TV Ratings – 1960s

by Candace Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment — Reading Time: 5 minutes

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Here are the top rated Sixties TV shows by season!
October 1960 – April 1961 October 1961 – April 1962 October 1962 – April 1963 October 1963 – April 1964 October 1964 – April 1965	October 1965 – April 1966 October 1966 – April 1967 October 1967 – April 1968 October 1968 – April 1969 October 1969 – April 1970

October 1960 – April 1961
1. Gunsmoke 2. Wagon Train 3. Have Gun Will Travel 4. The Andy Griffith Show 5. The Real McCoys 6. Rawhide 7. Candid Camera 8. The Untouchables 9. The Price is Right 10. The Jack Benny Show 11. Dennis the Menace 12. The Danny Thomas Show 13. My Three Sons	14. 77 Sunset Strip 15. The Ed Sullivan Show 16. Perry Mason 17. Bonanza 18. The Flintstones 19. The Red Skelton Show 20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents 21. Celebrity Talent Scouts 22. General Electric Theatre 23. Checkmate 24. What’s My Line 25. Many Lives of Dobie Gillis

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October 1961 – April 1962
1. Wagon Train 2. Bonanza 3. Gunsmoke 4. Hazel 5. Perry Mason 6. The Red Skelton Show 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. The Danny Thomas Show 9. Dr. Kildare 10. Candid Camera 11. My Three Sons 12. The Garry Moore Show 13. Rawhide	14. The Real McCoys 15. Lassie 16. Sing Along With Mitch 17. Dennis the Menace 18. Gunsmoke 19. Ben Casey 20. The Ed Sullivan Show 21. Car 54, Where Are You 22. The Flintstones 23. Many Lives of Dobie Gillis 24. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 25. The Joey Bishop Show

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October 1962 – April 1963
1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Candid Camera 3. The Red Skelton Show 4. Bonanza 5. The Lucy Show 6. The Andy Griffith Show 7. Ben Casey 8. The Danny Thomas Show 9. The Dick Van Dyke Show 10. Gunsmoke 11. Dr. Kildare 12. The Jack Benny Show 13. What’s My Line	14. The Ed Sullivan Show 15. Hazel 16. I’ve Got a Secret 17. The Jackie Gleason Show 18. The Defenders 19. The Garry Moore Show 20. To Tell the Truth 21. Lassie 22. Rawhide 23. Perry Mason 24. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 25. Wagon Train

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October 1963 – April 1964
1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Bonanza 3. The Dick Van Dyke Show 4. Petticoat Junction 5. The Andy Griffith Show 6. The Lucy Show 7. Candid Camera 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. The Danny Thomas Show 10. My Favorite Martian 11. The Red Skelton Show 12. I’ve Got a Secret 13. Lassie	14. The Jack Benny Show 15. The Jackie Gleason Show 16. The Donna Reed Show 17. The Virginian 18. The Patty Duke Show 19. Dr. Kildare 20. Gunsmoke 21. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 22. Hazel 23. McHale’s Navy 24. To Tell the Truth 25. What’s My Line

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October 1964 – April 1965
1. Bonanza 2. Bewitched 3. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. 4. The Andy Griffith Show 5. The Fugitive 6. The Red Skelton Hour 7. The Dick Van Dyke Show 8. The Lucy Show 9. Peyton Place II 10. Combat 11. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 12. The Beverly Hillbillies 13. My Three Sons	14. Branded 15. Petticoat Junction 16. The Ed Sullivan Show 17. Lassie 18. The Munsters 19. Gilligan’s Island 20. Peyton Place I 21. The Jackie Gleason Show 22. The Virginian 23. The Addams Family 24. My Favorite Martian 25. Flipper

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October 1965 – April 1966
1. Bonanza 2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 3. The Lucy Show 4. The Red Skelton Hour 5. Batman (Thurs) 6. The Andy Griffith Show 7. Bewitched 8. The Beverly Hillbillies 9. Hogan’s Heroes 10. Batman (Wed) 11. Green Acres 12. Get Smart 13. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.	14. Daktari 15. My Three Sons 16. The Dick Van Dyke Show 17. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 18. The Ed Sullivan Show 19. The Lawrence Show 20. I’ve Got a Secret 21. Petticoat Junction 22. Gilligan’s Island 23. Wild, Wild West 24. The Jackie Gleason Show 25. The Virginian

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October 1966 – April 1967
1. Bonanza 2. The Red Skelton Hour 3. The Andy Griffith Show 4. The Lucy Show 5. The Jackie Gleason Show 6. Green Acres 7. Daktari 8. Bewitched 9. The Beverly Hillbillies 10. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 11. The Virginian 12. The Lawrence Welk Show 13. The Ed Sullivan Show	14. The Dean Martin Show 15. Family Affair 16. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 17. Friday Night Movies 18. Hogan’s Heroes 19. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 20. Saturday Night at the Movies 21. Dragnet 22. Get Smart 23. Petticoat 24. Rat Patrol 25. Daniel Boone

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October 1967 – April 1968
1. The Andy Griffith Show 2. The Lucy Show 3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 4. Gunsmoke 5. Family Affair 6. Bonanza 7. The Red Skelton Show 8. The Dean Martin Show 9. The Jackie Gleason Show 10. Saturday Night at the Movies 11. Bewitched 12. The Beverly Hillbillies 13. The Ed Sullivan Show	14. The Virginian 15. Friday Night Movie 16. Green Acres 17. The Lawrence Welk Show 18. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 19. Gentle Ben 20. Tuesday Night at the Movies 21. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In 22. The F.B.I. 23. Thursday Night Movie 24. My Three Sons 25. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color

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October 1968 – April 1969
1. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In 2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 3. Bonanza 4. Mayberry R.F.D. 5. Family Affair 6. Gunsmoke 7. Julia 8. The Dean Martin Show 9. Here’s Lucy 10. The Beverly Hillbillies 11. Mission: Impossible 12. Bewitched 13. The Red Skelton Hour	14. My Three Sons 15. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 16. Ironside 17. The Virginian 18. The F.B.I. 19. Green Acres 20. Dragnet 21. Daniel Boone 22. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 23. The Ed Sullivan Show 24. The Carol Burnett Show 25. The Jackie Gleason Show

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October 1969 – April 1970
1. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In 2. Gunsmoke 3. Bonanza 4. Mayberry R.F.D. 5. Family Affair 6. Here’s Lucy 7. The Red Skelton Hour 8. Marcus Welby M.D. 9. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 10. The Doris Day Show 11. The Bill Cosby Show 12. The Jim Nabors Hour 13. The Carol Burnett Show	14. The Dean Martin Show 15. My Three Sons 16. Ironside 17. The Johhny Cash Show 18. The Beverly Hillbillies 19. Hawaii Five-O 20. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 21. Hee Haw 22. Movie of the Week 23. The Mod Squad 24. Saturday Night Movie 25. Bewitched

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