Buffyboy323, I really enjoyed your threads on the top 10's from the 70s & 80s. :thumbsup: And I searched this forum, I didn't see anything in a similar vein on the 50s...and I thought this might be fun too. Thanks for the great idea!:clap

Here are mine in order:

1. I Love Lucy
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (a very close second)
3. The Burns & Allen Show
4. Our Miss Brooks
5. Leave It To Beaver
6. The Honeymooners
7. Father Knows Best
8. Bachelor Father
9. Love That Bob
10. Life of Riley

The Amos N' Andy Show
Topper
The Honeymooners
The Phil Silvers Show
Leave it to Beaver
The Life of Riley
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Bob Cummings Show
The Real McCoys
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The Honeymooners
The Abbott and Costello Show
I Love Lucy

Buffyboy323, I really enjoyed your threads on the top 10's from the 70s & 80s. :thumbsup: And I searched this forum, I didn't see anything in a similar vein on the 50s...and I thought this might be fun too. Thanks for the great idea!:clap


Thanks! *takes bow*

I didn't make a 1950's or 1960's thread because I wasn't sure how much love they would get (and quite frankly, I'm not too much of a fan of those decades). I know there's A LOT of classic TV fans here, but I also know that the 1970's and 1980's are the more popular decades here at SO. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the topic and decided to expand on it. :)

There's only 2 shows from the 1950's that I loved:

1. The Honeymooners (1 of my top 10 shows ever)
2. I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Leave It To Beaver
The Donna Reed Show 58-66
Burns & Allen Show
Our Miss Brooks
You Bet Your Life
The Phil Silvers Show/Bilko
Father Knows Best
Love That Bob

Here are mine, again in no order of preference:
I Love Lucy (including the Comedy Hour shows also)
Private Secretary / The Ann Sothern Show
The Jack Benny Program (maybe not a sitcom but I love it)
The Burns & Allen Show
I Married Joan
Mister Peepers
Our Miss Brooks
Amos & Andy
The Phil Silvers Show / Sergant Bilko
The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy

I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
The Real McCoys
The Donna Reed Show
Father Knows Best
The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet
Make Room For Daddy

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
The Jack Benny Show ( sort of a sitcom )
Burns & Allen Show
The Phil Silvers Show / Sergant Bilko
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Make Room For Daddy
Leave It To Beaver

ok thats not 10, but, these are the ones I liked, any others , i wasnt really into

This is definitely the decade I've seen the least amount of shows from, I couldn't field a complete top 10.

1. Dragnet
2. I Love Lucy
3. Ozzie and Harriet
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
5. Leave it to Beaver
6. The Honeymooners

I only did sitcoms.

1. I Love Lucy
2. The Honeymooners
3. Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show
4. The Abbott and Costello Show
5. Leave It To Beaver
6. The Life of Riley
7. Amos 'N Andy
8. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
9. Topper
10. Love That Bob / The Bob Cummings Show

The only ones from that era I'm familiar with are Lucy and Beaver - but I am looking forward to watching the DVDs of Donna Reed and Mr. Peepers.

1. I Love Lucy
2. The Honeymooners
3. Leave It To Beaver
4. Our Miss Brooks

Leave It To Beaver
The Honeymooners
Ozzie and Harriet
Father Knows Best
Make Room For Daddy
The Ann Southern Show
Ed Sullivan Show
Dragnet
The Naked City
The Lone Ranger
The Cisco Kid
Cheyene
M Squad
The Real McCoys

The only ones from that era I'm familiar with are Lucy and Beaver - but I am looking forward to watching the DVDs of Donna Reed and Mr. Peepers.


You havent seen Ozzie & Harriet or The Lone Ranger??

You havent seen Ozzie & Harriet or The Lone Ranger??
No, never.

No, never.


Wow, you must be really young! Actually, all kidding aside, O&H had very poor syndication and really the only place to have caught it on cable would have been on Disney in the mid 80s.

Wow, you must be really young! Actually, all kidding aside, O&H had very poor syndication and really the only place to have caught it on cable would have been on Disney in the mid 80s.
I'm 29. :lol: Plus I've never had cable, so I had to watch whatever reruns were to be found on the local stations. Now that a lot of these shows are being released to DVD, I'm looking forward to seeing them. :cool:

My top 10 in order:

1. I Love Lucy
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (a very close second)
3. The Burns & Allen Show
4. Our Miss Brooks
5. Leave It To Beaver
6. The Honeymooners
7. Father Knows Best
8. Bachelor Father
9. Love That Bob
10. Life of Riley

How about:

One Step Beyond
People's Choice
December Bride
Our Miss Brooks
Science Fiction Theatre
The Millionaire
Bachelor Father
My Little Margie
Amos and Andy
How to Marry a Millionaire

Those are my 10.

1. I Love Lucy
2. The Honeymooners
3. Our Miss Brooks
4. The Abbott and Costello Show
5. Leave It To Beaver
6. The Life of Riley
7. Father Knows Best
8. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
9. The Burns And Allen Show
10. The Eve Arden Show

I originally put this list on the Top 10 from the 1960s thread because I didn't think anyone would post a 1950s list, so I'll just list them again, this time putting them in their proper place:



1. LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
2. THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW
3. I LOVE LUCY
4. HONEYMOONERS
5. JACK BENNY
6. GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN
7. MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
8. LOVE THAT BOB/BOB CUMMINGS SHOW
9. OZZIE AND HARRIET
10. DOBIE GILLIS


I was thinking of putting The Donna Reed Show in this group but I've never seen it---it hasn't been seen in Canada since the late '60s!---so I'm hoping someone other than AOL can put it online so I can see if it's as good as everyone says it is.

^ I still have a hold on The Donna Reed Show at my library, but it hasn't come in yet. :mad:

I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
Father Knows Best
Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Dobie Gillis
The Honeymooners
Make Room For Daddy

Ah! That would be my childhood. I remember watching ...

HOWDY DOODY (the first show I ever saw)
PINKY LEE
THE LIFE OF RILEY
CIRCUS BOY
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
STEVE ALLEN SHOW
THE ROY ROGERS SHOW
THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS

... and many, many more!

I am surprised no one mentioned "The Adventures Of Superman"