Broadcast network · 1950–1959

ABC in the 1950s

102 shows premiered on ABC in the 1950s, in order of premiere.

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Premiere	Show	Years	Seasons	Episodes	Genre	Created by
—	Adventure in Dairyland	1950	—	8	Serial
Mar 9	Space Patrol	1950–1955	5	1,110	Science fiction
Mar 12	The Marshal of Gunsight Pass	1950	1	22	Western
Mar 23	Beat the Clock	1950–2019	18	100	Game show
May 21	Mama Rosa	1950	1	12	Sitcom
Jul 20	The Arthur Murray Party	1950–1960	—	—	Variety show
Sep 11	Treasury Men in Action	1950–1955	5	189	Crime
Sep 15	Penthouse Party	1950–1951	1	39	—
Oct 6	Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	1950–1952	2	52	Anthology
Oct 21	The Stu Erwin Show	1950–1955	4	130	Sitcom
May 30	Down You Go	1951–1956	—	—	Panel game
Jun 20	Curtain Call	1951	1	15	—
Aug 3	Tales of Tomorrow	1951–1953	2	85	Science fiction
Sep 24	The Amazing Mr. Malone	1951–1952	1	13	Detective
Sep 27	Gruen Playhouse	1951–1952	2	—	Drama
Oct 3	Celanese Theater	1951–1952	—	20	—
Nov 4	Byline	1951	—	—	Anthology
Dec 5	The Name's the Same	1951–1955	4	140	Panel game
Feb 8	Rebound	1952–1953	—	22	Anthology	Bernard Girard
May 4	The Drew Pearson Show	1952–1953	—	—	—
Sep 18	General Motors Theatre	1952–1961	6	—	Anthology
Sep 19	Adventures of Superman	1952–1958	6	104	Science fiction
Oct 3	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	1952–1966	14	435	Sitcom	Ozzie Nelson
Oct 7	American Bandstand	1952–1989	37	3,000	Music
—	Scotland Yard	1953–1961	1	39	—
—	The Jean Carroll Show	1953–1954	—	11	Sitcom
—	The United States Steel Hour	1953–1963	10	252	Anthology
Feb 14	What's Your Bid?	1953	1	—	Game show
Sep 13	Jukebox Jury	1953–1959	1	—	—
Sep 29	Make Room for Daddy	1953–1964	11	343	Sitcom	Melville Shavelson
Oct 2	The Comeback Story	1953–1954	1	—	Reality
Oct 2	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	1953–1955	2	92	Anthology
Oct 5	Jamie	1953–1954	2	22	Sitcom
Oct 8	Where's Raymond?	1953–1955	2	58	Sitcom
Apr 30	The Vampira Show	1954–1955	1	50	—
Jun 1	Center Stage	1954	1	9	—
Oct 1	The Vise	1954–1955	2	65	Anthology
Oct 15	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	1954–1959	5	164	—
Oct 27	Disney anthology television series	1954–2008	53	1,224	Anthology	Walt Disney
Nov 28	What's Going On?	1954	1	5	Panel game
Dec 15	Davy CrockettMiniseries	1954–1955	2	5	—
Jan 17	TV Reader's Digest	1955–1956	2	39	Anthology
Jan 22	Ozark Jubilee	1955–1960	6	297	Music	Ralph D. Foster
Feb 3	Star Tonight	1955–1956	2	80	Anthology
Jun 28	Talent Varieties	1955	1	—	Talent show
Sep 6	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	1955–1961	6	229	Western
Sep 12	Medical Horizons	1955–1956	1	26	Documentary
Sep 13	Kings Row	1955–1956	1	7	—
Sep 14	MGM Parade	1955–1956	1	34	Documentary
Sep 20	Cheyenne	1955–1963	7	108	Western	Roy Huggins
