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Popular TV shows from the 50s & 60s
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  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
    United States - 1955
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    TV Series (1955-1965). 10 seasons. 363 episodes. Running time: 30 minutes (seasons 1-7); 60 minutes (seasons 8-10). Broadcast: CBS (1955-1964) - NBC (1964-1965). Alfred ...
  • Bonanza (TV Series)
    United States - 1959
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    TV Series (1959-1973). 14 Seasons. 430 Episodes. Western / Nevada, in the 1860s. Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Hoss and Joe life in a large ranch - The Ponderosa.
  • The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
    United States - 1959
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    Rod Serling (Creator) ...
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    TV series (1959-1964). 5 Seasons. 156 Episodes. Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually ...
  • Adventures of Superman (TV Series)
    United States - 1952
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    TV Series (1952-1958). 6 Seasons. 104 Episodes. Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil ...
  • The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV Series)
    United States - 1957
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    TV Seasons (1940-1972). 6 Seasons. 54 Episodes. Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic acorn woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short ...
  • The Untouchables (TV Series)
    United States - 1959
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    TV Series (1959-1963). 4 Seasons. 119 Episodes. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
  • The Lone Ranger (TV Series)
    United States - 1949
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    George W. Trendle (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1949-1957). 5 Seasons. 221 Episodes. The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by Fran Striker. The ...
  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series)
    United States - 1954
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    TV Series (1954-1959). 5 Seasons. 164 Episodes. Rust was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache AZ and helped ...
  • All in the Family (TV Series)
    United States - 1971
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    Norman Lear (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1971-1979). 9 Seasons. 208 Episodes. Archie Bunker, was a working-class family man who held bigoted, conservative views of the world. His viewpoints clash with ...
  • Zorro (TV Series)
    United States - 1957
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    TV Series (1957-1959). 3 Seasons. 82 Episodes. The only son of Don Alejandro returns to 1820s California to fight the corrupt local military. He plays the foppish dandy ...
  • I Love Lucy (TV Series)
    United States - 1951
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    TV Series (1951-1957). 6 Seasons. 181 Episodes. A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest ...
  • Perry Mason (TV Series)
    United States - 1957
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    Erle Stanley Gardner (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1957-1966). 9 Seasons. 271 Episodes. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his ...
  • Rawhide (TV Series)
    United States - 1959
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    TV Series (1959-1965). 8 Seasons. 217 Episodes. Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
  • The Huckleberry Hound Show (TV Series)
    United States - 1958
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    TV Series (1958-1961). 4 Seasons. 69 Episodes. Hanna-Barbera's second series, made specifically for television, The Huckleberry Hound Show was a 1958 syndicated animated ...
  • Lassie (TV Series)
    United States - 1954
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    TV Serie (1954-1973). 19 Seasons. 591 Episodes. In 1954, the long running, Emmy winning television series Lassie debuted, and, over the next 19 years, a succession of ...
  • Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks (TV Series)
    United States - 1958
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    TV Series (1958-1962). 3 Seasons. 57 Episodes. It starred two mice, Pixie and Dixie, and a cat, Mr. Jinks (a.k.a. Jinksy). Pixie was voiced by Don Messick, and Dixie and ...
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1969
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    Graham Chapman (Creator) ...
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    TV series (1969-1974). 4 Seasons. 45 Episodes. "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (also known as "Flying Circus", "MPFC" or just "Monty Python" during the fourth season) was ...
  • Sesame Street (TV Series)
    United States - 1969
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    Jim Henson (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1969-Today). Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television ...
  • The Pink Panther (TV Series)
    United States - 1964
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    Hawley Pratt (Creator), Friz Freleng (Creator)
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    TV Series (1964-1977). In 1963, movie director Blake Edwards asked David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng (who had just opened their cartoon studio, DePatie-Freleng) to design ...
