| Rank |
Year |
Program
|
Network |
| 1 |
1950-51 |
Texaco Star Thater |
NBC |
| 2 |
1950-51 |
Fireside Theatre |
NBC |
| 3 |
1950-51 |
Philco TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 4 |
1950-51 |
Your Show of Shows |
NBC |
| 5 |
1950-51 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour |
NBC |
| 6 |
1950-51 |
Gilette Cavalcade of Sports |
NBC |
| 7 |
1950-51 |
The Lone Ranger |
ABC |
| 8 |
1950-51 |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
CBS |
| 9 |
1950-51 |
Hopalong Cassidy |
NBC |
| 10 |
1950-51 |
Mama |
CBS |
| 11 |
1950-51 |
Robert Montgomery Presents |
NBC |
| 12 |
1950-51 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye |
NBC |
| 13 |
1950-51 |
Man Against Crime |
CBS |
| 14 |
1950-51 |
Kraft Television Theatre |
NBC |
| 15 |
1950-51 |
The Toast of the Town |
CBS |
| 16 |
1950-51 |
The Aldrich Family |
NBC |
| 17 |
1950-51 |
You Bet Your Life |
NBC |
| 18 |
1950-51 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
CBS |
| 19 |
1950-51 |
Armstrong Circle Theatre |
NBC |
| 20 |
1950-51 |
Lights Out |
NBC |
| 21 |
1950-51 |
Big Town |
CBS |
| 22 |
1950-51 |
The Alan Young Show |
CBS |
| 23 |
1950-51 |
Stop the Music |
ABC |
| 24 |
1950-51 |
Studio One |
CBS |
| 25 |
1950-51 |
The Big Story |
NBC |
| 1 |
1951-52 |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
CBS |
| 2 |
1951-52 |
Texaco Star Thater |
NBC |
| 3 |
1951-52 |
I Love Lucy |
CBS |
| 4 |
1951-52 |
The Red Skelton Show |
NBC |
| 5 |
1951-52 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour |
NBC |
| 6 |
1951-52 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
CBS |
| 7 |
1951-52 |
Fireside Theatre |
NBC |
| 8 |
1951-52 |
Your Show of Shows |
NBC |
| 9 |
1951-52 |
The Jack Benny Show |
CBS |
| 10 |
1951-52 |
You Bet Your Life |
NBC |
| 11 |
1951-52 |
Mama |
CBS |
| 12 |
1951-52 |
Philco TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 13 |
1951-52 |
Amos 'n' Andy |
CBS |
| 14 |
1951-52 |
Gangbusters |
NBC |
| 15 |
1951-52 |
Big Town |
CBS |
| 16 |
1951-52 |
Goodyear TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 17 |
1951-52 |
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts |
CBS |
| 18 |
1951-52 |
The Lone Ranger |
ABC |
| 19 |
1951-52 |
Gilette Cavalcade of Sports |
NBC |
| 20 |
1951-52 |
All Star Revue |
NBC |
| 21 |
1951-52 |
Dragnet |
NBC |
| 22 |
1951-52 |
The Alan Young Show |
CBS |
| 23 |
1951-52 |
Kraft Television Theatre |
NBC |
| 24 |
1951-52 |
Armstrong Circle Theatre |
NBC |
| 25 |
1951-52 |
Strike it Rich |
CBS |
| 1 |
1952-53 |
I Love Lucy |
CBS |
| 2 |
1952-53 |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
CBS |
| 3 |
1952-53 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
CBS |
| 4 |
1952-53 |
Dragnet |
NBC |
| 5 |
1952-53 |
Texaco Star Thater |
NBC |
| 6 |
1952-53 |
The Buick Circus Hour |
NBC |
| 7 |
1952-53 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour |
NBC |
| 8 |
1952-53 |
Gangbusters |
NBC |
| 9 |
1952-53 |
You Bet Your Life |
NBC |
| 10 |
1952-53 |
Fireside Theatre |
NBC |
| 11 |
1952-53 |
The Red Buttons Show |
CBS |
| 12 |
1952-53 |
The Jack Benny Show |
CBS |
| 13 |
