The top television programs ranked by their highest-rated telecast achieved in the Persons 2+ demographic, at any point in time, throughout the 1949-1950 television season—which began on Sunday, August 28, 1949 and conclusively ended on Saturday, August 26, 1950.
| Rank | Program | Network | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | |||
| 1 | Milton Berle Show | NBC | 80.0 | 61.7 |
| 2 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS | 70.6 | 42.8 |
| 3 | Star Spangled Revue | NBC | 57.6 | |
| 4 | Arthur Godfrey & His Friends | CBS | 57.4 | 28.5 |
| 5 | Ed Sullivan Show | CBS | 56.5 | 42.4 |
| 6 | Stop the Music | ABC | 51.9 | 30.6 |
| 7 | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | NBC | 51.1 | 37.2 |
| 8 | Lights Out | NBC | 49.7 | 34.0 |
| 9 | Lone Ranger | ABC | 49.1 | 29.6 |
| 10 | The Goldbergs | CBS | 49.0 | 32.7 |
| 11 | Big Story | NBC | 48.4 | 35.9 |
| 12 | Philco Television Playhouse | NBC | 46.6 | 35.2 |
| 13 | Studio One | CBS | 45.0 | 36.0 |
| 14 | Suspense | CBS | 44.3 | 34.3 |
| 15 | Hopalong Cassidy | NBC | 43.7 | |
| 16 | Fireball Fun-for-All | NBC | 42.9 | 40.9 |
| 17 | Fireside Theatre | NBC | 42.1 | 30.9 |
| 18 | Martin Kane, Private Eye | NBC | 40.3 | 32.7 |
| 19 | Ford Television Theatre | CBS | 38.3 | |
| 20 | Cavalcade of Stars | DuMont | 36.5 | 35.3 |
| 21 | Kraft TV Theatre | NBC | 35.8 | 26.2 |
| 22 | Original Amateur Hour | NBC | 35.7 | 32.7 |
| 23 | Colgate Theatre | NBC | 34.9 | |
| 24 | Robert Montgomery Presents | NBC | 34.1 | |
| 25 | Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | NBC | 32.7 | |
| 26 | Morey Amsterdam Show | DuMont | 29.5 | |
| 27 | Crusade in Europe | ABC | 29.1 | |
| 28 | Original Amateur Hour | DuMont | 27.4 | |