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Best News TV Series of the 1950s

54 News series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

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54 series

Today

★ 4.6
3K 10721 1952–present
News · Talk-Show

Panorama

★ 7.0
690 2673 1953–present
Documentary · News

World News Tonight with David Muir

★ 5.4
566 7640 1953–present
News

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

★ 5.6
353 890 1954–present
News · Talk-Show

Review of the Day

★ 7.3
344 561 1952–present
News

The National

★ 7.3
322 165 1952–present
News

Person to Person

★ 8.2
228 322 1953–1961
Documentary · News · Talk-Show

CBS Mornings

★ 4.7
220 977 1954–2012
News · Talk-Show

Dagsrevyen

★ 6.8
157 9392 1958–present
News

Cannes Film Festival

★ 6.7
145 88 1952–present
News

America After Dark

★ 2.5
133 25 1957–present
News · Talk-Show

See It Now

★ 7.0
100 188 1951–1958
Documentary · News

ABC News

★ 4.3
92 39 1956–present
News

NOS Journaal

★ 6.7
74 38 1956–present
News

The Huntley-Brinkley Report

★ 8.4
60 3614 1956–1970
News

CBS Reports

★ 6.7
58 245 1959–present
Documentary · News

KLAS-TV 8 News Now

★ 8.9
54 11 1953–present
News

Telediario

★ 6.5
53 5217 1957–present
News

The Times in Pictures

★ 5.9
48 174 1957–present
News

CBC News: Toronto

★ 2.0
48 13 1952–present
News

Le journal de 20 heures

★ 4.6
47 1644 1956–present
News

This Week

★ 6.3
44 881 1956–1992
News

Telejornal

★ 6.5
39 331 1959–present
News

Panorama

★ 6.0
31 119 1957–present
News
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