  • The Flintstones (TV Series)
    United States - 1960
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    This popular animated television cartoon featured two Stone Age families, the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles. Much of the humor was based on its comic ...
  • Batman (TV Series)
    United States - 1966
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    Bob Kane (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1966-1968). 3 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman ...
  • Pippi Longstocking (TV Series)
    Sweden - 1969
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    TV Series (1969). 13 Episodes. Pippi Longstocking (Swedish Pippi Långstrump) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by author Astrid Lindgren. ...
  • Scooby-Doo (TV Series)
    United States - 1969
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    Joe Ruby (Creator) ...
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    Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the present. The original ...
  • The Yogi Bear Show (TV Series)
    United States - 1961
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    Yogi Bear began as a secondary character on The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958), but he proved so popular, he was given his own series in 1961. A conniver and a schemer, ...
  • The Benny Hill Show (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1969
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    TV Series (1969-1989). 19 Seasons. 58 Episodes. A sketch-comedy series in which Hill would often play multiple characters and satirize popular British and American ...
  • The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV Series)
    United States - 1966
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    Jacques-Yves Cousteau (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1966–1976). 37 Episodes. In the series, we see the scientific expeditions of the renowned sea explorer, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the crew of his ship, the ...
  • The Saint (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1962
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    Leslie Charteris (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1962-1969). 6 Seasons. 118 Episodes. Simon Templar is The Saint - adored by women, feared by his adversaries and a constant thorn in the side of police forces ...
  • Historias para no dormir (TV Series)
    Spain - 1966
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    TV Series (1966-1982). 3 Seasons. 30 Episodes.
  • Popeye (TV Series)
    United States - 1960
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    William Hanna (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1960–1962). 220 Episodes. In 1960, King Features Syndicate commissioned a new series of Popeye cartoons, but this time for television syndication. Al Brodax ...
  • Star Trek (TV Series)
    United States - 1966
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    Gene Roddenberry (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1966-1969). 3 Seasons. 80 Episodes. Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise explore space and defend the United Federation of Planets. It is ...
  • Wacky Races (TV Series)
    United States - 1968
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    TV Series (1968-1969). 17 Episodes. The Wacky Races are a series of car competitions in which 11 racers race in locations throughout North America. The rules are ...
  • The Munsters (TV Series)
    United States - 1964
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    TV Series (1964-1966). 2 Seasons. 70 Episodes. At 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights, stood a cobweb-covered, musty gothic mansion. The residents considered ...
  • Top Cat (TV Series)
    United States - 1961
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    TV Series (1961-1962). 30 Episodes. Set in the Alleys of New York, "Top Cat" tells the story of a gang of low-life cats with their charismatic Leader, Top Cat. With ...
  • Speed Racer (TV Series)
    Japan - 1967
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    TV Series (1967-1968). 52 Episodes. Teenager Gô Mifune aspires to be the world's best race-car champion with the help of his friends, family and his father's high-tech race-car, the Mach 5.
  • Bewitched (TV Series)
    United States - 1964
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    TV Series (1964-1972). 8 Seasons. 254 Episodes. In every way, Samantha and Darrin Stephens are a perfectly normal, all-American couple, except for one small ...
  • The Road Runner Show (TV Series)
    United States - 1966
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    The Road Runner Show was an animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, which ...
  • Ultraman (Ultra Series) (TV Series)
    Japan - 1966
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    Eiji Tsuburaya (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1966-1967). 40 Episodes. The Ultra Series is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and ...
  • Doctor Who (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1963
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    Sydney Newman (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1963-1989). 26 Seasons. 696 Episodes. The quintessential "mortgage lifter" for many a financially flagging PBS station, the long-running British science ...
  • Mafalda (TV Series)
    Argentina - 1972
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    Quino (Creator)
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    Mafalda is the name of a Argentinan comic strip created by Quino in 1964, whose main character is a middle class girl from Argentina with a committed attitude to the ...
