# List of children's animated television series of the 1950s

This is a list of children's animated television series (including internet television series); that is, animated programs originally targeted towards audiences aged 12 and under in mind.
This list does not include Japanese, Chinese, or Korean series, as children's animation is much more common in these regions.

## 1950s
### United States

| Title | Genre | Seasons/episodes | Show creator(s) | Original release | Network | Studio | Age rating | Technique |
| Crusader Rabbit | | 455 episodes | • Alexander Anderson • Jay Ward | August 1, 1950 – December 1, 1959 | • Syndication (1950–1979) • WNBC (1950–1967) • KNBH (1949) • (NBC's owned-and-operated station in New York and Los Angeles) (1950–1967) | • Metromedia Producers Corporation • 20th Television | | Traditional |
| The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican | | 6 shorts | Sam Singer | September 11 – October 13, 1950 | WLS-TV (ABC) | Tempe-Toons (referred to as "Medallion Productions" during the end titles) | | Traditional |
| Barker Bill's Cartoon Show | Animation | | | 1953 – 1955 | CBS | Terrytoons | | Traditional |
| Mighty Mouse Playhouse | | 80 shorts | | December 10, 1955 – September 2, 1967 | CBS | CBS Television Studios | TV-Y7 | Traditional |
| The Gumby Show | | 2 seasons, 130 episodes | | May 1, 1956 – July 9, 1968 | Syndication | Clokey Productions | TV-G | Stop-motion |
| The Ruff and Reddy Show | Comedy | 3 seasons, 12 episodes | • Joseph Barbera • Charles Shows | December 14, 1957 – April 2, 1960 | NBC | H-B Enterprises | TV-G | Traditional |
| Colonel Bleep | Science fiction | 100 episodes | Robert D. Buchanan | 1957 – 1960 | Syndication | Soundac | | Traditional |
| The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole | Comedy | 150 episodes | | September 6, 1958 – September 9, 1961 | Syndication | Beverly Hills Productions | | Traditional |
| The Huckleberry Hound Show | Comedy | 4 seasons, 68 episodes | • William Hanna • Joseph Barbera | September 29, 1958 – December 1, 1961 | Syndication | Hanna-Barbera | TV-G | Traditional |
| Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks | Comedy | 3 seasons, 57 episodes | • William Hanna • Joseph Barbera | October 2, 1958 – October 13, 1961 | • First-run syndication • ABC | Hanna-Barbera | | Traditional |
| Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown | • Slapstick comedy • Animation | 157 episodes | Alan Livingston | 1958 – 1962 | | Larry Harmon Pictures | | Traditional |
| The Quick Draw McGraw Show | Comedy | 3 seasons, 45 episodes | • William Hanna • Joseph Barbera | January 1, 1959 – October 20, 1961 | Syndication | Hanna-Barbera | TV-G | Traditional |
| Clutch Cargo | | 52 episodes | | March 9, 1959 – 1960 | | Cambria Productions | | Traditional |
| Bucky and Pepito | Western | 36 episodes | | September 8, 1959 – March 22, 1960 | Syndication | Trans-Artists Productions | | Traditional |
| Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy | • Comedy • Slice-of-life | 3 seasons, 45 episodes | • William Hanna • Joseph Barbera | September 19, 1959 – October 20, 1962 | | Hanna-Barbera | | Traditional |
| Felix the Cat | • Cartoon • Adventure • Comedy | 2 seasons, 126 episodes | Joe Oriolo | October 2, 1958 – May 13, 1960 | Syndication | • Felix the Cat Productions • Paramount Cartoon Studios • Trans-Lux | | Traditional |
| Matty's Funday Funnies | Comedy | 4 seasons, 68 episodes | | October 11, 1959 – December 30, 1961 | ABC | Famous Studios | | Traditional |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | • Surreal comedy • Slapstick • Variety | 5 seasons, 163 episodes | • Jay Ward • Alex Anderson • Bill Scott | November 19, 1959 – June 27, 1964 | • ABC (1959–61) • NBC (1961–64) | • Jay Ward Productions • Gamma Productions • Producers Associates of Television, Inc. | TV-G | Traditional |
| Capt'n Sailorbird | | 190 episodes | | 1959 | | Magic Screen Pictures Inc. | | Traditional |