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1. 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
2. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,173
3.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
The Benefactor
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The Prestons defend a doctor arrested by the police for performing illegal abortions.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Robert F. Simon, Judson Laire
Votes: 38
4. The Defenders (1961–1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis
Votes: 503
5. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
6.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
A Young Lady of Property
(1953)
Drama
Wilma a 15-year-old girl has dreams of becoming a movie star but after her mother's death she is sent to live with her aunt, her father is too weak and unreliable. She wishes to be back at her home with her father.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Kim Stanley, Robert Donley, Margaret Barker
Votes: 10
7. The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.
Stars: Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Donald May, Joel Crothers
Votes: 469
8. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 113
9. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
10. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 330
11. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
12. Danger (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
Stars: Dick Stark, Edward Binns, Richard Kiley, Joseph Anthony
Votes: 102
13. The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
60 min | Drama
The story takes place in a large hospital and revolves around two nurses, Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway), the older head nurse, and Gail Lucas, the naive student nurse. The two nurses were ... See full summary »
Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Michael Tolan, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 113
14. ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
51 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A weekly anthology of one-hour plays, both original and adapted from literary sources.
Stars: Lee Grant, Arthur Kennedy, The Doodletown Pipers, Diahann Carroll
Votes: 110
15. Ponds Theater (1953– )
60 min | Drama
Stars: Valerie Cossart, Harry Townes, Mildred Dunnock, Carmen Mathews
Votes: 52
16.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
Evening Primrose
(1966)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Charmian Carr
Votes: 288
17.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
In the summer of 1931, three young idealists, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, were inspired by a passionate dream of transforming the American theater.
Director: David Heeley | Stars: Stella Adler, Margaret Barker, Phoebe Brand, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 92
18. The Doctors (1963–1982)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Matt Powers is chief of Hope Memorial Hospital in the city of Madison, and he cares about the lives of staff and patients.
Stars: James Pritchett, David O'Brien, Lydia Bruce, Elizabeth Hubbard
Votes: 249
19. Another World (1964–1999)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
The life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles.
Stars: Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Hugh Marlowe, Linda Dano
Votes: 1,148
20. Lost Boundaries (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school, Scott Carter, a fair-skinned African American, marries Marsha Mitchell and moves ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas Rubes, Robert A. Dunn
Votes: 496
21. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 433
22. For Richer, for Poorer (1977–1978)
A serial focusing on the relationship between the Saxtons, a struggling Chicago family, and the affluent Cushings, who live in the suburbs.
Stars: Rod Arrants, Richard Backus, Ron Randell, Margaret Barker
Votes: 23
23. Lethal Innocence (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Three women (Blair Brown, Brenda Fricker, Teresa Wright) lead a Vermont town's adoption of a Cambodian family, refugees from the Khmer Rouge.
Director: Helen Whitney | Stars: Margaret Barker, David Strathairn, Blair Brown, Kevin Coleman
Votes: 19
24. The Big Story (1949–1959)
30 min | Drama
Based on a popular radio series, each show tells a different reporter's Big Story, a true story selected from newspapers across the United States. Comments from the actual reporter open and... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Sloane, Ernest Chappell, Ben Grauer, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 59
25.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Hat with the Roses
(1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Gisele MacKenzie, Betty Lou Keim, Betty Garde
Votes: 10
26. Look Up and Live (1954–1979)
30 min | Documentary, Drama, Musical
A non-denominational Sunday morning religious show that covered issues from multiple perspectives.
Stars: Ed Summerlin, Edward Mulhare, William Hamilton, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 36
27. Power (1986)
R | 111 min | Drama
After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw
Votes: 3,382 | Gross: $3.80M
28. The Secret Storm (1954–1974)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Tells the story of the long-suffering Ames family and their seemingly endless domestic tragedies.
Stars: Jada Rowland, Peter Hobbs, Lori March, Bibi Besch
Votes: 272
29. Fathers & Sons (1992)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A father/widower and a teenage son live in a seaside town with a serial killer. The son starts hanging out with girls and drug dealers.
Director: Paul Mones | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Famke Janssen, Mitchell Marchand
Votes: 891
30. The Stranger (1954– )
30 min
The Stranger was a mysterious man who would appear at the moment some distressed person needed assistance.
Stars: Robert Carroll, Donald Briggs, Nehemiah Persoff, Edward Binns
32.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
A Simple Heart
(1961)
Drama
A dramatization of Gustave Flaubert's short story about a servant girl of peasant background, named Felicite, who works as a maid dedicating her life to her sick, thoughtless, widowed mistress.
