Howdy Doody was a U.S. television program broadcast on NBC from Saturday, December 27, 1947 to Saturday, September 24, 1960. Howdy Doody was watched by a total number of 10,713,100 people (35.01% rating, down -6% from November 12) per episode, as of the average fortnightly audience measurement for the period ending .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Howdy Doody on NBC as of Sunday, December 10, 1950.
| Howdy Doody Fortnightly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 1950-Dec-10 WANDER | HH | 3,394,000 | 33.3 |
| P2+ | 10,713,100 | 35.0 | |
| 1950-Nov-12 INT. SHOE | HH | 3,391,000 | 33.2 |
| P2+ | 11,410,700 | 37.3 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | 19,542,000 | -1% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 14,195,000 | -7% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 9,465,000 | -7% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Tom Llamas | 6,532,000 | +2% |
| 5 | Today | 3,040,000 | +9% |
| 6 | Happy's Place | 2,313,000 | -15% |
| 7 | NBA Pregame | 2,306,000 | -13% |
| 8 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | 2,297,000 | -27% |
| 9 | Today 3rd Hour | 2,160,000 | +9% |
| 10 | NBC Movie Special | 1,950,000 | -34% |
| 11 | Dateline Mystery | 1,937,000 | +69% |
| 12 | Dateline Classic | 1,883,000 | -5% |
| 13 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season | 1,734,000 | -27% |
| 14 | St. Denis Medical | 1,724,000 | -33% |
| 15 | SNL Christmas | 1,712,000 | -10% |
| 16 | SNL Prime | 1,664,000 | +3% |
| 17 | Stumble | 1,467,000 | -2% |
| 18 | The Wall | 1,441,000 | +40% |
| 19 | Today with Jenna & Friends | 1,438,000 | -1% |
| 20 | NBC News Daily | 1,428,000 | +4% |
| 21 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,305,000 | -4% |
| 22 | The Paper | 1,169,000 | -30% |
| 23 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 963,000 | +12% |