U.S. Nielsen Ratings
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Viewers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||||||
| 1 | 40 | September 30, 1958 (1958-09-30) | June 30, 1959 (1959-06-30) | #4 | 14,547,450 | |||
| 2 | 36 | September 29, 1959 (1959-09-29) | May 31, 1960 (1960-05-31) | #13 | 12,581,250 | |||
| 3 | 34 | September 27, 1960 (1960-09-27) | May 16, 1961 (1961-05-16) | #13 | 10,431,200 | |||
| 4 | 32 | October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02) | May 7, 1962 (1962-05-07) | #27 | 10,827,765 | |||
| 5 | 26 | October 1, 1962 (1962-10-01) | April 8, 1963 (1963-04-08) | Not in the Top 30 | ||||
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