Screen Source presents:
20 Most Popular TV Shows
Each Year in the 1950's

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	The Texaco Star Theater	NBC
2	Toat of the Town (Ed Sullivan)	CBS
3	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
4	Fireball Fun for All	NBC
5	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC
6	Fireside Theatre	NBC
7	The Goldbergs	CBS
8	Suspense	CBS
9	The Ford Television Theater	CBS
10	Cavalcade of Stars	Dumont

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	The Texaco Star Theater	NBC
2	Fireside Theatre	NBC
3	Your Show of Shows	NBC
4	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC
5	The Colgate Comedy Hour	NBC
6	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	NBC
7	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
8	Mama	CBS
9	Robert Montgomery Presents	NBC
10	Martin Kane, Private Eye	NBC
11	Man Against Crime	CBS
12	Somerset MaughamTheatre	NBC
13	Kraft Television Theatre	NBC
14	Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan)	CBS
15	The Aldrich Family	NBC
16	You Bet Your Life	NBC
17	Armstrong Circle Theater (tie)	NBC
17	Big Town (tie)	CBS
17	Lights Out (tie)	NBC
20	The Alan Young Show	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
2	The Texaco Star Theater	NBC
3	I Love Lucy	CBS
4	The Red Skelton Show	NBC
5	The Colgate Comedy Hour	NBC
6	Fireside Theatre	NBC
7	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
8	Your Show of Shows	NBC
9	You Bet Your Life	NBC
10	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends	CBS
11	Mama	CBS
12	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC
13	Amos 'n' Andy	CBS
14	Big Town	CBS
15	Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts	CBS
16	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	NBC
17	The Alan Young Show	CBS
18	All-Star Revue (tie)	NBC
18	Dragnet (tie)	NBC
20	Kraft Television Theatre	NBC

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	I Love Lucy	CBS
2	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
3	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends	CBS
4	Dragnet	NBC
5	The Texaco Star Theater	NBC
6	The Buick Circus Hour	NBC
7	The Colgate Comedy Hour	NBC
8	Gangbusters	NBC
9	You Bet Your Life	NBC
10	Fireside Theatre	NBC
11	The Red Buttons Show	CBS
12	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
13	Life with Luigi	CBS
14	Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts	CBS
15	Goodyear Television Playhouse	NBC
16	The Life of Riley	NBC
17	Mama	CBS
18	Your Show of Shows	NBC
19	What's My Line?	CBS
20	Strike It Rich	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	I Love Lucy	CBS
2	Dragnet	NBC
3	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (tie)	CBS
3	You Bet Your Life (tie)	NBC
5	The Bob Hope Show	NBC
6	The Buick-Berle Show	NBC
7	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends	CBS
8	The Ford Television Theater	NBC
9	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
10	Fireside Theatre	NBC
11	The Colgate Comedy Hour (tie)	NBC
11	This Is Your Life (tie)	NBC
13	The Red Buttons Show	CBS
14	The Life of Riley	NBC
15	Our Miss Brooks	CBS
16	Treasury Men in Action	NBC
17	All-Star Revue (Martha Raye)	NBC
18	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
19	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	NBC
20	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	I Love Lucy	CBS
2	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
3	Dragnet	NBC
4	You Bet Your Life	NBC
5	Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan)	CBS
6	Disneyland	ABC
7	The Bob Hope Show	NBC
8	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
9	The Martha Raye Show	NBC
10	The George Gobel Show	NBC
11	The Ford Television Theater	NBC
12	December Bride	CBS
13	The Buick-Berle Show	NBC
14	This Is Your Life	NBC
15	I've Got a Secret	CBS
16	Two for the Money	CBS
17	Your Hit Parade	NBC
18	The Millionaire	CBS
19	General Electric Theater	CBS
20	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	The $64,000 Question	CBS
2	I Love Lucy	CBS
3	The Ed Sullivan Show	CBS
4	Disneyland	ABC
5	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
6	December Bride	CBS
7	You Bet Your Life	NBC
8	Dragnet	NBC
9	I've Got a Secret	CBS
10	General Electric Theater	CBS
11	Private Secretary (tie)	CBS
11	The Ford Television Theater (tie)	NBC
13	The Red Skelton Show	CBS
14	The George Gobel Show	NBC
15	The $64,000 Challenge	CBS
16	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
17	The Lineup	CBS
18	Shower of Stars	CBS
19	The Perry Como Show	NBC
20	The Honeymooners	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	I Love Lucy	CBS
2	The Ed Sullivan Show	CBS
3	General Electric Theater	CBS
4	The $64,000 Question	CBS
5	December Bride	CBS
6	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	CBS
7	I've Got a Secret (tie)	CBS
7	Gunsmoke (tie)	CBS
9	The Perry Como Show	NBC
10	The Jack Benny Program	CBS
11	Dragnet	NBC
12	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS
13	The Millionaire (tie)	CBS
13	Disneyland (tie)	ABC
15	Shower of Stars	CBS
16	The Lineup	CBS
17	The Red Skelton Show	CBS
18	You Bet Your Life	NBC
19	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	ABC
20	Private Secretary	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	Gunsmoke	CBS
2	The Danny Thomas Show	CBS
3	Tales of Wells Fargo	NBC
4	Have Gun, Will Travel	CBS
5	I've Got a Secret	CBS
6	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	ABC
7	General Electric Theater	CBS
8	The Restless Gun	NBC
9	December Bride	CBS
10	You Bet Your Life	NBC
11	Alfred Hitchcock Presents (tie)	CBS
11	Cheyenne (tie)	ABC
13	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	NBC
14	The Red Skelton Show	CBS
15	Wagon Train (tie)	NBC
15	Sugarfoot (tie)	ABC
15	Father Knows Best (tie)	CBS
18	Twenty-One	NBC
19	The Ed Sullivan Show	CBS
20	The Jack Benny Program	CBS

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	Gunsmoke	CBS
2	Wagon Train	NBC
3	Have Gun, Will Travel	CBS
4	The Rifleman	ABC
5	The Danny Thomas Show	CBS
6	Maverick	ABC
7	Tales of Wells Fargo	NBC
8	The Real McCoys	ABC
9	I've Got a Secret	CBS
10	Wyatt Earp	ABC
11	The Price is Right	NBC
12	The Red Skelton Show	CBS
13	Zane Grey Theater (tie)	CBS
13	Father Knows Best (tie)	CBS
15	The Texan	CBS
16	Wanted: Dead or Alive (tie)	CBS
16	Peter Gunn (tie)	NBC
18	Cheyenne	ABC
19	Perry Mason	CBS
20	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	NBC

RANK	TITLE	NETWORK
1	Gunsmoke	CBS
2	Wagon Train	NBC
3	Have Gun, Will Travel	CBS
4	The Danny Thomas Show	CBS
5	The Red Skelton Show	CBS
6	Father Knows Best (tie)	CBS
6	77 Sunset Strip (tie)	ABC
8	The Price Is Right	NBC
9	Wanted: Dead or Alive	CBS
10	Perry Mason	CBS
11	The Real McCoys	ABC
12	The Ed Sullivan Show	CBS
13	The Bing Crosby Show	ABC
14	The Rifleman	ABC
15	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	NBC
16	The Lawman	ABC
17	Dennis the Menace	CBS
18	Cheyenne	ABC
19	Rawhide	CBS
20	Maverick	ABC