This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1979 . All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football .
New fall series are highlighted in bold . Series ending their original runs are highlighted in italics .
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime yellow cyan magenta Ranking determined by Nielsen Media Research . [1]
PBS , the Public Broadcasting Service , was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station. On ABC , its news brief, airs all seven nights at 9:58, pm.
Fall Schedule [ ] 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
official
Out of the Blue A New Kind of Family Mork & Mindy #27 20.2 rating
The Associates The ABC Sunday Night Movie #30 20.0 rating
follow-up (Oct. 28)
Salvage 1
follow-up (Nov. 18)
specials
Out of the Blue
CBS
60 Minutes #1 28.4 rating
Archie Bunker's Place #11 22.9 rating
One Day at a Time #10 23.0 rating
Alice #4 25.3 rating
The Jeffersons #8 24.3 rating
Trapper John, M.D.
NBC
official
Disney's Wonderful World
The Big Event
Prime Time Sunday
follow-up (Dec. 30)
Eischied
Monday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
240-Robert ABC NFL Monday Night Football
CBS
official
The White Shadow
M*A*S*H #5 25.3 rating
WKRP in Cincinnati #22 20.7 rating
Lou Grant
follow-up (Dec. 17)
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Last Resort House Calls
NBC
Little House on the Prairie #16 21.8 rating
NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Happy Days #17 21.7 rating
Angie Three's Company #2 26.3 rating
Taxi #13 22.4 rating
The Lazarus Syndrome
follow-up (Oct. 16)
Hart to Hart
CBS
official
California Fever The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
follow-up (Dec. 18)
The White Shadow
Hawaii Five-O Paris
NBC
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies
Wednesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
Eight Is Enough #12 22.8 rating
Charlie's Angels #20 20.9 rating
Vega$
CBS
official
The Last Resort Struck By Lightning The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
follow-up (Nov. 28)
Young Maverick
NBC
Real People #15 22.1 rating
Diff'rent Strokes #26 20.3 rating
Hello, Larry The Best of Saturday Night Live
Thursday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
Laverne & Shirley
Benson Barney Miller #21 20.9 rating
Soap #25 20.5 rating
20/20
CBS
official
The Waltons
Hawaii Five-O Barnaby Jones
follow-up (Dec. 27)
Barnaby Jones Knots Landing
NBC
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Quincy, M.E.
Kate Loves A Mystery
Friday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Fantasy Island #28 20.1 rating
The ABC Friday Night Movie
follow-up (Oct. 26)
Specials
CBS
The Incredible Hulk
The Dukes of Hazzard #9 24.1 rating
Dallas #6 25.0 rating
NBC
Shirley The Rockford Files Eischied
Saturday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
The Ropers Detective School The Love Boat #24 20.6 rating
Hart to Hart
follow-up (Oct. 13)
Fantasy Island
follow-up (Dec. 1)
A New Kind of Family
CBS
official
Working Stiffs The Bad News Bears Big Shamus, Little Shamus Paris
follow-up (Oct. 13)
Specials
The CBS Saturday Night Movies
NBC
CHiPs #18 21.5 rating
B. J. and the Bear
A Man Called Sloane
Mid-Season Schedule [ ] 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
Galactica 1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe #29 20.0 rating
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS
60 Minutes
Archie Bunker's Place
One Day at a Time
Alice
The Jeffersons
Trapper John, M.D.
NBC
official
Disney's Wonderful World
The Big Event
follow-up (March)
CHiPs
The Big Event
Monday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Laverne & Shirley
Angie Stone Family
follow-up (Mar. 24)
That's Incredible! Monday Night Baseball
CBS
official
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Last Resort M*A*S*H
House Calls Lou Grant
follow-up (Mar. 24)
The Stockard Channing Show Flo
NBC
Little House on the Prairie
NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Happy Days
Goodtime Girls Three's Company
Taxi
Hart to Hart
follow-up (Mar. 4)
Laverne & Shirley
CBS
The White Shadow
The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
NBC
official
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies
follow-up (Mar. 4)
The Big Show United States
Wednesday [ ]
Network
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
official
Specials/Beyond Westworld
The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
follow-up (Mar. 26)
Specials
NBC
official
Real People
Diff'rent Strokes
Hello, Larry The Best of Saturday Night Live
follow-up (Mar. 12)
From Here to Eternity
Thursday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Mork & Mindy
Benson Barney Miller
Soap
20/20
follow-up (Apr. 3)
The Associates
follow-up (Apr. 24)
The Ropers
CBS
The Waltons
Palmerstown, U.S.A. '
Barnaby Jones Knots Landing
NBC
official
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Quincy, M.E.
Skag
follow-up (Mar.)
