1948-1949 Highest-Rated Television Programs

The top television programs ranked by their highest-rated telecast achieved in the Persons 2+ demographic, at any point in time, throughout the 1948-1949 television season—which began on Sunday, August 29, 1948 and conclusively ended on Saturday, August 27, 1949.

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
Rank	Program	Network	High	Low
1	Milton Berle Show	NBC	80.7	33.4
2	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS	73.0	55.2
3	The Goldbergs	CBS	60.6	41.7
4	Arthur Godfrey & His Friends	CBS	60.0	29.0
5	Ed Sullivan Show	CBS	56.4	37.1
6	Ford Television Theatre	CBS	55.6
7	Admiral Broadway Revue	DuMont	51.7	38.1
7	Admiral Broadway Revue	NBC	51.7	38.1
9	Who Said That?	NBC	48.6
10	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	NBC	48.1
11	We, the People	CBS	47.8	32.2
12	Fireball Fun-for-All	NBC	46.2
13	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC	43.8	36.9
14	Kraft TV Theatre	NBC	42.4	23.7
15	Boxing	NBC	42.2
16	Fred Waring Show	CBS	42.1
17	Bigelow Show	NBC	41.6	25.4
18	Suspense	CBS	41.1
19	Stop the Music	ABC	40.1	32.9
20	Original Amateur Hour	DuMont	37.5	31.9
21	Preview	CBS	36.6
22	Small Fry Club	DuMont	36.5	24.3
23	Arrow Show	NBC	35.6	32.1
24	Fireside Theatre	NBC	35.2	35.1
25	Break the Bank	ABC	34.7	24.6
26	Your Show Time	NBC	34.3	32.5
27	Believe It or Not!	NBC	33.2
28	Gulf Road Show Starring Bob Smith	NBC	31.6	19.2
29	Colgate Theatre	NBC	31.5	30.2
30	Chevrolet Tele-Theatre	NBC	29.9	22.4
31	Americana	NBC	28.6
32	Symphony Orchestra	NBC	24.5
33	Stop Me If You've Heard This One	NBC	18.8

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