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1. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,300
2. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,166
3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,243
4.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Twenty Two
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
While in the hospital recovering from overwork, Liz Powell keeps dreaming about going down to the hospital morgue.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Barbara Nichols, Jonathan Harris, Fredd Wayne, Arlene Martel
Votes: 3,160
5. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,462
6. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,769
7. The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1988)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Talk-Show
This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
Stars: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, Fred Foy, Mort Sahl
Votes: 944
8. The Match Game (1962–1969)
TV-G | 25 min | Game-Show
This is The 1st Edition of the program. Composed of 2 Teams of 3 Members (2 In-Studio team members and 1 Star Team Captain) are writing answers to an question {e.g.: Name a part of a ... See full summary »
Stars: Gene Rayburn, Johnny Olson, Betty White, Henry Morgan
Votes: 582
9. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
10. I've Got a Secret (1952–1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
Stars: Garry Moore, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, John Cannon
Votes: 565
11. Password (1961–1975)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two celebrity-contestant teams compete to guess words by giving one-word clues in this all-time classic game show.
Stars: Allen Ludden, Jack Clark, John Harlan, Lee Vines
Votes: 511
12. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
13. To Tell the Truth (1969–1978)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.
Stars: Garry Moore, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Votes: 249
14. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
15. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When ... See full summary »
Stars: Skitch Henderson, Gene Rayburn, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence
Votes: 226
16. Person to Person (1953–1961)
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Interviews with figures from public life.
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 223
17. The Linkletter Show (1952–1970)
TV-G | 30 min | Family
Daytime variety show starring Art Linkletter.
Stars: Art Linkletter, Jack Slattery, Edith Head, Jack Linkletter
Votes: 201
18. What's My Line? (1968–1975)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Five-day-a-week syndicated update of the longtime CBS game show, wherein celebrity panelists guess occupations of the contestants.
Stars: Wally Bruner, Arlene Francis, Johnny Olson, Soupy Sales
Votes: 183
19.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Bette Davis
(1952)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
This episodes guests include contestants from San Diego, California; Atlanta, Georgia and Indianapolis, Indiana and mystery guest Bette Davis.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Hal Block
Votes: 178
20.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Bette Davis (4)
(1964)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question an astrologer, a young man who raises rabbits, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a famous movie actress.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 168
21.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Bette Davis (3)
(1962)
Family, Game-Show
Panelists question a female ship radio operator, a porpoise trainer, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a famous movie actress.
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Art Linkletter, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 163
22.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent & Bette Davis
(1965)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Tonights guests are Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent and Bette Davis.
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Buddy Hackett, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 163
23.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Bette Davis (2)
(1960)
Family, Game-Show
This episodes guests include contestants from New York, California; Atlanta, Georgia and Indianapolis, Indiana and mystery guest Bette Davis.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 161
24.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Phyllis Cerf (Wife of Panelist Bennett Cerf) & Joan Crawford
(1957)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question two authors of children's books, four 'professional' Santa Claus impersonators, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a famous movie actress.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Peter Ustinov, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 144
25. The Tonight Show (1962)
TV-14 | 105 min | Talk-Show
Interim version of the talk show that aired between the departure of Jack Paar and the arrival of Johnny Carson.
Stars: Skitch Henderson, Hugh Downs, Ed Herlihy, Merv Griffin
Votes: 140
26.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Joan Crawford (2)
(1964)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question a Champagne salesman, Victor Borge's piano tuner and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a film and television actress.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Victor Borge, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 136
27.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Wilt Chamberlain & Joan Crawford
(1961)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question a department store detective, a TV commercials jingle writer and blindfolded, try to identify the week's two celebrity "mystery guests", a professional basketball player, and the other, an Academy Award winning actress.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 133
28.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Joan Crawford
(1962)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question a female racetrack announcer, a 12-year-old advice columnist, and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a famous movie actress.
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 133
29.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Joan Crawford (3)
(1966)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists question a surfboards salesman, a lady who applies hands-on driving tests and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a film and television actress who began her career as a dancer.