Director: John J. Desmond | Stars: Margaret Barker, K.C. Ligon, James Macandrew, Doris Rich
33.
Danger (1950–1955)
Episode:
Love Comes to Miss Lucy
(1951)
Drama
The story of a spinster whose search for belated love brought death.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Margaret Barker, Carmen Mathews, Maria Riva, Dick Stark
34.
Danger (1950–1955)
Episode:
Sredni Vashtar
(1954)
Drama
A child used a fierce animal to overcome restrictions of a domineering relative.
Stars: Dick Stark, Margaret Barker, Lauren Gilbert, Mary Perry
35.
The Doctors (1963–1982)
Episode:
The Heart-Broken Husband
(1963)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Margaret Barker, Jock Gaynor, Bob O'Connell, Wendy Winters
36.
Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
Episode:
Three Letters
(1952)
Drama
Director: Gordon Duff | Stars: Edward Andrews, Margaret Barker, Orson Bean, Walter Brooke
37.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
The Atherton Boy
(1954)
60 min | Drama
The lifeguard at an exclusive resort realizes that, come fall, he will lose his connection to the rich upper class. He has no desire to leave their world so he conspires to marry a wealthy ... See full summary »
Stars: Louise Allbritton, Margaret Barker, Katherine Emmet, Marjorie Gateson
38.
Ponds Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Dark Victory
(1954)
60 min | Drama
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether she'll meet her final days with dignity.
Stars: Margaret Barker, Leora Dana, Ann Dere, Duane McKinney
39.
Look Up and Live (1954–1979)
Episode:
The Journal of Vera Grey
Documentary, Drama, Musical
Stars: Margaret Barker, Stephen Brooks, Sarah Cunningham, Jackie Jones
40.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
For the Mice and the Rabbits
(1964)
60 min | Drama
Doctors resort to an experimental drug known as "LT" to treat a young man suffering from chronic nephritis. When Nurse Bruno discovers severe and deadly side effects have occurred in others... See full summary »
Director: David Greene | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Margaret Barker, Geraldine Fitzgerald
41.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
Nurse Is a Feminine Noun
(1964)
60 min | Drama
After two decades of service, Elihu Kaminsky, an Army medical corpsman, changes careers by becoming a male nurse at Alden General. Although his skill and performance are excellent, Kaminsky... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Margaret Barker, Olga Bellin
42.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
Strike
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Demand for better wages creates a tense scenario at Alden General. After a delegation of nurses appeal to the hospital administrator and are denied, union maintenance employees decide to go... See full summary »
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Val Avery, Margaret Barker
43.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Heart Song
(1955)
60 min | Drama
He used to be a Hollywood bigwig but now Jonah Silver is a casting director at a small studio. A young woman seeking a job pays him a visit.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Margaret Barker, Betty Furness, Phyllis Kirk, Edmon Ryan
44.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Pigeons and People
(1955)
60 min | Drama
A man named Parker prefers the companionship of the pigeons in the park to that of the human race. One day, as he sits feeding his friends, Parker is approached by a gentleman who wishes to rehabilitate him.
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Edward Andrews, Margaret Barker, Gage Clarke, Betty Furness
45.
You Are There (1953–1972)
Episode:
The Plot Against King Solomon (965 B.C.)
(1954)
Drama, History
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Margaret Barker, Martin E. Brooks, Lou Cioffi, Walter Cronkite
46.
Look Up and Live (1954–1979)
Episode:
The Misunderstanding
(1962)
Documentary, Drama, Musical
Director: Bruce Minnix | Stars: William Hamilton, Margaret Barker, Nancy Franklin, David O'Brien
47.
For Richer, for Poorer (1977–1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.89
(1977)
Not Rated
Stars: Rod Arrants, Richard Backus, Margaret Barker, Christine Jones
48.
For Richer, for Poorer (1977–1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.302
(1978)
Not Rated
Directors: Jack Hofsiss, Barnet Kellman | Stars: Rod Arrants, Margaret Barker, Julia MacKenzie, Ron Randell
49.
The Stranger (1954– )
Episode:
The Voice from Beyond
(1955)
Director: David Lowe | Stars: Margaret Barker, Robert Carroll, Perry Fiske, Dorothy Jolliffe
50.
The Stranger (1954– )
Episode:
The Girl with the Pink Parasol
(1954)
Director: Frank Telford | Stars: Margaret Barker, Robert Carroll, Tommy Halloran, Lois Nettleton