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1.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret gets ripped off by a small-town banker, and summons his friend and allies to con the man while he sits out the con, whittling on a hotel porch.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Regis Toomey, Karl Swenson
Votes: 270
2.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Gun-Shy
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret, seeking buried Confederate treasure in Elwood, Kansas, keeps running afoul of U.S. Marshal Mort Dooley. The marshal keeps running Bret out of town. Bret, in turn, keeps outwitting the lawman.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Andra Martin, Ben Gage, Walker Edmiston
Votes: 260
3.
Bret Maverick (1981–1982)
Episode:
The Hidalgo Thing
(1982)
49 min | Western
When his partner Tom Guthrie is trying to get his sheriff's job back and hopes that Bret will keep quiet, Bret is busy with the biggest con of his life. Bret's brother Bart shows up.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton
Votes: 39
4.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Saga of Waco Williams
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret partners up with a man he met on the trail, Waco Williams. Waco, much to Bret's disgust, is too good to be true.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, R.G. Armstrong, Louise Fletcher, Brad Johnson
Votes: 180
5. 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
6.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode:
Solomon's Choice
(1972)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Welby's niece/god-child has a difficult pregnancy.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Lee Purcell
Votes: 18
7.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Maverick Springs
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
In an effort to save her brother from the clutches of a scheming Melanie Blake, a wealthy rancher blackmails Bret into playing the role of a wealthy Texan to seduce Melanie into giving up ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Kathleen Crowley, King Donovan
Votes: 121
8. Wide Wide World (1955–1958)
90 min | Documentary
Using 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. ... See full summary »
Stars: Dave Garroway, Gary Cooper, Ira Hayes, Maria Tallchief
Votes: 23
9.
Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode:
Night of the Red Dog
(1971)
Not Rated | 60 min | Western
After meeting an old miner, he gives the guys and four other men a map to his mine. All goes well with the mining until an unexpected blizzard snows them all inside their cabin for the winter, and somebody steals Heyes' and Curry's gold.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, Jack Kelly, Joe Flynn
Votes: 99
10.
Kings Row (1955–1956)
Episode:
Carnival
(1956)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Jack Kelly, Sydney Chaplin, Margaret Field, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 6
11.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Three Queens Full
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Moose and Small Paul Wheelwright? The Subrosa Ranch? Hilarious "Bonanza" parody with Bart squirming in the middle between three naive, pa-whipped brothers and their worldly mail-order ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Kelly, Merry Anders, Kasey Rogers, Allyson Ames
Votes: 84
12. 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
13. 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: 52
14.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Hadley's Hunters
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
A vainglorious sheriff gives Bart five days to track down a supposed stagecoach robber, Cherokee Dan Evans. Evans is innocent, and Bart has to figure out a way to avoid the bounty on his head if he fails.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Jack Kelly, Edgar Buchanan, Robert J. Wilke, Andra Martin
Votes: 100
15.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Pappy
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret and Bart travel home to find out why their father, Pappy, is marrying a much younger woman.
Director: Montgomery Pittman | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Adam West, Troy Donahue
Votes: 162
16.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Art Lovers
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Mona Lisa rescues Bart from being an indentured servant, after Bart loses a high stakes poker game between nouveau riche art collectors. Oily backer Roger (Jack Cassidy) brought Bart into ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, James Westerfield, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 63
17.
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: 129
18.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965–1967)
Episode:
Remember Lake Serene
(1967)
30 min | Comedy, Family
A bachelor friend of Jim and Herb, convinces them to come with him on a male only camping/fishing trip. Joan and Marge however have a surprise in store for them.
Director: Don Appell | Stars: Pat Crowley, Mark Miller, Kim Tyler, Brian Nash
Votes: 8
19. Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Family
The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.
Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Tom Reese, John Hillerman
Votes: 1,563
20. 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
21. When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Western
This special, hosted by Glenn Ford and set in a western saloon, served as a reunion for many of the people who played in popular western series and films over the years, including cast ... See full summary »
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Rex Allen, Michael Ansara, Joe Bowman, Neville Brand
Votes: 57
22.
The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode:
The Doctor from Dodge
(1967)
PG | 60 min | Western
A dentist rescues Blue from Apaches and bandits. With no money to be made at the ranch, he decides to go after the bandits who have a $1000 bounty on them. When the bandits kidnap him and Blue, he tries to take advantage of it.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow
Votes: 107
23.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
A Tale of Three Cities
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart has to pose as a repentant gambler as part of a scheme to recover $2,000 for an attractive woman - who initially robbed him at gunpoint.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Jack Kelly, Pat Crowley, Ben Gage, Ed Kemmer
Votes: 98
24.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Game of Chance
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
A strand of pearls appraised at $40,000 leads Bart to loan $10,000 to the owner. When they skip town leaving him with a strand that's worthless, he enlists Bret to help him get his money back - for a fee, of course.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Marcel Dalio, Roxane Berard
Votes: 99
25.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Holiday at Hollow Rock
(1958)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Bret attends the annual 4th of July horse race in Hollow Rock, WY. He learns the two top contenders have strong reasons for winning which may involve Bret more than just his desire to make a sure bet.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: James Garner, William Reynolds, Saundra Edwards, Tod Griffin
Votes: 110
26.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Fenton Canaby Story
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Canaby, who is unjustly reputed to have led a wagon train to disaster in the desert, becomes unexpectedly part of Hale's train as Hale has some of the same problems Canaby had and the train carries a widow wanting revenge against Canaby.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Robert Fuller, John McIntire, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
Votes: 62
27. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
28. Sally (1957–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Salesgirl, Sally Truesdale becomes traveling companion to a wealthy matron.
