The Ford Television Theatre, also known as The Ford Theatre of the Air, was a U.S. television program aired on NBC from Thursday, October 2, 1952 to Thursday, June 28, 1956. Ford Television Theatre was watched by a total number of 20,073,600 people (32.8% rating, down -1% from last fortnight) per episode, as of the average fortnightly audience measurement for the period ending . Ford Television Theatre was previously also shown on CBS until June 1951.
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of The Ford Television Theatre on NBC as of Sunday, July 26, 1953.
| Ford Television Theatre Fortnightly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 1953-Jul-26 | HH | 6,925,000 | 32.8 |
| P2+ | 20,073,600 | 32.8 | |
| 1953-Jul-12 | HH | 7,053,000 | 33.0 |
| P2+ | 20,196,000 | 33.0 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | 22,381,000 | -6% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 16,668,000 | -1% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 12,671,000 | +7% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Tom Llamas | 6,224,000 | +12% |
| 5 | Meet the Press with Kristen Welker | 3,020,000 | +24% |
| 6 | Today | 2,836,000 | -1% |
| 7 | NBA Pregame | 2,507,000 | -6% |
| 8 | Happy's Place | 2,082,000 | -10% |
| 9 | Dateline Classic | 2,049,000 | +9% |
| 10 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season | 2,029,000 | +17% |
| 11 | Law & Order | 1,965,000 | -47% |
| 12 | Toast To | 1,913,000 | -16% |
| 13 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 1,801,000 | -8% |
| 14 | Wicked: One Wonderful Night | 1,717,000 | -35% |
| 15 | NBC News Daily | 1,582,000 | +7% |
| 16 | NBC NBA Monday Regular Season | 1,529,000 | |
| 17 | Stumble | 1,346,000 | -8% |
| 18 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,333,000 | +8% |
| 19 | Hunting Party | 1,254,000 | -26% |
| 20 | SNL Prime | 1,165,000 | -30% |
| 21 | The Paper | 845,000 | -28% |
| 22 | St. Denis Medical | 563,000 | -67% |
| 23 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 497,000 | -48% |