Best 1950s TV Series

Looking for the best 1950s TV series? These 35 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

The Queen's Gambit 2020 ★ 8.4

Project Blue Book 2019 ★ 8.1

Lessons in Chemistry 2023 ★ 8.2

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 2017 ★ 8.1

The Vietnam War 2017 ★ 8.2

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters 2023 ★ 7.8

Happy Days 1974 ★ 7.6

Them 2021 ★ 7.6

Call the Midwife 2012 ★ 7.5

The Bletchley Circle 2012 ★ 7.6

Lord of the Flies 2026 ★ 7.6

The Hour 2011 ★ 7.5

The Doctor Blake Mysteries 2013 ★ 7.8

Lovecraft Country 2020 ★ 7.1

Masters of Sex 2013 ★ 7.1

Grantchester 2014 ★ 7.2

Corleone: A History of la Cosa Nostra 2019 ★ 7.9

Goosebumps 2023 ★ 7.1

The Darling Buds of May 1991 ★ 7.9

Rillington Place 2016 ★ 7.3

A Place to Call Home 2013 ★ 7.3

Laverne & Shirley 1976 ★ 7.1

Chief Detective 1958 2024 ★ 7.3

Lipstick on Your Collar 1993 ★ 6.9