| 1947-1960 | NBC | "Buffalo Bob" Smith, Bob Keeshan | Howdy Doody |
| 1949-1957 | ABC | Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels | The Lone Ranger |
| 1951-1957 | CBS | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley | I Love Lucy |
| 1952-present | NBC | Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, Matt Lauer, Deborah Norville, Barbara Walters, Jane Pauley, Al Roker, Willard Scott | The Today Show |
| 1954-1973 | CBS | June Lockhart | Lassie |
| 1954-present | NBC | Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Ed McMahon, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinsen | The Tonight Show |
| 1955-1956 | CBS | Jackie Gleason, Art Carney | The Honeymooners |
| 1955-1975 | CBS | James Arness, Amanda Blake | Gunsmoke |
| 1958-1959 | syndication | Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe DeRita | The Three Stooges |
| 1959-1964 | CBS | Rod Serling | The Twilight Zone |
| 1959-1973 | NBC | Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts | Bonanza |
