With DuMont Television Network (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Goldbergs (1949–1957)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy-drama about a Jewish-American family living in New York City.
Stars: Gertrude Berg, Arlene McQuade, Eli Mintz, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 195
2. Flash Gordon (1954–1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Space hero Flash Gordon and his crew of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation patrol space, battling space monsters, power-mad alien dictators and other threats to the stability of the universe.
Stars: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, Joseph Nash, Henry Beckman
Votes: 274
3. This Is the Life (1952–1988)
30 min | Drama, Family
Long-running religious series featuring dramatizations of contemporary problems and how they were resolved using a Christian solution.
Stars: Nelson Leigh, Kathy Garver, Forrest Taylor, Nan Boardman
Votes: 66
4. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950–1955)
15 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.
Stars: Frankie Thomas, Al Markim, Jan Merlin, Jack Grimes
Votes: 104
5. Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
"Guardian of the Safety of the World", private citizen-scientist Captain Video, assisted by his teenage helper The Ranger and an army of Video Rangers, preserves the peace in the far-off ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Hastings, Al Hodge, Hal Conklin, Ben Lackland
Votes: 118
6. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Musical
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
Directors: Andrew L. Stone, Friz Freleng | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 625
7. Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour (1948–1970)
TV-G | Comedy, Family, Music
A direct descendant of radio's "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour" (1934-1946), hosted by Major Edward Bowes until his death. After a one-year hiatus, Ted Mack, who had directed Bowes' ... See full summary »
Stars: Ted Mack, Pat Boone, Barney Ross, Jerry Vale
Votes: 51
8. 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: 56
9. Man Against Crime (1949–1954)
30 min | Action, Drama, Crime
Mike Barnett is the title character, a bright and tough private detective in New York. This very violent show was broadcast live until 1952.
Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Nita Talbot, Henry Lascoe, Jack Warden
Votes: 98
10. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 234
11. Terry and the Pirates (1952–1953)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Colonel Terry Lee travels to the orient in search of a gold mine left to him by his grandfather. While searching, he is a pilot employed by a "no questions asked" airline run by Chopstick ... See full summary »
Stars: John Baer, Jack Reitzen, Gloria Saunders, William Tracy
Votes: 77
12. The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ellery Queen was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual rather than ... See full summary »
Stars: Florenz Ames, Lee Bowman, Rex Marshall, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 57
13. You Asked for It (1950–1959)
30 min | Family
This show responded to requests from the viewer, e.g., a look into the vaults at Fort Knox, showing $1 million dollars in $1 bills, etc.
Stars: Art Baker, Jack Smith, Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 68
14. Hideout in the Alps (1936)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail, vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang, he keeps his word, only to find his nephew is in the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ronald Squire, Jane Baxter, Anthony Bushell, Arthur Macrae
Votes: 161
15. 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: 95
16. Mary Kay and Johnny (1947–1950)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures and misadventures of the strait-laced bank employee Johnny Stearns and his zany wife Mary Kay.
Stars: Mary Kay Stearns, John Stearns, Nydia Westman, Howard Fischer
Votes: 49
17. Life Is Worth Living (1952–1965)
30 min | Family, Talk-Show
The show featured Most Reverent Fulton J. Sheen, the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of New York City, offering anecdotes and moral lessons. Many of the talks were about the evils of the Communist form of government.
Stars: Fulton J. Sheen, Don Russell
Votes: 92
18. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Unrated | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr
Votes: 665
19. The Morey Amsterdam Show (1948–1950)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The show had two venues. In December 1948 to March 1949, Morey Amsterdam was the emcee at a small fictional nightclub in New York City's Times Square. Charlie the Doorman (later Newton the ... See full summary »
Stars: Morey Amsterdam, Art Carney, Johnny Guarnieri, Don Russell
Votes: 39
20. Rocky King, Detective (1950–1954)
30 min | Action, Drama, Crime
At the end of each show, Rocky King (Roscoe Karns) calls his wife, Mabel, and says, "Case is closed Mabel, I'm coming home".
Stars: Roscoe Karns, Todd Karns, Grace Carney, Earl Hammond
Votes: 65
21. A Christmas Carol (1947 TV Movie)
Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge ... See full summary »
Director: James Caddigan | Stars: Somar Alberg, David Carradine, John Carradine, Sam Fertig
Votes: 69
22. Johnny Jupiter (1953–1954)
30 min | Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Ernest P. Duckweather, a general-store clerk, invents an interplanetary television set, thus developing a friendship with a puppet named Johnny Jupiter.
Stars: Wright King, Gilbert Mack, Cliff Hall, Pat Peardon
Votes: 45
23. Front Page Detective (1951–1953)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
Stars: Edmund Lowe, Paula Drew, George Pembroke, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 44
24. Life Begins at Eighty (1950–1956)
30 min
A panel discussion program, in which the panelists were all elderly.
Stars: Jack Barry, Georgiana Carhart, Fred Stein, Fred Cox
25. Hands of Mystery (1949–1952)
30 min | Drama, Mystery, Musical
Hands of Murder (also known as Hands of Mystery and Hands of Destiny) was an American mystery/anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network.; seen on Friday nights.
Stars: Stephen Elliott, Ruth White, Hugh Franklin, Edward Andrews
Votes: 16
26. Public Prosecutor (1947–1951)
20 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A film noir drama-dey cop & crime show, Public Prosecutor was created for one major networks but they gave up on the series and another early TV network called DuMont picked it up.
Stars: John Howard, Anne Gwynne, Walter Sande, Bernadene Hayes
Votes: 23
27. The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952– )
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A filmed half-hour detective series, nine episodes of which were originally produced in 1949 by CBS but never aired on that network. DuMont bought the films and produced four more episodes ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Haggerty, Patricia Morison, Theodore von Eltz, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 24
28. Rebound (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
A dramatic anthology series, one of many on television at the time. Lee Marvin made his television debut on this program.
