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1.
Bronk (1975–1976)
Episode:
The Vigilante
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Bronk and a private investigator go after a killer who uses legal loopholes to do away with criminals.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Jack Palance, Henry Beckman, Tony King, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 11
2.
Saints and Sinners (1962–1963)
Episode:
Source of Information
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Nick becomes very impressed with a dying woman.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Nick Adams, John Larkin, Richard Erdman, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 20
3.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
Once in a Vial
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Endora gets Samantha's old beau Rollo the warlock to tempt Samantha. After she rejects him he tries to use a love potion on her that Endora accidentally drinks.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Tompkins
Votes: 303
4.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Julie
(1968)
60 min | Western
After meeting a young woman, Scott is waylaid by two unscrupulous bounty hunters who claim he is the girl's outlaw brother whom they have been pursuing. The local sheriff gives Johnny two ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 40
5.
The Magician (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Illusion of the Evil Spikes
(1974)
45 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A magician is killed during the filming of a highly risky magic trick. Tony takes on both the investigation and his friend's place in recreating the Table of Death illusion for the cameras.
Director: Bill Bixby | Stars: Bill Bixby, Joseph Sirola, Julian Christopher, Jessica Walter
Votes: 24
6.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Chemistry of Anger
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Kildare is assigned to intern under Dr. Nicholas Keefe, a brilliant, highly driven, and extremely thorough resident who is admired for his skill, but not for his belligerent and inflexible ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Rip Torn, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 17
7.
Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode:
The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg
(1972)
Not Rated | 60 min | Western
Heyes and Curry are captured by a farm family and brought into Hadleyburg. The farmer wants the bounty money, but has a change of heart and helps them escape. That puts the farmer and his ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Corey | Stars: Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, J.D. Cannon, Sheree North
Votes: 86
8.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Empty Tower
(1975)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
At the start of a long weekend, off to a fishing vacation with friend Tony Elliott, Mannix stops at Tonys office so Tony can pick up a set of fishing flies. They walk in on a methodical ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bixby | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Bill Bixby, Pat Renella
Votes: 123
9.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Genie with the Light Brown Lamp
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel reads Harold a bedtime story about Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. The next day he sees a gravy boat in a store window and thinks it is a magic lamp. Great things begin to happen for the ... See full summary »
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 50
10. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 17,043
11. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
12. You Are There (1953–1972)
30 min | Drama, History
Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Todd Hunter, Paul Birch, Harlow Wilcox
Votes: 206
13.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Good People
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A bounty hunter is falsely charged with murder when he lies about killing a lynched man he thought was wanted by the law.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 167
14. 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: 11,881
15. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
16.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Best Laid Plans
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While at a bank to discuss his portfolio, Ironside finds himself right in the middle of a bank heist as three men wait for an armored truck to arrive.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 46
17.
Search (1972–1973)
Episode:
Countdown to Panic
(1973)
60 min | Adventure
A researcher on a sea dive is infected with a deadly virus while on a scientific expedition at the bottom of the ocean. After the researcher escapes quarantine Lockwood must find him before he can infect others and start a lethal epidemic.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Doug McClure, Anthony Franciosa, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 14
18.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Saturday Night
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A cattle-drive, led by Virgil Powell, helps a sick Matt Dillon get his prisoner to Dodge. But the prisoner has made a deal with a cowboy on the drive to avoid a certain hanging.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 163
19.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Never Trouble Trouble
(1964)
30 min | Comedy
George's cousin Fred visits again, asking for money. George refuses to give it to him.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 41
20.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
The Wisdom of Solomon
(1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Yearning to escape the hard life that sent his father to an early grave, the young son of poor, black Mississippi sharecroppers makes his way to Walnut Grove and offers to sell himself to the Ingalls' family in exchange for an education.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 368
21.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Theft
(1973)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The disappearance of some valuable silver pieces throws suspicion on one of the Waltons.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby
Votes: 166
22. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,778
23. Search (1972–1973)
60 min | Adventure
"World Securities", an international high-tech private investigation company, employs field operatives who are aided by implanted audio receivers and who carry tiny cameras and telemetry ... See full summary »
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Doug McClure, Anthony Franciosa, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 346
24.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Storm Over Truckee
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Maggie Woolf is taking her father to Truckee, when a storm hits. While taking refuge in an abandoned cabin, they are set upon by two outlaws on the run from a posse.
Director: Bud Townsend | Stars: Jena Engstrom, Frederic Downs, Corey Allen, George Keymas
Votes: 21
25.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Winning Personality
(1961)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel takes a course in personality improvement.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 57
26. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 21,834
27. First Love (1954– )
Drama
This short-lived soap opera centered around newlyweds Zack and Laurie James and the interactions they had with others. Specifically it was the interaction with good friends, Chris and Amy, another couple and Laurie's family.
Stars: Patricia Barry, Howard Smith, Frankie Thomas, Jay Barney
Votes: 11
28.
Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode:
Handy Lessons
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Wanting to be a bigger help to Oliver, Lisa decides to learn carpentry. She buys overalls and begins to study the craft from the inept Monroe brothers. Lisa's talents result in destruction ... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Alvy Moore, Tom Lester
Votes: 84
29.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
As Long as We're Together: Part I
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Poor financial conditions influence the Ingalls family to move to Winoka when Mary goes there to teach at the Blind School. They meet Albert, an orphan who Charles forms an attachment to, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 328
30.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
A Problem of Innocence
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
William Avery is released after serving a prison sentence for embezzlement, but almost immediately dies in a car accident. Someone nevertheless begins to stalk his daughter, apparently ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, John Randolph, Anne Archer
Votes: 103
31.
Deadline (1959–1961)
Episode:
Chain Reaction
(1959)
30 min | Drama
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Paul Stewart, Eugene Peterson, Don Hastings, Sarah Hardy
Votes: 10
32. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
Stars: Rod Serling, Larry Watson, Joanna Pettet, Matt Pelto
Votes: 6,193
33. Empire (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama, Western
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie.
Stars: Richard Egan, Ryan O'Neal, Anne Seymour, Terry Moore
Votes: 83
34. The Trip to Bountiful (1953 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartment, Carrie Watts dreams of returning to Bountiful, where she was raised.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Lillian Gish, Eileen Heckart, Dennis Cross, Will Hare
Votes: 78
35. Kentucky Jones (1964–1965)
30 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
Californian veterinarian Kentucky Jones learns his late wife had adopted a Chinese boy Ike, age 9. Handyman Seldom and the local Asian community help him adjust to being a new dad. Social worker Edith Thorncroft looks in on things.
Stars: Dennis Weaver, Ricky Der, Harry Morgan, Keye Luke
Votes: 92
36.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Target for a Wedding
(1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young man tries to coerce the niece of gold prospector(and Barnaby's goddaughter)into marrying him after he learns that she is set to inherit the property his gold mine is located on. Barnaby suspects he has murdered the uncle as well.
Director: Robert Sherman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Bonnie Ebsen
Votes: 65
37.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grover Johnson and his wife Eula have a rural ranch with a big mortgage. Eula wants to leave but no one wants to pay enough to make it worthwhile to sell until a rich Texan says it is what he wants. When Eula is killed, Grover is charged.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 278
38.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain
(1963)
TV-Y7 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Tod looks for a girl who uses a different alias every time he sees her.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Lois Nettleton, Robert Duvall
Votes: 87
39. Deadline (1959–1961)
30 min | Drama
Deadline is a 1959-1961 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Hosted and narrated by Paul Stewart, the syndicated series was produced by ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Stewart, Edward Holmes, Clement Fowler, Sam Gray
Votes: 41
40. Star Tonight (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Dennis Patrick, Doreen Lang, Nancy Coleman, Kathleen Comegys
Votes: 34
41.
Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode:
The 5th Victim
(1971)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
A killer's picking off participants in a poker game one by one, including the attempted murders of Hayes and Curry, to conceal the real target.
Director: Fernando Lamas | Stars: Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, Joseph Campanella, Sharon Acker
Votes: 94
42.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
False Witness
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe, Hoss and Candy drive a herd to Sand Dust. When they go into town to collect their wages, the buyer is robbed and killed with four witnesses to both crimes. When they are put up in the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael D. Moore | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Davey Davison
Votes: 96
43.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Investment Club
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
A businessman tries selling worthless stock to Hazel's friends.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 50
44.
Nichols (1971–1972)
Episode:
Sleight of Hand
(1972)
Western
When Kansas (Bo Hopkins) sees a story in a newspaper about the death of his old friend, Homer the prospector, along with a picture of Nichols wearing only one glove, he tracks him down. ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, Neva Patterson, John Beck
Votes: 22
45.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar/The Last Laurel
(1971)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After years of competition in business, lonely widower Randy Lane recalls better times when he and his wife used to visit a local bar. / Crippled Marius Davis uses astral projection to exact revenge on his wife Susan and her lover.
Directors: Daryl Duke, Don Taylor | Stars: William Windom, Diane Baker, Bert Convy, John Randolph
Votes: 567
46. Route 66 (1960–1964)
TV-Y7 | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, James Brown
Votes: 1,955
47. Nichols (1971–1972)
60 min | Western
In 1914, Nichols, a soldier, sick of killing, returns to his Arizona hometown, and is serving as Sheriff by the Ketcham clan, who run the area. Nichols, who doesn't believe in toting a gun, scoots around via a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, Neva Patterson, John Beck
Votes: 348
48. Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
60 min | Drama
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take cases throughout the U.S. The program dealt with then-taboo subjects.
Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Walter Brooke, John Dehner
Votes: 262
49. Camp Runamuck (1965–1966)
22 min | Comedy
Summer-camp high jinks.
Stars: David Ketchum, Arch Johnson, Dave Madden, Leonard Stone
Votes: 101
50. Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter Paul Marino and his undercover agent Jack Flood infiltrate the mob and report on a different type of crime every week. The results of their investigation are given to the... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Harold J. Stone, Burt Brinckerhoff
Votes: 98