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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,860

2. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.

Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 26,928

3. Bonanza (1959–1973)

TV-PG | 49 min | Western

The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts

Votes: 11,014

4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery

Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock

Votes: 19,343

5. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Western

Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.

Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest

Votes: 1,236

6. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Private eye Barnaby Jones works with his widowed daughter-in-law to solve cases.

Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, John Carter

Votes: 3,147

7. Cannon (1971–1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Frank Cannon, a husky ex-cop and culinary enthusiast, solves tough cases as a private investigator.

Stars: William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman, Charles Bateman

Votes: 3,614

8. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown

Votes: 5,161

9. Laredo (1965–1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A group of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble, under the command of Captain Parmalee.

Stars: Neville Brand, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey

Votes: 749

10. Checkmate (1960–1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.

Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, Ken Lynch

Votes: 317

11. Run for Your Life (1965–1968)

60 min | Drama

The doctor tells a successful lawyer that he is terminally ill and will die in less than two years.

Stars: Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Colasanto, Jack Krupnick, Fernando Lamas

Votes: 430

12. M Squad (1957–1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.

Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 387

13. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)

60 min | Drama

This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.

Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum

Votes: 246

14. Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956)

28 min | Adventure

The adventures of a woman who grew up in the jungle as she protects the beasts and the natives while encountering white hunters, native Africans, wild animals and slave traders.

Stars: Irish McCalla, Christian Drake, Neal the Chimp, Virgil Richardson

Votes: 137

15. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.

Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy

Votes: 338

16. The Outsider (1968–1969)

60 min | Crime, Drama

David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.

Stars: Darren McGavin, James Edwards, Bill Quinn, Will J. White

Votes: 99

17. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)

60 min | Comedy, Family

The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »

Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang

Votes: 165

18. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama

"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.

Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf

Votes: 98

19. Whispering Smith (1961)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Whispering Smith was a detective on the Denver, Colorado Police Department in the 1870s. This show took case histories from Smith's adventures. George Romack was Smith's partner and John Richards was the police chief.

Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Sam Buffington, Kay Stewart

Votes: 193

20. Studio 57 (1954–1958)

30 min | Drama, Family

This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.

Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman

Votes: 244

21. Markham (1959–1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.

Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips

Votes: 87

22. Manfish (1956)

Not Rated | 76 min | Adventure

Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.

Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols

Votes: 320

23. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )

30 min | Adventure, Family

Sir Percy Blakeney, Baronet, is a notorious fop and hedonistic member of the Prince Regent's court, but he is secretly "the Scarlet Pimpernel", a mysterious figure who rescues innocents ... See full summary »

Stars: Marius Goring, Stanley Van Beers, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands

Votes: 81

24. The Investigators (1961)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Russ Andrews, Steve Banks, and Bill Davis are investigators working for a successful detective agency in New York City. Their cases are all tied to very large insurance claims. Maggie Peters was the office Gal Friday.

Stars: James Franciscus, James Philbrook, Alan Austin, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 36

25. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)

23 min | Drama

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.

Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen

Votes: 74

26. Crusader (1955–1956)

30 min | Drama

In revenge for the Communist government in Poland having sent his mother to a concentration camp where she died, Matt Anders devotes himself to freeing others from totalitarian countries.

Stars: Brian Keith, Edwin Reimers, Arthur Space, Leon Askin

Votes: 46

27. The Walter Winchell File (1957–1959)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Crime stories that Walter Winchell had covered while working with the New York City Police Department.

Stars: Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson

Votes: 45

28. The Star and the Story (1955–1956)

30 min | Drama

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors and actresses that went onto bigger things.

Stars: Henry Fonda, Hugh Sanders, Frank Lovejoy, Hillary Brooke

Votes: 62

29. Dick Turpin: Highwayman (1956)

26 min | Short, Adventure

Feared highwayman Dick Turpin relieves the rich of their wealth in eighteenth century England.

