Best Mystery TV Series of the 1950s

45 Mystery series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

★ 8.5
21K 268 1955–1962
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Perry Mason

★ 8.3
13K 271 1957–1966
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dragnet

★ 7.5
3K 276 1951–1959
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Abbott and Costello Show

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

Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.5
1K 39 1954–1955
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Veil

★ 7.3
646 12 1958–1958
Horror · Mystery

Suspicion

★ 8.1
580 42 1957–1958
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Tales of Tomorrow

★ 7.0
538 86 1951–1953
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Edge of Night

★ 7.7
531 7318 1956–1984
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

★ 7.1
376 26 1954–1956
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Thin Man

★ 7.1
316 72 1957–1959
Mystery

Johnny Staccato

★ 7.9
306 27 1959–1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mr. & Mrs. North

★ 7.4
287 57 1952–1954
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

★ 8.4
270 19 1956–1956
Family · Mystery

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre

★ 7.8
232 48 1959–1965
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

★ 7.6
155 39 1957–1958
Mystery

Matinee Theatre

★ 6.7
153 576 1955–1958
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu

★ 6.3
135 13 1956–1956
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

The Vampira Show

★ 8.2
122 50 1954–1955
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

★ 8.0
113 15 1957–1957
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Inner Sanctum

★ 8.0
83 40 1954–1954
Horror · Mystery

The Adventures of Ellery Queen

★ 6.2
82 127 1950–1956
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Philip Marlowe

★ 7.1
82 26 1959–1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Front Page Detective

★ 6.2
72 39 1951–1953
Crime · Drama · Mystery