Rank |
Year |
Program
|
Network |
1 |
1980-81 |
Dallas |
CBS |
2 |
1980-81 |
The Dukes of Hazzard |
CBS |
3 |
1980-81 |
60 Minutes |
CBS |
4 |
1980-81 |
M*A*S*H |
CBS |
5 |
1980-81 |
The Love Boat |
ABC |
6 |
1980-81 |
The Jeffersons |
CBS |
7 |
1980-81 |
Alice |
CBS |
8 |
1980-81 |
House Calls |
CBS |
9 |
1980-81 |
Three's Company |
ABC |
10 |
1980-81 |
Little House on the Prairie |
NBC |
11 |
1980-81 |
One Day at a Time |
CBS |
12 |
1980-81 |
Real People |
NBC |
13 |
1980-81 |
Archie Bunker's Place |
CBS |
14 |
1980-81 |
Magnum, P.I. |
CBS |
15 |
1980-81 |
Happy Days |
ABC |
16 |
1980-81 |
Too Close for Comfort |
ABC |
17 |
1980-81 |
Fantasy Island |
ABC |
18 |
1980-81 |
Trapper John, M.D. |
CBS |
19 |
1980-81 |
Diff'rent Strokes |
NBC |
20 |
1980-81 |
Monday Night Football |
ABC |
21 |
1980-81 |
Laverne & Shirley |
ABC |
22 |
1980-81 |
That's Incredible |
ABC |
23 |
1980-81 |
Hart to Hart |
ABC |
24 |
1980-81 |
ABC Sunday Night Movie |
ABC |
25 |
1980-81 |
CHiPS |
NBC |
1 |
1981-82 |
Dallas |
CBS |
2 |
1981-82 |
60 Minutes |
CBS |
3 |
1981-82 |
The Jeffersons |
CBS |
4 |
1981-82 |
Three's Company |
ABC |
5 |
1981-82 |
Alice |
CBS |
6 |
1981-82 |
The Dukes of Hazzard |
CBS |
7 |
1981-82 |
Too Close for Comfort |
ABC |
8 |
1981-82 |
ABC Monday Night Movie |
ABC |
9 |
1981-82 |
M*A*S*H |
CBS |
10 |
1981-82 |
One Day at a Time |
CBS |
11 |
1981-82 |
Monday Night Football |
ABC |
12 |
1981-82 |
Archie Bunker's Place |
CBS |
13 |
1981-82 |
Falcon Crest |
CBS |
14 |
1981-82 |
The Love Boat |
ABC |
15 |
1981-82 |
Hart to Hart |
ABC |
16 |
1981-82 |
Trapper John, M.D. |
CBS |
17 |
1981-82 |
Magnum, P.I. |
CBS |
18 |
1981-82 |
Happy Days |
ABC |
19 |
1981-82 |
Dynasty |
ABC |
20 |
1981-82 |
Laverne & Shirley |
ABC |
21 |
1981-82 |
Real People |
NBC |
22 |
1981-82 |
ABC Sunday Night Movie |
ABC |
23 |
1981-82 |
House Calls |
CBS |
24 |
1981-82 |
The Facts of Life |
NBC |
25 |
1981-82 |
Little House on the Prairie |
NBC |
1 |
1982-83 |
60 Minutes |
CBS |
2 |
1982-83 |
Dallas |
CBS |
3 |
1982-83 |
M*A*S*H |
CBS |
4 |
1982-83 |
Magnum, P.I. |
CBS |
5 |
1982-83 |
Dynasty |
ABC |
6 |
1982-83 |
Three's Company |
ABC |
7 |
1982-83 |
Simon & Simon |
CBS |
8 |
1982-83 |
Falcon Crest |
CBS |
9 |
1982-83 |
The Love Boat |
ABC |
10 |
1982-83 |
The A-Team |
NBC |
11 |
1982-83 |
Monday Night Football |
ABC |
12 |
1982-83 |
The Jeffersons |
CBS |
13 |
1982-83 |
Newhart |
