The Best TV Shows on MBC 1

Every MBC 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

MBC 1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 2000 and as recent as 2025. Premiering in 2000 and 2004, Al Zeer Salem and Layali Al-Salehiya are among MBC 1’s most celebrated shows. Our curated list, current as of September 2026, showcases over 20 of MBC 1’s highest-rated series.

  • Travel Route
    Travel Route (2022)10.0

    Three brothers get into many adventures when they run the inn, the station, and the grocery they inherit from their father, who appears to them as a ghost whenever they do something wrong.

  • Omar
    Omar (2012)9.0

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

  • Selfie
    Selfie (2015)8.3

    A bold Saudi sketch comedy show that holds a mirror up to modern Gulf society — from social media obsession to gender dynamics and everything in between. Sharp, fast-paced and genuinely funny, it's been a Ramadan staple for a generation of Saudi viewers.

  • 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)8.2

    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.

  • The Legend
    The Legend (2016)7.9

    The series revolves around a young law school graduate Nasser (Mohammed Ramadan) who lives in the Sabbatiyah area, seeking to join the judiciary. In conflicts with a major arms dealer

  • Bab Al-Hara
    Bab Al-Hara (2006)7.6

    A modern classic of Arab television. 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.

  • The Marina
    The Marina (2025)7.0

    Captain Sultan Al-Nahel works at sea and travels for long periods, which keeps him away from his wife and children for long periods. During one of his trips, he meets a woman named Nawal and enters into a romantic relationship with her. Major conflicts arise between his love for her and his commitment to his wife Khawla. Nawal tries to separate the captain from his family, and asks him to abandon his past and his family. When he returns to his family, events begin to explode with clashes between family duty and romantic desire.

  • 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.

  • The Price
    The Price (2023)6.6

    Sarah is a widowed engineer with one desperate priority — saving her young son's life. When her boss Zein offers to pay for the cancer treatment on one condition — that she spend a night with him — she faces an impossible choice. What follows spirals far beyond that night into obsession, power and complicated feelings neither of them expected. An Arabic remake of the celebrated Turkish series Binbir Gece, starring Razane Jammal and Basel Khayat, with a theme song by Elissa.

  • Layali Al-Salehiya
    Layali Al-Salehiya (2004)6.4

    A man entrusts Abu Al Makhraz with a huge sum of money and disappears. When Abu Al Makhraz dies, his family finds themselves pitted against his relatives.

  • My Heart Relieved
    My Heart Relieved (2018)6.1

    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.

  • The Inheritance
    The Inheritance (2020)5.0

    In a toxic environment filled in hatred and deceit. Abdel Mohsen dies leaving a will that shows the true metal of everyone around him.

  • 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.

  • The Storm
    The Storm (2018)3.9

    Set in 1970s and 80s Riyadh, this landmark Saudi drama follows the Al-Tayan family navigating sweeping societal change — from the oil boom and the rise of religious conservatism, to the 1979 Grand Mosque seizure and the Gulf War. What begins with a foundling child at the mosque ripples outward into a rich multigenerational portrait of a country transforming before its people's eyes.

  • Al Aasha Street
    Al Aasha Street (2025)3.2

    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.

  • The Voice أحلى صوت
    The Voice أحلى صوت (2012)N/A

  • Studio 21
    Studio 21 (2021)N/A

    Employees at a financially struggling TV station experience a series of amusing daily adventures as its owner remains determined to keep it running despite every challenge.