Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Oct-Dec 1957
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Leaf #:
000728
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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FILM CONTINUED THE 10 TOP FILMS IN 10 MAJOR MARKETS AS RATED BY ARB IN SEPTEMBER NEW YORK seven-station market Rank Distr. Program 1. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 2. Silent Service (NBC Film) 3. Celeb. Playhouse (Screen Gems) 4. If You Had a Million (MCA-Tv) 5. Death Valley Days (McC-E) 6. Victory At Sea (NBC Film) 7. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) 8. Ida Lupino (Official) 9. Guy Lombardo (MCA-Tv) 10. Popeye (AAP) Day & Time Sta. Rating Mon. Fri. Tues. 7:00 7:00 7:00 WRCA-TV 12.6 WRCA-TV 9.8 WRCA-TV 9.3 Sat. 7:00 WCBS-TV 8.4 Wed. Sun. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Mon.Fri. 7:00 7:30 7:00 9:30 7:00 6:00 WRCA-TV WPIX WABD WPIX WRCA-TV WPIX 8.1 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 FROM the monthly audience surveys of American Research Bureau, Broadcasting each month lists the 10 top rated syndicated film programs in 10 major markets, selected to represent all parts of the country with various degrees of competition. Despite all precautions, occasional errors will occur in these tables, due to use of the same program name for both a syndicated and a network series and the practice of some stations of substituting local titles (such as [advertiser] Theatre) for real program names. SEATTLE-TACOMA four-station market Rank Program Distr. Day & Time Sta. Rating 1. Death Valley Days (McC-E) 2. Search For Adven. (Bagnall) 3. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) 4. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 5. Whirlybirds 6. Frontier 7. Silent Service 8. Studio 57 9. Waterfront 10. Superman (CBS Film) (NBC Film) (NBC Film) (MCA-Tv) (MCA-Tv) (Flamingo) Thurs. Wed. Mon. Thurs. Thurs. Sun. Wed. Fri. Fri. Tues. 8:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 8:30 8:30 7:30 7:00 9:00 6:00 KOMO-TV 30.0 KING-TV 29.5 KING-TV 28.2 KOMO-TV 24.6 KING-TV 23.8 KTNT KING-TV KING-TV KTNT KING-TV 22.5 21.8 21.7 20.2 18.0 CLEVELAND three-station market LOS ANGELES seven-station market Rank Program Distr. 1. Death Valley Days (McC-E) 2. Search For Adven. (Bagnall) 3. San Fran. Beat (CBS Film) 4. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 5. Men of Annapolis (Ziv) 6. Tv Readers Digest (Schubert) 7. Badge 714 (NBC Film) 7. David Niven (Official) 8. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) 9. I Led 3 Lives (Ziv) 9. Science Fict. Theatre (Ziv) 9. Susie (TPA) Day & Time Sta. Rating Sat. 7:00 KRCA 14.7 Thurs. 7:00 KCOP 14.5 Sat. 9:30 KTTV 13.2 Mon. 9:00 KTTV 11.7 Thurs. 7:30 KNXT 10.6 Sat. 8:00 KTTV 10.5 Mon. 8:30 KTTV 10.0 Mon. 10:00 KNXT 10.0 Tues. 9:30 KTTV 9.9 Sat. 8:30 KTTV 9.4 Mon. 8:00 KTTV 9.4 Mon. 7:00 KTTV 9.4 Rank Program Distr. Day & Time Sta. 1. Highway Patrol (Ziv) Tues. 10:30 2. Mr. D. A. (Ziv) Tues. 10:00 3. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) Sun. 10:30 4. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) Mon. 10:30 5. Range Rider (CBS Film) Sun. 7:00 6. Frontier Doctor (H-Tv) Mon. 7:00 7. Annie Oakley (CBS Film) Sat. 6:30 8. San Fran. Beat (CBS Film) Tues. 7:00 9. Death Valley Days (McC-E) Thurs. 7:00 10. Whirlybirds (CBS Film) Sun. 6:30 Rating WJW-TV KYW-TV KYW-TV KYW-TV WEWS KYW-TV WJW-TV WJW-TV KYW-TV WEWS 25.8 18.6 18.1 14.9 14.8 14.6 13.6 13.2 13.1 12.3 ATLANTA three-station market CHICAGO four-station market Rank Program Distr. Rank Program Distr. Day & Time Sta. Rating 1. Silent Service (NBC Film) Tues. 9:30 WNBQ 18.9 2. San Fran. Beat (CBS Film) Tues. 9:00 WGN-TV 15.9 3. