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1958 TV Series and Shows

From gripping dramas and groundbreaking comedies to beloved sitcoms, the TV series of 1958 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 1958, celebrating the shows that defined the year and continue to be cherished by fans today.

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Frontier Doctor
Starring: Rex Allen
Country: United States of America
Outline: The adventures of a small town doctor working in the Arizona territory during the early 1900s.
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The Texan
Starring: Rory Calhoun
Country: United States of America
Outline: The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.
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Cimarron City
Starring: George Montgomery, John Smith, Audrey Totter, Dan Blocker
Country: United States of America
Outline: Cimmaron City is booming due to oil and gold and hopes to become capital of the future state of Oklahoma. Matthew Rockford is the son of the city's founder; he's now mayor and a major cattle rancher. Sheriff Temple must keep law and order.
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Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
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Country: United States of America
Seasons: 8
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New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Starring: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Country: United States of America
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J.P. Patches
Starring: Chris Wedes, Jack Armstrong, Don Einarsen, Bill Gerald
Country: United States of America
Outline: This Seattle-based childrens' TV show detailed the adventures of Julius Pierpont (J.P.) Patches, who lived in a shack at - and was mayor of - the city dump. It ran from 1958 to 1981.
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Flight
Starring: George C. Kenney
Country: United States of America
Outline: Hosted by well known General George Kenney, the show was an anthology featuring the importance of aviation. Frequently war stories, it also dealt with the practical uses of civilian air as in severe weather conditions.
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Union Pacific
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt, Susan Cummings
Country: United States of America
Outline: Bart McClelland supervises rail construction for Union Pacific west of Omaha dealing with everything from marauders to land issues. He's aided by surveyor Billy Kincaid and Georgia who runs the mobile Golden Nugget saloon.
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WJRT ABC 12 News
Starring: Kishe Caelan-Wallace
Country: United States of America
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The General Electric College Bowl
Starring: Robert Earle, John Bellairs
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two teams each representing a college or university and composed of four students answered questions rooted in the liberal arts in a battle for scholarship money and prestige.
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Rescue 8
Starring: Jim Davis, Lang Jeffries, Nancy Rennick, Mary K. Cleary
Country: United States of America
Outline: The missions of a rescue squad of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Starring: Desi Arnaz
Country: United States of America
Outline: An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
Starring: Shirley Temple
Country: United States of America
Outline: Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.
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Walt Disney Presents: Annette
Starring: Tim Considine, David Stollery, Annette Funicello, Steve Stevens
Country: United States of America
Outline: A country bumpkin goes to live with her upperclass relatives and learns to adapt amongst her peers, without changing who she is.
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The Rough Riders
Starring: Kent Taylor, Jan Merlin, Peter Whitney
Country: United States of America
Outline: After the Civil War, two former Union soldiers and an ex-Confederate team up to travel the West.
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The Rifleman
Starring: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix
Country: United States of America
Outline: The adventures of a Wild West rancher wielding a customized rapid fire Winchester rifle and his son.
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Naked City
Starring: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke
Country: United States of America
Outline: The cases of the NYPD's 65th Precinct.
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Young Dr. Malone
Starring: Augusta Dabney, Michael H. Ingram, Judson Laire, John Connell
Country: United States of America
Outline: Set in fictional Denison, Maryland, this daytime serial focused the on the father-and-son team of doctors Jerry and David Malone, who practiced at Valley Hospital. "Young Dr. Malone" was ...
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Frontier Justice
Starring: Lew Ayres, Melvyn Douglas, Ralph Bellamy
Country: United States of America
Outline: Frontier Justice was a CBS television Western anthology series which was a repackaging of episodes from CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
Starring: Steve McQueen
Country: United States of America
Outline: A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
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Frances Farmer Presents
Starring: Mari Aldon, Edward Colmans, James Gavin, Rogelio Hernández
Country: United States of America
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Colgate Theatre
Starring: Bill Goodwin, Harry Harvey Jr.
Country: United States of America
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Peter Gunn
Written by: Blake Edwards
Starring: Craig Stevens, Herschel Bernardi, Lola Albright
Country: United States of America
Outline: The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.
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