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1. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Votes: 28,890
2.
I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode:
Lucy's Schedule
(1952)
TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Votes: 451
3. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
4.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
Killer Instinct
(1961)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, William Shatner, Joanne Linville
Votes: 46
5.
I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode:
Ricky Asks for a Raise
(1952)
TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Ricky loses his job when he asks for a raise, Lucy comes up with a plan to demonstrate to his boss how important he is.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Votes: 412
6. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,430
7. 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: 499
8. 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: 221
9. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 196
10. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Julie Andrews, Scott Yoo, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 894
11.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree
(1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of rich young men burglarize apartments in their own building, and to cover their tracks, escalate to violence.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Keir Dullea
Votes: 58
12. 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: 111
13. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 152
14. Deadline (1959–1961)
30 min | Drama
Deadline is a 1959-1961 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Hosted and narrated by Paul Stewart, the syndicated series was produced by ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Stewart, Edward Holmes, Clement Fowler, Sam Gray
Votes: 41
15. The Web (1950–1954)
30 min | Drama
Live dramas based on stories by members of the Mystery Writers of America
Stars: John Shellie, Tom Gorman, E.G. Marshall, Audra Lindley
Votes: 57
16. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 185
17. Middle of the Night (1959)
Approved | 118 min | Drama
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Kim Novak, Glenda Farrell, Jan Norris, Lee Grant
Votes: 1,502
18. Queen for a Day (1951)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jack Bailey, Jim Morgan, Fort Pearson, Melanie York
Votes: 61
19. Glamour Boy (1941)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama
Marathon Pictures is stuck with Billy Doran, Whiz Quiz radio show star but a flop in Hollywood. Ex-child star Tiny Barlow suggests that the studio remake "Skippy", the film that made him ... See full summary »
Directors: Ralph Murphy, Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Susanna Foster, Walter Abel, Darryl Hickman
Votes: 37
20.
Deadline (1959–1961)
Episode:
Suspicion of Murder
(1959)
30 min | Drama
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Stewart, Edith Meiser, Jason Evers, Crahan Denton
Votes: 9
21. It Grows on Trees (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans, Richard Crenna
Votes: 367
22. New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Comedy, Drama
Stars: John C. Becher, Charlotte Rae, George Rose, Sada Thompson
Votes: 23
23. Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gene Saks, Steven Hill, Nina Foch, John McGiver
Votes: 50
24.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Summer
(1981)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Musical
The story of a seventeen-year-old girl's early disillusionment with life followed by her accommodation to reality.
Director: Dezsö Magyar | Stars: Diane Lane, John Cullum, Michael Ontkean, Jacqueline Brookes
Votes: 57
25. Go West, Young Lady (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Federal Marshall Tex Miller, and his girl-friend Belinda Pendergast are having problems with the masked bandit 'Pecos Pete.'
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Glenn Ford, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 397
26. Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Ernest Truex
Votes: 36
27.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Reunion in Vienna
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Brian Aherne, Herbert Berghof, Lili Darvas, Tamara Daykarhanova
28.
Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
Episode:
Meet the Wife
(1953)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Murray Matheson, Edith Meiser, Loring Smith
29.
Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
Episode:
October Story
(1951)
60 min | Drama
A chance human interest interview reveals a girl has created a working television that would cost only a few dollars. NBC executives become interested, and a young man is assigned to help her complete plans at her home.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Maurice Burke, Stephen L. Christian, Brenda Ericson, Eugene Fredericks
30.
Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
Episode:
Roman Fever
(1952)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Peter Brandon, Eva Le Gallienne, Edith Meiser
31.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
(1949)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Gage Clarke, Elizabeth Eustis, Hunter Gardner, Ruth Hammond
32.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley
(1952)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Richard Goode | Stars: Roy Baime, Jackie Cooper, Roy Fant, Tom Glazer
33.
Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
Episode:
Daisy, Daisy
(1955)
Comedy, Drama
A minor novelist becomes a literary sensation when he pretends that the flimsy story he wrote in one night as really the diary of a simple Australian girl's first love.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Tom Ewell, Jane Wyatt, Al Checco, Agnes Doyle
34.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
Revolt in Hadley
(1960)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Two-part drama about the different worlds of a young couple who fall in love and decide to marry: Charlie Webb, whose family has never had much money, and Lucy Chalmers, whose mother's side of the family has been rich for many generations.
Stars: Mary Astor, Jack Betts, Mona Freeman, Rita Gam
35.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
The Women of Hadley
(1960)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Two part drama about the different worlds of a young couple who fall in love and decide to marry: Charlie Webb, whose family has never had much money, and Lucy Chalmers, whose mother's side of the family has been rich for many generations.
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Mary Astor, Mona Freeman, Rita Gam, Cedric Hardwicke
36.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
We Must Kill Toni
(1956)
Comedy, Drama
Toni, a beautiful young woman, seems likely to inherit the money that the Oberon brothers need rather badly. What can they do?
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Lisa Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Edith Meiser, Rex O'Malley
37.
The Web (1950–1954)
Episode:
Cave of Chamberey
(1953)
Drama
Director: Herbert Hirschman | Stars: John Emery, Paul Lipson, Edith Meiser, Hildy Parks
38.
New York Television Theatre (1965– )
Episode:
The Club Bedroom
(1966)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Carolyn Coates, Edith Meiser, Ruth White
39.
Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode:
Minds over Manners
(1956)
Drama, History, Music
The program has two segments: (1) "Minds over Manners" (three dramatic sketches showing changes in American manners and customs of 100 years ago, 50 years ago and the present day), and (2) "Sugar Ray Robinson Visits Stillman's Gym" (a championship boxer gives a demonstration).
Directors: Lee Rothberg, Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Alistair Cooke, Charles Baxter, Dulcie Cooper, Hume Cronyn