Points by Program - 1950-2002

The Programs are "consolidated"
(e.g. "Who wants to be a millionaire?" includes the points of the show for the different nights it is broadcasted on
or "60 Minutes" includes the data for "60 Minutes" and "60 Minutes 2")

Note : Every show got 30 points for a 1st place finish in the season's rankings, 29 points for a second place,...


Data by Decade : 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 2000s

Data by network : Points by Network --- Number of shows in the Top 30 each year


 
Key Number 2 Name   Sum of Points     Times in Top 30  
60 Minutes 663 29
Monday Night Football 498 28
Gunsmoke 386 18
The Red Skelton Show - The Red Skelton Hour   359 17
Bonanza 305 12
The Toast of the Town - The Ed Sullivan Show 285 17
All in the Family - Archie Bunker's Place 284 12
The Lucy Show - Here's Lucy 273 12
M*A*S*H - AfterMASH 264 11
Murder, She Wrote 252 11
Cheers 236 9
ER 232 8
CBS Sunday Movie 230 15
Dallas 229 10
The Cosby Show 217 8
Friends 216 8
The Andy Griffith Show 212 8
Roseanne 208 8
Home Improvement 200 8
Who wants to be a millionaire? 199 8
The Jack Benny Show 190 10
Three's Company 181 7
The Beverly Hillbillies 180 8
I Love Lucy 177 6
Frasier 177 9
You Bet Your Life 176 9
The Danny Thomas Show 170 7
Happy Days 168 9
NBC Monday Movie 166 18
I've Got a Secret 165 10
Dragnet 163 9
ABC Sunday Movie 159 18
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts 157 7
The Jackie Gleason Show 157 10
20/20 155 10
One Day at a Time 153 8
Seinfeld 152 6
The Jeffersons 151 8
Hawaii Five-O 151 8
The Golden Girls 149 7
Laverne & Shirley 145 7
N.Y.P.D. Blue 139 9
Sanford and Son 139 6
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 135 5
Murphy Brown 134 7
My Three Sons 133 11
Wagon Train 131 6
Dynasty 127 6
A Different World 125 5
Alice 125 7
ABC Monday Movie 125 11
Bewitched 124 6
Who's the Boss? 122 6
Little House on the Prairie 121 8
The Love Boat 118 7
General Electric Theatre 117 8
Have Gun Will Travel 115 6
Law and Order 115 8
Coach 114 6
Fireside Theatre 114 6
The Waltons 109 7
Disneyland - Disney 109 9
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 108 6
Texaco Star Theater 105 4
The Colgate Comedy Hour 101 5
The Virginian - The Men from Shiloh 101 8
Falcon Crest 101 6
Maude 101 4
Ironside 100 6
Magnum, P.I. 100 5
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends 100 5
Marcus Welby, M.D. 99 4
Family Ties 98 4
Candid Camera 98 4
Touched by an Angel 97 5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 97 5
Family Affair 96 4
Growing Pains 95 6
December Bride 94 4
Night Court 92 6
Dateline NBC 92 11
Full House 92 6
Everybody Loves Raymond 90 5
The Dick Van Dyke Show 89 4
The Dukes of Hazzard 88 5
The Dean Martin Show 87 5
The Real McCoys 87 5
Perry Mason 87 6
Lassie 84 9
Disneyland - Disney 84 5
Charlie's Angels 83 4
Newhart 82 6
Knots Landing 81 8
Matlock 80 6
Unsolved Mysteries 77 5
The Flip Wilson Show 77 3
Empty Nest 77 4
Simon & Simon 76 4
The A-Team 74 4
Green Acres 73 4
L.A. Law 73 6
Philco TV Playhouse 73 4
The Perry Como Show 73 6
Grace Under Fire 71 3
NBC Sunday Movie 71 9
The Millionnaire 70 5
The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp 70 4
Adam 12 70 4
The Price is Right 70 4
Disneyland - Disney 70 3
Mayberry R.F.D. 70 3
The NBC Mystery Movie 69 4
The $64,000 Question 69 3
Rawhide 68 5
Primetime Live 68 6
The F.B.I. 68 7
Eight is Enough 66 4
Kate & Allie 66 4
The Six Million Dollar Man 66 3
The Ford Show 64 5
Your Show of Shows 62 3
Petticoat Junction 61 4
America's Funniest Home Videos 61 3
ABC Tuesday Movie 60 3
Becker 60 4
Mama 60 4
