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Broadcast network · 1950–1959

NBC in the 1950s

140 shows premiered on NBC in the 1950s, in order of premiere.

1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
PremiereShowYearsSeasonsEpisodesGenreCreated by
—Dangerous Assignment1950–1951139—
Jan 13Life Begins at Eighty1950–1956——Panel game
Jan 30Robert Montgomery Presents1950–19578318Anthology
Feb 25Your Show of Shows1950–19544139—
May 16Cameo Theatre1950–1955438Anthology
Jun 6Armstrong Circle Theatre1950–196313403Anthology
Jun 17Hawkins Falls, Population 62001950–1955——Soap opera
Jul 10Your Hit Parade1950–1959———
Sep 10The Colgate Comedy Hour1950–19556221Comedy
Oct 4Four Star Revue1950–19534121—
Oct 14Rootie Kazootie1950–1954———
Dec 11The Gabby Hayes Show1950–1956414—George "Gabby" Hayes
Mar 3Watch Mr. Wizard1951–19656547—
Mar 12Miss Susan19511218Soap opera
Apr 5Ford Festival1951–1952165—
May 30Down You Go1951–1956——Panel game
Aug 29Young Mr. Bobbin1951–1952——Sitcom
Sep 3Search for Tomorrow1951–1986359,130Soap operaRoy Winsor
Sep 11The Bill Goodwin Show1951–19521——
Sep 16Sky King1951–1959472—
Sep 30The Red Skelton Show1951–197120672—
Oct 14Goodyear Television Playhouse1951–19576144Anthology
Nov 27The Dinah Shore Show1951–1957——Variety show
Dec 16Dragnet1951–19598276Police proceduralJack Webb
Dec 24Hallmark Hall of Fame195163255Drama
Dec 30The Roy Rogers Show1951–19576100Western
Dec 31The Big Payoff1951–19629—Game show
Jan 10Chesterfield Presents195215—
Jan 14TodayNews program1952685,081Talk showSylvester Weaver
Feb 8The Dennis Day Show1952–19542—Comedy
Jul 1Boss Lady1952112Sitcom
Jul 14Masquerade Party1952–1960839Panel game
Aug 24The Doctor1952–1953143—
Oct 1Cavalcade of America1952–19575131Anthology
Oct 15I Married Joan1952–1955398Sitcom
Oct 26Victory at Sea1952–1953—26Documentary
Dec 20Name That TuneGame show1952–198543195MusicHarry Salter
—The Ernie Kovacs Show1953–1961——Comedy
Jan 7Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents1953–19575156Anthology
Jan 11Your Favorite Story1953–1955125Comedy
Mar 30Eye Witness1953113—
Apr 29Coke Time with Eddie Fisher1953–19573108—
Jun 23The Revlon Mirror Theater1953223—
Jul 4My Son Jeep1953–1963111Comedy
Jul 6Atom Squad1953–19541142Science fiction
Sep 12Bonino1953——Sitcom
Sep 20Letter to Loretta1953–19618257Anthology
Oct 10College Bowl1953–20221256Quiz show
Nov 2Choose Up Sides1953–1956—13Game show
Apr 8Justice1954–1956288Drama
Jun 30The World of Mr. Sweeney1954–1955——Sitcom
Jul 5The Duke1954113Comedy
Aug 28The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan1954–1955133SitcomBlake Edwards
Sep 7It's a Great Life1954–1956278Sitcom
Sep 10Dear Phoebe1954–1955132Sitcom
Sep 13Medic1954–1956259Medical drama
Sep 27Caesar's Hour1954–1957373—
Sep 27The Tonight Show1954——Talk show
Oct 9The Donald O'Connor Show1954–1955119Comedy
Oct 18Producers' Showcase1954–1957337Anthology
—Tennis on NBC195560——
Jan 2The Bob Cummings Show1955–19595173SitcomPaul Henning
Jan 5Norby1955113Sitcom
Feb 13Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion1955–1957265—
Jul 7Make the Connection1955—13—Mark Goodson
Jul 16Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe1955112Science fiction
Aug 30Jane Wyman Theater1955–1958393Drama
Sep 25Frontier1955–1956131AnthologyMorton Fine
Sep 27Celebrity Playhouse1955–1956139Drama
