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This was the television schedule on all three commercial television networks in the United States for the fall season beginning in September 1978. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in italics.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
Notes: On CBS, the premiere (and only) episode of Co-Ed Fever aired on February 4 from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m., after which the show was cancelled. Moses the Lawgiver was a rerun of the 1975 miniseries.
Notes: The Wheels segment of NBC Novels for Television was a rerun of the 1978 television miniseries. Laugh-In consisted of reruns of the 1977 television series.
Note: The NBC Novels for Television segment The Innocent and the Damned was a rerun of the 1977 television miniseries Aspen.
All in the Family, Norman Lear, Beyoncé, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs
James Garner, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Stephen J. Cannell, Stuart Margolin
American Broadcasting Company, Cbs, Nbc, WKRP in Cincinnati, Knots Landing
American Broadcasting Company, Cbs, Nbc, Flo, Three's Company
American Broadcasting Company, Cbs, Hawaii Five-O, Nbc, WKRP in Cincinnati
American Broadcasting Company, Cbs, Nbc, Kojak, The Carol Burnett Show
American Broadcasting Company, Cbs, Nbc, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kojak