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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: 93,240
2.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Honor Bright
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Danny Thomas plays an ex-convict who vows to get revenge on the man who almost married his daughter (played by Marlo Thomas) - and helped to cause her death.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Danny Thomas, Ed Nelson, Robert Warwick, Grace Lee Whitney
Votes: 40
3.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.20
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Rodney and Betty get into a serious fight, when Rod is interrupted by the information of Catherine's illness. Michael tells Leslie his wife will die if he won't operate now, but doctor ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 12
4. The Man and the City (1971–1972)
60 min | Drama
Thomas Acala is the longtime mayor of a rapidly growing city in Southwest United States. He handles the constant challenges with the help of his chief aide Andy Hays and secretary Marian Crane.
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Mike Farrell, William Schallert, Mala Powers
Votes: 161
5.
Bret Maverick (1981–1982)
Episode:
Dateline: Sweetwater
(1982)
60 min | Western
Big business tries to takeover the town of Sweetwater.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton
Votes: 32
6.
The Law and Harry McGraw (1987–1988)
Episode:
Maginnis for the People
(1988)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ellie is enlisted by the prosecution in a murder trial while Harry goes to work for the defense attorney who has trouble believing their defendant didn't commit the crime.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Barbara Babcock, Juliana Donald, Shea Farrell
Votes: 9
7.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.25
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
William Kennedy comes to visit Leslie Harrington, while the will of Catherine is being read out loud. There are problems when it appears Martin Peyton, Catherine's father, is included in ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 10
8. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown
Votes: 5,159
9. The Silent Service (1957–1958)
30 min | Action, War
Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy.
Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Eric Morris, Robert Knapp, Ron Foster
Votes: 162
10. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 51
11.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
The Girl from Little Egypt
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A pretty airline stewardess badly injures Kimble in a traffic accident, and in his delirium, he admits who he is and she helps him. In turn, Kimble helps her realize the married man she's dating is not right for her.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: David Janssen, Ed Nelson, Diane Brewster, Pamela Tiffin
Votes: 262
12.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Rivals
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
A rich playboy pays Bret Maverick to switch identities with him, so the playboy can court a wealthy young woman, who'd otherwise reject him.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Roger Moore, Pat Crowley
Votes: 128
13.
Medical Center (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Nowhere Child
(1971)
60 min | Drama
Chad Everett directs and stars in the drama of a marital crisis and its effect on an adopted boy.
Director: Chad Everett | Stars: Chad Everett, James Daly, Ed Nelson, Fay Spain
Votes: 13
14.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
Dead Cold Cash
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
According to the stipulations in a bizarre will, the citizens of North Fork will divide $100,000 if Lucas McCain dies within seven days of Sarah Caruthers. The vicious old woman has hated ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Moder | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joan Taylor
Votes: 112
15. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,335
16. Combat! (1962–1967)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Combat!, a one-hour World War II drama series, followed a front line American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe
Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan
Votes: 3,146
17. Flight (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure
Hosted by well known General George Kenney, the show was an anthology featuring the importance of aviation. Frequently war stories, it also dealt with the practical uses of civilian air as in severe weather conditions.
Stars: George C. Kenney, Joe Flynn, Forrest Compton, John Pickard
Votes: 62
18.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Cheaters
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A man invents a pair of glasses that can see the truth in others and oneself. They lead to a series of suicides, murders, and tragedies for the wearers.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Mildred Dunnock, Harry Townes, Jack Weston
Votes: 330
19.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.21
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
When Eli Carson suffers an angina attack, he is helped by doctor Rossi, who instructs Laura to have Catherine Harrington's autopsy rescheduled. Meanwhile, a depressed Norman Harrington ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 10
20. 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: 11,855
21. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,019
22. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,584
23.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Perce
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ex-con Perce McCall helps to save Matt's life in a shootout, and then falls for a beautiful, but greedy saloon girl who puts him under great pressure to start stealing again.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 254
24.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident of the Painted Lady
(1961)
Not Rated | 52 min | Western
Favor's herd is held for ransom by a town who lost $15,000 to Texas drover Thad Clemens. Favor finds him in a nearby town where it appears he lost the money to lady saloon owner. However, Favor finds the situation is much more complicated.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 104
25.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Wishbone and Rowdy go to town for supplies. Rowdy decides to get a bath and spend the evening on the town. At the saloon the bartenders spike the drinks he and a lady have hoping to break them up. Instead Rowdy wakes up with a bride.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Charles H. Gray
Votes: 103
26.
The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode:
Johnny Yuma at Appomattox
(1960)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Yuma is in a town where the people's failure to accept the war's outcome encourages a boy to seek revenge for his father's death by killing General Grant. To dissuade the boy, Yuma relates a tale of his own struggle with the outcome at Appomattox.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Nick Adams, George Macready, William Bryant, J. Pat O'Malley
Votes: 52
27.
