TV Guide (March 12, 1955)

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Medic: bad med¬ icine — briefly. Network tacticians are engaged these days in a game of “Rating, Rating, Who’s Got the Rating?” This is one game that’s strictly not for laughs. On its week-to-week progress hinges the life or death of TV shows and careers. It is a game of move and counter¬ move, with domination of the magical “Top 10” as its goal. Thus, NBC sets Medic opposite CBS’ league-leading I Love Lucy, hoping to lure just enough of Lucy's following to allow its own Dragnet to forge into first place. CBS promptly deploys rein¬ forcement (Shower of continued