Oct 2Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955–19657361ThrillerAlfred Hitchcock
Oct 5Screen Directors Playhouse1955–1956135—
Oct 6The People's Choice1955–19583104SitcomIrving Brecher
Oct 8The Big Surprise1955–19572—Game show
Oct 15Fury1955–19605116WesternSidney Salkow
Oct 16The Alcoa Hour1955–1957252Anthology
Oct 31Matinee Theater1955–19583650Anthology
Jan 8The NBC Comedy Hour1956118Comedy
Jun 16Adventure Theater1956113Drama
Jun 24The Steve Allen Show1956–19646167Variety show
Jul 3The Kaiser Aluminum Hour1956–1957123AnthologyWorthington Miner
Sep 12Twenty OneGame show1956–1958——Quiz showDan Enright, Jack Barry
Sep 14The Joseph Cotten Show1956–1957131Anthology
Sep 23Circus Boy1956–1957249Drama
Sep 25State Trooper1956–19593104Western
Oct 2The Jonathan Winters Show1956–1957238—
Oct 3The Adventures of Hiram Holliday1956–1957126SitcomPaul Gallico
Oct 4The Ford Show1956–19615121Variety show
Oct 5The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956–19637118Variety show
Oct 21Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers1956–1957126—Douglas Heyes
Nov 26The Price Is RightGame show1956–1965—2,263Game showBob Stewart
Jan 4Blondie1957126Sitcom
Mar 5Panic!1957–1958231Thriller
Mar 18Tales of Wells Fargo1957–19626200Western
Jun 22The George Sanders Mystery Theater1957113Anthology
Jul 2Meet McGraw1957–1958—42DramaGwen Bagni
Jul 25Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957–1962———
Sep 18Wagon Train1957–19658284Western
Sep 20M Squad1957–19603117Crime
Sep 20The Thin Man1957–1959272Comedy
Sep 23The Restless Gun1957–1959278Western
Sep 24The Californians1957–1959254Western
Sep 28The Gisele MacKenzie Show1957–1958125Variety show
Sep 30Alcoa Theatre1957–19603113Anthology
Sep 30Goodyear Theatre1957–1960355Drama
Sep 30Suspicion1957–1958142Thriller
Oct 1The Eddie Fisher Show1957–1959227—
Oct 4The Court of Last Resort1957–1958126—
Dec 14The Ruff & Reddy ShowAnimated series1957–1960350AdventureJoseph Barbera, William Hanna
Jan 12Shirley Temple's Storybook1958–1961241Fantasy
Feb 24Dough Re Mi1958–1960—620—Jack Barry
Apr 25Jefferson Drum1958226—
Jun 30From These Roots1958–19613913Soap opera
Jul 3Buckskin1958–1959139—
Sep 13Brains & Brawn19581——
Sep 13Steve Canyon1958–1959134—
Sep 14Northwest Passage1958–1959126Western
Sep 22Peter Gunn1958–19613114CrimeBlake Edwards
Sep 26The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen1958–1959132—
Sep 27Cimarron City1958–1959126Western
Oct 2Behind Closed Doors1958–1959126Drama
Oct 8Bat Masterson1958–19613108Western
Oct 8Kraft Music Hall1958–197113117—
Oct 21The George Burns Show1958–1959125Sitcom
Apr 5Pete Kelly's Blues1959113—
Apr 7The David Niven Show1959113—
Apr 16The Lawless Years1959–1961347Detective
Jul 221 Beacon Street1959——Detective
Sep 10Johnny Staccato1959–1960127Drama
Sep 11The Troubleshooters1959–1960126—
Sep 12Bonanza1959–197314431WesternDavid Dortort
Sep 12The Deputy1959–1961276WesternNorman Lear
Sep 12The Man and the Challenge1959–1960136Science fictionIvan Tors
Sep 13Riverboat1959–1961244—
Sep 15Laramie1959–19634124Western
Sep 20NBC Sunday Showcase1959–1960123—
Sep 21Love and Marriage1959–1960126Sitcom
Sep 30Wichita Town1959–1960126Western
Oct 1Law of the Plainsman1959–1960130Western
Oct 3Five Fingers1959–1960116Drama
Oct 6Startime1959–1960133Music