| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | The Texaco Star Theater | NBC |
| 2 | Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) | CBS |
| 3 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 4 | Fireball Fun for All | NBC |
| 5 | Philco Television Playhouse | NBC |
| 6 | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 7 | The Goldbergs | CBS |
| 8 | Suspense | CBS |
| 9 | The Ford Television Theater | CBS |
| 10 | Cavalcade of Stars | Dumont |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | The Texaco Star Theater | NBC |
| 2 | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 3 | Your Show of Shows | NBC |
| 4 | Philco Television Playhouse | NBC |
| 5 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC |
| 6 | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | NBC |
| 7 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 8 | Mama | CBS |
| 9 | Robert Montgomery Presents | NBC |
| 10 | Martin Kane, Private Eye | NBC |
| 11 | Man Against Crime | CBS |
| 12 | Somerset MaughamTheatre | NBC |
| 13 | Kraft Television Theatre | NBC |
| 14 | Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) | CBS |
| 15 | The Aldrich Family | NBC |
| 16 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 17 | Armstrong Circle Theater (tie) | NBC |
| 17 | Big Town (tie) | CBS |
| 17 | Lights Out (tie) | NBC |
| 20 | The Alan Young Show | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 2 | The Texaco Star Theater | NBC |
| 3 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 4 | The Red Skelton Show | NBC |
| 5 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC |
| 6 | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 7 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| 8 | Your Show of Shows | NBC |
| 9 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 10 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS |
| 11 | Mama | CBS |
| 12 | Philco Television Playhouse | NBC |
| 13 | Amos 'n' Andy | CBS |
| 14 | Big Town | CBS |
| 15 | Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts | CBS |
| 16 | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | NBC |
| 17 | The Alan Young Show | CBS |
| 18 | All-Star Revue (tie) | NBC |
| 18 | Dragnet (tie) | NBC |
| 20 | Kraft Television Theatre | NBC |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 2 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 3 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS |
| 4 | Dragnet | NBC |
| 5 | The Texaco Star Theater | NBC |
| 6 | The Buick Circus Hour | NBC |
| 7 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC |
| 8 | Gangbusters | NBC |
| 9 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 10 | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 11 | The Red Buttons Show | CBS |
| 12 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| 13 | Life with Luigi | CBS |
| 14 | Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts | CBS |
| 15 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | NBC |
| 16 | The Life of Riley | NBC |
| 17 | Mama | CBS |
| 18 | Your Show of Shows | NBC |
| 19 | What's My Line? | CBS |
| 20 | Strike It Rich | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 2 | Dragnet | NBC |
| 3 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (tie) | CBS |
| 3 | You Bet Your Life (tie) | NBC |
| 5 | The Bob Hope Show | NBC |
| 6 | The Buick-Berle Show | NBC |
| 7 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS |
| 8 | The Ford Television Theater | NBC |
| 9 | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS |
| 10 | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 11 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (tie) | NBC |
| 11 | This Is Your Life (tie) | 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 |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 2 | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS |
| 3 | Dragnet | NBC |
| 4 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 5 | Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) | CBS |
| 6 | Disneyland | ABC |
| 7 | The Bob Hope Show | NBC |
| 8 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| 9 | The Martha Raye Show | NBC |
| 10 | The George Gobel Show | NBC |
| 11 | The Ford Television Theater | NBC |
