Gunsmoke 1957-58 (Season 3)

The 1957-58 season was the 3rd season for Gunsmoke on CBS television and its first as the #1 show on television.   This was the first of 4 consecutive seasons as the top rated show on tv and set the record that would not be matched until "All in the Family" spent 5 consecutive seasons as the #1 show from 1972-1976.

Here is episode #12 of the 3rd season titled "How To Kill a Woman" with guest star and future western icon Pernell Roberts.   Roberts would soon become a star with another top rated western tv show, "Bonanza", which had 3 straight seasons at the biggest show on tv (1964-1967). 

"How To Kill a Woman"

Season 2 episode 12

aired November 30th 1957

WE LOVE THE 70s!

"Cher Goes Ape"

From "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" on CBS in 1974 to promote the upcoming CBS series "Planet of the Apes", which aired from September to December 1974. 

Nielsen Broadcast Ratings January 2-8 2017

Nielsen Top 20 Broadcast Shows

Total Viewers

Week of January 2nd - 8th 2017

1 - NFL Wild Card - Lions/Seahawks  (NBC)  Saturday  816pm  26.8 million
2 - Golden Globe Awards  (NBC)  Sunday 8pm   20 million
3 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)  Thursday 8pm  16.8 million
4 - NCIS  (CBS)  Tuesday  8pm  15.7  million
5 - Bull   (CBS)  Tuesday  9pm  11.3 million
6 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  Friday  10pm  10.7 million
7 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (CBS)  Sunday  8pm  10.4 million
8 - Hawaii Five-O  (CBS)  Friday  9pm   10.1 million
9 - NCIS : New Orleans  (CBS)  Tuesday  10pm   9.6 million
10 - The Great Indoors  (CBS)  Thursday  831pm  9.4 million
11 - Madam Secretary  (CBS)  Sunday  9pm   9 million
12 - Mom  (CBS)  Thursday  901pm   8.5 million
13 - MacGyver  (CBS)  Friday  8pm  8.4 million
14 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)  Sunday  7pm   8.2 million
15 - The Simpsons  (FOX)  Sunday  8pm  8.1 million
16 - Chicago PD (NBC)  Tuesday  10pm   7.8 million
17 - Last Man Standing  (ABC)  Friday 8pm  7.7  million
18 - Chicago Fire  (NBC)  Tuesday 9pm   7.6 million
19 - Modern Family  (ABC)   Wednesday  9pm  7.5 million
20 - Scorpion  (CBS)  Monday  9pm  7.3 million

TV Nielsen Ratings - Network Broadcast December 5-11 2016

The Top 25 Network Broadcast Shows 

Total Viewers

Week of December 5th - 11th 2016

1 - Sunday Night Football/Cowboys and Giants (NBC) Sunday 831pm  26.4 million
2 - Thursday Night Football/Raiders and Chiefs (NBC) Thursday  826pm  17.3
3 - NCIS  (CBS)  Tuesday 8pm  14.6
4 - Football Night in America/Part 3  (NBC)  Sunday 753pm  12.9
5 - The OT  (FOX)  Sunday 744pm  11.8
6 - Bull  (CBS)  Tuesday  9pm  11.6
7 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)  Sunday 7pm   11.1
8 - This Is Us  (NBC)  Tuesday 9pm  10.9
9 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  Friday  10pm   10.17
10 - The Voice  (NBC)  Tuesday 8pm  10.16
11 - The Voice  (NBC)  Monday  8pm  10.0
12 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  Thursday  8pm  9.6
13 - Hawaii Five-O (CBS)  Friday 9pm  9.4
14 - NCIS : New Orleans  (CBS)  Tuesday 10pm  9.3
15 - Hairspray Live  (NBC)  Wednesday 8pm  9.0
16 - Survivor  (CBS)  Wednesday  8pm  8.4
17 - Thursday Night Football Pregame (NBC)  Thursday 759pm  8.0
18 - Madam Secretary  (CBS)  Sunday 9pm  7.8
19 - Chicago Fire  (NBC)  Tuesday  10pm   7.774
20 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)  Wednesday  9pm   7.770
21 - Mom  (CBS)  Thursday 901pm   7.47
22 - MacGyver  (CBS)  Friday 8pm  7.41
23 - The Great Indoors  (CBS)  Thursday 830pm  7.3
24 - Kevin Can Wait  (CBS)  Monday 8pm  7.1
25 - The Dick Van Dyke Show : Now in Living Color  (CBS)  Sunday 8pm  7.0

Network Prime Time TV Ratings (Week of September 19-25 2016)

Prime Time Network TV Ratings

Top 20 in Total Viewers

Week of September 19th - 25th 2016

(New Series in Italics)

