| Rank | Year |
|
Network |
| 1 | 1970-71 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 2 | 1970-71 | The Flip Wilson Show | NBC |
| 3 | 1970-71 | Here's Lucy | CBS |
| 4 | 1970-71 | Ironside | NBC |
| 5 | 1970-71 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 6 | 1970-71 | ABC Movie of the Week | ABC |
| 7 | 1970-71 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS |
| 8 | 1970-71 | Medical Center | CBS |
| 9 | 1970-71 | Bonanza | NBC |
| 10 | 1970-71 | The F.B.I. | ABC |
| 11 | 1970-71 | Mod Squad | ABC |
| 12 | 1970-71 | Adam 12 | NBC |
| 13 | 1970-71 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC |
| 14 | 1970-71 | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC |
| 15 | 1970-71 | Mayberry R.F.D. | CBS |
| 16 | 1970-71 | Hee Haw | CBS |
| 17 | 1970-71 | Mannix | CBS |
| 18 | 1970-71 | The Men from Shiloh | NBC |
| 19 | 1970-71 | My Three Sons | CBS |
| 20 | 1970-71 | The Doris Day Show | CBS |
| 21 | 1970-71 | The Smith Family | ABC |
| 22 | 1970-71 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 23 | 1970-71 | NBC Saturday Night Movie | NBC |
| 24 | 1970-71 | The Dean Martin Show | NBC |
| 25 | 1970-71 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1 | 1971-72 | All in the Family | CBS |
| 2 | 1971-72 | The Flip Wilson Show | NBC |
| 3 | 1971-72 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 4 | 1971-72 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 5 | 1971-72 | ABC Movie of the Week | ABC |
| 6 | 1971-72 | Sanford and Son | NBC |
| 7 | 1971-72 | Mannix | CBS |
| 8 | 1971-72 | Funny Face | CBS |
| 9 | 1971-72 | Adam 12 | NBC |
| 10 | 1971-72 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 11 | 1971-72 | Here's Lucy | CBS |
| 12 | 1971-72 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS |
| 13 | 1971-72 | Medical Center | CBS |
| 14 | 1971-72 | The NBC Mystery Movie | NBC |
| 15 | 1971-72 | Ironside | NBC |
| 16 | 1971-72 | The Partridge Family | ABC |
| 17 | 1971-72 | The F.B.I. | ABC |
| 18 | 1971-72 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS |
| 19 | 1971-72 | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC |
| 20 | 1971-72 | Bonanza | NBC |
| 21 | 1971-72 | Mod Squad | ABC |
| 22 | 1971-72 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC |
| 23 | 1971-72 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 24 | 1971-72 | The Doris Day Show | CBS |
| 25 | 1971-72 | Monday Night Football | ABC |
| 1 | 1972-73 | All in the Family | CBS |
| 2 | 1972-73 | Sanford and Son | NBC |
| 3 | 1972-73 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS |
| 4 | 1972-73 | Maude | CBS |
| 5 | 1972-73 | Bridget Loves Bernie | CBS |
| 6 | 1972-73 | The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie | NBC |
| 7 | 1972-73 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 8 | 1972-73 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 9 | 1972-73 | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC |
| 10 | 1972-73 | Ironside | NBC |
| 11 | 1972-73 | Adam 12 | NBC |
| 12 | 1972-73 | The Flip Wilson Show | NBC |
| 13 | 1972-73 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 14 | 1972-73 | Cannon | CBS |
| 15 | 1972-73 | Here's Lucy | CBS |
| 16 | 1972-73 | The Bob Newhart Show | CBS |
| 17 | 1972-73 | Tuesday Movie of the Week | ABC |
| 18 | 1972-73 | Monday Night Football | ABC |
| 19 | 1972-73 | The Partridge Family | ABC |
| 20 | 1972-73 | The Waltons | CBS |
| 21 | 1972-73 | Medical Center | CBS |
| 22 | 1972-73 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 23 | 1972-73 | ABC Sunday Night Movie | ABC |
| 24 | 1972-73 | The Rookies | ABC |
| 25 | 1972-73 | Escape | NBC |
| 1 | 1973-74 | All in the Family | CBS |
| 2 | 1973-74 | The Waltons | CBS |
| 3 | 1973-74 | Sanford and Son | NBC |
| 4 | 1973-74 | M*A*S*H | CBS |
| 5 | 1973-74 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS |
| 6 | 1973-74 | Maude | CBS |
| 7 | 1973-74 | Kojak | CBS |
| 8 | 1973-74 | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | CBS |
| 9 | 1973-74 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 10 | 1973-74 | Cannon | CBS |
| 11 | 1973-74 | The Six Million Dollar Man | ABC |
| 12 | 1973-74 | The Bob Newhart Show | CBS |
| 13 | 1973-74 | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC |
| 14 | 1973-74 | The NBC Saturday Mystery Movie | NBC |
| 15 | 1973-74 | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 16 | 1973-74 | Happy Days | ABC |
| 17 | 1973-74 | Good Times | CBS |
| 18 | 1973-74 | Barnaby Jones | CBS |
| 19 | 1973-74 | Monday Night Football | ABC |
| 20 | 1973-74 | CBS Friday Night Movie | CBS |
| 21 | 1973-74 | Tuesday Movie of the Week | ABC |
| 22 | 1973-74 | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC |
| 23 | 1973-74 | Adam 12 | NBC |
| 24 | 1973-74 | ABC Sunday Night Movie | ABC |
| 25 | 1973-74 | The Rookies | ABC |
| 1 | 1974-75 | All in the Family | CBS |
| 2 | 1974-75 | Sanford and Son | NBC |
| 3 | 1974-75 | Chico and The Man | NBC |
| 4 | 1974-75 | The Jeffersons | CBS |
| 5 | 1974-75 | M*A*S*H | CBS |
| 6 | 1974-75 | Rhoda | CBS |
| 7 | 1974-75 | Good Times | CBS |
| 8 | 1974-75 | The Waltons | CBS |
| 9 | 1974-75 | Maude | CBS |
| 10 | 1974-75 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS |
| 11 | 1974-75 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 12 | 1974-75 | The Rockford Files | NBC |
| 13 | 1974-75 | Little House on the Prairie | NBC |
| 14 | 1974-75 | Kojak | CBS |
| 15 | 1974-75 | Police Woman | NBC |
| 16 | 1974-75 | S.W.A.T. | ABC |
| 17 | 1974-75 | The Bob Newhart Show | CBS |
| 18 | 1974-75 | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC |
| 19 | 1974-75 | The Rookies | ABC |
| 20 | 1974-75 | Mannix | CBS |
| 21 | 1974-75 | Cannon | CBS |
| 22 | 1974-75 | Cher | CBS |
| 23 | 1974-75 | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC |
| 24 | 1974-75 | The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie | NBC |
| 25 | 1974-75 | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers | CBS |