1977–78 United States network television schedule

none March 2025 1977 The following is the 1977–78 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1977 through August 1978. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1976–77 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in italics. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. 978-0-345-49773-4. yellow darkgray Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season. cyan darkgray Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season. FF22FF darkgray Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season. PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station. On ABC, debuting news brief, airs all seven nights at 9:58, pm. Sunday 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 ABC Fall The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries The Six Million Dollar Man The ABC Sunday Night Movie (20/20.8)(Tied with The Waltons) Winter How the West Was Won (11/22.5) CBS Fall 60 Minutes (4/24.4)(Tied with Charlie's Angels and All in the Family) Rhoda (25/20.1) On Our Own (29/19.6) All in the Family (4/24.4)(Tied with 60 Minutes and Charlie's Angels) Alice (8/23.2)(Tied with M*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 (a comedy about a co-ed college dorm) and C.P.O. Sharkey were originally scheduled to air from 8:00-9:00 p.m., but NBC canceled Off the Wall after a spring airing of its pilot finished last in that week's ratings.May 9, 1977 Fall line-ups now complete; emphasis is on comedy and specials 28 Broadcasting https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/BC-1977-05-09-OCR-Page-0028.pdf November 8, 2023June 13, 1977 In Brief 33 Broadcasting https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/BC-1977-06-13-OCR-Page-0033.pdf November 8, 2023 Monday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM 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-upThe Six Million Dollar Man Spring Sugar Time! Monday Night Baseball CBS Fall Young Dan'l Boone The Betty White Show Maude RaffertyFollow-up Logan's Run M*A*S*H (8/23.2)(Tied with Alice) One Day at a Time (10/23.0) Switch Winter Lou GrantFollow-upGood TimesBaby I'm BackSummerThe JeffersonsGood Times NBC Little House on the Prairie (7/24.1) NBC Monday Night at the Movies (15/21.7) Tuesday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM 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 with The Incredible Hulk and Welcome Back, Kotter) SpringHaving Babies Follow-upThe Harvey Korman Show SummerCarter Country20/20 CBS Fall The Fitzpatricks M*A*S*H (8/23.2)(Tied with Alice) 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 Event and miniseries programming Follow-up Man from Atlantis Mulligan's Stew Police Woman WinterChuck Barris Rah Rah Show Event and miniseries programming Spring Rollergirls Joe & Valerie Wednesday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABCFall Eight Is Enough (12/22.2) Charlie's Angels (4/24.4)(Tied with 60 Minutes and All in the Family) BarettaWinterStarsky & HutchSpringSummer CBS Fall Good Times Busting Loose The CBS Wednesday Night Movies Follow-up SzysznykSpringThe 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 Thursday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall Welcome Back, Kotter (26/19.9)(Tied with The Incredible Hulk and Family) What's Happening!! Barney Miller (17/21.4)(Tied with Fantasy Island) Carter Country The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour Winter FishBaretta Spring A.E.S. Hudson Street CBS The Waltons (20/20.8)(Tied with The 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 Friday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM 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 with Family and Welcome 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 SpringRichie Brockelman, Private Eye AprilThe Rockford Files Summer C.P.O. Sharkey Chico and the Man Saturday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM 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 with Barney 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 KojakSpring The Jeffersons The Ted Knight Show Another Day NBC The Bionic Woman NBC Saturday Night at the Movies By network ABC Returning Series The ABC Friday Night Movie The ABC Monday Night Movie ABC NFL Monday Night Football The ABC Sunday Night Movie Baretta Barney Miller Charlie's Angels Donny & Marie Eight Is Enough Family Fish Happy Days The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries How the West Was Won Laverne & Shirley Monday Night Baseball The Six Million Dollar Man Starsky & Hutch Sugar Time! Three's Company Welcome Back, Kotter What's Happening!! New Series 20/20 A.E.S. Hudson Street * Carter Country Fantasy Island * Free Country * The Harvey Korman Show * Having Babies * The Love Boat Lucan Mel & Susan Together * Operation Petticoat The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour * The San Pedro Beach Bums Soap Tabitha Not returning from 1976–77: The ABC Tuesday Night Movie The Bionic Woman (moved to NBC) Blansky's Beauties The Brady Bunch Variety Hour The Captain and Tennille Cos Dog and Cat The Feather and Father Gang Holmes & Yoyo Mr. T and Tina Most Wanted The Nancy Walker Show Rich Man, Poor Man Book II The Streets of San Francisco The Tony Randall Show (moved to CBS) Westside Medical Wonder Woman (moved to CBS) CBS Returning Series 60 Minutes Alice All in the Family Barnaby Jones The Bob Newhart Show Busting Loose The Carol Burnett Show Good Times Hawaii Five-O The Jeffersons Kojak M*A*S*H Maude The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (moved from ABC) One Day at a Time Rhoda The Shields and Yarnell Show Switch Szysznyk The Tony Randall Show (moved from ABC) The Waltons New Series The Amazing Spider-Man Another Day * Baby, I'm Back * The Betty White Show Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes * Dallas * The Fitzpatricks Husbands, Wives & Lovers * The Incredible Hulk * Logan's Run Lou Grant On Our Own Rafferty Sam * The Ted Knight Show * We've Got Each Other Young Dan'l Boone Not returning from 1976–77: All's Fair The Andros Targets Ball Four The Blue Knight Code R Delvecchio The Diahann Carroll Show Doc Executive Suite Hunter The Jacksons The Keane Brothers Show Loves Me, Loves Me Not The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show Nashville 99 Phyllis Spencer's Pilots The Sonny and Cher Show Starland Vocal Band Show The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour Who's Who A Year at the Top NBC Returning Series The Black Sheep Squadron The Big Event The Bionic Woman (moved from ABC) C.P.O. Sharkey Chico and the Man Columbo Headliners With David Frost The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Little House on the Prairie NBC Monday Night at the Movies NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Police Woman Quincy, M.E. The Rockford Files The Wonderful World of Disney New Series Big Hawaii CHiPs Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show * The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour * James at 15 Joe & Valerie * Man from Atlantis Mulligan's Stew * The Oregon Trail Project U.F.O. * Quark The Richard Pryor Show Richie Brockelman, Private Eye * Rollergirls * Rosetti and Ryan The Runaways * Sanford Arms What Really Happened to the Class of '65? * Not returning from 1976–77: 3 Girls 3 Comedy Time Emergency! The Fantastic Journey Gemini Man Gibbsville The Kallikaks Kingston: Confidential Lanigan's Rabbi McCloud The McLean Stevenson Show McMillan & Wife NBC's Best Sellers The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie Police Story The Practice The Quest Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected Sanford and Son Serpico Sirota's Court Van Dyke and Company Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. References Additional sources Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp. McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. 0-14-024916-8. Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. 0-345-31864-1. Category:United States primetime network television schedules Category:1977 in American television Category:1978 in American television