| 12 | December Bride | CBS |
| 13 | The Buick-Berle Show | NBC |
| 14 | This Is Your Life | NBC |
| 15 | I've Got a Secret | CBS |
| 16 | Two for the Money | CBS |
| 17 | Your Hit Parade | NBC |
| 18 | The Millionaire | CBS |
| 19 | General Electric Theater | CBS |
| 20 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | The $64,000 Question | CBS |
| 2 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 3 | The Ed Sullivan Show | CBS |
| 4 | Disneyland | ABC |
| 5 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| 6 | December Bride | CBS |
| 7 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 8 | Dragnet | NBC |
| 9 | I've Got a Secret | CBS |
| 10 | General Electric Theater | CBS |
| 11 | Private Secretary (tie) | CBS |
| 11 | The Ford Television Theater (tie) | NBC |
| 13 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS |
| 14 | The George Gobel Show | NBC |
| 15 | The $64,000 Challenge | CBS |
| 16 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 17 | The Lineup | CBS |
| 18 | Shower of Stars | CBS |
| 19 | The Perry Como Show | NBC |
| 20 | The Honeymooners | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 2 | The Ed Sullivan Show | CBS |
| 3 | General Electric Theater | CBS |
| 4 | The $64,000 Question | CBS |
| 5 | December Bride | CBS |
| 6 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | CBS |
| 7 | I've Got a Secret (tie) | CBS |
| 7 | Gunsmoke (tie) | CBS |
| 9 | The Perry Como Show | NBC |
| 10 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| 11 | Dragnet | NBC |
| 12 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS |
| 13 | The Millionaire (tie) | CBS |
| 13 | Disneyland (tie) | ABC |
| 15 | Shower of Stars | CBS |
| 16 | The Lineup | CBS |
| 17 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS |
| 18 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 19 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | ABC |
| 20 | Private Secretary | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 2 | The Danny Thomas Show | CBS |
| 3 | Tales of Wells Fargo | NBC |
| 4 | Have Gun, Will Travel | CBS |
| 5 | I've Got a Secret | CBS |
| 6 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | ABC |
| 7 | General Electric Theater | CBS |
| 8 | The Restless Gun | NBC |
| 9 | December Bride | CBS |
| 10 | You Bet Your Life | NBC |
| 11 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (tie) | CBS |
| 11 | Cheyenne (tie) | ABC |
| 13 | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | NBC |
| 14 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS |
| 15 | Wagon Train (tie) | NBC |
| 15 | Sugarfoot (tie) | ABC |
| 15 | Father Knows Best (tie) | CBS |
| 18 | Twenty-One | NBC |
| 19 | The Ed Sullivan Show | CBS |
| 20 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 2 | Wagon Train | NBC |
| 3 | Have Gun, Will Travel | CBS |
| 4 | The Rifleman | ABC |
| 5 | The Danny Thomas Show | CBS |
| 6 | Maverick | ABC |
| 7 | Tales of Wells Fargo | NBC |
| 8 | The Real McCoys | ABC |
| 9 | I've Got a Secret | CBS |
| 10 | Wyatt Earp | ABC |
| 11 | The Price is Right | NBC |
| 12 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS |
| 13 | Zane Grey Theater (tie) | CBS |
| 13 | Father Knows Best (tie) | CBS |
| 15 | The Texan | CBS |
| 16 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (tie) | CBS |
| 16 | Peter Gunn (tie) | NBC |
| 18 | Cheyenne | ABC |
| 19 | Perry Mason | CBS |
| 20 | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | NBC |
| RANK | TITLE | NETWORK |
| 1 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 2 | Wagon Train | NBC |
| 3 | Have Gun, Will Travel | CBS |
| 4 | The Danny Thomas Show | CBS |
| 5 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS |
| 6 | Father Knows Best (tie) | CBS |
| 6 | 77 Sunset Strip (tie) | ABC |
| 8 | The Price Is Right | NBC |
| 9 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | CBS |
| 10 | Perry Mason | CBS |
| 11 | The Real McCoys | ABC |
| 12 | The Ed Sullivan Show | CBS |
| 13 | The Bing Crosby Show | ABC |
| 14 | The Rifleman | ABC |
| 15 | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | NBC |
| 16 | The Lawman | ABC |
| 17 | Dennis the Menace | CBS |
| 18 | Cheyenne | ABC |
| 19 | Rawhide | CBS |
| 20 | Maverick | ABC |