This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1953–54 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating 1 I Love Lucy CBS 58.8 2 Dragnet NBC 53.23 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS 43.6 You Bet Your Life NBC 5 The Milton Berle Show 40.2 6 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS 38.9 7 Ford Theatre NBC 38.8 8 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS 38.1 9 Fireside Theatre NBC 36.410 The Colgate Comedy Hour 36.2 This Is Your Life 12 The Red Buttons Show CBS 35.3 13 The Life of Riley NBC 35.0 14 Our Miss Brooks CBS 34.2 15 Treasury Men in Action NBC 33.9 16 The Jack Benny Show CBS 33.3 17 The Toast of the Town 33.0 18 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC 32.7 19 Philco TV Playhouse 32.5 20 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS 32.4 21 Kraft Television Theatre NBC 31.3 22 Goodyear TV Playhouse 31.0 23 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts CBS 30.9 24 Private Secretary 30.325 I Married Joan NBC 30.2 Mama CBS 27 General Electric Theater 29.9 28 What's My Line? 29.629 The Big Story NBC 29.5 Martin Kane, Private Eye Your Hit Parade
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