#1 I Love Lucy (season 3) (CBS)
#2 Dragnet (season 3) (1953-54) (NBC)
#3 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
#4 You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx (NBC)
#6 The Buick-Berle Show starring Milton Berle (season 6) (1953-54) (NBC)
#7 Arthur Godfrey and his Friends (CBS)
#8 Ford Theatre (season 5) (1953-54) (NBC)
#9 The Jackie Gleason Show (season 2) (1953-54) (CBS)
#10 Fireside Theatre (season 6) (1953-54) (NBC)
#11 The Colgate Comedy Hour hosted by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (season 4) (1953-54) (NBC)
#12 This Is Your Life devised and hosted by Ralph Edwards (NBC)
#13 The Red Buttons Show (CBS)
#14 The Life of Riley starring William Bendix (season 2) (1953-54) (NBC)
#15 Our Miss Brooks (season 2) (1953-54) (CBS)
#16 Treasury Men in Action (season 4) (1953-54) (NBC)
#17 All-Star Revue (Martha Raye) (NBC)
# 18 The Jack Benny Program (season 4 ) (1953-54) (CBS)
#19 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC)
#20 Philco Television Playhouse (season 6) (1953-54) (NBC)
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