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Aileen Mehle, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 128
30. The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
30 min | Documentary, History
A long-running documentary series concerning the news and cultural events which shaped the 20th century. It also offered interpretations of the meaning of certain events, and placed wars ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Daniel Schorr, Winston Burdett, Peter Kalischer
Votes: 86
31. The George Gobel Show (1954–1960)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
Stars: George Gobel, Jeff Donnell, John Scott Trotter, Peggy King
Votes: 84
32. The Paul Winchell Show (1950–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Family
The Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, was a variety program which aired on NBC prime time from 1950 to 1954, starring ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummy, Jerry Mahoney. (1950)
Stars: Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff, Paul Winchell, Diane Sinclair
Votes: 75
33.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Miss America 1955 Lee Meriwether & Alfred Hitchcock
(1954)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
The panel was blindfolded when Lee Merriweather came out. She had just won the Miss America 1955 title. She appeared because John Daly had just hosted the peagent. Her identity was quickly ... See full synopsis »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 72
34. What's My Line (1951–1964)
30 min | Game-Show
A panel of celebrities trying to guess what a person does for a living, or figure out who a mystery guest is. This is the version for the United Kingdom.
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Isobel Barnett, Gilbert Harding, Barbara Kelly
Votes: 71
35.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Elizabeth Taylor
(1954)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf tries to guess the identity of a NY city fireman, who put out a fire in Dorothy Kilgallen's home nearly a year prior... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 64
36.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Lauren Bacall
(1953)
Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf tries to guess the professional identity of a woman from NY who makes false teeth, a man who manages a girls ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 62
37.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Robert Q. Lewis, filling in for Fred Allen this evening, joins regulars Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf. Host and moderator the first contestant to sign in, one Mr. ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 59
38.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Hedy Lamarr
(1957)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Arlene Francis, Robert Q. Lewis, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 56
39.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Tony Curtis & Bill Talbert
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Actress, movie star, Janet Leigh joins Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen and Bennett Cerf as a guest panelist for the week, temporarily replacing Arlene Francis. The panelists try to guess the ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Janet Leigh, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 54
40.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Fred Astaire
(1955)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf begin by trying to guess the profession of a Boston woman who's a men's barber. Then, the panelists take on the... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 54
41.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Pat Boone
(1958)
Family, Game-Show
In this one Hedy Lamarr was in the panel and Arlene's husband, Mr. Martin Gabel too. A hypnotist, a whaler and Pat Boone fooled them all, nobody can guess the jobs or the famous guest.
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Martin Gabel, Hedy Lamarr, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 54
42.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Charlton Heston
(1956)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Charlton Heston is the week's mystery challenger while legendary film star Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., joins Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf on the panel to guess the line ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 53
43.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Esther Williams
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf tries to guess the identity of a rather odd older man from Brooklyn, NY who sells eyeglasses for chickens, ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 51
44.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Eve Arden
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Guest panelists Sam Levenson and Betty Furness fill in for regulars Fred Allen and Arlene Francis on this first episode of the New Year. Mr. Daly welcomes his two temporary panelists and ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Sam Levenson, Betty Furness, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 50
45.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Tyrone Power
(1955)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Star of the popular situation comedy, "Mr. Peepers," Wally Cox fills in for Fred Allen this evening and joins regulars Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf. The first ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Wally Cox, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 50
46.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
John Perona & Greer Garson
(1958)
Family, Game-Show
Todays guests are Orson Welles, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf.
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Orson Welles, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 50
47.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Red Skelton & Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
(1954)
Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf tries to guess the professional identity of a young NY city woman who manages a Turkish Bath House for women, as ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 48
48.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Walt Disney
(1956)
Family, Game-Show
Walt Disney the weeks mystery guest and Jerry Lewis joins Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf on the panel to guess the lined of a British man who's a professional mind ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, John Daly
Votes: 48
49.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Eleanor Roosevelt
(1953)
Family, Game-Show
Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf tries to guess the professional identity of a man from North Carolina who makes chewing tobacco, a New Jersey man ... See full summary »
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 47
50.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Dennis Day
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
The first contestant is a French Canadian woman, who is a panelist on the Canadian "What's My Line." Arlene Francis uncovers the woman's identity and John Daly invites the woman to play a ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 47