Sep 20	Warner Bros. Presents	1955–1956	1	38	Anthology
Oct 3	The Mickey Mouse Club	1955–1959	14	360	Music	Walt Disney, Hal Adelquist
Oct 7	Crossroads	1955–1957	2	78	Anthology
Nov 4	The Adventures of Spin and Marty	1955–1957	3	25	—	Lawrence Edward Watkin
Jan 31	Corky and White Shadow	1956	1	17	Western
Jun 29	Combat Sergeant	1956	1	13	—
Sep 7	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	1956–1958	2	76	Western
Sep 18	Conflict	1956–1957	1	20	Drama
Sep 25	Broken Arrow	1956–1958	2	72	Western
Oct 2	Hardy Boys	1956	2	19	—
Oct 4	Wire Service	1956–1957	1	37	Drama
Oct 5	The West Point Story	1956–1957	1	40	Anthology
Nov 26	The Price Is RightGame show	1956–1965	—	2,263	Game show	Bob Stewart
May 10	Date with the Angels	1957–1958	2	33	Sitcom
Sep 17	Sugarfoot	1957–1961	4	69	Western
Sep 22	Maverick	1957–1962	5	124	Comedy	Roy Huggins
Oct 2	The Walter Winchell File	1957–1958	1	39	Crime
Oct 3	The Real McCoys	1957–1963	6	224	Sitcom	Irving Pincus
Oct 3	The Woody Woodpecker ShowAnimated series	1957–1958	1	194	Anthology	Walter Lantz
Oct 7	The Guy Mitchell Show	1957–1958	1	—	—
Oct 10	Zorro	1957–1959	2	78	Adventure	Johnston McCulley
Oct 16	Tombstone Territory	1957–1960	3	92	Western
Oct 18	Colt .45	1957–1960	3	67	Western
Oct 23	The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom	1957–1960	3	115	Variety show
Feb 10	Walt Disney Presents: Annette	1958	1	19	Children's	Janette Sebring Lowrey
Feb 15	The Dick Clark Show	1958–1960	3	136	—
Mar 31	Make Me Laugh	1958–1998	—	—	Panel game
Sep 23	Bronco	1958–1962	4	68	Western
Sep 24	The Donna Reed Show	1958–1966	8	275	Sitcom
Sep 30	Naked City	1958–1963	4	138	Crime	Stirling Silliphant
Sep 30	The Rifleman	1958–1963	5	168	Western	Arnold Laven
Oct 2	The Rough Riders	1958–1959	1	39	Western
Oct 5	Lawman	1958–1962	4	156	Drama
Oct 10	77 Sunset Strip	1958–1964	6	206	Drama	Roy Huggins
Oct 10	Man with a Camera	1958–1960	2	29	Drama
Oct 31	Texas John Slaughter	1958–1961	3	17	Western
Jan 10	Black Saddle	1959–1960	—	44	—
Jan 20	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	1959–1961	3	97	Anthology
Feb 27	Mixed Nuts	1959	—	—	Drama
Jun 1	Across the Board	1959	—	—	Game show
Sep 27	Dick Clark's World of Talent	1959	1	13	—	Irving Mansfield
Oct 4	The Alaskans	1959–1960	1	37	Western
Oct 4	The Rebel	1959–1961	2	76	Western
Oct 5	Adventures in Paradise	1959–1962	3	91	—	James A. Michener
Oct 6	Philip Marlowe	1959–1960	1	26	Detective	Raymond Chandler
Oct 7	Hawaiian Eye	1959–1963	4	134	Crime	Roy Huggins
Oct 9	The Man from Blackhawk	1959–1960	1	37	Western	Stirling Silliphant
Oct 15	The Untouchables	1959–1963	4	119	Drama
Oct 16	The Detectives	1959–1962	3	97	Detective
Oct 22	Take a Good Look	1959–1961	2	53	—	Ernie Kovacs
Oct 23	The Swamp Fox	1959–1961	2	8	—
Nov 19	The Rocky and Bullwinkle ShowAnimated series	1959–1964	5	163	Science fiction	Jay Ward