CBS |
14 |
1982-83 |
The Fall Guy |
ABC |
15 |
1982-83 |
9 to 5 |
ABC |
16 |
1982-83 |
One Day at a Time |
CBS |
17 |
1982-83 |
Hart to Hart |
ABC |
18 |
1982-83 |
Gloria |
CBS |
19 |
1982-83 |
Trapper John, M.D. |
CBS |
20 |
1982-83 |
Knots Landing |
CBS |
21 |
1982-83 |
Hill Street Blues |
NBC |
22 |
1982-83 |
That's Incredible |
ABC |
23 |
1982-83 |
Archie Bunker's Place |
CBS |
24 |
1982-83 |
ABC Monday Night Movie |
ABC |
25 |
1982-83 |
Laverne & Shirley |
ABC |
1 |
1983-84 |
Dallas |
CBS |
2 |
1983-84 |
60 Minutes |
CBS |
3 |
1983-84 |
Dynasty |
ABC |
4 |
1983-84 |
The A-Team |
NBC |
5 |
1983-84 |
Simon & Simon |
CBS |
6 |
1983-84 |
Magnum, P.I. |
CBS |
7 |
1983-84 |
Falcon Crest |
CBS |
8 |
1983-84 |
Kate & Allie |
CBS |
9 |
1983-84 |
Hotel |
ABC |
10 |
1983-84 |
Cagney & Lacey |
CBS |
11 |
1983-84 |
Knots Landing |
CBS |
12 |
1983-84 |
ABC Monday Night Movie |
ABC |
13 |
1983-84 |
ABC Sunday Night Movie |
ABC |
14 |
1983-84 |
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes |
NBC |
15 |
1983-84 |
AfterMASH |
CBS |
16 |
1983-84 |
The Fall Guy |
ABC |
17 |
1983-84 |
The Love Boat |
ABC |
18 |
1983-84 |
Riptide |
NBC |
19 |
1983-84 |
The Jeffersons |
CBS |
20 |
1983-84 |
Scarecrow & Mrs. King |
CBS |
21 |
1983-84 |
Monday Night Football |
ABC |
22 |
1983-84 |
NBC Monday Night Movie |
NBC |
23 |
1983-84 |
Newhart |
CBS |
24 |
1983-84 |
The Facts of Life |
NBC |
25 |
1983-84 |
CBS Tuesday Night Movie |
CBS |
1 |
1984-85 |
Dynasty |
ABC |
2 |
1984-85 |
Dallas |
CBS |
3 |
1984-85 |
The Cosby Show |
NBC |
4 |
1984-85 |
60 Minutes |
CBS |
5 |
1984-85 |
Family Ties |
NBC |
6 |
1984-85 |
The A-Team |
NBC |
7 |
1984-85 |
Simon & Simon |
CBS |
8 |
1984-85 |
Murder, She Wrote |
CBS |
9 |
1984-85 |
Knots Landing |
CBS |
10 |
1984-85 |
Falcon Crest |
CBS |
11 |
1984-85 |
Crazy Like a Fox |
CBS |
12 |
1984-85 |
Hotel |
ABC |
13 |
1984-85 |
Cheers |
NBC |
14 |
1984-85 |
Riptide |
NBC |
15 |
1984-85 |
Magnum, P.I. |
CBS |
16 |
1984-85 |
Newhart |
CBS |
17 |
1984-85 |
Kate & Allie |
CBS |
18 |
1984-85 |
NBC Monday Night Movie |
NBC |
19 |
1984-85 |
Highway to Heaven |
NBC |
20 |
1984-85 |
Night Court |
NBC |
21 |
1984-85 |
ABC Sunday Night Movie |
ABC |
22 |
1984-85 |
Scarecrow & Mrs. King |
CBS |
23 |
1984-85 |
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes |
NBC |
24 |
1984-85 |
The Fall Guy |
ABC |
25 |
1984-85 |
Monday Night Football |
ABC |