivor the Engine

★ 7.8
97 34 1959–1964
Animation · Family

Flower Pot Men

★ 7.7
92 27 1952–1954
Family

Tom Terrific

★ 7.8
92 44 1957–1959
Animation · Comedy · Family

J.P. Patches

★ 9.2
86 1958–1981
Family
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