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.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The top 30 most-watched programs are colored in magenta.
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.
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| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie #20 20.8 rating | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes #4 (tied) 24.4 rating | Rhoda #25 20.1 rating | On Our Own #29 19.6 rating | All in the Family #4 (tied) 24.4 rating | Alice #8 23.2 rating | Kojak | ||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Big Event #30 19.4 rating | ||||||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The San Pedro Beach Bums | ABC NFL Monday Night Football #16 21.5 rating | ||||
| CBS | Young Dan'l Boone | The Betty White Show | Maude | Rafferty | ||
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie #7 24.1 rating | NBC Monday Night at the Movies #15 21.7 rating | ||||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Happy Days #2 31.4 rating | Laverne & Shirley #1 31.6 rating | Three's Company #3 28.3 rating | Soap #13 22.0 rating | Family #27 19.9 rating | |
| CBS | The Fitzpatricks | M*A*S*H #9 23.2 rating | One Day at a Time #10 23.0 rating | Lou Grant | ||
| NBC | The Richard Pryor Show | Mulligan's Stew | Police Woman | |||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Eight is Enough #12 22.2 rating | Charlie's Angels #4 (tied) 24.4 rating | Baretta | |||
| CBS | Good Times | Busting Loose | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | |||
| NBC | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | The Oregon Trail | Big Hawaii | |||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Welcome Back, Kotter #28 19.9 rating | What's Happening!! | Barney Miller #18 21.4 rating | Carter Country | The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour | |
| CBS | The Waltons #21 20.8 rating | Hawaii Five-O #23 20.4 rating | Barnaby Jones #22 20.6 rating | |||
| NBC | CHiPs | Man from Atlantis | Rosetti and Ryan | |||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Donny & Marie | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Logan's Run | Switch! | |||
| NBC | The Sanford Arms | Chico and the Man | The Rockford Files | Quincy, M.E. | ||
Note: On CBS, The Incredible Hulk (TV series) (#26, 19.9 rating) replaced Switch effective March 10, 1978.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Fish | Operation Petticoat | Starsky and Hutch | The Love Boat #14 21.9 rating | ||
| CBS | The Bob Newhart Show | We've Got Each Other | The Jeffersons | The Tony Randall Show | The Carol Burnett Show | |
| NBC | The Bionic Woman | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||
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