Top-rated United States television programs of 1979–80

This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1979–80 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
1	60 Minutes	CBS	28.4
2	Three's Company	ABC	26.3
3	That's Incredible!	ABC	25.8
4	Alice	CBS	25.3
4	MASH*		25.3
6	Dallas		25.0
7	Flo		24.4
8	The Jeffersons		24.3
9	The Dukes of Hazzard		24.1
10	One Day at a Time		23.0
11	Archie Bunker's Place		22.9
12	Eight Is Enough	ABC	22.8
13	Taxi	ABC	22.4
14	House Calls	CBS	22.1
14	Real People	NBC	22.1
16	Little House on the Prairie	NBC	21.8
17	Happy Days	ABC	21.7
18	CHiPs	NBC	21.5
19	Trapper John, M.D.	CBS	21.2
20	Charlie's Angels	ABC	20.9
20	Barney Miller	ABC	20.9
22	WKRP in Cincinnati	CBS	20.7
23	Benson	ABC	20.6
23	The Love Boat		20.6
25	Soap		20.5
26	Diff'rent Strokes	NBC	20.3
27	Mork & Mindy	ABC	20.2
28	Fantasy Island		20.1
29	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe		20.0
	ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Vega$
	Knots Landing	CBS

References

Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth Edition). Ballantine Books. p. 1689. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

v t e Top-rated United States television programs by season
Nielsen ratings
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19