TV Ratings – 1950s

by Candace RichComment — Updated August 3, 2023

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US TV Ratings – 1950s
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UK TV Ratings – 1950s
UK TV Ratings – 1960s
UK TV Ratings – 1970s
Here are the top rated Fifties TV shows by season!
October 1950 – April 1951
October 1951 – April 1952
October 1952 – April 1953
October 1953 – April 1954
October 1954 – April 1955
October 1955 – April 1956
October 1956 – April 1957
October 1957 – April 1958
October 1958 – April 1959
October 1959 – April 1960
October 1950 – April 1951
1. Texaco Star Theatre
2. Fireside Theatre
3. Philco TV Playhouse
4. Your Show of Shows
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour
6. Gillette Cavalcade of Stars
7. The Lone Ranger
8. Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
9. Hopalong Cassidy
10. Mama
11. Robert Montgomery Presents
12. Martin Lane, Private Eye
13. Man Against Crime
14. Kraft Televison Theatre
15. The Toast of the Town

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October 1951 – April 1952
1. Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts
2. Texaco Star Theatre
3. I Love Lucy
4. The Red Skelton Show
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
7. Fireside Theatre
8. Your Show of Shows
9. The Jack Benny Show
10. You Bet Your Life
11. Mama
12. Philco TV Playhouse
13. Amos ‘N Andy
14. Gangbusters
15. Big Town

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October 1952 – April 1953
1. I Love Lucy
2. Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
3. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
4. Dragnet
5. Texaco Star Theatre
6. The Buick Circus Hour
7. The Colgate Comedy Hour
8. Gangbusters
9. You Bet Your Life
10. Fireside Theatre
11. The Red Buttons Show
12. The Jack Benny Show
13. Life With Luigi
14. Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts
15. Goodyear TV Playhouse

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October 1953 – April 1954
1. I Love Lucy
2. Dragnet
3. Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
4. You Bet Your Life
5. The Chevy Show (Bob Hope)
6. The Milton Berle Show
7. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
8. The Ford Show
9. The Jackie Gleason Show
10. Fireside Theatre
11. The Colgate Comedy Hour
12. This Is Your Life
13. The Red Buttons Show
14. The Life of Riley
15. Our Miss Brooks

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October 1954 – April 1955
1. I Love Lucy
2. The Jackie Gleason Show
3. Dragnet
4. You Bet Your Life
5. The Toast of the Town
6. Disneyland
7. The Chevy Show (Bob Hope)
8. The Jack Benny Show
9. The Martha Raye Show
10. The George Gobel Show
11. Ford Theatre
12. December Bride
13. Buick-Berle Show
14. This Is Your Life
15. I’ve Got A Secret

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October 1955 – April 1956
1. The $64,000 Question
2. I Love Lucy
3. The Ed Sullivan Show
4. Disneyland
5. The Jack Benny Show
6. December Bride
7. You Bet Your Life
8. Dragnet
9. The Millionaire
10. I’ve Got A Secret
11. General Electric Theatre
12. Private Secretary
13. Ford Theatre
14. The Red Skelton Show
15. The George Gobel Show

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October 1956 – April 1957
1. I Love Lucy
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
3. General Electric Theatre
4. The $64,000 Question
5. December Bride
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7. I’ve Got A Secret
8. Gunsmoke
9. The Perry Como Show
10. The Jack Benny Show
11. Dragnet
12. Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
13. The Millionaire
14. Disneyland
15. The Red Skelton Show

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October 1957 – April 1958
1. Gunsmoke
2. The Danny Thomas Show
3. Tales of Wells Fargo
4. Have Gun Will Travel
5. I’ve Got A Secret
6. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
7. General Electric Theatre
8. The Restless Gun
9. December Bride
10. You Bet Your Life
11. The Perry Como Show
12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
13. Cheyenne
14. The Ford Show
15. The Red Skelton Show
16. The Gale Storm Show
17. The Milionaire
18. The Lineup
19. This Is Your Life
20. The $64,000 Question
21. Zane Grey Theatre
22. Lassie
23. Wagon Train
24. Sugarfoot
25. Father Knows Best

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October 1958 – April 1959
1. Gunsmoke
2. Wagon Train
3. Have Gun Will Travel
4. The Rifleman
5. The Danny Thomas Show
6. Maverick
7. Tales of Wells Fargo
8. The Real McCoys
9. I’ve Got A Secret
10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
11. The Price Is Right
12. The Red Skelton Show
13. Zane Grey Theatre
14. Father Knows Best
15. The Texan
16. Wanted: Dead or Alive
17. Peter Gunn
18. Cheyenne
19. Perry Mason
20. The Ford Show
21. Sugarfoot
22. The Ann Sothern Show
23. The Perry Como Show
24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
25. Name That Tune

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October 1959 – April 1960
1. Gunsmoke
2. Wagon Train
3. Have Gun Will Travel
4. The Danny Thomas Show
5. The Red Skelton Show
6. Father Knows Best
7. 77 Sunset Strip
8. The Price Is Right
9. Wanted: Dead Or Alive
10. Perry Mason
11. The Real McCoys
12. The Ed Sullivan Show
13. The Bing Cosby Show
14. The Rifleman
15. The Ford Show
16. The Lawman
17. Dennis The Menace
18. Cheyenne
19. Rawhide
20. Maverick
21. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
22. Mr. Lucky
23. Zane Grey Theatre
24. General Electric Theatre
25. The Ann Sothern Show

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