  • The Wild Wild West (TV Series)
    United States - 1965
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    TV Series (1965-1969). 4 Seasons. 104 Episodes. James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through ...
  • The Prisoner (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1967
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    George Markstein (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1967-1968). 17 Episodes. After resigning from his job, a high-ranking Agent in the British Government is gassed and taken to a beautiful but deadly prison ...
  • The Fugitive (TV Series)
    United States - 1963
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    Roy Huggins (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble ...
  • Get Smart (TV Series)
    United States - 1965
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    Buck Henry (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1965-1970). 5 Seasons. 138 Episodes. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created this show as a spoof of James Bond and the many TV imitators that followed in 007's ...
  • Mission: Impossible (TV Series)
    United States - 1966
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    Bruce Kessler (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, ...
  • The Avengers (TV Series)
    United Kingdom - 1961
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    Sydney Newman (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1961-1969). 7 Seasons. 161 Episodes. The Avengers was an British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV ...
  • Lost in Space (TV Series)
    United States - 1965
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    Irwin Allen (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1965-1968). 3 Seasons. 83 Episodes. In the year 1997, Earth is suffering from massive overpopulation. Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, their children ...
  • The Addams Family (TV Series)
    United States - 1964
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    TV Series (1964-1966). 2 Seasons. 64 Episodes. The Addams Family is not your typical family: they take delight in most of the things that "normal" people would be ...
  • Felix the Cat (TV Series)
    United States - 1958
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    Pat Sullivan Jr. (Creator) ...
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    TV Series (1958-1962). 5 Seasons. 126 Episodes. "Felix The Cat" was the first international cartoon superstar. Created in 1919, Felix has been a star in comic books, ...
  • The Jetsons (TV Series)
    United States - 1962
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    TV Series (1962-1963). 3 Seasons. 75 Episodes. The misadventures of a futuristic family.
  • The Brady Bunch (TV Series)
    United States - 1969
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    TV Series (1969-1974). 5 Seasons. 117 Episodes. Architect Mike Brady marries beautiful young Carol, who has three girls to care for. Likewise, Mike's previous wife's ...
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  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
  • Bonanza (TV Series)
  • The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
  • Adventures of Superman (TV Series)
  • The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV Series)
  • The Untouchables (TV Series)
  • The Lone Ranger (TV Series)
  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series)
  • All in the Family (TV Series)
  • Zorro (TV Series)
  • I Love Lucy (TV Series)
  • Perry Mason (TV Series)
  • Rawhide (TV Series)
  • The Huckleberry Hound Show (TV Series)
  • Lassie (TV Series)
  • Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks (TV Series)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series)
  • Sesame Street (TV Series)
  • The Pink Panther (TV Series)
  • The Flintstones (TV Series)
  • Batman (TV Series)
  • Pippi Longstocking (TV Series)
  • Scooby-Doo (TV Series)
  • The Yogi Bear Show (TV Series)
  • The Benny Hill Show (TV Series)
  • The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV Series)
  • The Saint (TV Series)
  • Historias para no dormir (TV Series)
  • Popeye (TV Series)
  • Star Trek (TV Series)
  • Wacky Races (TV Series)
  • The Munsters (TV Series)
  • Top Cat (TV Series)
  • Speed Racer (TV Series)
  • Bewitched (TV Series)
  • The Road Runner Show (TV Series)
  • Ultraman (Ultra Series) (TV Series)
  • Doctor Who (TV Series)
  • Mafalda (TV Series)
  • The Wild Wild West (TV Series)
  • The Prisoner (TV Series)
  • The Fugitive (TV Series)
  • Get Smart (TV Series)
  • Mission: Impossible (TV Series)
  • The Avengers (TV Series)
  • Lost in Space (TV Series)
  • The Addams Family (TV Series)
  • Felix the Cat (TV Series)
  • The Jetsons (TV Series)
  • The Brady Bunch (TV Series)
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