The Best TV Shows on MBC 1

Every MBC 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on MBC 1, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for June 2025. Highlighting MBC 1’s quality programming, Khawater and Bab Al-Hara stand out, premiering in 2005 and 2006. Boasting a rich catalog, MBC 1 features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 2005 to 2024.

  • The Best Ma Tash
    The Best Ma Tash (2020)10.0

    The program shows the best episodes from the Saudi comedy series 'Tash Ma Tash', which aired on the Saudi television for 18 continuous seasons, as the show's creators Nasser Al Qasabi and Abdullah Al Sadhan discussed a set of social issues that concern the Saudi society in a cynical way.

  • Doors of Fear
    Doors of Fear (2011)9.0

    Adam Yassin is a journalist and a translator who has an interest in the paranormal. As he pursues freak accidents and strange occurrences, even those that happened long ago, his investigations occasionally bring him into conflict with the police.

  • Khawater
    Khawater (2005)8.9

  • Future Folktales
    Future Folktales (2020)8.5

    In 2050 Riyadh, elder Asma's richly captivating storytelling transports her cherished grandchildren to fabled times where they learn that modern-day dilemmas are no match for the trials, tribulations and words of wisdom passed from generation to generation through their fascinating folktales.

  • Selfie
    Selfie (2015)8.3

  • I Want to Get Married
    I Want to Get Married (2010)8.1

    The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

  • Quarter Kilo of Romy Cheese
    Quarter Kilo of Romy Cheese (2018)8.0

    Two brothers whose family lives a simple life, seek to achieve success in their work. Their father, who works in the Antiquities Authority, decides to steal a treasure from a tomb, but a curse turns him into something new every time, so everyone starts looking for a solution to this curse.

  • Bab Al-Hara
    Bab Al-Hara (2006)7.9

    A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus. It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

  • Stiletto
    Stiletto (2022)7.0

    When a corpse drops from the top floor during a grand party, officer Rami questions all witnesses to find the murderer but uncovers a past filled with betrayal.

  • Gaafar El Omda
    Gaafar El Omda (2023)6.9

    When rich businessman and village elder Gaafar is approached by the young Aida about a loan, he offers to give her the money on one condition: being his wife for 400 days.

  • Mousa
    Mousa (2021)6.7

    After losing his brother in the war against the British, a young Egyptian named Musa takes on himself a vow of revenge, which makes him wanted by British soldiers and a hero at the same time.

  • Empire of Who?
    Empire of Who? (2014)6.5

    An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

  • The Price
    The Price (2023)6.0

    As a last resort to afford her son’s cancer treatment, a widowed mother asks her manager for money, but the latter poses one condition: she must spend the night with him.

  • My Heart Relieved
    My Heart Relieved (2018)5.8

    A program that gives you the chance to live a social experience with a young man called "Ghaith". Who is roaming countries to meet people in distress and pain; to look for an opportunity to make a difference in their lives.

  • Mamoun & Associates
    Mamoun & Associates (2016)5.5

    In a social and cynical context, the series revolves around Maemon, a very stingy man who has a wife and four kids whom he deprives of everything. After they all leave him, they discover that he's a billionaire. They then start a journey of finding his hidden wealth and how to get hold of it.

  • Valentino
    Valentino (2020)5.2

    Nour Abdel Mejid, AKA Valentino, owns a number of international schools, "Valentino Schools", run by him and his domineering wife with whom he's not in agreement. Their disagreements, however, get them on several adventures and reveals many surprises along the way.

  • Autumn of the Heart
    Autumn of the Heart (2024)4.5

    A devastating car accident unearths a long-buried secret that turns wealthy businessman Rashid and hardworking Nahla's life around; fifteen years ago, their daughters were switched at birth.

  • Lam'i El Ott
    Lam'i El Ott (2017)4.0

    The serial revolves around a bus driver (Muhammad Imam) in a private school. As the driver returns home after school ends, a parent kidnaps the school bus and asks for a ransom.

  • Al Asouf
    Al Asouf (2018)2.8

    In the wake of the significant societal changes in the 1970s, the life of a Saudi family is turned upside down after sheltering a baby found at the mosque.

  • Hell Stone
    Hell Stone (2017)N/A

    In this thriller TV series, three female friends decide to murder their husbands. They set a plan to blow up their car while they were out on an expedition. Their plan works, but after some inexplicable events, they realise that one of their husbands survived the explosion and has returned for revenge.