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What Were the Top TV Shows from the '50s?

Thanksgiving always makes us feel nostalgic for '50s TV — maybe because of all those Twilight Zone marathons we watched growing up. So we were psyched to find AOL's list of the best '50s TV shows. With everything from Leave it to Beaver to Dobie Gillis, all of our favorites are here.

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  • Perry Mason is the all time best show--ever!  Sugarfoot is my number two favorite.  I also like several of the other commenters' choices here, including Dobie Gillis...
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Donald Pleasance is Professor Ellis Fowler forced to retire after 51 years of teaching. Feeling his life has been worthless, Fowler is startled by the ghostly appearance of former students.
Free | CBS
Length: 25:05
Aired: 6/1/1962
Carol Burnnett stars as Agnes Grep in this tale of a klutzy usherette "rescued" from poverty by a guardian angel. This charming episode was considered as a pilot for a new TV show.
Free | CBS
Length: 25:08
Aired: 5/25/1962
Ann must learn to understand and accept that her new grandmother can be tender, loving, thoughtful and caring. Even if she is a robot.
Free | CBS
Length: 25:40
Aired: 5/18/1962
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An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fear and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.
Free | CBS
Length: 25:54
Aired: 4/27/1962
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What Were the Top TV Shows from the '50s?

Thanksgiving always makes us feel nostalgic for '50s TV — maybe because of all those Twilight Zone marathons we watched growing up. So we were psyched to find AOL's list of the best '50s TV shows. With everything from Leave it to Beaver to Dobie Gillis, all of our favorites are here.

So we want to know... read more

Rashida Jones: Parks and Recreation Is Not The Office

Rashida Jones wants us to know that Parks and Recreation is not The Office's stepchild. But Jones says that big things are coming this season, both for that desolate pit and for the love lives of both Ann and Leslie (Amy Poehler). Jones, 33, tells TVGuide.com about Fred Armisen's guest stint, a possible crossover with The Office and her memories of family friend Michael Jackson.  

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TVGuide.com: How is the show different this season?
Jones:
I hope that people who watch The Office can now see that it's definitely different, but it's the kind of thing that you would want to watch if you like that show. Hopefully there's enough distance now. It's like becoming friends with an ex once you've had a little time after you broke up. Hopefully we'll be able to be friends now... read more

Is Leonardo DiCaprio Entering The Twilight Zone?

Leonardo DiCaprios production company Appian Way and Warner Bros are on the lookout for material for a feature-length spin on the classic TV series The Twilight ZoneAccording to The Hollywood Reporter the studio and production company are quietly seeking out pitches and scripts for development However rather than follow the formula of the last big-screen attempt in 1983 which served as a remake of three episodes the companies hope to build one continuing storyline based on one or more of the old episodesWarner Bros owns the rights to the episodes written by Rod Serling which makes up the majority of the series five-year run Other attempts to update the show include CBS 1994 TV movie and a short-lived series on UPN in 2002 DiCaprios interest is most likely based on the fact that he has cited The Twilight Zone as his favorite show Are you ready to get in the Zone Adam Bryant read more

CBS to Stream TV Classics Online, Too

Network see, network do. Coming on the heels of NBC's decision to offer classic TV shows over a group of websites, CBS has announced plans to upload full episodes from their programming vaults on the more than 300 sites that make up the CBS Audience Network.The network is kicking off the venture by offering the three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series, Seasons 1 and 2 of The Twilight Zone, and the first seasons of MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Melrose Place on CBS.com and the sites of partners such as AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks and Comcast.Unlike NBC, which opted to place its programming on network-owned genre sites, CBS is operating under the same open, non-exclusive strategy the network has been using for the past nine months. More programs and clips will be added to the initial lineup in the coming months. — Adam BryantUse TVGuide.com's Online Video Guide to search for clips as well as entire episodes of your favorite television shows, both past and present. To name ... read more

I know it's a little late, ...

Question: I know it's a little late, but I'd like to address the Emmy nominations. I think that Elizabeth Mitchell definitely was robbed of a Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nod for Lost. Her work has been top-notch, and Juliet emerged as my favorite character this Lost season. Cheers for Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn on their nominations. They — especially Emerson as the enigmatic and chilling Ben — deserve it. But the person who perhaps deserves an Emmy nomination most of all, and who never gets noticed, is John Terry. Terry is such a fantastic (and underrated) actor, he actually makes you feel empathetic for Jack's father when you know you should be rooting for Jack. Lost definitely should've been nominated as a series, because the writing, directing and acting were excellent this past season (let's just forget about the prehiatus episodes and "Stranger in a Strange Land"). Once again, though, the Emmy nominations were utterly predictable. On another Lost topic, many ... read more

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Rating: TV-PG
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Premise: A classic anthology of sci-fi, suspense and goose-bump-inducing tales that explore 'a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.' Filled with invention and irony, the stories are tightly constructed, ingenious flights of imagination with often cautionary themes---and frequently a terrific twist at the end. Host and prolific writer Rod Serling penned most of the episodes himself. Influential and often (poorly) imitated, the series was resurrected twice, in 1985 on CBS and in 2002 on UPN.

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