1977–78 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1977. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in italics.

The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The top 30 most-watched programs are colored in magenta. One show is missing. The Muppet Show is not on this list. It ran from 1976-1981. WHY is it not on this list? This proves you can't trust wikipedia

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.

Fall Schedule

Sunday

• On CBS, Dallas premiered April 2, 1978 at 10:00-11:00 pm.
• On ABC, How the West Was Won (11/22.5) premiered Sunday, February 12, 1978 at 8:00-9:00 pm.
• On NBC, Project U.F.O. (19/21.2) premiered February 19, 1978 at 8:00-9:00 pm

Monday

NOTE: The ABC Monday Night Movie (24/20.3) aired at 9:00-11:00 pm, in place of Monday Night Football.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Note: On CBS, The Incredible Hulk (26/19.9) replaced Switch effective March 10, 1978.

Saturday

• On ABC, Fantasy Island (17/21.4) premiered January 28, 1978 at 10:00-11:00 pm, in place of The Love Boat.

Mid-season Schedule

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Summer Schedule

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Pickups and Cancellations

Full Season Pickups

ABC

• Barney Miller
• Carter Country
• Charlie's Angels
• Donny & Marie
• Eight is Enough
• Family
• Happy Days
• The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
• Laverne and Shirley
• The Love Boat
• Monday Night Football
• Operation Petticoat
• Soap
• Starsky and Hutch
• Three's Company
• Welcome Back, Kotter
• What's Happening!!

CBS

• 60 Minutes
• Alice
• All in the Family (renewed in spite of Norman Lear's wishes to end the series)
• Barnaby Jones
• Dallas
• Good Times
• Hawaii Five-O
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Jeffersons
• Lou Grant
• M*A*S*H
• One Day at a Time
• Rhoda
• The Waltons

NBC

• The Big Event
• CHiPs
• Little House on the Prairie
• Quincy, M.E.
• The Rockford Files
• The Wonderful World of Disney

Cancellations and Endings

ABC

• Baretta
• Fish
• The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
• The San Pedro Beach Bums
• The Six Million Dollar Man

CBS

• The Betty White Show
• The Bob Newhart Show
• Busting Loose
• The Carol Burnett Show
• The Fitzpatricks
• Kojak
• Logan's Run
• Maude
• On Our Own
• Rafferty
• Switch!
• The Tony Randall Show
• We've Got Each Other
• Young Dan'l Boone

NBC

• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Big Hawaii
• The Bionic Woman
• Chico and the Man
• CPO Sharkey
• The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
• The Man From Atlantis
• Mulligan's Stew
• The Oregon Trail
• Police Woman
• The Richard Pryor Show
• Rosetti and Ryan
• The Sanford Arms

References

• 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. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.