#1 The $64,000 Question (CBS)
#2 I Love Lucy (season 5) (1955-56) (CBS)
#3 The Ed Sullivan Show (season 8) (1955-56) (CBS)
#4 Disneyland (season 2) (1955-56) (ABC)
#5 The Jack Benny Program (season 6) (1955-56) (CBS)
#6 December Bride (season 2) (1955-56) (CBS)
#7 You Bet Your Life: hosted by Groucho Marx (season 6) (1955-56) (NBC)
#8 Dragnet (season 5) (1955-56) (NBC)
#9 I've Got a Secret (NBC)
#10 General Electric Theater (season 4) (1955-56) (CBS)
#11 Private Secretary (season 4) (1955-56) (CBS)
#12 Ford Theatre (season 7) (1955-56) (NBC)
#13 The Red Skelton Show (season 5) (1955-56) (CBS)
#14 The George Gobel Show (season 2) (1955-56) (NBC)
#15 The $64,000 Challenge (CBS)
#16 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
#17 The Line-Up (season 2) (1955-56) (CBS)
# 18 Shower of Stars (CBS)
#19 The Perry Como Show (season 8)(first of his hour long shows) (1955-56) (NBC)
#20 The Honeymooners (Jackie Gleason) (season 4) (1955-56) (CBS)
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