** Baker's Dozen - Famous TV Shows That Never Hit #1**
1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
2) Kolchak the Night Stalker (1973)
3. Mad Men
4. Star Trek (TOS)
5. Family Ties
6. Quantum Leap
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Nielsen has weekly ratings but not all weekly lists are available on the internet as far as I can tell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_U.S._television_ratings_archives
In other words, a show may have hit No. 1 for a particular week, but not appear on any No. 1 lists on the internet, which are typically lists for the overall year. What was the number one show that year.
I had been wondering about Batman, a phenomenal hit, but not appearing at the top of any lists. But there is one post that said it did hit No. 1 on a particular week: "For the week ending February 13th, Thursday’s episode of Batman was at the top of the Nielsen report" - https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/batgirl/
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Yes, Batman was a top 10 hit. Twice.
Both weekly episodes ranked in the top 10:
http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/batgirl/
Yes, I posted that link. And we are talking Number Ones here, not just Top Ten, right?
shareI don't see it.
shareThe link? At the end of my post above. According to the article, an episode of Batman (Thursday's episode, week of Feb. 13th) did hit No. 1 in the weekly ratings, but unfortunately that week is not included in the Weekly Archive list that I also linked to (which see for as fair a picture as I could find of individual weekly ratings).
shareIt's widely known both episodes ranked in the top #10 bet never finished at #1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rated_United_States_television_programs_of_1965–66
My point is, your link is overall, year-end ratings. See my link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_U.S._television_ratings_archives
And you can see, for example, that Mork & Mindy hit No. 1 for six weeks in 1979, but was the No. 3 show for the year.
So if we were to say "Famous TV Shows That Never Hit #1" would you include Mork & Mindy or not? It did hit No. 1 in weekly ratings, but not year-end ratings.
1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
2) Kolchak the Night Stalker (1973)
3. Mad Men
4. Star Trek (TOS)
5. Family Ties
6. Quantum Leap
7. Batman
1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
2) Kolchak the Night Stalker (1973)
3. Mad Men
4. Star Trek (TOS)
5. Family Ties
6. Quantum Leap
7. Batman
8) Monk
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share1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
2) Kolchak the Night Stalker (1973)
3. Mad Men
4. Star Trek (TOS)
5. Family Ties
6. Quantum Leap
7. Batman
8) Monk
9. Psych
1. Frasier **NBC** (1993-2004)
2) Kolchak the Night Stalker (1973)
3. Mad Men
4. Star Trek (TOS)
5. Family Ties
6. Quantum Leap
7. Batman
8) Monk
9. Psych
10) MacGyver (1985