1977–78 United States network television schedule
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1977–78 United States network television schedule
1977–78 United States network television schedule
This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1977. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in italics.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station. On ABC, debuting news brief, airs all seven nights at 9:58, pm.
Sunday
| Network | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (20/20.8) (Tied with The Waltons) | |||||
| Winter | How the West Was Won (11/22.5) | ||||||||
| CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes (4/24.4) (Tied with Charlie's Angels and All in the Family) | Rhoda (25/20.1) | On Our Own (29/19.6) | All in the Family (4/24.4) (Tied with 60 Minutes and Charlie's Angels) | Alice (8/23.2) (Tied with MASH*) | Kojak | ||
| Follow-up | The Carol Burnett Show | ||||||||
| Spring | Dallas | ||||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Big Event (30/19.4) | ||||||
| Winter | The Wonderful World of Disney | Project U.F.O. (19/21.2) | |||||||
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The San Pedro Beach Bums | ABC NFL Monday Night Football (16/21.5) | ||||
| Winter | Lucan | The ABC Monday Night Movie (24/20.3) | |||||
| Follow-up | The Six Million Dollar Man | ||||||
| Spring | Sugar Time! | Monday Night Baseball | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Young Dan'l Boone | The Betty White Show | Maude | Rafferty | ||
| Follow-up | Logan's Run | MAS*H (8/23.2) (Tied with Alice) | One Day at a Time (10/23.0) | Switch | |||
| Winter | Lou Grant | ||||||
| Follow-up | Good Times | Baby I'm Back | |||||
| Summer | The Jeffersons | Good Times | |||||
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie (7/24.1) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies (15/21.7) | |||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Happy Days (2/31.4) | Laverne & Shirley (1/31.6) | Three's Company (3/28.3) | Soap (13/22.0) | Family (26/19.9) (Tied with The Incredible Hulk and Welcome Back, Kotter) | |
| Spring | Having Babies | ||||||
| Follow-up | The Harvey Korman Show | ||||||
| Summer | Carter Country | 20/20 | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Fitzpatricks | MAS*H (8/23.2) (Tied with Alice) | One Day at a Time (10/23.0) | Lou Grant | ||
| Winter | Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes | Shields and Yarnell | CBS Tuesday Night Movie | ||||
| Spring | Sam | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Richard Pryor Show | Mulligan's Stew | Police Woman | |||
| Follow-up | Man from Atlantis | Event and miniseries programming | |||||
| Winter | Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show | ||||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Eight is Enough (12/22.2) | Charlie's Angels (4/24.4) (Tied with 60 Minutes and All in the Family) | Baretta | |||
| Winter | Starsky & Hutch | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Good Times | Busting Loose | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | |||
| Follow-up | Szysznyk | ||||||
| Spring | The Amazing Spider-Man | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | The Oregon Trail | Big Hawaii | |||
| Follow-up | The Black Sheep Squadron | Police Woman | |||||
| Summer | Headliners With David Frost | ||||||
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Welcome Back, Kotter (26/19.9) (Tied with The Incredible Hulk and Family) | What's Happening!! | Barney Miller (17/21.4) (Tied with Fantasy Island) | Carter Country | The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour | |
| Winter | Fish | Baretta | |||||
| Spring | A.E.S. Hudson Street | ||||||
| CBS | The Waltons (20/20.8) (Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie) | Hawaii Five-O (23/20.4) | Barnaby Jones (22/20.6) | ||||
| NBC | Fall | CHiPs | Man from Atlantis | Rosetti and Ryan | |||
| Follow-up | James at 15 (retitled James at 16 in February 1978) | What Really Happened to the Class of '65 | |||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Donny & Marie | The ABC Friday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Logan's Run | Switch! | |||
| Follow-up | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||||
| Winter | The Incredible Hulk (26/19.9) (Tied with Family and Welcome Back, Kotter) | Husbands, Wives & Lovers | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Sanford Arms | Chico and the Man | The Rockford Files | Quincy, M.E. | ||
| Follow-up | C.P.O. Sharkey | ||||||
| Winter | Quark | C.P.O. Sharkey | |||||
| Follow-up | Richie Brockelman, Private Eye | ||||||
| Follow-up | The Rockford Files | ||||||
| Summer | C.P.O. Sharkey | Chico and the Man | |||||
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Fish | Operation Petticoat | Starsky and Hutch | The Love Boat (14/21.9) | ||
| Winter | What's Happening!! | The Love Boat (14/21.9) | Fantasy Island (17/21.4) (Tied with Barney Miller) | ||||
| CBS | Fall | The Bob Newhart Show | We've Got Each Other | The Jeffersons | The Tony Randall Show | The Carol Burnett Show | |
| Winter | The Tony Randall Show | Maude | Kojak | ||||
| Spring | The Ted Knight Show | Another Day | |||||
| NBC | The Bionic Woman | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
References
[1]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgHighest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
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[2]
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