Stars: John Doucette, Ned Glass, Elisabeth Fraser, Russ Conway
Votes: 18
29. The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong (1951– )
30 min | Adventure, Mystery
Madame Liu-Tsong owned an art gallery, from which adventure and mystery emanated.
Stars: Anna May Wong, Winifred Cushing, Natalie Priest, Ralph Stanley
30. Gruen Guild Theater (1951–1953)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, Bonita Granville, Ludwig Donath
Votes: 30
31. Faraway Hill (1946– )
30 min | Drama
Newly widowed New Yorker Karen St. John moves to a rural town to be close to her relatives. There she falls for a man who was adopted by her relatives when he was a boy. But, he's already ... See full summary »
Stars: Flora Campbell, Phyllis Coates, Eve McVeagh, Mel Brandt
Votes: 15
32. The Magic Cottage (1949–1955)
A well-received children's series that was broadcast live from New York City.
Stars: Pat Meikle, Don Hastings, Ruth White, Martin Balsam
Votes: 23
33. The Bigelow Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama, Family
A live CBS half-hour dramatic anthology series, but on two networks in its second season (as "Bigelow-Sanford Theater"); Sunday evenings over CBS and Thursday evenings over DuMont.
Stars: Don DeFore, William Frawley, Jeffrey Silver, Gale Storm
Votes: 53
34. Monodrama Theater (1952– )
Drama
This was really basic television, yet effective in its own way. Actors performed or read their lines (usually monologues) before a black curtain, accentuated by recorded music cues. (The concept is called "readers' theater".)
Stars: Jack Manning, Ann Thomas, Jan Sherwood, Stephen Elliott
35. The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953–1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
This innovative half-hour science-fiction anthology aired live each Saturday morning. Captain Video (Al Hodge) was the catalyst that brought science-fiction and reality together in a ... See full summary »
Stars: Al Hodge, Don Hastings, Grant Sullivan, Werner Klemperer
Votes: 15
36. The Arthur Murray Party (1950–1960)
30 min | Family, Music
Ballroom dancing, plus comedy, songs and dance contests on one of the few programs to air over all four major commercial networks. ABC premiered it on July 20, 1950 and it closed on NBC on ... See full summary »
Stars: William H. Vaux, Kathryn Murray, Arthur Murray, Ray Carter Orchestra
Votes: 26
37. The Paul Dixon Show (1951– )
60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Local talk and variety show that ABC picked up for only one season. It was picked up again a couple of years later by DuMont. Continued locally for another 23 years. Some of the regulars ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Dixon, Dottie Mack, Wanda Lewis, Sis Camp
Votes: 9
38. The Admiral Broadway Revue (1949– )
60 min | Comedy, Music
A comedy/variety show featuring the early performances of Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
Votes: 21
39. Small Fry Club (1947–1951)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
This genteel children's show aimed at pre-schoolers encouraged good behavior among its viewers. Skits were performed by a group of in-studio characters (actors in animal costumes).
Stars: Bob Emery, Howard J. Schuman
Votes: 14
40. Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Colonel Humphrey Flack is the consummate con-man, swindling swindlers at every opportunity.
Stars: Alan Mowbray, Frank Jenks, Eliot Sharfe, Boris Aplon
Votes: 30
41. The Plainclothesman (1949–1954)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crime program, with a twist - The Lieutenant (Ken Lynch) was never seen on camera, as the program used the subjective first-person camera technique as did the 1947 film "Lady in the Lake".
Stars: Ken Lynch, Jack Orrison, Jack Davis, William Mendrek
Votes: 13
42. The Hazel Scott Show (1950– )
15 min | Music
A music series with pianist Hazel Scott.
Stars: Hazel Scott, Gloria Lucas, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Votes: 10
43. Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers (1951– )
30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Major was an American secret agent, posing as a pilot for the Flying Tigers airline.
Stars: Ed Peck, Eric Fleming, Joseph Graham, Luis Van Rooten
44. Old American Barn Dance (1953– )
30 min | Comedy, Music
A country-and-western music show.
Stars: Bill Bailey, Bob Shreve, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pee Wee King
45. Shadow of the Cloak (1951–1952)
30 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Peter House was an agent for International Security Intelligence in this live spy series.
Stars: Helmut Dantine, Judson Pratt, William Kemp, John Shay
46. Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956– )
30 min | Drama
Ethel Barrymore Theatre was an anthology television series hosted by Ethel Barrymore.
Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Jeff Donnell, Anthony Caruso, Harry Strang
Votes: 15
47. The Al Morgan Show (1949–1951)
30 min | Family, Music
Pianist-songwriter Al Morgan offered a half-hour of music.
Stars: Al Morgan, Billy Chandler, Lenny Collyer
48. Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Directors: Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, William A. Wellman, Bud Yorkin | Stars: Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Benchley, Walter Brennan
Votes: 55
49. Steve Randall (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
Steve Randall, a private detective, is a disbarred lawyer who turned to detective work in the hope that he can become a lawyer again. He investigates murder and blackmail crimes and, in the last episode, is again admitted to the bar.
Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Olive Deering, Neil Fitzgerald, Fred Irving Lewis
Votes: 9
50. 20 Questions (1949– )
30 min | Family, Game-Show
A television version of the radio quiz show "Twenty Questions". Panelists had to guess in twenty questions the identity of an item selected by the audience members. The television show ... See full summary »
Stars: Fred Van Deventer, John McPhee, Florence Rinard, Herbert Polesie
Votes: 13