The Top Rated TV Shows 1950 to 1960

Oct. 1950 to April 1951

1. Texaco Star Theater NBC
2. Fireside Theater NBC
3. Philco TV Playhouse NBC
4. Your Show of Shows NBC
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
6. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC
7. The Lone Ranger ABC
8. Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts CBS
9. Hopalong Cassidy NBC
10. Mama CBS


Oct. 1951 to April 1952

1. Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts CBS
2. Texaco Star Theater NBC
3. I Love Lucy CBS
4. The Red Skelton Show NBC
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
7. Fireside Theater NBC
8. Your Shows of Shows NBC
9. The Jack Benny Show CBS
10. You Bet Your Life NBC


Oct. 1952 to April 1953

1. I Love Lucy CBS
2. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
3. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
4. Dragnet NBC
5. Texaco Star Theater NBC
6. The Buic Circus Hour NBC
7. The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
8. Gangbusters NBC
9. You Bet Your Life NBC
10. Fireside Theater NBC


Oct. 1953 to April 1954

1. I Love Lucy CBS
2. Dragnet NBC
3. Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts CBS
    You Bet your Life (tied for 3rd) NBC
5. The Milton Berle Show NBC
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
7. Ford Theater NBC
8. The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
9. Fireside Theater NBC
10. The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
      This Is Your Life (tied for 10th) NBC


Oct. 1954 to April 1955

1. I Love Lucy CBS
2. The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
3. Dragnet NBC
4. You Bet Your Life NBC
5. The Toast of the Town CBS
6. Disneyland ABC
7. The Jack Benny Show CBS
8. The George Gobel Show NBC
9. Ford Theater NBC
10. December Bride CBS


Oct. 1955 to April 1956

1. The $64,000.00 Question CBS
2. I Love Lucy CBS
3. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
4. Disneyland ABC
5. The Jack Benny Show CBS
6. December Bride CBS
7. You Bet Your Life NBC
8. Dragnet NBC
9. The Millionare CBS
10. I've Got A Secret CBS


Oct. 1956 to April 1957

1. I Love Lucy CBS
2. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
3. General Electric Theater CBS
4. The $64,000.00 Question CBS
5. December Bride CBS
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS
7. I've Got A Secret CBS
8. Gunsmoke (tied for 8th) CBS
9. The Perry Como Show NBC
10. The Jack Benny Show CBS


Oct. 1957 to April 1958

1. Gunsmoke CBS
2. The Danny Thomas Show CBS
3. Tales of Wells Fargo NBC
4. Have Gun Will Travel CBS
5. I've Got A Secret CBS
6. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC
7. General Electric Theater CBS
8. The Restless Gun NBC
9. December Bride CBS
10. You Bet Your Life


Oct. 1958 to April 1959

1. Gunsmoke CBS
2. Wagon Train NBC
3. Have Gun Will Travel CBS
4. The Rifleman ABC
5. The Danny Thomas Show CBS
6. Maverick ABC
7. Tales of Wells Fargo NBC
8. The Real McCoys ABC
9. I've Got A Secret CBS
10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC


Oct. 1959 to April 1960

1. Gunsmoke CBS
2. Wagon Train NBC
3. Have Gun Will Travel CBS
4. The Danny Thomas Show CBS
5. The Red Skelton Show CBS
6. Father Knows Best CBS
    77 Sunset Strip (tied for 6th) ABC
8. The Price is Right NBC
9. Wanted Dead or Alive CBS
10. Perry Mason CBS


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