TV Ratings – 1970s

by Candace RichComment — Updated August 3, 2023

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US TV Ratings – 1970s
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UK TV Ratings – 1970s
October 1970 – April 1971
1. Marcus Welby, M.D.
2. The Flip Wilson Show
3. Here’s Lucy
4. Ironside
5. Gunsmoke
6. ABC Movie of the Week
7. Hawaii Five-O
8. Medical Center
9. Bonanza
10. The F.B.I.
11. Mod Squad
12. Adam-12
13. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
14. The Wonderful World of Disney
15. Mayberry R.F.D.
16. Hee Haw
17. Mannix
18. The Men From Shiloh
19. My Three Sons
20. The Doris Day Show
21. The Smith Family
22. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
23. NBC Saturday Night Movie
24. The Dean Martin Show
25. The Carol Burnett Show

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October 1971 – April 1972
1. All in the Family
2. The Flip Wilson Show
3. Marcus Welby, M.D.
4. Gunsmoke
5. ABC Movie of the Week
6. Sanford and Son
7. Mannix
8. Funny Face
9.Adam-12
10. Mary Tyler Moore Show
11. Here’s Lucy
12. Hawaii Five-O
13. Medical Center
14. The NBC Mystery Movie
15. Ironside
16. The Partridge Family
17. The F.B. I.
18. The New Dick Van Dyke Show
19. The Wonderful World of Disney
20. Bonanza
21. Mod Squad
22. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
23. The Carol Burnett Show
24. The Doris Day Show
25. ABC NFL Football

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October 1972 – April 1973
1. All in the Family
2. Sanford and Son
3. Hawaii Five-O
4. Maude
5. Bridget Loves Bernie
6. Sunday Mystery Movie
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8. Gunsmoke
9. The Wonderful World of Disney
10. Ironside
11. Adam 12
12. The Flip Wilson Show
13. Marcus Welby, M.D.
14. Cannon
15. Here’s Lucy
16. The Bob Newhart Show
17. Tuesday Movie of the Week
18. ABC NFL Football
19. The Partridge Family
20. The Waltons
21. Medical Center
22. The Carol Burnett Show
23. ABC Sunday Movie
24. The Rookies
25. Escape

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October 1973 – April 1974
1. All in the Family
2. The Waltons
3. Sandford and Son
4. M*A*S*H
5. Hawaii Five-O
6. Maude
7. Kojak
8. The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10. Cannon
11. The Six Million Dollar Man
12.The Bob Newhart Show
13. The Wonderful World of Disney
14. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie
15. Gunsmoke
16. Happy Days
17. Good Times
18. Barnaby Jones
19. ABC Monday Night Football
20.CBS Friday Night Movie
21. Tuesday Movie of the Week
22. The Streets of San Francisco
23. Adam 12
24. ABC Sunday Night Movie
25. The Rookies

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October 1974 – April 1975
1. All in the Family
2. Sanford and Son
3. Chico and the Man
4. Teh Jeffersons
5. M*A*S*H
6. Rhoda
7. Good Times
8. The Waltons
9. Maude
10. Hawaii Five-O
11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12. The Rockford Files
13. Little House on the Prairie
14. Kojak
15. Police Woman
16. S.W.A.T.
17. The Bob Newhart Show
18. The Wonderful World of Disney
19. The Rookies
20. Mannix
21. Cannon
22. Cher
23. The Streets of San Francisco
24. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie
25. Paul Sands in Friends and Lovers

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October 1975 – April 1976
1. All in the Family
2. Rich Man, Poor Man
3. Laverne and Shirley
4. Maude
5. The Bionic Woman
6. Phyllis
7. Sanford and Son
8. Rhoda
9. The Six Million Dollar Man
10. ABC Monday Night Movie
11. Happy Days
12. One Day at a Time
13. ABC Sunday Night Movie
14. The Waltons
15. M*A*S*H
16. Starsky and Hutch
17. Good Heavens
18. Welcome Back, Kotter
19. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
20. Kojak
21. The Jeffersons
22. Baretta
23. The Sonny and Cher Show
24. Good Times
25. Chico and the Man

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October 1976 – April 1977
1. Happy Days
2. Laverne and Shirley
3. ABC Monday Night Movie
4. M*A*S*H
5. Charlie’s Angels
6. The Big Event
7. The Six Million Dollar Man
8. ABC Sunday Night Movie
9. Baretta
10. One Day at a Time
11. Three’s Company
12. All in the Family
13. Welcome Back, Kotter
14. The Bionic Woman
15. The Waltons
16. Little House on the Prairie
17. Barney Miller
18. 60 Minutes
19. Hawaii Five-O
20. NBC Monday Night Movie
21. Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II
22. ABC NFL Football
23. Eight is Enough
24. The Jeffersons
25. What’s Happening

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October 1977 – April 1978
1. Laverne and Shirley
2. Happy Days
3. Three’s Company
4. 60 Minutes
5. Charlie’s Angels
6. All in the Family
7. Little House on the Prairie
8. Alice
9. M*A*S*H
10. One Day at a Time
11. How the West Was Won
12. Eight is Enough
13. Soap
14. The Love Boat
15. NBC Monday Night Movie
16. Monday Night Football
17. Fantasy Island
18. Barney Miller
19. The Amazing Spider-Man
20. Project U.F.O.
21. ABC Sunday Night Movie
22. The Waltons.
23. Barnaby Jones
24. Hawaii Five-O
25. The ABC Monday Night Movie

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October 1978 – April 1979
1.Laverne & Shirley
2. Three’s Company .
3. Mork & Mindy
4. Happy Days
5. The Ropers
6. What’s Happening!!
7. Alice
8. M*A*S*H
9. One Day at a Time
10. Taxi
11. 60 Minutes
12. Charlie’s Angels
13. Angie
14. All in the Family
15. WKRP in Cincinnati
16. Soap
17. Eight Is Enough
18. Barney Miller
19. CBS Sunday Night Movie

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October 1979 – April 1980
1. 60 Minutes
2. Three’s Company
3. M*A*S*H
4. Alice
5. Dallas
6. Flo
7. The Jeffersons
8. The Dukes of Hazzard
9. That’s Incredible
10 One Day At A Time
11. Archie Bunker’s Place
12. Eight Is Enough
13. Taxi
14. House Calls
15. (tie) Real People
15. (tie) Happy Days
17. Little House On The Prairie
18. (tie) CHiPs
19. (tie) Charlie’s Angels

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