1001 tv shows - classic episodes
by mfraser-97311 | created - 30 Oct 2020 | updated - 10 Nov 2020 | PublicFrom the book. Not all tv shows mentioned feature a ‘classic episode’ but those listed are the ones that do.
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1.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Black Waters
(1952)
TV-PG | 27 min | Western
An Indian agent asks Hoppy to help persuade an Indian chief to reveal the location where crude oil can be found on the land's surface. The country will be opened to settlement and unless ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Rick Vallin, Marilyn Nash
Votes: 29
2.
The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode:
The Angel and the Outlaw
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Tonto witnesses the Calico Kid's gang rob a bank. The Lone Ranger sees it as an opportunity to catch an outlaw that has been on the run for years.
Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Florence Lake, Bradford Jackson
Votes: 57
3.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
Episode:
The Girl Behind the Perfume Counter
(1956)
Comedy
Gracie jumps to conclusions and has everyone believing that Ronnie is dating an older woman, whom is actually his girlfriend's mother.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 28
4.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Return to Broadway
(1963)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack's monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. Jack and Rochester are leaving on a personal appearance tour, so Jack rents his house while he is gone.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 31
5.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
The Murder of Clayton Worthington
(1963)
Not Rated | Comedy
Dick Van Dyke takes on different characters with Jack in an English murder mystery.
Stars: Jack Benny, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 11
6.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Cast
(1952)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Friday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but... See full summary »
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Barney Phillips, Lee Marvin, George Fenneman
Votes: 154
7.
Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)
Episode:
Superman's Wife
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A beautiful policewoman is asked to pose as Superman's wife in order to help him break up a gang of bank robbers.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: George Reeves, Jack Larson, Noel Neill, John Hamilton
Votes: 175
8. The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005 TV Special)
194 min | Music
Films nominated for the annual awards include The Aviator (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Ray (2004) and Sideways (2004).
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Roger Goodman | Stars: Chris Rock, Andrew Adamson, Alan Alda, Jo Allen
Votes: 1,198
9.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Lamb to the Slaughter
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Bel Geddes, Harold J. Stone, Allan Lane
Votes: 1,270
10.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
The Roaring Boy
(1956)
Crime, Drama
On the trail of a young deserter from the army, Dixon finds himself trapped in a perilous situation.
Director: Douglas Moodie | Stars: Jack Warner, Phoebe Hodgson, Arthur Rigby, Neil Wilson
Votes: 19
11.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Jailer
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 656
12.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Trap
(1956)
Approved | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Family
After the sheriff captures another of Robins men, he comes to the realization that no one will give Robin and his men up. Instead he plans to infiltrate the Merry Men, and undermine the group from the inside.
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Richard Greene, Alfred Burke, Alan Wheatley, Archie Duncan
Votes: 23
13.
The Benny Hill Show (1969–1989)
Episode:
Tales of The Unexpected
(1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy
Highlights of Benny's final show for Thames include his last rendition of "Pepys' Diary"; a cop show, "The Good Guys"; Hill's Angels performing variations on title sequences of various TV ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Kirkland | Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Anna Dawson
Votes: 50
14.
The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode:
The $99,000 Answer
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show.
Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph
Votes: 414
15.
Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
Episode:
Twelve Angry Men
(1959)
Comedy
In Sidney Lumet's classic film, one courageous juror holds out and justice prevails. When Hancock is foreman of the Jury the outcome isn't quite so inspiring.
Director: Duncan Wood | Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Austin Trevor, William Kendall
Votes: 63
16.
The Price is Right (1972– )
Episode:
Pilot
(1972)
TV-G | 22 min | Family, Game-Show
Contestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer goods pricing.
Director: Marc Breslow | Stars: Bob Barker, Myra Carter, Sandy Flournoy, Anitra Ford
Votes: 25
17.
Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
Episode:
The Last Day of School
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Over breakfast on the last day of school before summer vacation, Beaver and Wally sneak a peek at the gift June bought for Beaver to give to his teacher. The embarrassed boys find a lacy ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Abbott | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers
Votes: 120
18.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret gets ripped off by a small-town banker, and summons his friend and allies to con the man while he sits out the con, whittling on a hotel porch.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Regis Toomey, Karl Swenson
Votes: 268
19.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name. But in court, everyone is surprised at what the bird says next. Perry does his magic at an informal coroner's Inquest in a rural area.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 385
20.
The Army Game (1957–1961)
Episode:
Emergency Hut 29
(1960)
Comedy
Bootsie contracts a nasty strain of the flu after refusing the injection, Snudge ends up ill in the next bed after accusations of malingering, and Flogger comes up with a plan to spend some time with the local ladies.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Alfie Bass, Bill Fraser, Ted Lune, Frank Williams
21.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
El Bandido
(1960)
TV-G | 51 min | Adventure, Family, Western
A group of bandits led by El Cuchillo arrives in Los Angeles, and set their sights on a silver shipment Garcia has been assigned to protect. When Zorro foils their plan, El Cuchillo vows to... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Rita Moreno
Votes: 59
22.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
The Rice Estate
(1960)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eunice Rice is in dire financial straits, a recent widow of an unhappy marriage, who is being blackmailed by an unknown stranger.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn
Votes: 45
23.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
How the Other Side Lives
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Mary returns home from a weekend visit with a friend and just raves about how wonderful her friend's home is. Donna begins to feel their own home is a shack compared to the other home.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 34
24.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Rusty Heller Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rusty Heller is a nightclub performer who has her eyes set on a better life for herself which, in her case, means lots more money. She sets her eyes on mobster Charles 'Pop' Felcher who has... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Elizabeth Montgomery, Harold J. Stone, David White
Votes: 187
25.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
To Serve Man
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man."
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Lloyd Bochner, Susan Cummings, Richard Kiel, Hardie Albright
Votes: 5,228
26.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie the Birdman
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they get big.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 525
27.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1960)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Florrie Lindley settles into the Corner Shop. Elsie Tanner finds out that her daughter Linda has left her husband. Kenneth Barlow clashes with his father Frank over a date with a college friend.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Patricia Phoenix, Philip Lowrie, Anne Cunningham, Frank Pemberton
Votes: 61
28.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Don't Nail Him Yet
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An agent is selling secrets to a foreign government. How he is doing this is unclear so Drake is brought in to find out, which he does by befriending him as a bumbling teacher on stress leave.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, John Fraser, Sheila Allen, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 102
29.
Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
Episode:
Get Well, Officer Schnauser
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
While Schnauser is laid up in the hospital, Toody is tapped by the FBI to go undercover to help them nab notorious bank robber "No Face."
Director: Al De Caprio | Stars: Joe E. Ross, Fred Gwynne, Paul Reed, Al Lewis
Votes: 83
30.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
One Clear, Bright Thursday Morning
(1963)
60 min | Drama
A Japanese-American doctor discovers that his pregnant Japanese-born wife, who he thought was from Tokyo, was actually from Nagasaki and was in that city when the atomic bomb was dropped ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta
Votes: 14
31.
Mister Ed (1961–1966)
Episode:
Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Clint Eastwood moves into the neighborhood, Mister Ed sets up a party line with his house, which causes nothing but problems for Mr. Eastwood.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Alan Young, Connie Hines, Larry Keating, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 104
32.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Town of No Return
(1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Steed and Emma visit a mysterious coastal town where several agents have vanished, and where the locals are not all they seem.
Directors: Roy Ward Baker, Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Alan MacNaughtan, Patrick Newell
Votes: 573
33.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
My Husband Is Not a Drunk
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 327
34.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Greatest of These Is Charity
(1969)
Drama
Director: Bob Hird | Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Walter Carr
35.
Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)
Episode:
The Desperate Hours
(1972)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
It's a cold winter day and the Steptoes are reduced to putting pfennigs in the meter. They are visited by two escaped convicts, elderly Frank and the younger Johnny. When Johnny denounces ... See full summary »
Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Leonard Rossiter, J.G. Devlin
Votes: 124
36.
The Andy Williams Show (1962–1969)
Episode:
Sammy Davis, Jr., the Osmond Brothers, the Clinger Sisters
(1963)
60 min | Music
Stars: Andy Williams, The Osmonds, R.G. Brown, The Clinger Sisters
37.
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode:
Another Neighbor
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
It's tonic time in Beverly Hills. Granny's made a batch of tonic and sends a sample to their new neighbor, the Countess Maria. She loves it and throws a party to celebrate.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 91
38.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Vendetta for the Saint: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Templar is having a drink at a bar in Naples when he witnesses a mêlée between two of the customers. It appears that one of them has mistaken the other for an old colleague. Templar's ... See full summary »
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald
Votes: 290
39.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Vendetta for the Saint: Part 2
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Having survived a bomb attempt on his life the Saint tells Gina that her uncle is a high-ranking Mafia member. He is, in fact, being chosen as a replacement for the dying Don Pasquali, the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald
Votes: 106
40.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Loyalties: Part 1
(1972)
TV-14 | 24 min | Crime, Drama
Charlie Cotes turns down 5,000 cigarettes from to yobbo's. He confides to Bert Lynch and reports to the station. The yobbo's drop two cases to his home and then ring the police. Sgt. Stone knows Cotes has a record and believes he guilty.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Slater, James Ellis, Geoffrey Hayes, Douglas Fielding
Votes: 16
41.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Loyalties: Part 2
(1972)
TV-14 | 24 min | Crime, Drama
Bert Lynch believes Cotes has been set up but Sgt Stone disagrees. Cotes thinks his daughter's estranged husband Jack is to blame. Lynch spots stolen cigarettes sold at the pub he drinks and wants Cotes to pick Hargreaves out his mates.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Slater, James Ellis, Geoffrey Hayes, Douglas Fielding
Votes: 15
42.
Ready, Steady, Go! (1963–1966)
Episode:
The Sound of Motown
(1965)
Music
Director: Rollo Gamble | Stars: Dusty Springfield, Rosalind Ashford, Florence Ballard, Georgina Burgess
Votes: 14
43.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
Fear in a Desert City
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After being on the run for 6 months, Richard Kimble falls in love with a beautiful woman who has a young son. She also has a physically abusive, estranged husband, that wants Kimble out of town, or dead.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: David Janssen, Vera Miles, Brian Keith, Harry Townes
Votes: 374
44.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
Man's Best Friend
(1966)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Former flame Rodney turns himself into a dog to break up Darrin and Sam's marriage.
Director: Jerry Davis | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Mary Grace Canfield
Votes: 330
45.
Crossroads (2001–2003)
Episode:
Episode dated 30 May 2003
(2003)
Drama
Director: Jeff Naylor | Stars: Freema Agyeman, Jane Asher, Lionel Blair, John Bowler
46.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Christmas with the Addams Family
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Mr. Thompson next door tells Wednesday and Pugsley there's no Santa Claus and the family volunteers Uncle Fester to play Santa for their benefit. But when he gets stuck in the chimney and ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 273
47.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair
(1965)
TV-G | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Zohra Lampert
Votes: 228
48.
The Munsters (1964–1966)
Episode:
Munster Masquerade
(1964)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Munsters are invited to a masquerade dance party.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Beverley Owen, Butch Patrick
Votes: 482
49.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Sky's on Fire
(1966)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A meteor storm ignites atmospheric gases in the southern hemisphere. Adm. Nelson believes one of the Seaview's missiles can extinguish it but someone on board is secretly trying to stop him.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, David J. Stewart, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 97
50.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Profit and the Lost
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Heath risks his life and saves a man who is a notorious hired gunman. The irony is the killer has a contract to kill Heath, put out by a local rancher with a grudge.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 101
51.
