Our curated list, current as of January 2026, showcases over 20 of MBC 1’s highest-rated series. MBC 1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 2000 and as recent as 2025. Some of the best tv shows from MBC 1 include Al Zeer Salem and Bab Al-Hara, airing in 2000 and 2006 respectively.

Fifteen chefs from different Arab countries compete in fiery culinary challenges under the supervision of prominent Arab chefs and international guests.

Riyadh, 1970. Aziza reminisces about her youth as she, her sister Awatif, and the fierce Bedouin Wadha navigate battles of love, ambition, and defiance in a drastically shifting society.

A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

In a tale of love and revenge, two star-crossed lovers must face a ruthless society and a powerful patriarch hellbent on stopping their marriage.

Chronicling the Basus War between two Arabian tribes and their allies, the drama follows the emergence of renowned Arab figure, Al Zeer Salem.

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.

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.

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.

From food tasting, to dinner in the sky, Ramez’s unsuspecting guests think they’re in for mouth-watering cuisines at Riyadh Boulevard, until the real show begins.

Amina decides to be independent, her family refused so she ran to participate in a weird competition, if she wins she'll get a scholarship and money.

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.

Taking place in Kanto market, the events follow the lives of the market's people, the most important of whom is Taha and his family, who are major textile merchants in the market, and the disputes between them and other merchants, in addition to Rawia, who is led by circumstances to the market.

A social drama that chronicles the life of Al-Prince family, especially Radwan Al-Prince who, following the death of his parents, finds himself involved with his family members as he looks after them and tries to guide them through life.

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.

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.

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.

An entertainment program that presents the best talents in the Arab world in various fields and activities, with one of them crowned at the end of the program with the title of Arab's Got Talent

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.

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.

An ambassador’s daughter and a farmer’s son share a love that defies class and time. When she vanishes, his world shatters – until her return years later with secrets that turn their love into a haunting reckoning.