I love the old Ziv tv-shows. There was something so doggedly unpretentious about them. Very no-nonsense and matter-of-fact. The scripts, the characters, the whole attitude of just “not putting up with crap” which they exuded. No whiney displays of over-emotionalism, no ulterior political subtexts, no overblown ‘operatic’ dramatics, no moral relativism, no self-conscious direction. Sort of the exact opposite of everything you see on tv today. Just masculine, Cold-War era, American confidence.
“Highway Patrol,” “Sea Hunt,” “Men into Space,” “Ripcord,” “The Man Called X,” “Harbor Command,” “This Man Dawson,” “Science Fiction Theater,” “West Point Story,” and countless others.
My favorite ZIV show is Lockup http://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Cops-Detectives/Lock-Up/index.php (public domain. Reputable site, legal safe stream or download).
Advertisers used to have to accept masculine appeal in shows back then. Nowadays they can and do insist that shows target ‘dumb sluts’.