I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
Episode:
Happy Anniversary
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
To celebrate their first anniversary, Jeannie makes Tony splashdown on the same desert island he originally found her on. Tony finds another genie who trapped Jeannie in her bottle 2000 years ago.
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Hayden Rorke, Bill Daily
Votes: 263
52.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
War Takes a Holiday
(1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan convinces Klink and the Gestapo that the war is over so that they will release some prisoners.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 258
53.
Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode:
Visit to a Hostile Planet
(1967)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Passing through a time warp, the Robinsons do return to Earth in the year 1947. They are mistaken as invaders and start the UFO scare of the 1940's.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 256
54.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Tiger
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure
Kelly's sent on a suicide mission to spring a trap before a world renowned humanitarian blunders into it to rescue his daughter.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Lew Ayres, France Nuyen
Votes: 70
55.
Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode:
Trapped in the Sky
(1965)
TV-G | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?
Director: Alan Pattillo | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn
Votes: 293
56.
Till Death Us Do Part (1965–1975)
Episode:
Three Day Week
(1974)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
In line with his Tory leader Heath's declaration Alf is now working a three day week but is appalled to find Else is doing the same and she has not cooked him a dinner. This leads to her ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Main-Wilson | Stars: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs
Votes: 27
57.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
The Thirteenth Hat
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Jervis Tetsch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman, who ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 528
58.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
Batman Stands Pat
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Batman, thanks to superior breath control, is able to escape the plaster of Paris in which he was encased. Despite this, the Mad Hatter is still at large. Eventually, Batman and Robin again... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 513
59.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.212
(1967)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Elizabeth meets Barnabas, her cousin from England whom she never knew existed. Later, David meets Barnabas in the old house and thinks he's seeing a ghost.
Director: John Sedwick | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, David Henesy, Alexandra Isles
Votes: 109
60.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Mind of Stefan Miklos
(1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Walter Townsend, an enemy agent working in the U.S., has been allowed to obtain false information that, if believed by his home country, will cause its leaders grave embarrassment (and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 328
61.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees Get Out More Dirt
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
All four Monkees fall in love with the same girl, April Conquest, of the local laundromat. Each one tries to woo her by feigning interest in things she likes: Davy paints pop-art, Mickey ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Shepard | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 140
62.
The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Day the Sky Fell In
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
December 6, 1941: Dr. Tony Newman confronts his own past at Pearl Harbor and he wants to know what happened to his father.
Director: William Hale | Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Linden Chiles, Whit Bissell
Votes: 307
63.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Let's Kill Everybody
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Section is put on high alert when it is discovered that it has been targeted by an unknown party and that everyone from Hunter down is at risk of assassination.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Edward Woodward, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 29
64.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Gambling Game
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ironside is trying to take down an illegal gambling operation. But when there's a raid the people in charge somehow find out and clean it out. Ironside suspects that someone in the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 46
65.
The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode:
Too Many Chiefs
(1970)
PG | 60 min | Western
Big John is suffering from exhaustion and the cure is time away from the ranch. He and Victoria leave on a delayed honeymoon in San Francisco but things at the ranch don't go so well with Buck, Blue, and Manolito managing it alone.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow
Votes: 66
66.
The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode:
Labyrinth
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
David manages to subdue an alien and takes him to a doctor. The x-rays reveal that internally he's not human. This is proof that David can take to a project that investigates the ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Sally Kellerman, James T. Callahan, Ed Begley
Votes: 178
67.
