Just for fun, what would you list as the most wholesome and homespun TV shows. You can add as many series to your list and they do not have to have necessarily started or been on TV in the '50s.
This is what I list:
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Leave it To Beaver
Lassie
The Donna Reed Show
The Patty Duke Show
Father Knows Best
Trouble with Father
Dennis the Menace
Hazel
"Meet Corliss Archer" (1954-1955)
"Life with Elizabeth" (though they did not have children)
"Date with the Angels" (again, they did not have children)
"Mama" (1949-1956)
How about variety series? "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" was quite clean, as was "The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show".
I was hoping to mention at least one show from the country I was born and live in (Australia). But that country only produced a single sitcom in the 1950s, and it isn't available for viewing (in any case it was not a domestic sitcom).
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Dobie Gillis
The Aldrich Family
I Remember Mama
The Wonder Years
The Andy Griffith Show - he always showed how to use tact and diplomacy to get people to do the right thing in any situation. He didn't use his authority to force people against their will.
Petticoat Junction
Mister Ed
Green Acres
Farmers Daughter
Sky King
Rin Tin Tin
Leave It To Wally
Dennis the Menace
Donna Reed
I Love Lucy
The Brady Bunch
Flipper
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Beaver
Bugs Bunny
Gumby
Davey and Goliath
Huckleberry Hound
Father Knows Best
Donna Reed
My 3 Sons
Patty Duke
Davey and Goliath
Porky Pig
Ozzie & Harriet
Corliss Archer
Amos and Andy
Anything from the Disney studio, whether the various Disney hosted series to the Mickey Mouse Club and Zorro.
Also, non-Disney but Disney in style:
Rin Tin-Tin
My Friend Flicka
National Velvet
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