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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 429,731 | Gross: $2.08M
2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,260
3. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 1,652
4. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
5. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
6. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Gene Hackman, Edward Andrews
Votes: 198
7. The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965–1980)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Game-Show
Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.
Stars: Peter Marshall, Kenny Williams, Cliff Arquette, Paul Lynde
Votes: 963
8. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,772
9. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,568
10. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
A naive young Amish woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City, where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 1,814
11. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 434
12. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy
A comedy-themed variety show, hosted by the popular comedian Red Skelton. It run with no interruption from 1951 to 1971. From 1956 to 1962, the show's head writer was Sherwood Schwartz, who... See full summary »
Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Tom Hansen Dancers
Votes: 1,394
13. The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama
Criminal cases where criminals are mentally evaluated, or people in the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Irene Martin
Votes: 125
14. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 610
15. Ship Ahoy (1942)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien
Votes: 717
16. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 240
17. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
18. The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Various guest hosts present a musical variety show.
Stars: Bing Crosby, Dick Tufeld, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 321
19. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 592
20. Startime (I) (1959–1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
Stars: Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes
Votes: 230
21. Rose Marie (1954)
G | 104 min | Musical, Romance, Western
Wilderness girl Rose Marie has adventures in life and love when Mountie Mike Malone takes her out of the wild.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr
Votes: 522
22. Just Around the Corner (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum-clearance project; the little miss dances with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Based on Paul Gerard Smith's book "Lucky Penny."
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff
Votes: 691
23. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
60 min | Comedy
The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen.
Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Louis Nye, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 258
24. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 121
25. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang
Votes: 165
26. The Fantasticks (1964 TV Movie)
Musical
Neighboring widowers plot to romantically unite their son and daughter by pretending to feud and forbidding the two children to associate with each other. Their scheme works and the two ... See full summary »
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Bert Lahr, Stanley Holloway, Susan Watson
Votes: 56
27. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 222
28. Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Stars: Noël Coward, Bing Crosby, Barry Sullivan, Raymond Bailey
Votes: 87
29. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 107
30. The George Gobel Show (1954–1960)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
Stars: George Gobel, Jeff Donnell, John Scott Trotter, Peggy King
Votes: 86
31. The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jeanne Crain, George Nader, Kitty Kallen, Bert Lahr
Votes: 147
32. The Ezio Pinza Show (1951–1953)
30 min
Ttelevision variety program, hosted by Ezio Pinza, which for a time alternated with The RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day, later named The Dennis Day Show.
Stars: Ezio Pinza, Patrice Munsel, Bert Lahr, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 10
33. All Star Revue (1950– )
60 min | Comedy
This early comedy program started off with a rotating cast of four famous comedians, each of whom would take turns hosting the show. The program format was similar to that of a Vaudeville ... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Danny Thomas
Votes: 171
34. Zaza (1938)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, Romance
A sexy singer in a French music hall falls in love with a handsome, but married, aristocrat.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr, Helen Westley
Votes: 225
35. Meet the People (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
An idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr
Votes: 488
36. Josette (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young, Joan Davis
Votes: 151
37. The Best of Broadway (1954–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for... See full summary »
Stars: Betty Furness, Claudette Colbert, Margaret Hamilton, Helen Hayes
Votes: 49
38. Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
Passed | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Bert Lahr
Votes: 468
39. Mr. Broadway (1933)
63 min | Comedy
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
Directors: Johnnie Walker, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Ruth Etting, Bert Lahr
Votes: 28
40. Mister Universe (1951)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. He wins match after match, legitimately, and then balks when he ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Lerner | Stars: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards, Bert Lahr
Votes: 75
41. Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1952)
60 min | Family, Comedy, Music
An hour of live variety, in the classic sense of television's Golden Age.
Stars: Sammy Spear and His Orchestra, Jackie Gleason, Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor Dancers
Votes: 64
42. Person to Person (1953–1961)
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Interviews with figures from public life.
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 223
43. Flying High (1931)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O'Brien, Kathryn Crawford
Votes: 302
44. The Arthur Murray Party (1950–1960)
30 min | Family, Music
Ballroom dancing, plus comedy, songs and dance contests on one of the few programs to air over all four major commercial networks. ABC premiered it on July 20, 1950 and it closed on NBC on ... See full summary »
Stars: William H. Vaux, Kathryn Murray, Arthur Murray, Ray Carter Orchestra
Votes: 28
45. Musical Comedy Time (1950–1951)
60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Live adaptations of operettas and Broadway musical comedies.
Stars: Lynne Forrester, Billy Gilbert, Erik Rhodes, Melville Cooper
Votes: 28
46. Love and Hisses (1937)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Music
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr
Votes: 53
47. The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960 TV Movie)
60 min | Musical
A wonderful musical set in the mind of a boy's imagination brought to life by the talents of Karloff, Gleason, O'Brian, Paige, Lahr, and Hamilton. Great song and dance routines. The theme ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Margaret Hamilton, Eddie Hodges, Boris Karloff
Votes: 17
48. We, the People (1948–1952)
30 min | Talk-Show
The host interviewed entertainers, politicians and average Americans to discuss important events in their lives.
Stars: The Oscar Bradley Orchestra, Lee Vines, Dan Seymour, Dwight Weist
Votes: 20
49. Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954– )
90 min | Music, Musical
Stars: Steve Allen, Dick Shawn, Art Linkletter, Judy Holliday
50. The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
60 min | Drama
Live dramatic series featuring top rated actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or top rated novels.
Stars: Walter Abel, Cliff Hall, Eva Marie Saint, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 39