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Best Mystery TV Series of the 1960s

77 Mystery series that started in the 1960s, ranked by popularity

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77 series

The Prisoner

★ 8.4
16K 17 1967–1968
Puzzle plot · Dystopia

Hawaii Five-O

★ 7.4
9K 281 1968–1980
Long-runner · Procedural

Ironside

★ 6.9
5K 195 1967–1975
Procedural · Detective mystery

Dragnet 1967

★ 7.7
4K 98 1967–1970
Procedural · Episodic

The F.B.I.

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

Callan

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

The Name of the Game

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

Man in a Suitcase

★ 7.6
546 30 1967–1968
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Ultra Q

★ 7.6
442 28 1965–1967
Action · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Gideon C.I.D.

★ 8.2
360 26 1964–1966
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Checkmate

★ 7.4
357 70 1960–1962
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Kraft Suspense Theatre

★ 7.7
325 59 1963–1965
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Journey to the Unknown

★ 7.6
313 17 1968–1969
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Coronet Blue

★ 8.2
243 13 1967–1967
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Strange Report

★ 8.1
212 16 1969–1971
Drama · Mystery

Mystery of the Conundrum

★ 7.9
147 9 1969–present
Adventure · Family · Mystery

Paul Temple

★ 7.0
141 52 1969–1971
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

★ 7.2
129 62 1967–1977
Mystery

Captain Sowa on the Trail

★ 6.9
119 8 1965–1966
Crime · Mystery

Ka' De li' østers

★ 7.1
99 6 1967–1967
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Kraft Mystery Theater

★ 7.7
87 47 1961–1963
Crime · Mystery

The Hardy Boys

★ 7.3
78 34 1969–1971
Animation · Mystery

The Flaxton Boys

★ 7.8
78 52 1969–1973
Adventure · Family · Mystery

The Cheaters

★ 7.2
74 39 1960–1962
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