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THE 10 TOP FILMS IN 10 MAJOR MARKETS
AS RATED BY ARB IN JUNE
FROM the monthly audience surveys of American Research Bureau, B»T each month presents a table showing the 10 highest rated syndicated film programs for television in 10 major markets, selected to represent markets in all parts of the country and with various degrees of competition, from two to seven tv stations. This is the June report.
NEW YORK
SEVEN-STATION MARKET
LOS ANGELES
SEVEN-STATION MARKET
1. Fairbanks Presents (ABC Film)
Wed.
10:30
WRCA-TV
15.3
1.
Confidential File (Guild)
Sun.
9:30
KTTV
27.4
2. Rheingold Theatre (Official)
Sat.
7:00
WRCA-TV
11.6
2.
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Tues.
7:30
KTTV
24.5
3. Superman (Flamingo)
Mon.
6:00
WRCA-TV
10.8
3.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Sat.
7:30
KTTV
21.6
4. Looney Tunes (Guild)
M.-F.
6:30
WABD
7.9
4.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Tues.
8:00
KTTV
18.0
5. Little Rascals (Interstate)
M.-F.
5:30
WPIX
7.8
5.
Annie Oakley (CBS Film)
Tues.
7:00
KTTV
16.8
Wild Bill Hickok (Flamingo)
Wed.
6:00
WRCA-TV
7.8
6.
Life of Riley (NBC Film)
Sat.
8:00
KTTV
15.3
7. Dangerous Assignment (NBC Film) Sat.
10:00
WABC-TV
7.0
7.
Stories of the Century (Hollywood)Sun.
9:00
KTTV
15.0
8. Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Tues.
7:30
WABD
6.9
8.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv),
Mon.
10:00
KNXT
13.3
Sherlock Holmes (UM&M)
Mon.
7:00
WRCA-TV
6.9
9.
Fairbanks Presents (ABC Film)
Wed.
10:30
KRCA
13.2
10. Scotland Yard (Telefilm)
Wed.
7:00
WRCA-TV
6.8
10.
Liberace (Guild)
Tues.
8:30
KRCA
13.2
MINNEAPOLISST. PAUL
FOUR-STATION MARKET
SEATTLETACOMA
FOUR-STATION MARKET
1.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Thurs.
9
30
KSTP-TV
24.9
1.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Fri.
9:30
KING-TV
30.4
2.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Mon.
9
30
KSTP-TV
24.1
2.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Fri.
9:00
KING-TV
30.2
3.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Tues.
8
30
KSTP-TV
22.9
3.
Liberace (Guild)
Wed.
8:30
KING-TV
29.7
4.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Fri.
9
00
WCCO-TV
20.3
4.
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Fri.
7:30
KOMO-TV
27.2
5.
City Detective (MCA-TV)
Wed.
8
30
KSTP-TV
19.9
5.
Passport to Danger (ABC Film)
Sun.
10:00
KING-TV
26.9
6.
Lone Wolf (MCA-TV)
Sun.
8
30
WCCO-TV
15.9
6.
Ames Brothers (Royal Crown)
Sat.
10:00
KOMO-TV
26.3
7.
Life of Riley (NBC Film)
. Sun.
9
00
KSTP-TV
15.7
7.
City Detective (MCA-TV)
Fri.
8:30
KING-TV
19.1
8.
Ramar of Jungle (TPA)
Sun.
8
00
WCCO-TV
12.4
8.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Tues.
8:00
KING-TV
18.4
9.
Fairbanks Presents (ABC Film)
Fri.
9
00
KSTP-TV
12.2
9.
Star and Story (Official)
Mon.
9:30
KING-TV
18.1
10. Sherlock Holmes (UM&M)
Sun.
8
30
KSTP-TV
12.0
10.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Mon.
9:00
KTNT-TV
17.9
CHICAGO
FOUR-STATION MARKET
WASHINGTON
FOUR-STATION MARKET
1.
Mayor of Town (MCA-TV)
Sat.
10:00
WNBQ
21.7
1.
Wild Bill Hickok (Flamingo)
Thurs.
7:00
WRC-TV
23.8
2.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Sat.
10:30
WNBQ
15.7
2.
Superman (Flamingo)
Tues.
7:00
WRC-TV
21.8
3.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Tues.
8:00
WGN-TV
15.5
3.
Little Rascals (Interstate)
Wed.
7:00
WRC-TV
19.5
4.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Tues.
9:30
WGN-TV
15.1
4.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Mon.
10:30
WRC-TV
18.0
5.
Eddie Cantor (Ziv)
Mon.
