1980-81 United States network television schedule

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This was the television schedule for the three United States commercial television networks, for the fall season beginning in September 1980. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

The highest-rated show for the year is highlighted in lime. The top 10 most-watched programs are highlighted in yellow. The top 20 most-watched programs are highlighted in cyan. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research^[1]

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

Note: An actors' strike hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. The shows in the schedule were the first to air new episodes in their respective time periods as they bowed in between late August and December 31, 1980. Some of the new shows intended for a fall launch did not debut until 1982 or 1983, if at all.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

Contents 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday 8 References

[edit] Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Those Amazing Animals (Sep.)		Charlie's Angels		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

Note: On ABC, local and paid political programming aired in the 8-9 p.m. hour from September till November.

[edit] Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	That's Incredible!		ABC NFL Monday Night Football
CBS	Flo	Ladies' Man (Oct.)	M*A*S*H	House Calls	Lou Grant
NBC	Little House on the Prairie		NBC Monday Night at the Movies

[edit] Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Happy Days	Laverne and Shirley	Three's Company	Too Close for Comfort (Nov.)	Hart to Hart
CBS	The White Shadow		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
NBC	Lobo		(local)		The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (Oct.)

Note: On CBS, local and paid political programming aired in the 8-9 p.m. hour between September and November. On NBC, NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies aired 8-10 p.m. from September till November.

[edit] Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Eight is Enough		Taxi	Soap	Vega$
CBS	Enos (Nov.)		The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
NBC	Real People		Diff'rent Strokes	The Facts of Life	Quincy, M.E.

Note: NBC's Movie of the Week aired 9-11 p.m. between September and November.

[edit] Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Mork and Mindy	Bosom Buddies (Nov.)	Barney Miller	It's a Living (Oct.)	20/20
CBS	The Waltons		Magnum, P.I. (Dec.)		Knots Landing
NBC	Games People Play		NBC Thursday Night at the Movies

Note: CBS Thursday Movie Special aired 9-11 p.m. from September till the end of November.

[edit] Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Benson	I'm a Big Girl Now (Oct.)	The ABC Friday Night Movie
CBS	The Incredible Hulk		The Dukes of Hazzard		Dallas
NBC	Marie (Dec.)		Number 96 (Dec.)		NBC Magazine with David Brinkley (Sep.)

Note: NBC Friday Night at the Movies aired 8-10 p.m. through October and November.

[edit] Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Breaking Away (Nov.)		The Love Boat		Fantasy Island
CBS	WKRP in Cincinnati	The Tim Conway Show	Freebie and The Bean (Dec.)		Secrets of Midland Heights (Dec.)
NBC	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (Nov.)		NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

Note: The CBS Saturday Night Movies aired 9-11 p.m. through till the end of November.

[edit] References