The Rockford Files
Friday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
B.A.D. Cats The ABC Friday Night Movie
follow-up (Mar. 14)
When the Whistle Blows
follow-up (May)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
CBS
The Incredible Hulk
The Dukes of Hazzard
Dallas
NBC
official
Shirley NBC Friday Night at the Movies
follow-up (Mar. 14)
Here's Boomer The Facts of Life Pink Lady The Best of Saturday Night Live
follow-up (Apr. 11)
NBC Friday Night at the Movies
Saturday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
One in a Million The Ropers The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
follow-up (Mar. 22)
Angie Goodtime Girls
CBS
official
The Chisholms The CBS Saturday Night Movies
follow-up (Mar. 15)
The Tim Conway Show
NBC
official
CHiPs
B. J. and the Bear
Prime Time Saturday
follow-up (Mar. 15)
B. J. and the Bear
Sanford Me and Maxx Prime Time Saturday
follow-up (Apr.)
Joe's World
Summer Schedule [ ] 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
Galactica 1980 When the Whistle Blows The ABC Sunday Night 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
CHiPs
The Big Event
Monday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
That's Incredible! Monday Night Baseball
CBS
official
WKRP in Cincinnati
Phyl and Mikhy M*A*S*H
House Calls Lou Grant
follow-up (July 7)
Flo WKRP in Cincinnati
NBC
Little House on the Prairie
NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company
Taxi
Hart to Hart
CBS
The White Shadow
The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
NBC
NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies
Wednesday [ ]
Network
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
Specials
The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
NBC
official
Real People
Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life Quincy, M.E.
follow-up (Aug 6.)
Sanford
Thursday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Mork & Mindy
Benson Barney Miller
Semi-Tough 20/20
follow-up (Jun. 26)
Nobody's Perfect
CBS
The Waltons
Barnaby Jones Knots Landing
NBC
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century NBC Thursday Night at the Movies
Friday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
official
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe The ABC Friday Night Movie
follow-up (Jul. 4)
Benson Goodtime Girls
CBS
The Incredible Hulk
The Dukes of Hazzard
Dallas
NBC
official
Here's Boomer Me and Maxx The Rockford Files A Man Called Sloane
follow-up (Aug. 1)
Specials
The Facts of Life
Saturday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
240-Robert The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
CBS
official
The Bad News Bears The Stockard Channing Show The CBS Saturday Night Movies
follow-up (Jul. 5)
'Walter Cronkite's Universe
The Bad News Bears
follow-up (Aug. 2)
That's My Line
NBC
official
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sanford Joe's World Prime Time Saturday
follow-up (Aug. 2)
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
Good Time Harry
Pickups and Cancellations [ ] Full Season Pickups [ ] ABC
240-Robert (returns in mid-season)Barney Miller Benson Charlie's Angels Eight Is Enough Fantasy Island Happy Days Hart to Hart Laverne & Shirley The Love Boat Monday Night Football Mork & Mindy Soap Taxi That's Incredible! Three's Company Vega$ CBS
60 Minutes Alice Archie Bunker's Place Dallas The Dukes of Hazzard Flo House Calls The Incredible Hulk The Jeffersons Knots Landing Lou Grant M*A*S*H One Day at a Time Palmerstown, U.S.A." (returns in mid-season) The Tim Conway Show Trapper John, M.D. The Waltons The White Shadow NBC
B.J. and the Bear Buck Rogers in the 25th Century CHiPs Diff'rent Strokes Disney's Wonderful World The Facts of Life Little House on the Prairie The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Quincy, M.E. Real People Sanford Cancellations and Endings [ ] ABC
Angie The Associates B.A.D. Cats Detective School Family Galactica 1980 Goodtime Girls The Lazarus Syndrome A New Kind of Family Nobody's Perfect One in a Million Out of the Blue The Ropers Salvage 1 Stone Tenspeed and Brown Shoe When the Whistle Blows CBS
The Bad News Bears Barnaby Jones Beyond Westworld Big Shamus, Little Shamus California Fever The Chisholms Hawaii Five-O The Last Resort Paris Phyl and Mikhy The Stockard Channing Show Struck By Lightning Working Stiffs Young Maverick NBC
The Big Show Eischied From Here to Eternity Good Time Harry Hello, Larry Here's Boomer (to return in 1981-1982 season)Joe's World Kate Loves a Mystery A Man Called Sloane Me and Maxx Pink Lady Prime Time Sunday/Saturday The Rockford Files Shirley The Six O'Clock Follies United States Technically Considered Part of Next Season [ ] CBS
NBC
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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 .
Shapiro, Mitchell E (1989). "Television Network Prime-Time Programming, 1948-1988". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-89950-412-4 .