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
28.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
A Good Imagination
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A bookworm uses his good imagination and some storylines from Poe to dispose of his cheating wife's paramours.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Edward Andrews, Patricia Barry, Ed Nelson
Votes: 236
29.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Bleecker Story
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
The Bleecker gang disguised as farmers with several wagons seek Hale's wagon train to join but they actually carry a wagon of weapons and plan to hijack the train and use it and the weapons to rob a nearby fort of gold.
Director: William Witney | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
Votes: 58
30.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Michael Rossi arrives by train in the small New England town of Peyton Place. He is greeted at the station by teenager Rodney Harrington and his girlfriend, Betty Anderson, who drive ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 32
31.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.18
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Eli gets a letter from his son and when he reads it, he looks shocked. Betty visits her mother, who tells Betty she wishes she would've stopped her from marrying Rodney. Meanwhile, Eli ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 8
32.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.19
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Catherine is in a lot of pain and when Laura said she has called doctor Rossi, she demands to be treated by only doctor Morton. Michael comes over anyway and he knows the disease Catherine ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 12
33.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.23
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Leslie tells Betty to not make a big deal out of her future divorce with Rodney, but she tells him she isn't planning on divorcing his son. He then goes to her parents George and Julie to ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 9
34.
Peyton Place (1964–1969)
Episode:
Episode #1.31
(1964)
30 min | Drama, Romance
It's now winter and Allison tells her mother she doesn't think Elliot Carson has murdered his wife. When Betty visits Julie at the MacKenzie house, Julie tells her she is going to leave ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Warner Anderson, Ed Nelson, Mia Farrow
Votes: 11
35. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,886
36. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp
Votes: 9,310
37. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,661
38. Tightrope (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Connors played an unnamed police undercover Agent who infiltrated organized crime to expose the leaders and their plots. His name changed with each episode in order to protect him.
Stars: Mike Connors, Jesse White, Ted de Corsia, Lewis Charles
Votes: 157
39. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell
Votes: 196
40. The Dave Allen Show (1968– )
Comedy, Music
Dave Allen was the grand master of Irish/English humour. His tonight show, Dave Allen at large, was a top rating TV show from 1971-1979.
Stars: Dave Allen, The George Mitchell Singers, Mavis Ascott, Richard Garner
Votes: 94
41.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Eyes of the Hunter
(1964)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
A soldier is assigned to guide Sgt. Saunder's squad to a hidden German artillery post, because he knows where they are located. Saunders is warned to keep a close watch on the soldier, but he doesn't know the reason why.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Ed Nelson, Jack Hogan
Votes: 94
42.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Pack Rat and the Prima Donna
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Kildare is assigned to work with the highly frugal, penny-pinching veteran central supply nurse to clean out obsolete equipment. But the nurse doesn't think most of the equipment in the "... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Celeste Holm, Ed Nelson
Votes: 12
43.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Run Scared
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young runaway named Peggy is working as part of a mime act in a department store window with her boyfriend, a small time criminal named Jamie. While she is performing she witnesses a ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 39
44.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
Bitter Glory
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A test of friendship is brought to the forefront when Jess learns that an old friend has stolen an Army payroll. He is asked by Major Stanton to find and return veteran Sgt. Billy Jacobs who has gone AWOL but once saved Jess' life.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Dianne Foster, Dick Foran
Votes: 85
45.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ex-jock Ward Nichols works at Health House and is engaged to Casey Daniels whose guardian Bernard Daniels owns it and is a stickler. Fellow employee Veronica Temple is blackmailing Ward. Bernard is murdered and Ward is blamed.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 288
46.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
First Wages
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
Mark gets a job at the livery stable in North Fork. Lucas is concerned that Mark will not get his home chores done on time.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Ed Nelson
Votes: 106
47.
The Silent Service (1957–1958)
Episode:
Cargo for Crevalle
(1957)
30 min | Action, War
The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Craig Stevens, Jim Davis, Robert Foulk
Votes: 12
48.
The Silent Service (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Sandshark Story
(1958)
30 min | Action, War
American submarine is sent to rescue missionaries from Japanese held island, but one does not want to leave.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Walter Brooke, James Drury, Ed Nelson
Votes: 8
49.
Tombstone Territory (1957–1960)
Episode:
Surrender at Sunglow
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
When the sheriff of Sunglow is murdered by Harvey Logan and his gang, the town finds itself under siege. Sheriff Hollister and Harris Claibourne ride out to bring the gang to justice and restore law and order.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, John Doucette, Cathy Downs
Votes: 44
50.
Vega$ (1978–1981)
Episode:
Out of Sight
(1981)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two men grab Dan out of his place and take him to the desert where they try to kill him but Dan tries to get away but is shot. When Dan is found and taken to the hospital. When he wakes up,... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Robert Urich, Greg Morris, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis
Votes: 43