Can You Guess These Iconic TV Shows From The 50s And 60s?

By: Jacqueline Samaroo
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can You Guess These Iconic TV Shows From The 50s And 60s?
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About This Quiz

Whether or not you grew up in the 50s and 60s, you've more than likely seen most of these iconic TV shows. Unsurprisingly, a couple of them may rank among your all-time favorites. But do you think you can recall the names of these shows from a single image? Because the genres were somewhat limited at the time, some shows may seem eerily similar to one another. Consider the most popular genre of the time--Westerns. There were literally dozens of different programs with a Western theme during these two decades. Would you be able to tell the difference between "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," or "Have Gun - Will Travel?"  Do you think you can identify Oliver Douglas or Jed Clampett? Just a hint, one is on "Green Acres" and the other is on "The Beverly Hillbillies."

"I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" took on the comedic side of home life in the 50s. You've likely seen them both, but could tell them apart with only a single photo?

From wholesome to mysterious, the 50s and 60s produced some of the most dramatic and iconic television shows of all time. They transcend generations and have helped to shape the world. Let's take a little time away from "Nick at Night" to take this quiz and see if your tenure as a couch potato has paid off!


Have Gun - Will Travel
CBS
Which TV show featured a gun-for-hire?
Mission: Impossible
The Andy Griffith Show
Have Gun - Will Travel
Petticoat Junction
Enter Another Dimension and Test Your Knowledge of The Twilight Zone
CBS
Which scary show was created and hosted by Rod Serling?
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Twilight Zone
The Abbott and Costello Show
Wagon Train
Bonanza
NBC
Which Western starred Lorne Greene and Michael Landon?
The Defenders
Gomer Pyle, USMC
Bonanza
Flash Gordon

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The Honeymooners
CBS
Comedian Jackie Gleason starred in which show from the 1950s?
Rawhide
The Honeymooners
Dr. Kildare
The Fugitive
Leave it to Beaver
NBC
Which show's main character had an animal nickname?
The Patty Duke Show
The Jack Benny Program
The Twilight Zone
Leave it to Beaver
gunsmoke
CBS
Which Western, which debuted in 1955, is shown here?
Gunsmoke
Bonanza
Lassie
The Munsters

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Lassie
CBS/20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Classics/Wrather Corporation/Independent Television Corporation
Which TV show starred the world's most famous collie?
Lassie
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Zorro
ABC
Which 1950s TV show was about a masked swordsman?
The Flintstones
The Andy Griffith Show
Zorro
Amos 'N Andy
The Lone Ranger
ABC
Which supposedly solitary title character actually had a Native American companion?
I Love Lucy
The Lone Ranger
The Jetsons
Dr. Kildare

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Flash Gordon
Syndication
Which 50s TV show featured a space hero?
Flash Gordon
Perry Mason
The Honeymooners
Hazel
Wagon Train
NBC
Which Western aired from 1957 to 1965, sometimes on NBC and sometimes on ABC?
Zorro
Bewitched
Green Acres
Wagon Train
Flinstones
YouTube
Which cartoon show depicted the caveman lifestyle?
Beverly Hillbillies
Gomer Pyle, USMC
The Flintstones
Mission: Impossible

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The Adventures of Superman
Syndication / WB TV
It's a bird; it's a plane; it's what famous TV show?
Get Smart
Adventures of Superman
Maverick
The Untouchables
Donna Reed
Screen Gems
Which TV show centered on a housewife named Donna Stone?
The Donna Reed Show
Family Affair
The Munsters
The Untouchables
The Jetsons
Hanna-Barbera
Which TV cartoon showed a family's space-age lifestyle?
The Jack Benny Program
The Jetsons
Get Smart
Family Affair

