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1. Talent Scouts (1962–1963)
60 min | Family
Famous guest celebrities introduced young professionals on this talent show.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Jim Backus, Marty Allen, Jack E. Leonard
Votes: 30
2. Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
90 min | Comedy
Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Felisa Vanoff, Carl Reiner
Votes: 368
3. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
4.
Bus Stop (1961–1962)
Episode:
Afternoon of a Cowboy
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Jed Shelby (Steve Cochran), an aging rodeo rider, returns to Sunrise after many years away to try and help his son, Buzz (Dean Stockwell), who is on trial for murdering his girlfriend.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman
Votes: 8
5. 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: 4,242
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. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
8. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 107
9.
Bus Stop (1961–1962)
Episode:
A Lion Walks Among Us
(1961)
60 min | Drama
D.A. Glenn Wagner's wife Sally gives a young drifter a lift into town, but drops him off at the outskirts after he makes a pass at her. He kills the proprietor of a general store, then goes... See full summary »
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Fabian
Votes: 25
10. Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of the Tiki III and crew as they sailed from island to island through the South Pacific, carrying cargo and the odd passenger from one drama to another.
Stars: Gardner McKay, James Holden, Lani Kai, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 403
11. 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: 8,763
12. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy
A comedy-themed variety show, hosted by the popular comedian Red Skelton. It run with no interruption from 1951 to 1971. From 1956 to 1962, the show's head writer was Sherwood Schwartz, who... See full summary »
Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Tom Hansen Dancers
Votes: 1,392
13.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
Bullets for Santa
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Santa is killed in the holiday parade on a float with an aging actress. Then the actress is shot at during the Tournament of Roses parade. Jeff is hired to protect her. There are not many ... See full summary »
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Louis Quinn
Votes: 34
14.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Marilyn Maxwell
(1953)
Family, Game-Show
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 29
15. 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
16.
I've Got a Secret (1952–1967)
Episode:
James Garner
(1962)
TV-G | Family, Game-Show
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Garry Moore, James Garner, Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer
Votes: 6
17.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Pearlie Garnet Story
(1964)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Beautiful but shrewd Pearlie Garnet was forced to leave the wagon train after she was found to be a liar, manipulator, and thief who stole from everyone on the train.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Robert Fuller, John McIntire, Denny Miller, Frank McGrath
Votes: 65
18.
Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954– )
Episode:
Best Foot Forward
(1954)
90 min | Music, Musical
A student convinces a fading movie star to accompany him to his junior prom. The woman is recognized and nearly stripped of all her clothes by students seeking souvenirs. She retreats to a ... See full summary »
Director: Max Liebman | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Robert Cummings, Charlie Applewhite, Pat Carroll
Votes: 8
19. 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
20. The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Guests who have the same name as famous persons, fictional characters, or things, are quizzed by celebrity panelists who try to determine their name.
Stars: Joan Alexander, Robert Q. Lewis, Gene Rayburn, Roger Price
Votes: 98
21.
The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
Episode:
Beautiful Lady
(1964)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Danny reconnects with a tomboy girl named Moose that used to play on his school's baseball team. He now finds himself attracted to her.
Director: Danny Thomas | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 16
22. The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956–1961)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford, the likeable singer, comedian, entertainer received his own variety show sponsored by the Ford Motor Company which gave Ernie the venue to entertain millions... See full summary »
Stars: Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Top Twenty, The Voices of Walter Schumann, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 70
23. The Jimmy Durante Show (1954–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Music
A half-hour variety show, hosted by the veteran vaudevillian Jimmy Durante. The show aired on NBC from October 1954, to June 1956.
Stars: Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano
Votes: 45
24.
Branded (1965–1966)
Episode:
Price of a Name
(1965)
23 min | Western
Lucy Benson wants to hire Jason to help her develop her town, but Jason soon finds he is not wanted there when he's beaten, then later robbed of a large some of money and his horse. He ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Chuck Connors, Marilyn Maxwell, Keith Andes, Don Megowan
Votes: 33
25. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer
Votes: 1,636
26. 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: 589
27. Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1952)
60 min | Family, Comedy, Music
An hour of live variety, in the classic sense of television's Golden Age.
Stars: Sammy Spear and His Orchestra, Jackie Gleason, Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor Dancers
Votes: 64
28. The Frank Sinatra Show (1950–1952)
60 min | Music
The Frank Sinatra Show (also known as Bulova Watch Time) was an American musical variety series hosted by Frank Sinatra from 1950 to 1952.
Stars: Frank Sinatra, June Hutton, Ben Blue, The Whippoorwills
Votes: 45
29. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
30. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
31.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Who Killed Cynthia Royal?
(1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Burke has to search for a missing cat before he can find a killer.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 43
32. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire
Votes: 3,754
33. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
34. Celebrity Bowling (1971–1977)
TV-14 | 30 min | Family, Game-Show, Sport
Exactly what the name implied celebrities participate in a regulation game of bowling.
Stars: Jed Allan, Dave Davis, Cheryl Robinson, Dick Martin
Votes: 154
35. You Don't Say (1963–1975)
TV-G | 30 min | Game-Show
Two teams of two players compete against each other to determine the name of a famous person. One member of the team, who knew the answer, would give clues to his or her teammate.
Stars: Tom Kennedy, John Harlan, Pat Carroll, Betty White
Votes: 48
36. 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
37.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Who Killed the Grand Piano?
(1965)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An exploding piano kills off a famous musician.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 33
38.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Old Flame
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Kitty doubts the veracity of Matt's old friend Dolly Winters, who arrives in Dodge seeking the Marshal's help and claiming to have been robbed, beaten, and jilted by a man named Rad Meadows.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 168
39. Burke's Law (1963–1966)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.
Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 995
40. Branded (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
In the 1880s Jason McCord travels the country trying to prove he's no coward. He needs to do this because the military career of this West point graduate came to an end when he was thrown out of the army after being accused of cowardice.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Chuck Hamilton, William Bryant, John Pickard
Votes: 914
41. 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
42. O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971–1972)
60 min | Drama
James O'Hara of the United States Treasury works in several branches to stop illegal activities such as smuggling contraband, tax evasion, and the like.
Stars: David Janssen, Paul Picerni, Stacy Harris, Joe E. Tata
Votes: 178
43. The Bob Hope Show (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Peter Leeds
Votes: 263
44. 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
45. From Nashville with Music (1969)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Music
In this FICTIONAL film, filled with FICTIONAL people doing FICTIONAL things, Mabel (Marilyn Maxwell) and Arnold (Leo G. Carroll), a couple of sophisticated swells from New York City, are on... See full summary »
Directors: Eddie Crandall, Robert Patrick | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Leo G. Carroll, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Marty Robbins
Votes: 22
46. Champion (1949)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart
Votes: 4,758
47. A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954 TV Movie)
30 min | News
Included on the DVD release of "A Star is Born" (1954), this is a live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Stars: George Fisher, Rosemarie Stack, Paula Raymond, Amanda Blake
Votes: 205
48. The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 1,247
49. New York Confidential (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians make multi-million deals and order murders until the vicious pattern finally catches up to them.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 1,012
50. Bus Stop (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Grace owns the Sunrise, Colorado bus stop. She, waitress Elma, Sheriff Will, and D.A. Glenn watch life through the stories which unfold as passengers enter and leave the small town.
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 105