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Best Game-Show TV Series of the 1950s

67 Game-Show series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

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67 series

What's My Line?

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

You Bet Your Life

★ 8.5
850 224 1950–1961
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

I've Got a Secret

★ 7.9
596 1224 1952–1967
Family · Game-Show

To Tell the Truth

★ 7.7
566 2028 1956–1968
Family · Game-Show

The Price Is Right

★ 7.2
298 243 1956–1965
Family · Game-Show

Crackerjack!

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

Concentration

★ 7.8
143 221 1958–1973
Game-Show

Queen for a Day

★ 4.5
139 48 1956–1964
Game-Show · Reality-TV

Beat the Clock

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

Truth or Consequences

★ 7.0
121 384 1950–1988
Game-Show

The Name's the Same

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

Was bin ich?

★ 7.8
93 334 1955–1989
Game-Show

The $64, 000 Question

★ 6.4
85 7 1955–1958
Family · Game-Show

What's My Line

★ 7.0
83 414 1951–1964
Game-Show

You Asked for It

★ 7.5
82 27 1950–1959
Family · Game-Show

Opportunity Knocks

★ 6.2
69 124 1956–1990
Comedy · Game-Show

Zum blauen Bock

★ 5.9
66 213 1957–1987
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

People Are Funny

★ 6.6
63 24 1954–1961
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

Name That Tune

★ 6.8
61 13 1953–1959
Family · Game-Show · Music

Twenty-One

★ 6.6
54 8 1956–1958
Game-Show

The General Electric College Bowl

★ 8.1
50 58 1959–1970
Family · Game-Show

Front Page Challenge

★ 8.4
43 18 1957–1995
Game-Show

Treasure Hunt

★ 6.7
41 7 1956–1959
Family · Game-Show

Take a Good Look

★ 6.8
39 50 1959–1961
Family · Game-Show
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