Top Rated Programs - 1975-1980

Rank

Program

 Network Rating HH w/ TV Est. Aud.

1975-76
1 All in the Family CBS 30,1 69 600 000 20 949 600
2 Rich Man, Poor Man ABC 28,0 69 600 000 19 488 000
3 Laverne & Shirley ABC 27,5 69 600 000 19 140 000
4 Maude CBS 25,0 69 600 000 17 400 000
5 The Bionic Woman ABC 24,9 69 600 000 17 330 400
6 Phyllis CBS 24,5 69 600 000 17 052 000
7 Sanford and Son NBC 24,4 69 600 000 16 982 400
8 Rhoda CBS 24,4 69 600 000 16 982 400
9 The Six Million Dollar Man ABC 24,3 69 600 000 16 912 800
10 ABC Monday Night Movie ABC 24,2 69 600 000 16 843 200
11 Happy Days ABC 23,9 69 600 000 16 634 400
12 One Day at a Time CBS 23,1 69 600 000 16 077 600
13 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 23,0 69 600 000 16 008 000
14 The Waltons CBS 22,9 69 600 000 15 938 400
15 M*A*S*H CBS 22,9 69 600 000 15 938 400
16 Starsky and Hutch ABC 22,5 69 600 000 15 660 000
17 Good Heavens ABC 22,5 69 600 000 15 660 000
18 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC 22,1 69 600 000 15 381 600
19 The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 21,9 69 600 000 15 242 400
20 Kojak CBS 21,8 69 600 000 15 172 800
21 The Jeffersons CBS 21,5 69 600 000 14 964 000
22 Baretta ABC 21,3 69 600 000 14 824 800
23 The Sonny & Cher Show CBS 21,2 69 600 000 14 755 200
24 Good Times CBS 21,0 69 600 000 14 616 000
25 Chico and The Man NBC 20,8 69 600 000 14 476 800
26 The Bob Newhart Show CBS 20,7 69 600 000 14 407 200
27 Donny and Marie ABC 20,7 69 600 000 14 407 200
28 The Streets of San Francisco ABC 20,7 69 600 000 14 407 200
29 The Carol Burnett Show CBS 20,5 69 600 000 14 268 000
30 Police Woman NBC 20,2 69 600 000 14 059 200

1976-77
1 Happy Days ABC 31,5 71 200 000 22 428 000
2 Laverne & Shirley ABC 30,9 71 200 000 22 000 800
3 ABC Monday Night Movie ABC 26,0 71 200 000 18 512 000
4 M*A*S*H CBS 25,9 71 200 000 18 440 800
5 Charlie's Angels ABC 25,8 71 200 000 18 369 600
6 The Big Event NBC 24,4 71 200 000 17 372 800
7 The Six Million Dollar Man ABC 24,2 71 200 000 17 230 400
8 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 23,4 71 200 000 16 660 800
9 Baretta ABC 23,4 71 200 000 16 660 800
10 One Day at a Time CBS 23,4 71 200 000 16 660 800
11 Three's Company ABC 23,1 71 200 000 16 447 200
12 All in the Family CBS 22,9 71 200 000 16 304 800
13 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC 22,7 71 200 000 16 162 400
14 The Bionic Woman ABC 22,4 71 200 000 15 948 800
15 The Waltons CBS 22,3 71 200 000 15 877 600
16 Little House on the Prairie NBC 22,3 71 200 000 15 877 600
17 Barney Miller ABC 22,2 71 200 000 15 806 400
18 60 Minutes CBS 21,9 71 200 000 15 592 800
19 Hawaii Five-O CBS 21,9 71 200 000 15 592 800
20 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC 21,8 71 200 000 15 521 600
21 Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II ABC 21,6 71 200 000 15 379 200
22 Monday Night Football ABC 21,2 71 200 000 15 094 400
23 Eight is Enough ABC 21,1 71 200 000 15 023 200
24 The Jeffersons CBS 21,0 71 200 000 14 952 000
25 What's Happening !! ABC 20,9 71 200 000 14 880 800
26 Good Times CBS 20,5 71 200 000 14 596 000
27 Sanford and Son NBC 20,3 71 200 000 14 453 600
28 ABC Friday Night Movie ABC 20,2 71 200 000 14 382 400
29 The Tony Randall Show ABC 20,1 71 200 000 14 311 200
30 Alice CBS 20,0 71 200 000 14 240 000

1977-78
1 Laverne & Shirley ABC 31,6 72 900 000 23 036 400
2 Happy Days ABC 31,4 72 900 000 22 890 600
3 Three's Company ABC 28,3 72 900 000 20 630 700
4 60 Minutes CBS 24,4 72 900 000 17 787 600
5 Charlie's Angels ABC 24,4 72 900 000 17 787 600
6 All in the Family CBS 24,4 72 900 000 17 787 600
7 Little House on the Prairie NBC 24,1 72 900 000 17 568 900
8 Alice CBS 23,2 72 900 000 16 912 800
9 M*A*S*H CBS 23,2 72 900 000 16 912 800
10 One Day at a Time CBS 23,0 72 900 000 16 767 000
11 How the West Was Won ABC 22,5 72 900 000 16 402 500
12 Eight is Enough ABC 22,2 72 900 000 16 183 800
13 Soap ABC 22,0 72 900 000 16 038 000
14 The Love Boat ABC 21,9 72 900 000 15 965 100
15 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC 21,7 72 900 000 15 819 300
16 Monday Night Football ABC 21,5 72 900 000 15 673 500
17 Fantasy Island ABC 21,4 72 900 000 15 600 600
18 Barney Miller ABC 21,4 72 900 000 15 600 600
19 Project U.F.O. NBC 21,2 72 900 000 15 454 800
20 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 20,8 72 900 000 15 163 200
21 The Waltons CBS 20,8 72 900 000 15 163 200
22 Barnaby Jones CBS 20,6 72 900 000 15 017 400
23 Hawaii Five-O CBS 20,4 72 900 000 14 871 600
24 ABC Monday Night Movie ABC 20,3 72 900 000 14 798 700
25 Rhoda CBS 20,1 72 900 000 14 652 900
26 The Incredible Hulk CBS 19,9 72 900 000 14 507 100
27 Family ABC 19,9 72 900 000 14 507 100
28 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC 19,9 72 900 000 14 507 100
29 On Our Own CBS 19,6 72 900 000 14 288 400
30 The Big Event - Sunday NBC 19,4 72 900 000 14 142 600

