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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) (Tied with Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Vega$ and Knots Landing) | |||
| Follow-up | Salvage 1 | ||||||||
| Winter | Galactica 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (29/20.0) (Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie, Vega$ and Knots Landing) | |||||||
| Summer | When the Whistle Blows | ||||||||
| 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) (Tied with M*A*S*H) |
The Jeffersons (8/24.3) | Trapper John, M.D. (19/21.2) | |||
| NBC | Fall | Disney's Wonderful World | The Big Event | Prime Time Sunday | |||||
| Summer | CHiPs | The Big Event | |||||||
(*) Formerly known as All in the Family.
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | 240-Robert | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
| Winter | Repeats | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
| Follow-up | Laverne & Shirley | Angie | Stone | Family | |||
| 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) (Tied with Alice) |
WKRP in Cincinnati (22/20.7) | Lou Grant | ||
| Winter | House Calls (14/22.1) (Tied with Real People) | ||||||
| Follow-up | WKRP in Cincinnati | The Last Resort | |||||
| Spring | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Happy Days (17/21.7) | Angie | Three's Company (2/26.3) | Taxi (13/22.4) | The Lazarus Syndrome | |
| Follow-up | Hart to Hart | ||||||
| Winter | One in a Million | ||||||
| Follow-up | Goodtime Girls | ||||||
| Follow-up | Laverne & Shirley | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | California Fever | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||
| Follow-up | Hawaii Five-O | Paris | |||||
| Winter | The White Shadow | ||||||
| Follow-up | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | ||||
| Spring | The Big Show | United States | |||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Eight Is Enough (12/22.8) | Charlie's Angels (20/20.9) (Tied with Barney Miller) |
Vega$ (29/20.0) (Tied with Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The ABC Sunday Night Movie and Knots Landing) | ||||
| CBS | Fall | The Last Resort | Struck by Lightning | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | |||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Follow-up | Young Maverick | ||||||
| Spring | Beyond Westworld | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Real People (14/22.1) (Tied with House Calls) |
Diff'rent Strokes (26/20.3) | Hello, Larry | The Best of Saturday Night Live (repeats) | ||
| Spring | From Here to Eternity | ||||||
| Summer | Quincy, M.E. | ||||||
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Laverne & Shirley | Benson (23/20.6) (Tied with The Love Boat) |
Barney Miller (20/20.9) (Tied with Charlie's Angels) |
Soap (25/20.5) | 20/20 | |
| Winter | Mork & Mindy (27/20.2) | ||||||
| Spring | The Associates | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Waltons | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||
| Winter | Barnaby Jones | Knots Landing (29/20.0) (Tied with Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The ABC Sunday Night Movie and Vega$) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Winter | Skag | ||||||
| Spring | The Rockford Files | ||||||
| Summer | NBC Thursday Night at the Movies | ||||||
| Follow-up | Games People Play | ||||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Fantasy Island (28/20.1) | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| Winter | B.A.D. Cats | ||||||
| Spring | When the Whistle Blows | ||||||
| Summer | The ABC Friday Night Movie | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | |||||
| CBS | The Incredible Hulk | The Dukes of Hazzard (9/24.1) | Dallas (6/25.0) | ||||
| NBC | Pre-Fall | Various Programming | The Facts of Life | Various Programming | |||
| Fall | Shirley | The Rockford Files | Eischied | ||||
| Spring | Here's Boomer | The Facts of Life | Pink Lady | ||||
| Summer | Me and Maxx | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Ropers | Detective School | The Love Boat (23/20.6) (Tied with Benson) |
Hart to Hart | ||
| Follow-up | Fantasy Island (28/20.1) | ||||||
| Winter | One in a Million | The Ropers | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Working Stiffs | The Bad News Bears | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Paris | ||
| Winter | The Chisholms | The CBS Saturday Night Movies | |||||
| Spring | The Tim Conway Show | Hawaii Five-O | Hagen | ||||
| Follow-up | Various | ||||||
| Summer | The Bad News Bears | The Stockard Channing Show | |||||
| Follow-up | Various | 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.