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The following is the1977–78 network television schedule for the three major English language commercialbroadcast networks in the United States. The schedule coversprimetime hours from September 1977 through August 1978. The schedule is followed by alist per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the1976–77 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such asMonday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted inbold. Series ending their original runs are initalics.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined byNielsen Media Research.[1]
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station. OnABC, debuting news brief, airs all seven nights at 9:58, pm.
Network | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (20/20.8) (Tied withThe Waltons) | |||||
Winter | How the West Was Won (11/22.5) | ||||||||
CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes (4/24.4) (Tied withCharlie's Angels andAll in the Family) | Rhoda (25/20.1) | On Our Own (29/19.6) | All in the Family (4/24.4) (Tied with60 Minutes andCharlie's Angels) | Alice (8/23.2) (Tied withM*A*S*H) | Kojak | ||
December | The Carol Burnett Show | ||||||||
Spring | Dallas | ||||||||
Summer | Switch | ||||||||
NBC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Big Event (30/19.4) | ||||||
Winter | The Wonderful World of Disney | Project U.F.O. (19/21.2) |
NOTE: On NBC,Off the Wall andC.P.O. Sharkey were supposed to air at 8:00-9:00 p.m., but the former was canceled before it aired due to action byUniversal Television, the show's producer.[2][3]
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | The San Pedro Beach Bums | ABC NFL Monday Night Football (16/21.5) | ||||
Winter | Lucan | The ABC Monday Night Movie (24/20.3) | |||||
Follow-up | The Six Million Dollar Man | ||||||
Spring | Sugar Time! | Monday Night Baseball | |||||
CBS | Fall | Young Dan'l Boone | The Betty White Show | Maude | Rafferty | ||
Follow-up | Logan's Run | M*A*S*H (8/23.2) (Tied withAlice) | One Day at a Time (10/23.0) | Switch | |||
Winter | Lou Grant | ||||||
Follow-up | Good Times | Baby I'm Back | |||||
Summer | The Jeffersons | Good Times | |||||
NBC | Little House on the Prairie (7/24.1) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies (15/21.7) |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Happy Days (2/31.4) | Laverne & Shirley (1/31.6) | Three's Company (3/28.3) | Soap (13/22.0) | Family (26/19.9) (Tied withThe Incredible Hulk andWelcome Back, Kotter) | |
Spring | Having Babies | ||||||
Follow-up | The Harvey Korman Show | ||||||
Summer | Carter Country | 20/20 | |||||
CBS | Fall | The Fitzpatricks | M*A*S*H (8/23.2) (Tied withAlice) | One Day at a Time (10/23.0) | Lou Grant | ||
Winter | Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes | The Shields and Yarnell Show | CBS Tuesday Night Movie | ||||
Spring | Sam | ||||||
NBC | Fall | The Richard Pryor Show | Man from Atlantis | Police Woman | |||
Follow-up | Man from Atlantis | Mulligan's Stew | |||||
Winter | Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show | Event and miniseries programming | |||||
Spring | Rollergirls | Joe & Valerie |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Eight Is Enough (12/22.2) | Charlie's Angels (4/24.4) (Tied with60 Minutes andAll in the Family) | Baretta | |||
Winter | Starsky & Hutch | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Good Times | Busting Loose | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | |||
Follow-up | Szysznyk | ||||||
Spring | The Amazing Spider-Man | ||||||
NBC | Fall | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | The Oregon Trail | Big Hawaii | |||
Follow-up | The Black Sheep Squadron | Police Woman | |||||
Summer | Headliners With David Frost |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Welcome Back, Kotter (26/19.9) (Tied withThe Incredible Hulk andFamily) | What's Happening!! | Barney Miller (17/21.4) (Tied withFantasy Island) | Carter Country | The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour | |
Winter | Fish | Baretta | |||||
Spring | A.E.S. Hudson Street | ||||||
CBS | The Waltons (20/20.8) (Tied withThe ABC Sunday Night Movie) | Hawaii Five-O (23/20.4) | Barnaby Jones (22/20.6) | ||||
NBC | Fall | CHiPs | Man from Atlantis | Rosetti and Ryan | |||
November | James at 15 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | |||||
February | James at 16 | ||||||
March | The Black Sheep Squadron | ||||||
Spring | The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour | The Runaways | Police Woman | ||||
May | CHiPs | James at 16 |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Donny & Marie | The ABC Friday Night Movie | |||||
CBS | Fall | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Logan's Run | Switch! | |||
Follow-up | The CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | The Incredible Hulk (26/19.9) (Tied withFamily andWelcome Back, Kotter) | Husbands, Wives & Lovers | |||||
NBC | Fall | Sanford Arms | Chico and the Man | The Rockford Files | Quincy, M.E. | ||
October | C.P.O. Sharkey | ||||||
Winter | Quark | C.P.O. Sharkey | |||||
Spring | Richie Brockelman, Private Eye | ||||||
April | The Rockford Files | ||||||
Summer | C.P.O. Sharkey | Chico and the Man |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Fish | Operation Petticoat | Starsky & Hutch | The Love Boat (14/21.9) | ||
November | Tabitha | ||||||
Winter | What's Happening!! | The Love Boat (14/21.9) | Fantasy Island (17/21.4) (Tied withBarney Miller) | ||||
Spring | Mel & Susan Together | ||||||
June | Free Country | ABC Comedy Special | |||||
Summer | Family | ||||||
CBS | Fall | The Bob Newhart Show | We've Got Each Other | The Jeffersons | The Tony Randall Show | The Carol Burnett Show | |
Winter | The Tony Randall Show | Maude | Kojak | ||||
Spring | The Jeffersons | The Ted Knight Show | Another Day | ||||
NBC | The Bionic Woman | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies |
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.