title: Top-rated United States television programs of 1953–54
text: # Top-rated United States television programs of 1953–54
  
  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 | 53.2 |
  | 3 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | CBS | 43.6 |
  | 3 | You Bet Your Life | NBC | 43.6 |
  | 5 | The Milton Berle Show | NBC | 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 | 36.4 |
  | 10 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC | 36.2 |
  | 10 | This Is Your Life | NBC | 36.2 |
  | 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 | CBS | 33.0 |
  | 18 | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | NBC | 32.7 |
  | 19 | Philco TV Playhouse | NBC | 32.5 |
  | 20 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS | 32.4 |
  | 21 | Kraft Television Theatre | NBC | 31.3 |
  | 22 | Goodyear TV Playhouse | NBC | 31.0 |
  | 23 | Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts | CBS | 30.9 |
  | 24 | Private Secretary | CBS | 30.3 |
  | 25 | I Married Joan | NBC | 30.2 |
  | 25 | Mama | CBS | 30.2 |
  | 27 | General Electric Theater | CBS | 29.9 |
  | 28 | What's My Line? | CBS | 29.6 |
  | 29 | The Big Story | NBC | 29.5 |
  | 29 | Martin Kane, Private Eye | NBC | 29.5 |
  | 29 | Your Hit Parade | NBC | 29.5 |
  