[Lurkinanloomin]

The Beverly Hillbillies had the highest TV rating of all time until the late 70’s when a Superbowl eclipsed their 1962 numbers.

[9YearLurker]

Yep. Hard to argue with these stats:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090315021343/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshowsalltime

This was from the decade when there were just a few channels and most households had TVs.