Director: David Paltenghi | Stars: Philip Friend, Diane Hart, Allan Cuthbertson, Raymond Rollett

Votes: 10

30. Pentagon U.S.A. (1953– )

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Stars: Edward Binns, Addison Richards, Robert Pastene, Larry Fletcher

31. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: Behind the Locked Door (1964)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Dave Snowden elopes with wealthy Bonnie Daniels, and Mr. Spencer sees them break into the abandoned old estate where Bonnie lived until age six. Mr. Spencer informs Bonnie's mother, Mrs. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gloria Swanson, James MacArthur, Lynn Loring

Votes: 462

32. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: The Black Curtain (1962)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A mugging restores the memory of a man with amnesia.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Basehart, Lola Albright, Harold J. Stone

Votes: 501

33. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: The Dividing Wall (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Three ex-cons plan to heist a fortune in jewels, but inadvertently steal a container of radioactive cobalt.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, James Gregory, Chris Robinson, Katharine Ross

Votes: 375

34. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode: Invitation to Murder (1959)

55 min | Drama

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Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Ernest Thesiger, Budd Knapp, Guy Kingsley Poynter, Catherine Feller

35. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: A Personal Matter (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A failing mining operation in the Mexican hills has claimed its latest 'victim'; the American project engineer is fed up with cave-ins and other recurring problems. Unexpectedly, a car ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Wayne Morris, Joe Maross, Frank Silvera

Votes: 464

36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Ambition (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A DA's ambition for higher office may interfere with the plans of a crime boss, who saved his life during the war, to go straight.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Leslie Nielsen, Harold J. Stone, Ann Robinson

Votes: 402

37. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Death Sentence (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Paula Frayne's husband Norman is a chronic worrier who shows her little attention. When an old friend of Norman's shows up and shows too much interest in Paula, Norman becomes difficult. ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, James Best, Katharine Bard, Steve Brodie

Votes: 460

38. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Enough Rope for Two (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

An ex-convict plans on killing his double-crossing partner and maybe his ex-girlfriend, after they help him recover the stolen money he hid.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Hagen, Steven Hill, Steve Brodie

Votes: 652

39. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Flight to the East (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A newsman taking a forced plane trip to Egypt describes his past connection with arms trafficking to a lovely governess who knows part of his story is untrue.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Patricia Cutts, Konstantin Shayne

Votes: 493

40. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Man with a Problem (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Karen Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel. Can police officer Barrett stop him?

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Peter Mark Richman, Elizabeth Montgomery

Votes: 751

41. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Number Twenty-Two (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Young robber Steve Morgan is in jail for his first offense and too cocky for his own good.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Russell Collins, Rip Torn, Ray Teal

Votes: 642

42. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Last Request (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A man about to be executed for a murder he did not commit, uses a last request to give his version of events.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Guardino, Cara Williams, Hugh Marlowe

Votes: 599

43. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: What Frightened You, Fred? (1962)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Fred Riordan is an ex-con who is re-arrested less than 48 hours after his release on parole. He served four years for robbery and on his release, seems like a mild-mannered man who is ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Adam Williams

Votes: 317

44. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Counterfall (1975)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man was given a phony subpoena to appear in court so that he could be framed for the assassination of a judge who had been nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court. Barnaby takes up the ... See full summary »

Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mitchell Ryan, Jacqueline Scott

Votes: 81

45. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Flight to Danger (1975)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An airline stewardess is an unsuspecting mule to smuggle heroin into the country for her boyfriend and his partner. After she discovers what's going on she is murdered for it. As a favor to her father Barnaby looks into the case.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Shelley Fabares, Carl Franklin

Votes: 71

46. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Odd Man Loses (1974)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Three otherwise ordinary guys who carpool together plan a $335,000 heist, but when things go horribly wrong and it turns into a case of murder, Barnaby Jones gets involved.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Christopher Stone, Jo Ann Harris

Votes: 87

47. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Woman in the House (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben has a problem on his hands when the girl he protected from her alcoholic husband mistakes gratitude for love.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Diane Baker

Votes: 95

48. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Ambush at Rio Lobo (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben and a pregnant woman are held hostage by a gang of robbers, who are plotting a stagecoach robbery and are determined to prevent interference by anyone with the name Cartwright.

Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel, David Canary

Votes: 87

49. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Journey to Terror (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Initially suspected as being part of the bank-robbing Hollister gang while on his way to visit Tom and Ellie Blackwell's drought-stricken ranch, Little Joe is soon held hostage and his ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, John Ericson

Votes: 99

50. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Long Way to Ogden (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A ruthless meat packer named Emmett Whitney schemes to monopolize the local cattle industry by buying the rail line that is used to transport the cattle to market, then force the cattle ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary

Votes: 83