1952-53 |
Life with Luigi |
CBS |
| 14 |
1952-53 |
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts |
CBS |
| 15 |
1952-53 |
Goodyear TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 16 |
1952-53 |
The Life of Riley |
NBC |
| 17 |
1952-53 |
Philco TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 18 |
1952-53 |
Mama |
CBS |
| 19 |
1952-53 |
Your Show of Shows |
NBC |
| 20 |
1952-53 |
What's My Line |
CBS |
| 21 |
1952-53 |
Strike it Rich |
CBS |
| 22 |
1952-53 |
Our Miss Brooks |
CBS |
| 23 |
1952-53 |
The Big Story |
NBC |
| 24 |
1952-53 |
Gilette Cavalcade of Sports |
NBC |
| 25 |
1952-53 |
Amos 'n' Andy |
CBS |
| 1 |
1953-54 |
I Love Lucy |
CBS |
| 2 |
1953-54 |
Dragnet |
NBC |
| 3 |
1953-54 |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
CBS |
| 4 |
1953-54 |
You Bet Your Life |
NBC |
| 5 |
1953-54 |
The Milton Berle Show |
NBC |
| 6 |
1953-54 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
CBS |
| 7 |
1953-54 |
Ford Theatre |
NBC |
| 8 |
1953-54 |
The Jackie Gleason Show |
CBS |
| 9 |
1953-54 |
Fireside Theatre |
NBC |
| 10 |
1953-54 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour |
NBC |
| 11 |
1953-54 |
This Is Your Life |
NBC |
| 12 |
1953-54 |
The Red Buttons Show |
CBS |
| 13 |
1953-54 |
The Life of Riley |
NBC |
| 14 |
1953-54 |
Our Miss Brooks |
CBS |
| 15 |
1953-54 |
Treasury Men in Action |
NBC |
| 16 |
1953-54 |
The Jack Benny Show |
CBS |
| 17 |
1953-54 |
The Toast of the Town |
CBS |
| 18 |
1953-54 |
Gilette Cavalcade of Sports |
NBC |
| 19 |
1953-54 |
Philco TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 20 |
1953-54 |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show |
CBS |
| 21 |
1953-54 |
Kraft Television Theatre |
NBC |
| 22 |
1953-54 |
Goodyear TV Playhouse |
NBC |
| 23 |
1953-54 |
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts |
CBS |
| 24 |
1953-54 |
Private Secretary |
CBS |
| 25 |
1953-54 |
I Married Joan |
NBC |
| 1 |
1954-55 |
I Love Lucy |
CBS |
| 2 |
1954-55 |
The Jackie Gleason Show |
CBS |
| 3 |
1954-55 |
Dragnet |
NBC |
| 4 |
1954-55 |
You Bet Your Life |
NBC |
| 5 |
1954-55 |
The Toast of the Town |
CBS |
| 6 |
1954-55 |
Disneyland |
ABC |
| 7 |
1954-55 |
The Jack Benny Show |
CBS |
| 8 |
1954-55 |
The George Gobel Show |
NBC |
| 9 |
1954-55 |
Ford Theatre |
NBC |
| 10 |
1954-55 |
December Bride |
CBS |
| 11 |
1954-55 |
Buick-Berle Show |
NBC |
| 12 |
1954-55 |
This Is Your Life |
NBC |
| 13 |
1954-55 |
I've Got a Secret |
CBS |
| 14 |
1954-55 |
Two for the Money |
CBS |
| 15 |
1954-55 |
Your Hit Parade |
NBC |
| 16 |
1954-55 |
The Millionnaire |
CBS |
| 17 |
1954-55 |
General Electric Theatre |
CBS |
| 18 |
1954-55 |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
CBS |
| 19 |
1954-55 |
Private Secretary |
CBS |
| 20 |
1954-55 |
Fireside Theatre |
NBC |
| 21 |
1954-55 |
The Life of Riley |
NBC |
| 22 |
1954-55 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
CBS |
| 23 |
1954-55 |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin |
ABC |
| 24 |
1954-55 |
Topper |
CBS |
| 25 |
1954-55 |
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts |
CBS |
