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1952-1953 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 1952-1953 television season—which began on Sunday, August 31, 1952 and conclusively ended on Saturday, August 29, 1953.

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
Rank	Program	Network	High	Low
1	I Love Lucy	CBS	80.1	48.7
2	Inaugural Day Ceremonies	NBC	67.6
3	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS	64.5	47.8
4	Colgate Comedy Hour	NBC	63.6	37.6
5	Rose Bowl	NBC	63.4
6	Arthur Godfrey & His Friends	CBS	60.9	40.5
7	Buick Circus Hour	NBC	60.6	45.2
8	Milton Berle Show	NBC	60.2	39.6
9	Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts	CBS	56.8	40.0
10	Life with Luigi	CBS	56.7	43.6
11	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	NBC	54.6	35.5
12	Ford 50th Anniversary Show	CBS	54.5
13	Academy Awards	NBC	53.9
14	Dragnet	NBC	52.6	43.1
15	Groucho Show	NBC	50.6	41.7
16	Gangbusters	NBC	49.8	47.7
17	Fireside Theatre	NBC	49.6	39.3
18	Goodyear TV Playhouse	NBC	49.5	41.6
19	Checkers Speech	NBC	48.9
20	Philco Television Playhouse	NBC	48.8	39.8
21	Studio One	CBS	48.2	41.4
22	General Motors Motorama	NBC	47.9
23	Jack Benny Program	CBS	47.3	46.4
24	Four Star Revue	NBC	46.8	42.7
25	Red Buttons Show	CBS	46.3	40.4
26	My Little Margie	CBS	45.7
27	Ed Sullivan Show	CBS	45.4
28	Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II	NBC	43.4
29	Your Show of Shows	NBC	42.7
30	Robert Montgomery Presents	NBC	42.1	39.0
31	NCAA Football Games	NBC	42.1
32	Big Town	CBS	41.1
33	Ford 50th Anniversary Show	NBC	40.6
34	This Is Your Life	NBC	38.6

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Larry Johnson

Dec 31, 2023 12:05 EST

Please send me a list of children tv shows in 1952-1960. Thank you very much.

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