(from 1960-61 to 1969-70)

 

Top ranked shows by points (30 points for a No. 1 year-end finish, 29 points for a 2nd place, down to 1 point for the 30th ranked show) :

 
 Rank  PROGRAM  Sum of Points    Times in Top 30 
1 Bonanza 272 10
2 The Andy Griffith Show 212 8
3 The Red Skelton Show 191 8
4 The Beverly Hillbillies 180 8
5 Gunsmoke 176 9
6 The Lucy Show 159 6
7 The Ed Sullivan Show 149 10
8 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 135 5
9 Bewitched 124 6
10 My Three Sons 121 10
11 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 109 9
12 The Jackie Gleason Show 103 7
13 Candid Camera 98 4
14 Family Affair 96 4
15 The Dick Van Dyke Show 89 4

 

Top ranked shows by number of times in Top 30

 
 Rank  PROGRAM  Sum of Points    Times in Top 30 
1 My Three Sons 121 10
1 The Ed Sullivan Show 149 10
1 Bonanza 272 10
4 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 109 9
4 Gunsmoke 176 9
6 The Beverly Hillbillies 180 8
6 The Andy Griffith Show 212 8
6 The Red Skelton Show 191 8
9 The Virginian 88 7
9 The Jackie Gleason Show 103 7
11 The Lucy Show 159 6
11 Lassie 66 6
11 Bewitched 124 6
14 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 135 5
14 The Lawrence Welk Show 51 5

Top ranked shows by points (30 points for a No. 1 year-end finish, 29 points for a 2nd place, down to 1 point for the 30th ranked show) and by Key Number 2 (shows that have changed names have been tabulated together such as The Toast of the Town + The Ed Sullivan Show or 60 Minutes + 60 Minutes II) :

 
Rank   Key Number 2 Name  Sum of Points    Times in Top 30 
1 Bonanza 272 10
2 The Red Skelton Show - The Red Skelton Hour   235 10
3 The Andy Griffith Show 212 8
4 The Lucy Show - Here's Lucy 206 8
5 The Beverly Hillbillies 180 8
6 Gunsmoke 176 9
7 The Toast of the Town - The Ed Sullivan Show 149 10
8 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 135 5
9 Bewitched 124 6
10 My Three Sons 121 10
11 Disneyland - Disney 109 9
12 The Jackie Gleason Show 103 7
13 Candid Camera 98 4
14 Family Affair 96 4
15 The Dick Van Dyke Show 89 4

 




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Last updated : July 26th, 2002 by Frank Bibler