The Best TV Shows on MBC 1

Every MBC 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

MBC 1 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2000 all the way to 2025. Al Zeer Salem and Bab Al-Hara represent the pinnacle of MBC 1’s programming, launching in 2000 and 2006. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from January 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Top Chef (AR)
    Top Chef (AR) (2016)10.0

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

  • 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.

  • Omar
    Omar (2012)8.9

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

  • Heera
    Heera (2022)8.3

    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.

  • Al Zeer Salem
    Al Zeer Salem (2000)8.0

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

  • I Want to Get Married
    I Want to Get Married (2010)8.0

    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.

  • Arab Idol
    Arab Idol (2011)7.0

    Arab Idol is the second Idol franchise in the Arab World. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Arab World.

  • Leh Laa?!
    Leh Laa?! (2020)7.0

    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.

  • 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.

  • The Prince
    The Prince (2020)6.9

    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.

  • 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.

  • Black Crows
    Black Crows (2017)6.8

    This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.

  • 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.

  • Slave Market
    Slave Market (2023)5.5

    Set at the beginning of the 20th century, the events deal with five touching stories of different people who are united by one thing and separated by many others in different places, such as India, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Arabian Peninsula.

  • Arab's Got Talent
    Arab's Got Talent (2011)4.8

    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

  • Layl
    Layl (2025)N/A

    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.

  • Al-Asha Street
    Al-Asha Street (2025)N/A

    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.