Stars: Joan Caulfield, Marion Lorne, Arte Johnson, Gale Gordon
Votes: 23
29. Strange Stories (1956)
30 min
Stars: Edward Arnold, Marguerite Chapman, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington
Votes: 17
30.
Kings Row (1955–1956)
Episode:
Wedding Gift
(1955)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Jack Kelly, Natalie Wood
Votes: 8
31.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Black Fire
(1958)
TV-G | 49 min | Western
Bret is played to play stand-in at a family party, and then the guests start dying one by one.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Hans Conried, Will Wright, Theona Bryant
Votes: 133
32.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Seed of Deception
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart and Bret ride into a town and the townspeople mistake them for Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. Problems arise when when a group of outlaws make the same mistake as the townspeople.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Adele Mara, Joi Lansing
Votes: 140
33.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Belcastle Brand
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret is taken in by Englishmen "roughing it" in Wyoming, and has to lead them out of the desert when they become stranded.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Garner, Reginald Owen, Joan Elan, Seymour Green
Votes: 135
34.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Sheriff of Duck 'n' Shoot
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret gets coralled into serving out jail time as a wild-and-woolly Western town's sheriff, and does a surprisingly good job of it - until he ends up imprisoned in his own jail.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Peggy McCay, Chubby Johnson
Votes: 116
35.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Two Beggars on Horseback
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
The Maverick brothers race against time, and each other, to cash bank drafts before one company office learns that the main office has gone under.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Patricia Barry, Ray Teal
Votes: 121
36. 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: 10,910
37. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 98
38.
B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode:
Detective Finger, I Presume
(1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
Cindy and Stacks go undercover at a gymnasium linked to a series of baffling burglaries, most recently one that netted a $400,000 painting entrusted to Bear Enterprises. Detective Finger, a... See full summary »
Director: Gil Bettman | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills
Votes: 11
39.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
Double Jeopardy
(1965)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A jet-setting private eye is trying to find out what happened to a missing millionaire, a task made difficult by the millionaire's wife. For some reason, she doesn't want him to question her identical twin sister.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Jack Kelly, Fay Wray, Nobu McCarthy
Votes: 33
40.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Burial Ground of the Gods
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart trails a thief to the Wyoming badlands where the man is leading a woman and her fiancé to where he claims to have seen her supposedly dead husband. In order to regain his money, Bart ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Jack Kelly, Nancy Gates, Robert Lowery, Claude Akins
Votes: 94
41.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Last Wire from Stop Gap
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Beau & Bart fight to escape a black hole - where money and people enter, but can't leave! The cousins have to sleep sitting up in Stop Gap's only watering hole, after saving from robbers ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Jack Kelly, Roger Moore, Olive Sturgess, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 79
42.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Marshal Maverick
(1962)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Abilene's marshal is bumped off and Bart kills the murderer. But instead of thanks, he's threatened with jail for vagrancy unless he becomes marshal. At least it's only a temp job, because ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Jack Kelly, John Dehner, Peter Breck, Gail Kobe
Votes: 65
43.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Royal Four Flush
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart befriends a rich farmer who is targeted for marriage by a conwoman that Bart knows.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jack Kelly, Roxane Berard, David Frankham, Arch Johnson
Votes: 98
44.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Burning Sky
(1958)
TV-G | 49 min | Western
Travelling across the Arizona desert, the stagecoach conveying Bart Maverick and his companions is attacked by what appear to be Apache Indians. The passengers manage to reach the ruins of ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jack Kelly, Gerald Mohr, Joanna Barnes, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 107
45.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Devil's Necklace: Part 1
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
At a remote army post, a troop of soldiers find Bart to be the only survivor of a massacre. Bart tells them the story: how he sensed he could make some money by purchasing a wagonload of ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Jack Kelly, Sharon Hugueny, John Dehner, John Hoyt
Votes: 69
46.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Ice Man
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart Maverick finds a body encased in ice, but the body raises more troubles than just the usual who-dunit.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Jack Kelly, Andrew Duggan, Shirley Knight, Bruce Gordon
Votes: 63
47.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Maverick Line
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
In Bret's last episode, the Maverick brothers (Bret and Bart) find themselves the heirs to a stagecoach line. Thinking they have struck it rich, they find instead that the stagecoach line ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Will Wright, Charles Fredericks
Votes: 99
48.
McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode:
This Must Be the Alamo
(1974)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Van Johnson
Votes: 79
49.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Inquiry
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When Howard is accused of stealing money during a combined OSS and resistance mission during WWII by an inimical senator at an appointment hearing, he proceeds to contact those involved in the mission to determine who took the money.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Gene Barry, Barry Sullivan, Jack Kelly, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 24
50. 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: 8,786