The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Episode:
Free for All
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Number Six runs for the office of Number Two.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Eric Portman, Rachel Herbert, George Benson
Votes: 915
68.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Dinah Shore - Went with the Wind
(1976)
TV-G | 52 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: "Went With the Wind" (a spoof of "Gone with the Wind"). Also: two business professionals (Harvey and Carol) discuss his marriage proposal in a manner not unlike a ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway
Votes: 126
69.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
Decisions
(1967)
Drama, Romance
Rumors abound that Irene Forsyte and Philip Bosinney are having an affair.Young Jolyon and Helene see Philip Bosinney and a beautiful woman meeting secretly. Young Jolyon had met Philip at ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Kenneth More, Lana Morris, Nyree Dawn Porter, John Bennett
Votes: 29
70.
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode:
1971 Christmas Show
(1971)
66 min | Comedy
The musical guests are Los Zafiros, Glenda Jackson, André Previn and Shirley Bassey. A variety of sketches finishes with Ernie's latest play called 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Francis Matthews as King RIchard.
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Shirley Bassey, Glenda Jackson
Votes: 77
71.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
The Deadly Attachment
(1973)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Mainwaring and the platoon must keep their wits primed whilst guarding some captured U-Boat crew.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 253
72.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode:
Hookman
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sniper with two prosthetic hands is killing police officers, and McGarrett may be on his list.
Director: Peter Weller | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park
Votes: 635
73.
Julia (1968–1971)
Episode:
Unloneliest Night of the Week
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Julia has her hands full with the Waggedorn children when an Army buddy of her late husband's shows up.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Marc Copage, Betty Beaird
Votes: 19
74.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
The Interrogation
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On return from a mission to Hong Kong Craig is captured and subjected to a brutal cross-examination from a pitiless interrogator who keeps asking him about the 'Retford Case'. He finds out ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 87
75.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Pied Piper of Hambledown
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Needing to wake early next day to participate in a beauty contest Susan Lewis, staying at her father's pub in the village of Hambledown takes a sleeping pill but wakes in the night to see ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 67
76.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
Full Frontal Nudity
(1969)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
A pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot; a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men; a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 1,229
77.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode:
Designs
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
A fashion designer's fainting spells send her to Dr. Welby with unexpected results.
Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Mel Ferrer
78.
The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode:
Her Sister's Shadow
(1971)
Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Jan is tired of being compared to Marcia and constantly being told how great her older sister is, so she tries to do something that Marcia never accomplished--make the pom-pom team.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick
Votes: 239
79.
All My Children (1970–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.9781
(2008)
TV-PG | Drama, Romance, Mystery
Stars: Amanda Baker, Melissa Claire Egan, Colin Egglesfield, Don Guillory
80.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
A Question of Priorities
(1970)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Straker's son John lives with Straker's ex-wife Mary, who has re-married. Straker is having a day out with the boy, John, but it ends in an argument with Mary and John is run over and ... See full summary »
Director: David Lane | Stars: Barnaby Shaw, Ed Bishop, George Sewell, Keith Alexander
Votes: 218
81.
The Odd Couple (1970–1975)
Episode:
Password
(1972)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Oscar and Felix appear together on Password (1961) and Felix is sure that they can win.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Al Molinaro, Allen Ludden
Votes: 188
82.
The Partridge Family (1970–1974)
Episode:
Soul Club
(1971)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The Partridges and Ruben are in Detroit for a performance. Due to a booking mix-up, they arrive at the place where the Temptations are expected. The audiences are totally different. The Partridges agree to perform and hope for the best.
Director: Paul Junger Witt | Stars: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce
Votes: 155
83.
The Goodies (1970–1982)
Episode:
The Stolen Musicians
(1971)
Comedy
All the musicians in the world have been kidnapped. The Goodies set out to discover who is behind this but end up prisoners themselves and must find a way out before he locks them in a cell with their worst enemy.
Directors: John Howard Davies, Jim Franklin | Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Henry McGee
Votes: 50
84.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Strahlende Zukunft
(2007)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Mark Schlichter | Stars: Sabine Postel, Oliver Mommsen, Winfried Hammelmann, Ulrich Noethen
Votes: 84
85.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode:
Chuckles Bites the Dust
(1975)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Mary thinks that the death of Chuckles the Clown is nothing to laugh about--until she attends the funeral.
Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight
Votes: 526
86.
Dalli Dalli (1971–1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.143
(1985)
Game-Show
Stars: Hans Rosenthal, Helmut Berger, Eberhard Diepgen, Sabine Everts
87.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
I Dies from Love
(1972)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Upstairs, Lady Majorie and friends plan an outing for the servants. However, Downstairs there is romantic intrigue going on between Emily and the next door footman.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Jean Marsh, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 153
88.
The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)
Episode:
Episode #5.3
(1976)
45 min | Comedy
Sketches include an unusual request for a funeral parlour, there is a public service announcement from the GPO, there is the next instalment in "The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London ... See full summary »
Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Barbara Dickson, Joan Sims
Votes: 26
89.
Jason King (1971–1972)
Episode:
As Easy as A.B.C.
(1971)
Action, Adventure
Two English criminals, Charles and Edward, are committing copy-cat robberies stolen from the plots of Jason's books, which causes the police to take an interest in the author after a ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Nigel Green, Michael Bates, Ayshea Brough
Votes: 23
90.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Till Death Do Us Part
(1972)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It's Sally's birthday, but she and Mac are in no mood to celebrate as someone has broken into their house and stolen all the sharp objects (knives, scissors, razor blades and even Sally's ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Linda Watkins
Votes: 155
91.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
Gloria Discovers Women's Lib
(1971)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
Gloria reads up on women's liberation and then tells Mike that she should be an equal partner in their marriage. Mike doesn't agree and Gloria storms out of the house.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 309
92.
Bless This House (1971–1976)
Episode:
The Generation Gap
(1971)
25 min | Comedy
Sid tries desperately to understand his two teenage children, but the more he tries, the less he understands them.
Director: William G. Stewart | Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Robin Stewart, Sally Geeson
Votes: 37
93.
Parkinson (1971–2007)
Episode:
Episode #1.13
(1971)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Burrowes | Stars: Michael Parkinson, George Axelrod, Dirk Bogarde, Nina van Pallandt
94.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Troubled Waters
(1975)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.
Director: Ben Gazzara | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Vaughn, Jane Greer, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 2,795
95.
The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode:
Pound and Pint
(1972)
TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Liverpool Jessop sets about organizing a strike though many seamen feel they cannot afford it. When the strike finally occurs Anne, shocked by her husband's callous attitude, helps the ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Brian Rawlinson
Votes: 20
96.
The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
Episode:
Greensleeves
(1971)
52 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The noble, yet abandoned manor of Greensleeves is strangely restored unbeknownst to its rightful owner, Lord Brett Sinclair, who now needs to impersonate himself to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Rosemary Nicols, Cy Grant
Votes: 343
97.
Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1829
(1993)
TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An airliner explodes above Beckindale. The Woolpack's Dickensian evening ends abruptly as the windows are blown in, Joe crashes his car as a wall of flames roars down the road, Jack and Sarah look on as fire engulfs the village.
Director: Ken Horn | Stars: Sheila Mercier, Bernard Archard, Frazer Hines, Madeleine Howard
Votes: 6
98.
Kung Fu (1972–1975)
Episode:
The Ancient Warrior
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Ancient Warrior, an aged Native American accompanied by Caine, seeks burial in his sacred, ancestral land. But the burial site is located dead center in a violent, Native American-hating town called Purgatory. Gary Busey guest stars.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: David Carradine, Chief Dan George, Victor French, Denver Pyle
Votes: 189
99.
Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1976)
Episode:
The Housewarming Party
(1972)
24 min | Comedy
Eddie refuses to go to Bill and Barbie's housewarming party, thinking he isn't wanted. When the music gets too loud for him, he calls the police to break it up.
Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams
Votes: 17
100.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
(1983)
TV-PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.
Director: Alan Alda | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 3,896
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