TV Ratings – 1960s

by Candace RichComment — Updated August 3, 2023

TV Ratings

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US TV Ratings – 1950s
US TV Ratings – 1960s
US TV Ratings – 1970s
UK TV Ratings – 1950s
UK TV Ratings – 1960s
UK TV Ratings – 1970s
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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