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1978-1979 Television Season

The top five shows of 1978-79 were Angie, Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, with the most popular being Laverne & Shirley. In fact, a nine out of the top 10 shows were sitcoms and there were only two dramas in the top 20! With disco ruling the airwaves, it is clear that most people just wanted to have a good time in 1978.

ABC had the top five shows and NBC's highest entry was #14. NBC also aired one of the worst and most expensive flops in television history in the early months of 1979, Supertrain. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

Shows that began before 8:00 p.m. on Sunday (and therefore not on our grid below) include The Hardy Boys Mysteries, 60 Minutes, 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 1978-1979
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
	Welcome Back, Kotter	Operation Petticoat	Monday Night Football
	WKRP in Cincinnati	People	MAS*H	One Day at a Time	Lou Grant
	Little House on the Prairie		NBC Monday Night Movie
	Happy Days	Laverne & Shirley	Three's Company	Taxi	Starsky and Hutch
	Paper Chase		CBS Tuesday Night Movie
	Grandpa Goes to Washington		Big Event
	Eight is Enough		Charlie's Angels		Vega$
	Jeffersons	In the Beginning	CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Life and Times of Grizzly Adams		Oregon Trail		Big Hawaii
	Mork & Mindy	What's Happening	Barney Miller	Soap	Family
	Waltons		Hawaii Five-O		Barnaby Jones
	Project U.F.O.		Quincy, M.E.		W.E.B.
	Donny and Marie		ABC Friday Night Movie
	Wonder Woman		Incredible Hulk		Flying High
	Waverly Wonders	Who's Watching the Kids	Rockford Files		Eddie Capra Mysteries
	Carter Country	Apple Pie	Love Boat		Fantasy Island
	Rhoda	Good Times	American Girls		Dallas
	CHiPS		[specials]		Sword of Justice
	Battlestar Galactica		ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Mary		All in the Family	Alice	Kaz
	Big Event				Lifeline
	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.

1978-79 Ratings

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

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