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The Untouchables
CBS
Which TV show featured a character modeled after real-life American Prohibition agent, Eliot Ness?
The Untouchables
Gilligan's Island
Green Acres
The Defenders
The Dick Van Dyke Show
CBS
Which TV show is named for an actor who famously played a dancing chimney sweep in "Mary Poppins?"
The Fugitive
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Car 54 Where Are You?
I Love Lucy
Which Character From Gilligan's Island Are You?
YouTube
Which TV show features people who were stranded on a beach for years?
Rawhide
Family Affair
The Jetsons
Gilligan's Island

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Munsters
YouTube
Which funny and scary show starred Yvonne De Carlo and Fred Gwynne?
The Munsters
Cheyenne
Perry Mason
Lassie
Maverick
YouTube
What is the name of this Western which had four leading actors over the course of the series?
Petticoat Junction
Get Smart
Maverick
Dragnet
Bewitched
ABC
Which show centered on a woman whose husband didn't appreciate her magic power?
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bewitched
The Defenders
The Flintstones

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Gomer Pyle, USMC
CBS
Which TV show starred Jim Nabors and his crazy accent?
Gomer Pyle, USMC
Zorro
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Jack Benny Program
Batman
ABC
Which TV show featured a masked crimefighter and his younger sidekick?
Amos 'N Andy
The Twilight Zone
Zorro
Batman
Hogan's Heroes
Youtube
Which TV show managed to create comedy in a German WWII POW camp?
Hogan's Heroes
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Father Knows Best

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Kildare
NBC/MGM Television
Which 60s medical drama starred Richard Chamberlain?
Dr. Kildare
Dragnet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Lone Ranger
andy griffith
CBS
Which 60s show introduced a baby-faced Ron Howard to the world?
The Andy Griffith Show
Green Acres
Wagon Train
Flash Gordon
Petticoat junction
CBS/Fox
Which 60s sitcom is set at the Shady Rest Hotel?
Hogan's Heroes
Petticoat Junction
Have Gun - Will Travel
Hazel

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Get Smart
NBC
Which TV show has secret agents, a shoe phone and a cone of silence?
Get Smart
Peter Gunn
Bachelor Father
The Lone Ranger
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
NBC
Which TV show included characters named Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin?
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bonanza
I Love Lucy
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
CBS
Which TV show featured a glamorous Gabor sister who didn't appreciate farm living?
The Munsters
Green Acres
Adventures of Superman
Dr Kildare

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family affair
CBS/NBC/Universal
Which TV show had young twins who were cared for by Mr. French?
The Donna Reed Show
Dragnet
Family Affair
Bewitched
The Patty Duke Show
ABC
Which TV show is named for the actress who played identical cousins?
Maverick
Bachelor Father
The Patty Duke Show
Leave it to Beaver
The Defenders
CBS
Which courtroom drama starred E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father and son?
The Defenders
Leave it to Beaver
Gomer Pyle, USMC
The Honeymooners

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The Jack Benny Program
NBC
Which TV show, named for its comedian star, began as a radio comedy?
The Jack Benny Program
Perry Mason
Maverick
Have Gun - Will Travel
Father Knows Best
CBS/NBC
Which show featured Robert Young as the father?
The Donna Reed Show
Amos 'N Andy
Father Knows Best
Beverly Hillbillies
Amos 'n' Andy
CBS
Which TV show about African American men in Harlem starred white men during its original radio run?
Gilligan's Island
Gunsmoke
Amos 'N Andy
Rawhide

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I Love Lucy
CBS
Which TV show, starring Desi Arnaz, is shown here?
Car 54 Where Are You?
I Love Lucy
Peter Gunn
Hogan's Heroes
mission impossible
CBS
Which TV show starred Peter Graves as James Phelps?
The Patty Duke Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Honeymooners
Mission: Impossible
The Fugitive
ABC / CBS
Which TV show from the 60s starred David Janssen and Angie Dickinson?
Beverly Hillbillies
Mission: Impossible
The Fugitive
The Untouchables

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Sergeant Joe Friday - Dragnet
YouTube
Which show had a detective called Friday?
Dragnet
Adventures of Superman
The Lone Ranger
Batman