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Seventy-five years of Nielsen ratings charted in one race

Original: 75 years of Nielsen ratings, raced by the seasons each programme spent in the top thirty. Eight shows have led it. Ed Su

A statistical chart ranks American television programmes by the number of seasons each spent in the Nielsen top thirty across seventy-five years of ratings history. Eight shows have led the ranking at some point: Ed Sullivan topped the 1960s, Gunsmoke holds the record at nineteen seasons, followed by Monday Night Football and 60 Minutes.

Why now: Television history charts like this circulate widely because they spark nostalgia and debate over which shows truly dominated their eras.

Nielsen ratingsEd SullivanGunsmokeMonday Night Football60 Minutes

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Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 3 d ago to 3 d ago.

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• 75 years of Nielsen ratings, raced by the seasons each programme spent in the top thirty. Eight shows have led it. Ed Sullivan leads the sixties; Gunsmoke holds it longest at 19 seasons, 17 of them after its own last top-thirty season; then Monday Night Football. 60 Minutes… · bringerofdata · 1

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