1979–80 United States network television schedule

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)
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
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
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 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) Vega$ (29/20.0)
CBS Fall The Last Resort Struck by Lightning The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
Follow-up Various programming
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
ABC Fall Laverne & Shirley Benson (23/20.6) Barney Miller (17/21.7) 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
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
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

  1. 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.

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