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1957 TV Series and Shows

From gripping dramas and groundbreaking comedies to beloved sitcoms, the TV series of 1957 delivered unforgettable moments and iconic characters that have endured through the years. Join us as we take a nostalgic look back at the top TV series of 1957, celebrating the shows that defined the year and continue to be cherished by fans today.

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Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: Robert Culp
Country: United States of America
Outline: Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves and other evildoers.
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Starring: David Janssen
Country: United States of America
Outline: Richard Diamond is a suave private investigator, who, at first, walks the mean streets of New York City, then later packs up and moves to Los Angeles, California, where he tools around in a...
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Maverick
Written by: Roy Huggins
Directed by: Richard Donner
Starring: Jack Kelly, James Garner
Country: United States of America
Outline: Bret and Bart Maverick (and in later seasons, their English cousin, Beau) are well dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game. Poker (five-card draw) is ...
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26 Men
Directed by: Joseph Kane
Starring: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson
Country: United States of America
Outline: True stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.
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The Real McCoys
Written by: Irving Pincus
Directed by: Richard Crenna
Starring: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Tony Martinez
Country: United States of America
Outline: From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.
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The Court of Last Resort
Country: United States of America
Outline: The Court of Last Resort was founded by Erle Stanley Gardner in the 1950s. The team sought to reveal whether someone already found guilty might really be innocent. The show dramatized the ...
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Starring: Robert Wegner, Willis Bouchey, Lee Miller
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 9
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Starring: Joan Shawlee,
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
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The George Sanders Mystery Theater
Starring: George Sanders
Country: United States of America
Outline: Thirty minute mystery drama series hosted by George Sanders.
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The Jack Paar Tonight Show
Starring: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar
Country: United States of America
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Suspicion
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe, Mike Ragan, Marian Seldes, Jack Klugman
Country: United States of America
Outline: The show consisted of forty episodes, half were live and half were on film. The shows, often involving murder, were designed to confuse and mystify the audience and dealt with their fears ...
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The Silent Service
Starring: Thomas M. Dykers, Eric Morris
Country: United States of America
Outline: Documentary dramatic anthology about the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the ...
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Starring: Tim Considine, Tommy Kirk, Carole Ann Campbell, Sarah Selby
Country: United States of America
Outline: A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a haunted farm where the farmer has died and left no one to care for his livestock. A ghost ...
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Have Gun - Will Travel
Written by: Herb Meadow, Sam Rolfe
Starring: Richard Boone, Kam Tong
Country: United States of America
Outline: The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter for hire.
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M Squad
Starring: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan
Country: United States of America
Outline: The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
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The Gray Ghost
Starring: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers
Country: United States of America
Outline: The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular ...
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Mike Hammer
Starring: Darren McGavin
Country: United States of America
Outline: The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.
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Panic!
Written by: Al Simon
Starring: Westbrook Van Voorhis
Country: United States of America
Outline: A short-lived anthology series narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Each episode tells its own thriller story and featured its own unique cast.
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The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Country: United States of America
Outline: Lucy and her husband, Ricky Ricardo, are living in the country with their best friends and old landlords, Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucy is still getting into trouble with her sidekick Ethel, ...
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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
Starring: J. Carrol Naish, James Hong
Country: United States of America
Outline: Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan is called in to help solve baffling cases, aided by his #1 son. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to the UK for the rest of the series.
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Zorro
Starring: Guy Williams, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin, Don Diamond
Country: United States of America
Outline: Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro.
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Perry Mason
Written by: Erle Stanley Gardner
Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Country: United States of America
Outline: The cases of a master criminal defense attorney, handling the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Colt .45
Starring: Wayde Preston
Country: United States of America
Outline: Christopher Colt was apparently a gun salesman, but was, in fact, a government Agent tracking down notorious bad guys. His cousin Sam took the lead when the studio had contract disputes with the original star.
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Tombstone Territory
Starring: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham
Country: United States of America
Outline: Tough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful Deputies and the Editor of the local newspaper.
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The Spike Jones Show
Starring: Billy Barty, Spike Jones, Helen Grayco, Jad Paul
Country: United States of America
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