title: Top-rated United States television programs of 1962–63
text: # Top-rated United States television programs of 1962–63
  
  This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1962–63 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.
  
  | Rank | Program | Network | Rating |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | The Beverly Hillbillies | CBS | 36.0 |
  | 2 | Candid Camera | CBS | 31.1 |
  | 2 | The Red Skelton Show | CBS | 31.1 |
  | 4 | Bonanza | NBC | 29.8 |
  | 4 | The Lucy Show | CBS | 29.8 |
  | 6 | The Andy Griffith Show | CBS | 29.7 |
  | 7 | Ben Casey | ABC | 28.7 |
  | 7 | The Danny Thomas Show | CBS | 28.7 |
  | 9 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | 27.1 |
  | 10 | Gunsmoke | CBS | 27.0 |
  | 11 | Dr. Kildare | NBC | 26.2 |
  | 11 | The Jack Benny Show | CBS | 26.2 |
  | 13 | What's My Line? | CBS | 25.5 |
  | 14 | The Ed Sullivan Show | CBS | 25.3 |
  | 15 | Hazel | NBC | 25.1 |
  | 16 | I've Got a Secret | CBS | 24.9 |
  | 17 | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | 24.1 |
  | 18 | The Defenders | CBS | 23.9 |
  | 19 | The Garry Moore Show | CBS | 23.3 |
  | 19 | To Tell the Truth | CBS | 23.3 |
  | 19 | Lassie | CBS | 23.3 |
  | 22 | Rawhide | CBS | 22.8 |
  | 23 | Perry Mason | CBS | 22.4 |
  | 24 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | NBC | 22.3 |
  | 25 | Wagon Train | ABC | 22.0 |
  | 26 | The Virginian | NBC | 21.7 |
  | 27 | Route 66 | CBS | 21.3 |
  | 28 | My Three Sons | ABC | 21.0 |
  | 29 | Have Gun – Will Travel | CBS | 20.8 |
  | 30 | The Flintstones | ABC | 20.5 |
  