1 - Sunday Night Football (Bears/Cowboys)  NBC Sunday 830pm
2 - Thursday Night Football (Texans/Patriots)  CBS  Thursday 830pm
3 - NCIS (Season Premiere) CBS  Tuesday  8pm
4 - The Big Bang Theory  (Season Premiere)  CBS  Monday 8pm
5 - Bull  (Series Premiere)  CBS  Tuesday 9pm
6 - 60 Minutes  CBS  Sunday 7pm
7 - The Voice  NBC  Tuesday 8pm
8 - The Voice  (Season Premiere)  NBC  Monday 8pm
9 - Football Night in America Part 3  NBC  Sunday 756pm
10 - NCIS : New Orleans  (Season Premiere)  CBS  Tuesday 10pm
11 - Kevin Can Wait  (Series Premiere)  CBS  Monday 830pm
12 - Empire  (Season Premiere)  FOX  Wednesday 9pm
13 - MacGyver  (Series Premiere)  CBS  Friday 8pm
14 - Dancing With the Stars  ABC  Monday 8pm
15 - Blue Bloods  (Season Premiere)  CBS  Friday 10pm
16 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (Season Premiere)  CBS  Sunday 851pm
17 - Hawaii Five-O  (Season Premiere)  CBS Friday 9pm
18 - This Is Us  (Series Premiere)  NBC  Tuesday 10pm
19 - Designated Survivor  (Series Premiere)  ABC  Wednesday 10pm
20 - Survivor  (Season Premiere)  CBS  Wednesday 8pm

Today in Television History (April 21st)

April 21st 1982 - The final episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" aired on CBS.

Season 4 episode 22

"Up and Down the Dial" 

The new ratings arrive, and WKRP has finally become a successful station, rising to #6 in the Cincinnati market with Johnny Fever as the #1 DJ. But when a new news director (Nicholas Hormann) shows up and says he was hired by Mama Carlson, Andy soon finds out that she plans to change the station to a 24-hour news format. Trivia: This was the final episode, but at the time the show was expected to be renewed, leaving no opportunity for a specific series "finale." 

Top 10 Big Bang Theory Moments

Classic Gunsmoke on TV Guide

May 11th 1957

December 10th 1966

Keith Olbermann's Tribute to David Letterman

Nielsen Network TV Ratings (01/12/2014)

Nielsen Top 20 Prime Time Network TV Programs

Total Viewers

Week Ending January 12th 2014

1 - FOX NFC Championship  (Fox)
2 - FOX NFC Championship -  The OT   (Fox)
3 - NCIS  (CBS)
4 - NCIS : Los Angeles   (CBS)
5 - American Idol - Wednesday   (Fox)
6 - American Idol - Thursday  (Fox)
7 - Blue Bloods   (CBS)
8 - Person of Interest   (CBS)
9 - The Big Bang Theory   (CBS)
10 - The Following  (FOX)
11 - Hawaii Five-0   (CBS)
12 - Criminal Minds   (CBS)
13 - CSI   (CBS)
14 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
15 - The Blacklist  (NBC)
16 - Modern Family  (ABC)
17 - Castle  (ABC)
18 - Undercover Boss   (CBS)
19 - 2 Broke Girls   (CBS)
20 - How I Met Your Mother   (CBS)

Gunsmoke on TV Guide

August 22nd 1970

Top 20 Network Nielsen Ratings - 11/17/2013

Nielsen Prime Time Network Ratings

Top 20 

Week Ending November 17th 2013

1 - Sunday Night Football (Broncos vs Chiefs)  NBC
2 - NCIS   CBS
3 - The Big Bang Theory  CBS
4 - The OT   FOX
5 - NCIS: Los Angeles  CBS
6 - Football Night in America  NBC
7 - Person of Interest   CBS
8 - Dancing with the Stars   ABC
9 - The Voice  (Monday)  NBC
10 - 60 Minutes   CBS
11 - Blue Bloods  CBS
12 - The Voice (Tuesday) NBC
13 - Criminal Minds   CBS
14 - The Millers   CBS
15 - Modern Family   ABC
16 - The Blacklist   NBC
17 - CSI   CBS
18 - Castle   ABC
19 - Hawaii Five-O   CBS
20 - Survivor   CBS

The Golden Age of Radio - Halloween

This year I am going to do a small tribute to Boris Karloff with several days of old time radio shows with and without Boris Karloff.

Mr. Karloff was very popular on radio as a guest because of his tremendous voice and of course at Halloween he was even more popular with his connection to horror movies.

Today:

Inner Sanctum

"Corridor of Doom"

Tuesday, October 23rd 1945

CBS Radio

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

Here we go with another double feature of Gunsmoke.

