Classic TV Ratings and Rankings: 1951-52 Season

The 1951-52 TV season was dominated by NBC. It placed 17 programs in the top 30 chart, six in the top 10. CBS did get stronger, from the previous season, by grabbing the #1 show on TV, ARTHUR GODFREY'S TALENT SCOUTS, which lead into the the freshman comedy series I LOVE LUCY. LUCY debuted as the #3 show on TV, for the season.

ABC fell back from the other two networks and placed just one series in the top 30, THE LONE RANGER. But it was doing better than DuMont, which had ZERO top 30 programs.

(Households with TVs:  15.3 million)

1. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS) - 53.8
2. Texaco Star Theater (NBC) - 52.0
3. I Love Lucy (CBS) - 50.9
4. The Red Skelton Show (NBC) - 50.2
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC) - 45.3
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (CBS) - 43.3
7. Fireside Theater (NBC) - 43.1
8. Your Show of Shows (NBC) - 43.0
9. Jack Benny Program (CBS) - 42.8
10. You Bet Your Life (NBC) - 42.1

11. Mama (CBS) - 41.3
12. The Philco Television Playhouse (NBC) - 40.4
13. Amos 'n' Andy (CBS) - 38.9
14. Gangbusters (NBC) - 38.7
15. Big Town (CBS) - 38.5
16. The Good Year Television Playhouse (NBC) - 37.8
17. Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts (CBS) - 37.5
18. The Lone Ranger (ABC) - 36.8
19. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC) - 36.5
20. Dragnet (NBC) - 36.3
20. All-Star Revue (NBC) - 36.3

22. The Alan Young Show (CBS) - 35.8
23. Kraft Television Theater (NBC) - 34.8
24. Armstrong Circle Theater (NBC) - 34.7
25. Strike It Rich (CBS) - 34.5
26. Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC) - 34.4
27. The Roy Rogers Show (NBC) - 32.7
28. Hopalong Cassidy (NBC) - 32.2
29. Racket Squad (CBS) - 32.0
29. Man Against Crime (CBS) - 32.0