Series of the 1950s

Series
1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-present

A list of TV series that debuted or were popular during the 1950s.

(*) Indicates that this series started in or before 1949 and/or continued into the 1960s and beyond

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• 77 Sunset Strip*
• ABC World News Tonight (1948-)*
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet*
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Adventures Of Sir Lancelot
• The Adventures of Superman
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents*
• American Bandstand*
• As the World Turns*
• Bachelor Father*
• The Black and White Minstrel Show* (1958-1978)
• Black Saddle*
• Blue Peter*
• Bold Venture
• Bonanza*
• Brave Eagle
• The Burns and Allen Show
• Captain Kangaroo*
• Casey Jones
• CBS Evening News* (1941-present)
• Cheyenne* (1955-1962)
• Clutch Cargo
• Colgate Comedy Hour
• Colonel March of Scotland Yard
• Decoy
• Dennis the Menace*
• Dixon of Dock Green* (1955-1976)
• The Donna Reed Show* (1958-1966)
• Dragnet*
• The Edge of Night*
• The Ed Sullivan Show* (1948-1971)
• Face The Nation
• Father Knows Best*
• Flash Gordon
• The Friendly Giant*
• Friends and Neighbours (1954)
• Fury: The Brave Stallion* (1955-1960)
• The Gene Autry Show
• The Goldbergs
• Guiding Light*
• Gunsmoke*
• Hallmark Hall of Fame*
• Hashimoto-san*
• Have Gun – Will Travel*
• Highway Patrol
• Hockey Night In Canada
• The Honeymooners
• Howdy Doody* (1947-1960)
• The Huckleberry Hound Show
  • Yogi Bear*
  • Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks
  • Hokey Wolf
• I Love Lucy
• The Jack Benny Program*
• Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (1947-1957)
• Lassie*
• Leave It to Beaver*
• The Lone Ranger (1949-1957)
• Loopy De Loop
• Love of Life*
• The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour*
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis*
• Meet the Press* (since 1947)
• The Mickey Mouse Club*
• The Millionaire*
• Mr. Lucky
• Mr. Squiggle
• The Muppets*
• The Nat King Cole Show
• Okaasan to Issho
• One Step Beyond (1959)*
• Our Miss Brooks
• Panorama*
• Peter Gunn*
• The Phil Silvers Show
• Pipo De Clown
• Playhouse 90*
• Quatermass
• Quick Draw McGraw
  • Snooper and Blabber
  • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
• The Red Skelton Show (1951-1971)*
• The Rifleman*
• Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
• Romper Room
• The Ruff & Reddy Show
• Sam and Friends*
• Sea Hunt*
• Search for Tomorrow*
• Sidney the Elephant
• Space Patrol
• The Steve Allen Show*
• Texaco Star Theater (1948-1956)
• Today*
• Tom Terrific
• The Tonight Show*
• Topper
• Truth or Consequences
• The Twilight Zone*
• The Untouchables*
• The Veil
• Victory at Sea
• Wagon Train*
• Walt Disney Presents*
• Wanted: Dead or Alive*
• Watch Mr. Wizard*
• Yancy Derringer
• Zorro

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