#1 I Love Lucy (CBS)
#2 Dragnet (NBC)
#3 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
#4 You Bet Your Life (NBC)
#5 The Bob Hope Show (NBC)
#6 The Buick-Berle Show (NBC)
#7 Arthur Godfrey and his Friends (CBS)
#8 Ford Theater (NBC)
#9 The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
#10 Fireside Theatre (NBC)
#11 The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
#12 This Is Your Life (NBC)
#13 The Red Buttons Show (CBS)
#14 The Life of Riley (NBC)
#15 Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
#16 Treasury Men in Action (NBC)
#17 All-Star Revue (Martha Raye) (NBC)
# 18 The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
#19 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC)
#20 Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)
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