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1977-1978 Television Season

The top five shows of 1977-78 were All in the Family, Charlie's Angels, Three's Company, Happy Days, with the most popular being Laverne & Shirley. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

In January 1977 and again in September 1978, ABC ran the epic miniseries Roots to wide acclaim. Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories!

Prime Time TV Schedule for 1977-1978
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
	San Pedro Beach Bums		Monday Night Football
	Young Dan'l Boone		Betty White Show	Maude	Rafferty
	Little House on the Prairie		NBC Monday Night Movie
	Happy Days	Laverne & Shirley	Three's Company	Soap	Family
	Fitzpatricks		MAS*H	One Day at a Time	Lou Grant
	Richard Pryor Show		Mulligan's Stew		Police Woman
	Eight is Enough		Charlie's Angels		Baretta
	Good Times	Busting Loose	CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Life and Times of Grizzly Adams		Oregon Trail		Big Hawaii
	Welcome Back, Kotter	What's Happening	Barney Miller	Carter Country	Redd Foxx
	Waltons		Hawaii Five-O		Barnaby Jones
	CHiPS		Man from Atlantis		Rosetti and Ryan
	Donny and Marie		ABC Friday Night Movie
	Wonder Woman		Logan's Run		Switch
	Sanford Arms	Chico and the Man	Rockford Files		Quincy, M.E.
	Fish	Operation Petticoat	Starsky and Hutch		Love Boat
	Bob Newhart Show	We've Got Each Other	Jeffersons	Tony Randall Show	Carol Burnett Show
	Bionic Woman		NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Six Million Dollar Man		ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Rhoda	On Our Own	All in the Family	Alice	Kojak
	Wonderful World of Disney		Big Event
	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.
Continued - Indicates show began before the time period indicated.

1977-78 Ratings

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

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