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1975-1976 Television Season

The top five shows of 1975-76 were The Bionic Woman, Maude, Laverne & Shirley, Rich Man, Poor Man, with the most popular being All in the Family for the fifth straight season. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

In January, Welcome Back, Kotter moved to Thursday to replace On the Rocks (which had indeed been on the rocks due to poor ratings) and to make way for Laverne & Shirley, which became an instant hit. Another popular show during this season was the syndicated Space: 1999.

Shows which began before 8:00 p.m. on Sundays, and therefore not on our grid below, included Swiss Family Robinson, Three for the Road, and The Wonderful World of Disney. Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories!

Prime Time TV Schedule for 1975-1976
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
	Barbary Coast		Monday Night Football
	Rhoda	Phyllis	All in the Family	Maude	Medical Center
	Invisible Man		NBC Monday Night Movie
	Happy Days	Welcome Back, Kotter	Rookies		Marcus Welby, M.D.
	Good Times	Joe and Sons	Switch		Beacon Hill
	Movin' On		Police Story		Joe Forrester
	When Things Were Rotten	That's My Mama	Baretta		Starsky and Hutch
	Tony Orlando and Dawn		Cannon		Kate McShane
	Little House on the Prairie		Doctors' Hospital		Petrocelli
	Barney Miller	On the Rocks	Streets of San Francisco		Harry-O
	Waltons		CBS Thursday Night Movie
	Montefuscos	Fay	Ellery Queen		Medical Story
	Mobile One		ABC Friday Night Movie
	Big Eddie	MAS*H	Hawaii Five-O		Barnaby Jones
	Sanford & Son	Chico and the Man	Rockford Files		Police Woman
	Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell		S.W.A.T.		Matt Helm
	Jeffersons	Doc	Mary Tyler Moore	Bob Newhart Show	Carol Burnett Show
	Emergency!		NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Six Million Dollar Man		ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Cher		Kojak		Bronk
	Family Holvak		[Sunday Mystery Movie (rotating)] McCoy / McCloud / Columbo / McMillan & Wife
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30

Note: Television seasons have generally begun in September of each year. And new shows often do not last the entire season. The shows below began the new season but did not necessarily run all the way through to summer reruns.
- Indicates show began before the time period indicated.

1975-76 Ratings

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

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