#1 The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
#2 Candid Camera (CBS)
#3 The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
#4 Bonanza (NBC)
#5 The Lucy Show (CBS)
#6 The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
#7 Ben Casey (ABC)
#8 The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
#9 The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
#10 Gunsmoke (CBS)
#11 Dr. Kildare (NBC)
#12 The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
#13 What's My Line? (CBS)
#14 The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
#15 Hazel (NBC)
#16 I've Got a Secret (CBS)
#17 The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
# 18 The Defenders (CBS)
#19 The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
#20 Lassie (CBS) / joint #20 To Tell the Truth (CBS)
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