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1. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Vaughn Taylor, Ed Herlihy, Valerie Cossart, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 123
2. Starlight Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Mary Sinclair, Durward Kirby, Virginia Gilmore, Alfred Ryder
Votes: 11
3. 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, Mona Freeman, Hans Conried
Votes: 108
4. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 78
5. Brando (2007 TV Movie)
165 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
Directors: Mimi Freedman, Leslie Greif | Stars: Marlon Brando, Edward R. Murrow, Janet Aemisegger, Betty Gossell
Votes: 568
6.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Hewitt's Just Different
(1977)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
16-year-old mentally retarded teen attempts to make friends with other kids in the neighborhood.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Moosie Drier, Perry Lang, Peter Brandon, Gloria Stroock
Votes: 20
7. Mama (1949–1957)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Drama
This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.
Stars: Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice
Votes: 111
8. Repertory Theatre (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, et cetera during its eight year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 71
9. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 69
10. Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Peter Strauss, Barbara Parkins, Stephen Elliott, Darleen Carr
Votes: 72
11. No Easy Way (1996)
107 min | Drama
Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he loses his job playing mood music in a ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Fine | Stars: Alan Boyce, Khandi Alexander, Brandon Hammond, Jermaine Montell
Votes: 56
12. Studio One in Hollywood (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... See full summary »
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Brinson, Paul Branson, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 187
13. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to solve mysterious murders.
Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Lou Antonio, Bert Convy
Votes: 236
14.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Dark Sunrise
(1977)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mac comes home from a weekend fishing trip and walks right into his own funeral. On the night he was away, his apartment was annihilated by a bomb, along with a man and a young woman. Mac ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Finkel | Stars: Rock Hudson, John Schuck, Martha Raye, Richard Gilliland
Votes: 32
15.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Secrets for Sale
(1975)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a period of fiscal austerity for the city, Enright takes a lucrative position in a private detective agency in which a person blackmailing politicians might operate.
Director: Bob Finkel | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 53
16.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Greed
(1976)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In an episode which introduces Mildred's sister Agatha to the cast (Nancy Walker had already committed to her own series for the following season, and Agatha was to become the new ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Finkel | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 42
17. Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
"Guardian of the Safety of the World", private citizen-scientist Captain Video, assisted by his teenage helper The Ranger and an army of Video Rangers, preserves the peace in the far-off ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Hastings, Al Hodge, Ben Lackland, Hal Conklin
Votes: 81
18. Martin Kane (1949–1954)
30 min | Drama
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Kinsella, Nicholas Saunders, King Calder, William Gargan
Votes: 34
19.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Love, Honor and Swindle
(1975)
TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With Sally at home with the new baby, Mac is happy to entertain his mother, Beatrice, who has come to San Francisco for a visit. She has some big news: his sister Megan is getting married. ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 48
20.
The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode:
The Female Instinct
(1972)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.
Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 128
21.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Philip's Game
(1977)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Mac and DiMaggio go to meet a police informant at a waterfront setting (Mac complains that DiMaggio's car is not only cramped, but "has the baldest tires I've ever seen"), the ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Rock Hudson, John Schuck, Martha Raye, Richard Gilliland
Votes: 32
22. The Patricia Neal Story (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the profound challenges faced by actress Patricia Neal and her husband, writer Roald Dahl, after Neal suffered a severe stroke.
Directors: Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Dirk Bogarde, Ken Kercheval, Jane Merrow
Votes: 150
23.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
Buried Alive
(1974)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the second episode to discuss Mac's past life as a CIA operative, he's called on by his old boss to help investigate a "sleeper," a Communist agent who has lived undetected in the United... See full summary »
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 47
24. Rosetti and Ryan (1977– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Upper class, outgoing Joe Rosetti is law partners with former policeman Frank Ryan in a successful law firm. The introspective Frank uses his background to win cases against frequent adversary Jessica Hornesby.
Stars: Tony Roberts, Squire Fridell, Jane Elliot, Dick O'Neill
Votes: 16
25. McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan and his amateur detective wife keep their marriage unpredictable while solving the city's most baffling crimes.
Stars: Rock Hudson, John Schuck, Susan Saint James, Nancy Walker
Votes: 1,846
26. The Day of the Locust (1975)
R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Votes: 4,633 | Gross: $17.79M
27. NBC Presents (1949– )
Drama
Stars: Eva Condon, Andrew Duggan, Jean Shepherd, Phil Arthur
Votes: 7
28.
Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode:
Hot Horse
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Robert Blake, James Booth, Ned Glass, Wayne Northrop
Votes: 10
29. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
"ABC Afterschool Specials" was the umbrella show name for various educational shows that were shown in the afternoon, occasionally. Each episode was produced by a separate company.
Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin
Votes: 795
30. Passions (1984 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make the woman and her son suffer by trying ... See full summary »
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Crenna, Mason Adams
Votes: 107
31.
Rosetti and Ryan (1977– )
Episode:
Men Who Love Women
(1977)
120 min | Crime, Drama
A pair of attorneys are hired to defend an heiress accused of murdering her husband.
Director: John Astin | Stars: Tony Roberts, Squire Fridell, Jane Elliot, Susan Anspach
Votes: 8
32. Baretta (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta (Robert Blake).
Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts, Edward Grover
Votes: 1,890
33. Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)
30 min | Comedy
It's hijinks on the high seas when a U.S. submarine has to take on a collection of female nurses. Somehow or another, the sub gets painted pink in the process.
Stars: Melinda Naud, Jim Varney, Richard Brestoff, John Astin
Votes: 172
34. The Competition (1980)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Romance, Music
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 1,703 | Gross: $14.29M
35. Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Jane Fonda, George Segal, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier
Votes: 3,502
36. Uncommon Valor (1983)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack, Fred Ward
Votes: 8,419 | Gross: $30.50M
37. Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983)
60 min | Comedy
The further misadventures of Archie Bunker, now the owner of a local pub, and his regulars.
Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Danielle Brisebois, Allan Melvin, Jason Wingreen
Votes: 850
38. City in Fear (1980 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: David Janssen, Robert Vaughn, Perry King, Mickey Rourke
Votes: 138
39.
Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983)
Episode:
Sex and the Single Parent
(1982)
Comedy
Old world Archie refuses to let Stephanie participate in her school's sex education program, until he overhears a conversation between Stephanie, Billie and one of Stephanie's friends.
Director: Linda Day | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Danielle Brisebois, Allan Melvin, Denise Miller
Votes: 14
40.
Holmes and Yoyo (1976–1977)
Episode:
The Thornhill Affair
(1976)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Holmes and Yoyo are assigned to prevent the theft of valuable jewels from the wealthy Thornhills.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Schuck, Richard B. Shull, Bruce Kirby, Andrea Howard
Votes: 5
41.
Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)
Episode:
I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas
(1977)
30 min | Comedy
Lt. Holden is determined to get everyone aboard the Sea Tiger a Christmas gift but he needs to evade the authorities to make it happen.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: John Astin, Richard Gilliland, Yvonne Wilder, Melinda Naud
Votes: 7
42. Holmes and Yoyo (1976–1977)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
The cases of a hard luck police detective and his android partner.
Stars: John Schuck, Richard B. Shull, Bruce Kirby, Andrea Howard
Votes: 166
43. Missing Pieces (1991)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Bob Gunton
Votes: 212
44. Death Car on the Freeway (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Mystery, Thriller
An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting female drivers on the freeway.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Shelley Hack, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 324
45. Seed of Innocence (1980)
R | 91 min | Drama
A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Timothy Wead, Mary Cannon, T.K. Carter, Vincent Schiavelli
Votes: 38
46. The Girls (1950– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Harry Bannister, John Campbell, Audrey Christie, Kenneth Forbes
Votes: 8
47. Bill Slater Show (1949–1951)
60 min | Talk-Show
Entertainment talk show held at Sardi's restaurant in New York. This show was AKA Dinner at Sardi's. This is mainly a "tourist joint", but this circa-1921 "showbiz institution" is touted as... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Slater, Bela Lugosi, Vicki Cummings, Ann Rutherford
48.
Mama (1949–1957)
Episode:
Big Brother Nels
(1955)
Comedy, Family, Drama
Nels and Katrins continue their usual sibling squabbles to Mama's exasperation. It Nels who Katrin turns to though when a 1st date goes badly and she needs a sympathetic shoulder to cry on.
Stars: Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice
49.
Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)
Episode:
Bless You, My Sub
(1978)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Alan Bergmann | Stars: John Astin, Richard Gilliland, Yvonne Wilder, Melinda Naud
50.
Bill Slater Show (1949–1951)
Episode:
Episode dated 25 October 1950
(1950)
Talk-Show
Stars: Hugh Jackson, Alan Sanders, Bill Slater, Gloria Stroock