1977–78 United States network television schedule

Sunday

NOTE: On NBC, Off the Wall (a comedy about a co-ed college dorm) and C.P.O. Sharkey were supposed to air at 8:00-9:00 p.m., but NBC canceled the former after a spring airing of its pilot finished in last place for the week.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

By network

[[American Broadcasting Company|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
• MASH*
• 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. .
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .

References

1. 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. {{ISBN. 978-0-345-49773-4.
2. (May 9, 1977). "Fall line-ups now complete; emphasis is on comedy and specials". [[Broadcasting & Cable.
3. (June 13, 1977). "In Brief". [[Broadcasting & Cable.