1979–80 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1979. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
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.
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 | |
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ABC | Fall | Out of the Blue | A New Kind of Family | Mork & Mindy (27/20.2) | The Associates | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (29/20.0) | |||
Winter | Galactica 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (29/20.0) | |||||||
CBS | 60 Minutes (1/28.4) | Archie Bunker's Place (11/22.9) | One Day at a Time (10/23.0) | Alice (4/25.3) | The Jeffersons (8/24.3) | Trapper John, M.D. (19/21.2) | |||
NBC | Disney's Wonderful World | The Big Event | Prime Time Sunday |
Monday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | 240-Robert | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
Spring | That's Incredible! (3/25.8) | Family | Stone | ||||
Summer | One in a Million | Monday Night Baseball | |||||
CBS | Fall | The White Shadow | M*A*S*H (4/25.3) | WKRP in Cincinnati (22/20.7) | Lou Grant | ||
Winter | House Calls (14/22.1) | ||||||
Spring | WKRP in Cincinnati | The Stockard Channing Show | Flo (7/24.4) | ||||
Summer | House Calls | ||||||
NBC | Little House on the Prairie (16/21.8) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies |
Tuesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Happy Days (20/20.9) | Angie | Three's Company (2/26.3) | Taxi (13/22.4) | The Lazarus Syndrome | |
Follow-up | Hart to Hart | ||||||
CBS | Fall | California Fever | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||
Winter | Hawaii Five-O | Paris | |||||
NBC | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies |
Wednesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Eight Is Enough (12/22.8) | Charlie's Angels (17/21.7) | Vega$ (29/20.0) | |||
CBS | The Last Resort | Struck by Lightning | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | |||
NBC | Real People (14/22.1) | Diff'rent Strokes (26/20.3) | Hello, Larry | The Best of Saturday Night Live (repeats) |
Thursday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Laverne & Shirley | Benson (23/20.6) | Barney Miller (20/20.9) | Soap (25/20.5) | 20/20 | |
Winter | Mork & Mindy | ||||||
Spring | The Associates | ||||||
CBS | Fall | The Waltons | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||
Winter | Barnaby Jones | Knots Landing (28/20.1) | |||||
Spring | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | The Contender | |||||
Summer | The Waltons | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Quincy, M.E. | Kate Loves a Mystery | |||
Spring | The Rockford Files |
Friday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fantasy Island | The ABC Friday Night Movie | |||||
CBS | The Incredible Hulk | The Dukes of Hazzard (9/24.1) | Dallas (6/25.0) | ||||
NBC | Fall | Shirley | The Rockford Files | Eischied | |||
Spring | Here's Boomer | The Facts of Life | Pink Lady | ||||
Summer | The Rockford Files | A Man Called Sloane |
Saturday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | The Ropers | Detective School | The Love Boat (23/20.6) | Hart to Hart | ||
Follow-up | Fantasy Island | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Working Stiffs | The Bad News Bears | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Paris | ||
Winter | The Chisholms | ||||||
Spring | The Tim Conway Show | Hawaii Five-O | Hagen | ||||
Summer | The Bad News Bears | The Stockard Channing Show | Various | ||||
Follow-up | ? | The Bad News Bears | |||||
Follow-up | Universe | ||||||
NBC | Fall | CHiPs (18/21.5) | B. J. and the Bear | A Man Called Sloane | |||
Winter | Prime Time Saturday | ||||||
Spring | B. J. and the Bear | Sanford | Me and Maxx | ||||
Follow-up | Joe's World | ||||||
Summer | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Various | Good Time Harry |
Note: In November 1979, CBS took Paris off their Saturday night lineup before scheduling it in the 10:00-11:00 pm time slot on Tuesdays beginning December 4.
References
- ↑ Highest-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.
Additional sources
- Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
- McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.