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) Sat. 7:30 WBBM-TV 15.8 4. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) Wed. 9:30 WNBQ 15.1 5. Highway Patrol (Ziv) Fri. 8:00 WGN-TV 15.0 6. Don Ameche (TPA) Tues. 9:30 WGN-TV 13.7 7. Whirlybirds (CBS Film) Thurs. 9:00 WGN-TV 13.3 8. City Detective (MCA-Tv) Fri. 9:30 WGN-TV 11.5 9. Racket Squad (ABC Film) Tues. 8:30 WGN-TV 11.2 10. Dr. Christian (Ziv) Thurs. 9:30 WGN-TV 10.8 1. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 2. Badge 714 (NBC Film) 3. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) 4. Science Fict. Theatre (Ziv) 5. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) 6. O. Henry Playhouse (Gross Krasne) 7. Secret Journal (MCA-Tv) 8. Studio 57 (MCA-Tv) 9. Kit Carson (MCA-Tv) 10. Sheena (ABC Film) Day & Time Sta. Fri. Tues. Wed. Tues. Wed. Tues. 10:00 10:00 10:00 9:30 10:00 9:30 Fri. 10:00 Fri. 10:30 Tues. 6 :00 Fri. 6:00 Rating WAGA-TV 23.1 WSB-TV 20.5 WSB-TV 17.2 WAGA-TV 17.0 WAGA-TV 16.6 WSB-TV 15.7 WSB-TV 13.9 WAGA-TV 12.7 WLWA 11.9 WLWA 11.5 WASHINGTON four-station market Rank Program Distr. 1. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 2. Death Valley Days (McC-E) 3. Men of Annapolis (Ziv) 4. Sheena (ABC Film) 5. Science Fict. Theatre (Ziv) 6. Silent Service (NBC Film) 7. Three Musketeers (ABC Film) 8. Annie Oakley (CBS Film) 9. Golden Playhouse (Official) 10. Ramar (TPA) Day & Time Sat. 7:00 Mon. 7:00 Tues. 7:00 Mon. 6:00 Sun. 6:00 Tues. 10:30 Mon. 6:30 Fri. 7:00 Sun. 10:30 Wed. 7:00 Sta. Rating WTOP-TV 15.2 WRC-TV 14.7 WTOP-TV 14.4 WMAL-TV 13.7 WMAL-TV 13.5 WTOP-TV 12.0 WMAL-TV 11.6 WTOP-TV 11.0 WRC-TV 10.2 WTOP-TV 9.9 COLUMBUS three-station market Rank Program Distr. 1. San Fran. Beat (CBS Film) 2. Highway Patrol (Ziv) 3. Sheriff of Cochise (NTA) 4. Frontier Doctor (H-Tv) 5. Men of Annapolis (Ziv) 6. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) 7. Waterfront (MCA-Tv) 8. Code 3 (ABC Film) 9. Last of Mohicans (TPA) 10. Federal Men (MCA-Tv) Day & Time Sta. Sun. Tues. Fri. Fri. Fri. Mon. Fri. Mon. Sat. Thurs. 8:30 9:30 9:00 9:30 8:30 9:30 10:15 10:00 11:00 10:00 WBNSWBNSWTVNWTVN WBNSWTVNWBNSWLWC WBNSWLWC Rating TV 37.1 TV 31.7 •TV 27.2 ■TV 25.9 TV 21.6 ■TV 18.3 TV 17.7 17.5 TV 15.5 14.2 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL four-station market Rank Program Distr. Day & Time Sta. Rating 1. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) Tues. 9:30 KSTP-TV 21.1 2. Secret Journal (MCA-Tv) Tues. 9:00 KSTP-TV 15.9 3. O. Henry Playhouse (Gross Sun. 9:30 KSTP-TV 14.6 Krasne) 4. Highway Patrol (Ziv) Thur. 10:30 KSTP-TV 13.0 5. Soldiers of Fort. (MCA-Tv) Sun. 5:00 WCCO-TV 12.7 6. Death Valley Days (McC-E) Sat. 6:00 WCCO-TV 12.1 7. Jungle Jim (Screen Gems) Sun. 4:30 WCCO-TV 11.5 8 Mr. D. A. (Ziv) Wed. 10:30 KSTP-TV 11.3 9. Badge 714 (NBC Film) Tues. 10:30 KSTP-TV 10.6 10. Annie Oakley (CBS Film) Sat. 5:00 WCCO-TV 10.4 BOSTON two-station market Rank Distr. Program 1. Count of Monte Cristo (TPA) 2. Combat Sergeant (NTA) 3. Secret Journal (MCA-Tv) 4. Frontier (NBC Film) 5. State Trooper (MCA-Tv) 6. The Falcon (NBC Film) 7. Waterfront (MCA-Tv) 8. I Led 3 Lives (Ziv) 9. Silent Service (NBC Film) 10. Star Performance (Official) Day & Tues. Sat. Tues. Fri. Sun. Wed. Sun. Wed. Fri. Sun. Time 8:30 8:30 10:30 10:30 10:30 8:00 7:00 7:30 7:00 10:30 Sta. Rating WNAC-TV 24.0 WNAC-TV 19.6 WNAC-TV 19.3 WNAC-TV 18.3 WNAC-TV 18.1 WNAC-TV 15.9 WNAC-TV 15.8 WNAC-TV 14.5 WBZ-TV 14.3 WBZ-TV 13.3 Page 58 • November 11, 1957 Broadcasting