Television · 1950s
Best TV Shows of the 1950s
The most popular series that aired between 1950 and 1959, ordered by popularity. Explore the full 1950s catalog below.
The Twilight Zone
1959
Bonanza
1959
Felix the Cat
1958
I Love Lucy
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Tagesschau
1952
The Huckleberry Hound Show
1958
The Untouchables
1959
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
1959
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Zorro
1957
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Oscars
1953
Lassie
1954
The Honeymooners
1955
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
1958
The Adventures of the Mole
1957
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Quick Draw McGraw
1959
Rawhide
1959
Maverick
1957
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Dragnet
1951
Dennis the Menace
1959
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
Today
1952
Wagon Train
1957
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1954
77 Sunset Strip
1958
What's My Line?
1950
Father Knows Best
1954
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Cheyenne
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Sea Hunt
1958
The Mickey Mouse Club
1955
Quatermass and the Pit
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Laramie
1959
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Bat Masterson
1958
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Quatermass II
1955
Captain Kangaroo
1955
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Grammy Awards
1959
Sherlock Holmes
1954
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The Quatermass Experiment
1953
One Step Beyond
1959
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
The Sky at Night
1957
Guiding Light
1952
Fury
1955
Lawman
1958
Death Valley Days
1952
Panorama
1953
The Real McCoys
1957
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
Highway Patrol
1955
Naked City
1958
The Gumby Show
1956
American Bandstand
1957
Around the World with Orson Welles
1955
This Is Your Life
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Tony Awards
1956
Yancy Derringer
1958
Amos 'n' Andy
1951
Trackdown
1957
The Detectives
1959
The Ruff and Reddy Show
1957
Davy Crockett
1954
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
This Is Your Life
1955
The Sooty Show
1955
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
As the World Turns
1956
Snooper and Blabber
1959
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1955
The Cisco Kid
1950
Lock-Up
1959
Zeit im Bild
1955
The Invisible Man
1958
Climax!
1954
To Tell the Truth
1956
Ivanhoe
1958
Adventures in Paradise
1959
You Bet Your Life
1950
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
Sky King
1952
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Victory at Sea
1952
The Thin Man
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
Suspicion
1957
Topper
1953
Armchair Theatre
1956
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
State Trooper
1956
Johnny Ringo
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Melodifestivalen
1959
The Rebel
1959
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Sugarfoot
1957
The Larkins
1958
The Edge of Night
1956