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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.