The Carol Burnett Show 60 9
This Is Your Life 59 5
Trapper John, M.D. 58 6
What's My Line 57 7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 57 4
Gilette Cavalcade of Sports 57 4
Medical Center 57 4
Survivor 55 2
The Drew Carey Show 55 4
Barney Miller 55 4
Rhoda 55 3
Veronica's Closet 54 2
Dr. Kildare 54 3
Designing Women 54 3
The Wonder Years 54 4
The Practice 53 3
The Bob Newhart Show 53 4
Cannon 53 4
The Life of Riley 53 4
The Rifleman 53 4
Tales of Wells Fargo 52 2
Hazel 52 3
Kojak 52 3
Northern Exposure 52 3
Father Knows Best 51 3
The Lawrence Welk Show 51 5
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts 50 5
Mannix 50 4
Hotel 50 3
Good Times 50 4
C.S.I. 49 2
That's Incredible 49 4
Cheyenne 49 4
Dennis the Menace 49 3
In the Heat of the Night 48 5
The Single Guy 48 2
Moonlighting 48 3
The West Wing 48 3
House Calls 48 3
NBC Saturday Movie 47 4
Real People 47 4
Batman 47 2
Just Shoot Me 46 3
J.A.G. 46 4
The Fall Guy 46 4
CBS Tuesday Movie 45 5
Jesse 45 2
Private Secretary 44 4
77 Sunset Strip 44 3
The Bionic Woman 43 2
The Lineup 43 3
Daktari 41 2
The Mod Squad 41 4
The Doris Day Show 41 4
Fantasy Island 41 5
Too Close for Comfort 41 2
Will & Grace 40 2
Taxi 40 2
Amen 40 3
Alf 40 3
Goodyear TV Playhouse 40 3
Gangbusters 40 2
The Lone Ranger 40 3
Rich Man, Poor Man 39 2
The Red Buttons Show 39 2
The George Gobel Show 39 2
Hart to Hart 38 3
Zane Grey Theater 38 3
Maverick 37 2
Ben Casey 37 2
Highway to Heaven 37 3
The Garry Moore Show 37 3
Wanted: Dead or Alive 37 2
Soap 36 3
Barnaby Jones 36 4
Welcome Back, Kotter 36 3
Hogan's Heroes 36 2
Mad About You 36 3
Judging Amy 35 3
Caroline in the City 35 2
Kraft Television Theatre 35 3
Chico and The Man 34 2
The Naked Truth 34 2
Love & War 34 2
Dear John 34 2
Fresh Prince of Bel Air 34 3
Peyton Place 33 2
The Partridge Family 33 3
Baretta 32 2
227 32 3
Mork & Mindy 32 2
Major Dad 32 2
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 32 3
Evening Shade 32 3
Wings 31 4
CBS Friday Night Movie 31 3
Walker, Texas Ranger 30 4
Riptide 30 2
Head of the Class 30 5
The Fugitive 29 2
My Favorite Martian 28 2
Suddenly Susan 28 1
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour 28 2
Get Smart 28 2
Your Hit Parade 28 4
Big Town 28 2
Providence 27 3
Valerie 27 3
Miami Vice 27 2
Julia 27 2
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 27 2
The Rookies 27 3
Dharma & Greg 26 3
Bridget Loves Bernie 26 1
Our Miss Brooks 26 2
Texaco Star Theater 26 1
Hee Haw 26 2
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes 26 2
The Big Event 26 2
CHiPS 26 3
Angie 26 1
Robert Montgomery Presents 25 2
The Lawman 25 3
Phyllis 25 1
Hopalong Cassidy 25 2
The Buick Circus Hour 25 1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 25 2
Fired Up 25 1
The X-Files 25 3
Cagney & Lacey 24 2
Amos 'n' Andy 24 2
America's Funniest People 24 2
Flo 24 1
Treasury Men in Action 24 2
Hunter 24 4
The Flintstones 24 3
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 23 4
Daniel Boone 23 4
Union Square 23 1
The Streets of San Francisco 23 3
The Restless Gun 23 1
Boston Common 23 1
Rescue: 911 23 2
The Untouchables 23 1
The Ropers 23 1
Diff'rent Strokes 23 3
Funny Face 23 1
The Facts of Life 23 4
Scarecrow & Mrs. King 23 3
Grand 22 2
Gilligan's Island 22 2
The Adventures of Robin Hood 22 2
Leap Of Faith 22 1
The Nanny 22 2
Room For Two 21 1
Family Matters 21 3
Crazy Like a Fox 21 1
Martin Kane, Private Eye 21 2
Anything But Love 21 1
Combat 21 1
The Jim Nabors Hour 21 2
Man Against Crime 20 2
Mission: Impossible 20 1
The Bill Cosby Show 20 1
How the West Was Won 20 1
Spin City 20 2
Dave's World 20 2
