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1. Project Twenty (1954–1970)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Alexander Scourby, Bob Hope, Walter Brennan, Howard Lindsay
Votes: 29
2. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr
Votes: 63,871
3. The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1973)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy
Live variety show with Jackie Gleason.
Stars: Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor Dancers, Ray Bloch, Jackie Gleason
Votes: 524
4. Coronet Blue (1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Michael Alden is an amnesiac, who must discover his real identity before the operatives of a mysterious group locate him and kill him. The key to his past might be "Coronet Blue", a meaningless phrase he for some reason remembers.
Stars: Frank Converse, Joe Silver, Brian Bedford, Robert Burr
Votes: 210
5. All Star Revue (1950– )
60 min | Comedy
This early comedy program started off with a rotating cast of four famous comedians, each of whom would take turns hosting the show. The program format was similar to that of a Vaudeville ... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Danny Thomas
Votes: 170
6.
Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
Episode:
What's Our Rush?
(1981)
TV-PG | Comedy
Henry and Muriel decide not to find out what the gender of their baby is; however, Henry's father wants to know. He drags Monroe with him to help break into the doctor's office to find out.
Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell
Votes: 21
7.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Blood Brothers
(1981)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
While Father Mulcahy frantically tries to prepare for a visit from a respected cardinal, Hawkeye has to deal with a soldier who cannot donate blood for his buddy because it turns out that he himself has leukemia.
Director: Harry Morgan | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 602
8.
Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
Episode:
Huey
(1981)
TV-PG | Comedy
Henry's father, Huey, gets kicked out of his retirement home and is thinking of venturing out on his own. Meanwhile, Jackie is considering moving to New York for a new job opportunity.
Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell
Votes: 31
9.
Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
Episode:
Son of the Groom
(1984)
TV-PG | Comedy
Henry's father visits to ask if he will be his best man at his upcoming wedding. The happy news is dampened by Henry's suspicions of his father's much younger fiancée.
Director: Lee Lochhead | Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell
Votes: 26
10.
The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1973)
Episode:
The Dorsey Brothers Show
(1953)
TV-G | 35 min | Comedy
Stars: Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Blaine, Ray Bloch, Art Carney
Votes: 13
11.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ironside seeks to exonerate a man wrongfully convicted of murder by slowly breaking apart a web of lies and possible misconduct by the District Attorney.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 47
12. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
13. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
The adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.
Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Dennis Rucker
Votes: 432
14. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 590
15.
S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
Episode:
Strike Force
(1975)
TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team has been assigned to protect a white supremacist. What they don't know is that the man's wife and right hand are having an affair and are plotting something.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera
Votes: 27
16. 1776 (1972)
G | 141 min | Drama, Family, History
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden
Votes: 10,306 | Gross: $6.10M
17.
Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode:
The Century Turns
(1972)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
An aging lawman in 1901 Oklahoma employs the latest crime detection techniques to solve the murder of a homesteading couple while overcoming the skepticism of his young, college-educated police chief.
Directors: Daniel Petrie, Charles Ziarko | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Sharon Acker, Harry Morgan
Votes: 133
18. Shower of Stars (1954–1958)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A CBS variety show that ran monthly from 1954-1958, broadcast in color. Stars appearing included Betty Grable, Mario Lanza, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Fredric March, Shirley MacLaine, and ... See full summary »
Stars: William Lundigan, Jack Benny, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa
Votes: 84
19. Panama Hattie (1954 TV Movie)
Musical
Director: Jerome Shaw | Stars: Ethel Merman, Art Carney, Ray Middleton, Janis Carter
Votes: 6
20. Helter Skelter (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The investigation and trial of the horrific Tate-LaBianca mass murders orchestrated by the psychotic pseudo-hippie cult leader, Charles Manson.
Stars: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 3,857
21.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
I Will Be Remembered
(1977)
Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Aging actress Gloria Gibson, who is staging a comeback, is the target of a "gaslight number" intended to drive her insane. The Angels go undercover at the movie studio to protect their client and squash the plot against her.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 267
22.
Coronet Blue (1967)
Episode:
The Rebels
(1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
At a New York College , Alden is the focus of experiments to overcome amnesia, but he must share a dorm room with students and earn his keep by working shifts at campus security, but this puts him in conflict with protesting students.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Frank Converse, Richard Kiley, David Carradine, Jon Voight
Votes: 29
23.
Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
Episode:
A Thanksgiving Tale
(1982)
TV-PG | Comedy
Iris is feeling depressed. When she doesn't show up at the Rush's everyone is worried.
Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell
Votes: 25
24.
Helter Skelter (1976)
Episode:
Part I
(1976)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Actress Sharon Tate and seven other innocent victims have been savagely and senselessly murdered in Los Angeles in 1969. Evidence gradually points to a commune of freeloading hippies disturbingly devoted to an extreme ex-convict.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 25
25. The Best of Broadway (1954–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for... See full summary »
Stars: Betty Furness, Claudette Colbert, Margaret Hamilton, Helen Hayes
Votes: 49
26. Ironside (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson
Votes: 4,100
27.
