1965-66 Top-Rated TV Shows

RANK SHOW NETWORK

ESTIMATED AUDIENCE

1. Bonanza

NBC

17,124,300

2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS 14,970,300
3. The Lucy Show CBS 14,916,450
4. The Red Skelton Show CBS 14,862,600
5. Batman (Thursday) ABC 14,539,500

6.

The Andy Griffith Show CBS 14,485,650

7.

ABC 13,947,150

8.

The Beverly Hillbillies CBS 13,947,150

9.

Hogan's Heroes CBS 13,408,650

10.

Batman (Wednesday) ABC 13,300,950

11.

Green Acres CBS 13,247,100

12.

Get Smart NBC 13,193,250
13. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NBC 12,924,000
14. Daktari CBS 12,870,150
15. My Three Sons CBS 12,816,300
16. The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS 12,708,600
17. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color NBC 12,493,200
18. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS 12,493,200
19. The Lawrence Welk Show ABC 12,062,400

20.

I've Got a Secret CBS 12,062,400

21.

Petticoat Junction CBS 12,008,550

22.

Gilligan's Island CBS 11,900,850

23.

Wild, Wild West CBS 11,847,000

24.

The Jackie Gleason Show CBS 11,847,000

25.

The Virginian NBC 11,847,000

26.

Daniel Boone NBC 11,793,150

27.

Lassie CBS 11,739,300

28.

I Dream of Jeannie NBC 11,739,300

29.

Flipper NBC 11,631,600

30.

Gunsmoke CBS 11,470,050

Households with TV: 53,850,000