Treasury Men in Action 20 2
Ellen 20 2
The Rockford Files 19 1
Thunder Alley 19 1
Madman of the People 19 1
Armstrong Circle Theatre 19 2
To Tell the Truth 19 2
Sugarfoot 18 2
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 18 2
Chicken Soup 18 1
The Alan Young Show 18 2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 18 1
The Defenders 18 2
Life with Luigi 18 1
Inside Schwartz 17 1
Hope & Gloria 17 1
The Ann Sothern Show 17 2
Peter Gunn 17 2
The Big Story 17 3
Strike it Rich 17 2
Branded 17 1
Police Woman 17 2
Two for the Money 17 1
9 to 5 16 1
King of Queens 16 2
The Texan 16 1
The Johnny Cash Show 16 1
The Donna Reed Show 16 2
Cosby 16 2
Sing Along with Mitch 16 1
Stark Raving Mad 16 1
People are Funny 16 3
The Patty Duke Show 16 2
All Star Revue 16 2
Daddio 16 1
S.W.A.T. 15 1
The Gale Storm Show 15 1
The Aldrich Family 15 1
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 15 1
The Jackie Thomas Show 15 1
Starsky and Hutch 15 1
Hill Street Blues 15 3
Good Heavens 15 1
Dr. Quinn, Medecine Woman 14 2
Temptation Island 14 1
CBS Thursday Movie 14 5
Climax 14 2
Gloria 13 1
The New Dick Van Dyke Show 13 1
3rd Rock From the Sun 13 2
Yes, Dear 13 2
The Munsters 13 1
Crossing Jordan 12 1
Project U.F.O. 12 1
Lights Out 12 1
CBS Friday Movie 12 1
Gentle Ben 12 1
You Again 12 1
Webster 12 2
The Honeymooners 12 1
Chicago Hope 11 3
Me and the Boys 11 1
Turning Point 11 1
NBC Tuesday Movie 11 1
My Two Dads 11 1
Hearts Afire 11 1
McHale's Navy 11 2
Car 54, Where Are You? 11 1
My Sister Sam 10 1
The Phil Silvers Show 10 2
Doogie Howser, M.D. 10 2
Cybill 10 2
Diagnosis Murder 10 2
Mr. Lucky 10 1
Checkmate 10 1
Vega$ 10 2
The Smith Family 10 1
WKRP in Cincinnati 9 1
What's Happening !! 9 2
The $64,000 Challenge 9 1
Cher 9 1
The Weber Show 9 1
I Dream of Jeannie 9 2
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin 8 1
The Sonny & Cher Show 8 1
Wild, Wild West 8 1
Rat Patrol 8 1
Ally McBeal 8 1
King of the Hill 8 1
Benson 8 1
Stop the Music 8 1
The Guardian 8 1
Flipper 8 2
The Addams Family 8 1
Lux Video Theatre 7 2
The Joey Bishop Show 7 1
48 Hours 7 2
Can't Hurry Love 7 1
Homicide: Life on the Street 7 1
Studio One 7 1
Topper 7 1
Name That Tune 7 2
Kung Fu 6 2
Hardcastle & McCormick 6 1
I Married Joan 6 1
The Little People 6 1
Knight Rider 6 1
Remington Steele 6 1
ABC Wednesday Movie 6 1
Baby Bob 6 1
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater 6 2
Family Law 6 2
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers 6 1
Tony Orlando & Dawn 6 1
The Roy Rogers Show 5 2
The Original Amateur Hour 5 1
Route 66 5 2
Lou Grant 5 2
Stockard Channing in Just Friends 5 1
Donny and Marie 5 1
The Simpsons 5 3
Family 5 1
Twenty-One 5 1
The Incredible Hulk 5 1
Blossom 5 1
Phenom 4 1
Fear Factor 4 1
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 4 1
The Loretta Young Show 4 2
Baby talk 4 1
Davis Rules 4 1
Tarzan 4 1
The District 3 1
Room 222 3 1
The Ken Murray Show 3 1
Day by Day 3 1
T.J. Hooker 3 1
Hiller and Diller 3 1
Malcolm in the Middle 3 1
ABC Friday Movie 3 1
My Little Margie 2 1
The Tony Randall Show 2 1
ABC Mystery Movie 2 1
The Chevy Show 2 1
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 2 1
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 2 1
The Martin Short Show 2 1
Racket Squad 2 1
I Spy 2 1
On Our Own 2 1
The Weakest Link 1 1
Emergency 1 1
The Speidel Show 1 1
CBS Wednesday Movie 1 1
Ford Theatre 1 1
The Dana Carvey Show 1 1
Aaron's Way 1 1
The Danny Kaye Show 1 1
Zorro 1 1
It Takes a Thief 1 1

 


Last Updated : July 26th, 2002
By BIBLER Frank
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