1978-79
1 Laverne & Shirley ABC 30,5 74 500 000 22 722 500
2 Three's Company ABC 30,3 74 500 000 22 573 500
3 Mork & Mindy ABC 28,6 74 500 000 21 307 000
4 Happy Days ABC 28,6 74 500 000 21 307 000
5 Angie ABC 26,7 74 500 000 19 891 500
6 60 Minutes CBS 25,5 74 500 000 18 997 500
7 M*A*S*H CBS 25,4 74 500 000 18 923 000
8 The Ropers ABC 25,2 74 500 000 18 774 000
9 All in the Family CBS 24,9 74 500 000 18 550 500
10 Taxi ABC 24,9 74 500 000 18 550 500
11 Eight is Enough ABC 24,8 74 500 000 18 476 000
12 Charlie's Angels ABC 24,4 74 500 000 18 178 000
13 Alice CBS 23,2 74 500 000 17 284 000
14 Little House on the Prairie NBC 23,1 74 500 000 17 209 500
15 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 22,6 74 500 000 16 837 000
16 Barney Miller ABC 22,6 74 500 000 16 837 000
17 The Love Boat ABC 22,1 74 500 000 16 464 500
18 One Day at a Time CBS 21,6 74 500 000 16 092 000
19 Soap ABC 21,3 74 500 000 15 868 500
20 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS 21,0 74 500 000 15 645 000
21 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC 20,9 74 500 000 15 570 500
22 Fantasy Island ABC 20,8 74 500 000 15 496 000
23 Vega$ ABC 20,6 74 500 000 15 347 000
24 Barnaby Jones CBS 20,5 74 500 000 15 272 500
25 CHiPS NBC 20,3 74 500 000 15 123 500
26 Stockard Channing in Just Friends CBS 20,2 74 500 000 15 049 000
27 Diff'rent Strokes NBC 19,9 74 500 000 14 825 500
28 Monday Night Football ABC 19,8 74 500 000 14 751 000
29 What's Happening !! ABC 19,8 74 500 000 14 751 000
30 Lou Grant CBS 19,7 74 500 000 14 676 500

1979-80
1 60 Minutes CBS 28,4 76 300 000 21 669 200
2 Three's Company ABC 26,3 76 300 000 20 066 900
3 That's Incredible ABC 25,8 76 300 000 19 685 400
4 Alice CBS 25,3 76 300 000 19 303 900
5 M*A*S*H CBS 25,3 76 300 000 19 303 900
6 Dallas CBS 25,0 76 300 000 19 075 000
7 Flo CBS 24,4 76 300 000 18 617 200
8 The Jeffersons CBS 24,3 76 300 000 18 540 900
9 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS 24,1 76 300 000 18 388 300
10 One Day at a Time CBS 23,0 76 300 000 17 549 000
11 Archie Bunker's Place CBS 22,9 76 300 000 17 472 700
12 Eight is Enough ABC 22,8 76 300 000 17 396 400
13 Taxi ABC 22,4 76 300 000 17 091 200
14 House Calls CBS 22,1 76 300 000 16 862 300
15 Real People NBC 22,1 76 300 000 16 862 300
16 Little House on the Prairie NBC 21,8 76 300 000 16 633 400
17 Happy Days ABC 21,7 76 300 000 16 557 100
18 CHiPS NBC 21,5 76 300 000 16 404 500
19 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 21,2 76 300 000 16 175 600
20 Charlie's Angels ABC 20,9 76 300 000 15 946 700
21 Barney Miller ABC 20,9 76 300 000 15 946 700
22 WKRP in Cincinnati CBS 20,7 76 300 000 15 794 100
23 Benson ABC 20,6 76 300 000 15 717 800
24 The Love Boat ABC 20,6 76 300 000 15 717 800
25 Soap ABC 20,5 76 300 000 15 641 500
26 Diff'rent Strokes NBC 20,3 76 300 000 15 488 900
27 Mork & Mindy ABC 20,2 76 300 000 15 412 600
28 Fantasy Island ABC 20,1 76 300 000 15 336 300
29 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe ABC 20,0 76 300 000 15 260 000
30 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 20,0 76 300 000 15 260 000
31 Vega$ ABC 20,0 76 300 000 15 260 000
32 Knots Landing CBS 20,0 76 300 000 15 260 000
HH w/ TV : Households with TV
Est. Aud. : Estimated Number of households watching that particular program.
 


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