9:30
WNBQ
14.5
5.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Fri.
7:00
WRC-TV
15.5
6.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Fri.
9:30
WBKB
10.4
6.
Little Rascals (Interstate)
Sat.
9:00
WRC-TV
11.5
7.
Annie Oakley (CBS Film)
Sun.
2:00
WBKB
9.8
7.
Sherlock Holmes (UM&M)
Mon.
7:00
WRC-TV
11.3
8.
Inner Sanctum (NBC Film)
Thurs.
9:30
WGN-TV
8.9
Annie Oakley (CBS Film)
Fri.
7:00
WTOP-TV
11.3
9.
Death Valley Days (McC.-Erick'n) Mon.
10:00
WBKB
8.8
9.
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Thurs. 10:30
WTOP-TV
9.1
Little Rascals (Interstate)
M.-F.
4:30
WBKB
8.8
10.
Liberace (Guild)
Tues.
9:00
WTTG
8.2
ATLANTA
THREE-STATION MARKET
CLEVELAND
THREE-STATION MARKET
1.
Racket Squad (ABC Film)
Sun.
10
00
WSB-TV
28.0
1.
Little Rascals (Interstate)
M.-F.
6:00
WEWS
2.
City Detective (MCA-TV)
Wed.
10
00
WSB-TV
23.1
2.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Fri.
10:30
WXEL
3.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Fri.
7
00
WSB-TV
22.6
3.
Racket Squad (ABC Film)
Tues.
8:00
WEWS
4.
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Thurs.
9
30
WAGA-TV
18.4
4.
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Wed.
7:00
WEWS
Secret File, USA (Official)
Mon.
10
00
WSB-TV
18.4
5.
Liberace (Guild)
Wed.
9:00
WEWS
6.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Wed.
10
30
WSB-TV
16.8
6.
Annie Oakley (CBS Film)
Sat.
6:30
WXEL
7.
City Detective (MCA-TV)
Sat.
10
30
WSB-TV
16.4
7.
Sherlock Holmes (UM&M)
Mon.
10:30
WNBK
8.
Star and Story (Official)
Wed.
9
30
WSB-TV
15.7
8.
I Am the Law (MCA-TV)
Fri.
10:30
WEWS
9.
Star and Story (Official)
Sun.
10
30
WSB-TV
11.7
9.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Tues.
7:00
WNBK
10. Heart of the City (MCA-TV)
Fri.
10
30
WSB-TV
11.2
Death Valley Days (McC.-Erick'n) Tues.
7:00
WXEL
BOSTON
TWO-STATION MARKET
DAYTON
TWO-STATION MARKET
21.1 17.2 15.3 15.2 13.3 13.1 12.8 12.7 11.9 11.9
1.
Range Rider (CBS Film)
Sun.
7
00
WBZ-TV
29.5
1.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Wed.
9:30
WLWD
30.5
2.
Ellery Queen (TPA)
Sun.
10
30
WNAC-TV
25.6
2.
Man Behind the Badge (MCA-TV) Fri.
9:30
WHIO-TV
30.0
3.
Mr. District Attorney (Ziv)
Tues.
10
30
WNAC-TV
24.1
3.
Science Fiction Theatre (Ziv)
Sat.
10:00
WLWD
19.7
4.
I Led Three Lives (Ziv)
Mon.
7
00
WNAC-TV
22.8
4.
Ellery Queen (TPA)
Fri.
10:15
WHIO-TV
19.4
5.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Wed.
6
30
WNAC-TV
18.7
5.
Ramar of the Jungle (TPA)
Fri.
5:00
WLWD
18.4
6.
Lone Wolf (MCA-TV)
Sat.
10
30
WNAC-TV
18.0
6.
Badge 714 (NBC Film)
Sat.
10:30
WHIO-TV
16.9
7.
Wild Bill Hickok (Flamingo)
Tues.
6
30
WNAC-TV
17.3
7.
Racket Squad (ABC Film)
Tues.
10:15
WHIO-TV
16.3
8.
The Whistler (CBS Film)
Sat.
11
00
WBZ-TV
16.8
8.
Range Rider (CBS Film)
Tues.
5:00
WLWD
16.1
9.
Superman (Flamingo)
Fri.
6
30
WNAC-TV
15.9
Waterfront (MCA-TV)
Sat.
9:30
WHIO-TV
16.1
10. Foreign Intrigue (S. Reynolds)
Mon.
10
30
WBZ-TV
14.0
10.
Wild Bill Hickok (Flamingo)
Wed.
5:00
WLWD
15.6
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