Shower of Stars (1954–1958)
Episode:
A Christmas Carol (II)
(1955)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, Ray Middleton, Bob Sweeney
Votes: 11
28. You and Me (1938)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Film-Noir
An altruistic department-store owner hires ex-convicts in order to give them a second chance at life. Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex-convicts in a plan to rob the store.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Barton MacLane, Harry Carey
Votes: 1,637
29. Damn Yankees! (1967 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Wishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Phil Silvers, Lee Remick, Jerry Lanning, Jim Backus
Votes: 58
30. S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of a major city's police department's Special Weapons and Tactics unit.
Stars: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera
Votes: 2,099
31. Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Cam Ellerby (Ray Middleton) brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamor and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend (Eileen Christy). Her mother, Kathleen (Lucille Norman), ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman, Eileen Christy, Bill Shirley
Votes: 53
32. Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In liberal San Francisco a conservative cartoonist tries to keep his two daughters, who rent an apartment below him, safe. In season 6 the cartoonist buys a small-town newspaper in Tiburon.
Stars: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Jim J. Bullock, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 2,705
33. The Ken Murray Show (1950–1953)
30 min | Comedy, Music
A 1950s variety show sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. The host was Ken Murray, who had previously hosted variety theatrical shows and variety radio programs. The show had a large regular cast ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Murray, Jane Bergmeier, Darla Hood, Jack Mulhall
Votes: 35
34. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.
Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 14,405
35. The Girl from Alaska (1942)
Approved | 75 min | Western
After four unprofitable years in Alaska, gold prospector Steve Bentley prepares to return to the United States. His friend Ravenhill, who is known as Rave, tries to convince him to ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Nick Grinde, William Witney | Stars: Ray Middleton, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Robert Barrat
Votes: 14
36. The Road to Denver (1955)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Two fugitive Texan brothers at odds with one another flee to Colorado where they take jobs with rival bosses.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Payne, Lee J. Cobb, Mona Freeman, Ray Middleton
Votes: 339
37. Gangs of Chicago (1940)
66 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Ray Middleton
Votes: 101
38. Tubby the Tuba (1975)
G | 81 min | Animation, Family, Musical
The enchanting tale of the winsome little tuba who tires of only being able to sing "OOMPAH, OOMPAH" and decides to go off and find a melody of his own. His journey results in a gleeful musical fantasy of fun and friendship.
Director: Alexander Schure | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Pearl Bailey, Ruth Enders, Jack Gilford
Votes: 138
39. I Cover the Underworld (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest is about to see his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen in a long time--because his brother, a gang leader, has been serving a stretch in prison.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton, Jaclynne Greene
Votes: 46
40. Lady for a Night (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Joan Blondell, John Wayne, Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka
Votes: 626
41. The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
30 min | Music
Most of the shows featured grand opera but on occasion, ballet dancers and popular singers were also guests.
Stars: Howard Barlow, Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Jerome Hines
Votes: 29
42. I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Muriel Lawrence, Eileen Christy
Votes: 249
43. A Christmas Carol (1954 TV Movie)
49 min | Family
This is a TV special of Charles Dickens story 'A Christmas Carol.' It's an abridged version of Scrooge being visited by three ghosts. Original songs are by Maxwell Anderson and Bernard Herrman.
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Christopher Cook, Mary Costa, Juney Ellis, Rex Evans
Votes: 208
44.
Shower of Stars (1954–1958)
Episode:
A Christmas Carol
(1954)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A mean and miserly proprietor of a counting house in 1840's London is taken by ghosts to Christmas scenes of his youth, contemporary ones involving his family and employee, and lastly, a ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: William Lundigan, Mary Costa, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 166
45. Lady from Louisiana (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In the 1890s, a Northern lawyer goes to New Orleans to aid the local reform league in their fight against the crooked lottery run by a Southern ex-general and his beautiful daughter.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: John Wayne, Ona Munson, Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 577
46. Jubilee Trail (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Western
A wild west trader and his New York City wife head out for California by wagon train. The trader is killed en route, and his wife finds herself pregnant. She continues on, hoping to find a man and a home.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Vera Ralston, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, John Russell
Votes: 252 | Gross: $1.30M
47. Hurricane Smith (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new and happy life for himself. But one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ray Middleton, Jane Wyatt, Harry Davenport, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 42
48. Mercy Island (1941)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Warren Ramsey (Ray Middleton) is an ambitious young lawyer whose ultimate failure might be traced to his ruthlessness, insanity, or a blow on the head. Marooned on an island with his wife ... See full summary »
Director: William Morgan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger, Donald Douglas
Votes: 61
49. Border Pals (1981 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
The subordinates of two rival police chiefs attempt to end their bosses' feud.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Richard Bakalyan, Kathrine Baumann, J.P. Bumstead, T.K. Carter
50. Showtime, U.S.A. (1950–1951)
30 min
Stars: Henry Fonda, Eva Gabor, Thomas Mitchell, Benny Goodman