What is the highest rated Television show in US history ?
One show…Super Bowl XLII and or MASH If you are asking percentages… the answer is Texaco Star Theater with 61.6% in 1951 But this is because only 10,320,000 TV’s were owned. These are the highest rated each year with according to the number of TV’s owned (in the thousands) 1951-52 Godfrey’s Talent Scouts 53.8% 15,300 1952-53 I Love Lucy 67.3% 20,400 1953-54 I Love Lucy 58.8% 26,000 1954-55 I Love Lucy 49.3% 30,700 1955-56 $64,000 Question 47.5% 34,900 1956-57 I Love Lucy 43.7% 38,900 1957-58 Gunsmoke 43.1% 41,920 1958-59 Gunsmoke 39.6% 43,950 1959-60 Gunsmoke 40.3% 45,750 1960-61 Gunsmoke 37.3 47,200 1961-62 Wagon Train 32.1 48,555 1962-63 Beverly Hillbillies 36.0 50,300 1963-64 Beverly Hillbillies 39.1 51,600 1964-65 Bonanza 36.3 52,700 1965-66 Bonanza 31.8 53,850 1966-67 Bonanza 29.1 55,130 1967-68 Andy Griffith 27.6 56,670 1968-69 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 31.8 58,250 1969-70 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 26.3 58,500 1970-71 Marcus Welby, MD 29.6 60,100 1971-72 All in the Family 34.