First up the radio broadcast of 

"How To Die For Nothing"

Season 2 Episode 6 (10/10/1953)

This episode was then used on TV 
Season 2
episode 31 
(06/23/1956)

All In The Family Before It Was All In The Family

Norman Lear filmed a pilot for ABC in 1968, the show was called "Justice For All".  Starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Justice, it was based on the british tv show "Till Death Us Do Part".   There was Jean Stapleton as Edith Justice and daughter Gloria played by Kelly Jean Peters and her Irish-American liberal husband Richard and his black friend Lionel Jefferson played by D'Urville Martin.
ABC didnt pick up the show for the 1968 season and the pilot never aired.  Norman Lear did a pilot for with basically the same script but this time it was called "Those Were The Days", Archie and Edith were the same but different actors played Gloria and Richard .  Also not picked up by any network, Lear reworked the script a third time with "Justice" gone and "Archie and Edith Bunker" in with 2 other actors as Gloria and renamed husband Michael Stivic (now polish-american) and Lionel Jefferson was played by Mike Evans.  This pilot would be picked up and ultimately aired as the debut of "All In the Family" on CBS in January 1971.

Here is the original "Justice For All" 

Prime Time TV Ratings Week Ending May 5th 2013

The Nielsen Ratings for Prime Time television for the Week ending May 5th 2013

Top 20 in Total Viewership

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
3 - Dancing With The Stars  (ABC)
4 - NCIS : Los Angeles   (CBS)
5 - Person of Interest    (CBS)
6 - The Voice - Monday  (NBC)
7 - Two and a Half Men  (CBS)
8 - The Voice - Tuesday  (NBC)
9 - American Idol - Thursday (FOX)
10 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
11 - Dancing With The Stars Results  (ABC)
12 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)
13 - Castle  (ABC)
14 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
15 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)
16 - Elementary   (CBS)
17 - Modern Family  (ABC)
18 - CSI   (CBS)
19 - Survivor - Caramoan  (CBS)
20 - The Mentalist   (CBS)

Nielsen Prime Time TV Ratings April 28th 2013

Nielsen Prime Time TV Ratings (Total Viewership)

The Top 20

Week Ending April 28th 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
3 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (CBS)
4 - The Voice - Monday  (NBC)
5 - Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
6 - Person of Interest  (CBS)
7 - The Voice  (Tuesday)
8 - Dancing with the Stars - Results  (ABC)
9 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
10 - Castle  (ABC)
11 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)
12 - American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)
13 - Two and a Half Men   (CBS)
14 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)
15 - Survivor : Caramoan   (CBS)
16 - Elementary  (CBS)
17 - Body of Proof  (ABC)
18 - Amazing Race  (CBS)
19 - Undercover Boss  (CBS)
20 - The Good Wife   (CBS)

Nielsen Ratings Network TV Top Ten

The Top Ten Network shows for the week of April 1-7 2013

1 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  17.24 million

2 - NCAA Final Four : Syracuse vs Michigan  (CBS)  17.1

3 - ACM Awards  (CBS)  15.51

4 - Person of Interest  (CBS)  14.57

5 - NCAA Basketball Bridge Show  (CBS)  14.33

6 - Dancing With The Stars Results  (ABC)  13.98

7 - The Voice - Tuesday  (NBC)  13.93

8 - Dancing With The Stars - Monday  (ABC)  13.91

9 - Two and a Half Men  (CBS)  13.71

10 - The Voice - Monday  (NBC)  13.31

Nielsen TV Ratings Network Primetime March 4-10 2013

Nielsen Television Ratings

Primetime Network Series

Week of March 4th-10th 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)   20.812 million
2 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  17.627
3 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (CBS)  16.240
4 - Person of Interest  (CBS)      14.572
5 - Two and a Half Men   (CBS) 13.542
6 - American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)   13.121
7 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)  12.836
8 - American Idol - Tuesday   (FOX)  11.724
9 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)   11.585
10 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  10.722
11 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)   9.582
12 - The Mentalist   (CBS)  9.524
13 - Golden Boy   (CBS)  9.402
14 - The Amazing Race  (CBS)  9.271
15 - The Good Wife   (CBS)  9.205
16 - The Following   (FOX)   8.812
17 - Elementary   (CBS)     8.695
18 - The Bachelor  (ABC)   8.532
19 - Bones    (FOX)    8.414
20 - Once Upon a Time  (ABC)   7.641

Nielsen Prime TV Ratings (Feb 25-March 3 2013)

The Top 20 Network TV programs according to Nielsen 
Week of Feb 25th to March 3rd 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - NCIS: Los Angeles  (CBS)
3 - American Idol : Wednesday  (FOX)
4 - American Idol : Thursday (FOX)
5 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)
6 - Castle   (ABC)
7 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
8 - Golden Boy  (CBS)
9 - Modern Family  (ABC)
10 - 2 Broke Girls  (CBS)
11 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
12 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
13 - Person of Interest   (CBS)
14 - CSI   (CBS)
15 - The Amazing Race  (CBS)
16 - The Mentalist   (CBS)
17 - The Bachelor  (ABC)
18 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)
19 - The Good Wife  (CBS)
20 - Bones   (FOX)