1979-80 American network television schedule
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| Seasons: 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 - 1979-80 - 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1979. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
SUNDAY
| 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 | Out of the Blue | A New Kind of Family | Mork & Mindy | The Associates | The ABC Sunday Movie | |||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Archie Bunker's Place | One Day at a Time | Alice | The Jeffersons | Trapper John, M.D. | ||
| NBC | Disney's Wonderful World | The Big Event | Prime Time Sunday | |||||
MONDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 240-Robert | Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | The White Shadow | M*A*S*H | WKRP in Cincinnati | Lou Grant | ||
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie | The NBC Monday Movie | ||||
TUESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | Angie | Three's Company | Taxi | The Lazarus Syndrome | |
| CBS | California Fever | The CBS Tuesday Movie | ||||
| NBC | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | The NBC Tuesday Movie | ||||
WEDNESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Eight is Enough | Charlie's Angels | Vega$ | |||
| CBS | The Last Resort | Struck by Lightning | The CBS Wednesday Movie | |||
| NBC | Real People | Diff'rent Strokes | Hello, Larry | The Best of Saturday Night Live | ||
THURSDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Laverne and Shirley | Benson | Barney Miller | Soap | 20/20 | |
| CBS | The Waltons | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||
| NBC | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Quincy, M.E. | Kate Loves a Mystery | |||
FRIDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fantasy Island | The ABC Friday Movie | ||||
| CBS | The Incredible Hulk | The Dukes of Hazzard | Dallas | |||
| NBC | Shirley | The Rockford Files | Eischied | |||
SATURDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Ropers | Detective School | The Love Boat | Hart to Hart | ||
| CBS | Working Stiffs | The Bad News Bears | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Paris | ||
| NBC | CHiPS | B.J. and the Bear | A Man Called Sloane | |||