First, I should point out that this is Lloyd. Lauren has better taste in all things, so she was maybe watching something completely different… more sophisticated, no doubt. Here’s the complete prime-time lineup for the 1979 – 1980 season.
| 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | Mork & Mindy | One Day at a Time | Alice | The Jeffersons | Trapper John, MD | |
| M | Little House on the Prarie | M*A*S*H | WKRP in Cincinnati | Lou Grant | ||
| T | Happy Days | x | Three’s Company | Taxi | x | x |
| W | Real People | Different Strokes | x | x | x | |
| T1 | Quincy | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 20/20 | |||
| T2 | The Waltons | Barney Miller | x | 20/20 | ||
| F | Fantasy Island vs. The Incredible Hulk |
The Dukes of Hazard | NOT Dallas | |||
| S | CHiPs | B.J. and the Bear vs. The Love Boat |
Hart to Hart | |||
Notes:
- x: Nothing on, didn’t watch.
- Thu 1: Dad not home
- Thu 2: Dad home
- vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
- NOT Dallas: This is the only show I remember not being allowed to watch.
What about you?
part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5
I liked all those shows. A milder, kinder time.
I watched many of those shows, but none that were on ABC. We didn’t get that channel. I’ll have to research Real People. I know I watched that, but only vaguely remember it.
With Byron Allen and Skip Stevenson. I think those were the only actors names that I knew.
I have memory flashes of this TV show all the time. Another one of the hosts was the dandruff commercial guy Fran Tarkenton. And Fred Willard. It was just his birthday last week.
Some of these shows I’ve never watched -- mostly the cop shows.
Also, I don’t know what was wrong with your Missouri programming, but Love Boat and Fantasy Island were both on Saturday night, if I remember correctly, which I probably don’t.
I remember Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturdays too. That would have been in Iowa.
They were both on Saturday, but not this season. It is amazing how much the daily lineups changed from season to season in the early 80’s.
You beat me to it. I was scrolling through the different years too. How did people keep up with what show was on when? TV Guide, right? I remember seeing them in grocery store checkouts all the time.
There were only 3 channels to keep track of and no pesky video games to distract us. And there were always commercials for other TV shows and “Stay tuned for scenes from our next exciting episode.”