This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1977–78 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating 1 Laverne & Shirley ABC 31.6 2 Happy Days 31.4 3 Three's Company 28.34 60 Minutes CBS 24.4 Charlie's Angels ABC All in the Family CBS 7 Little House on the Prairie NBC 24.18 Alice CBS 23.2 M*A*S*H 10 One Day at a Time 23.0 11 How the West Was Won ABC 22.5 12 Eight Is Enough 22.2 13 Soap 22.0 14 The Love Boat 21.9 15 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC 21.7 16 Monday Night Football ABC 21.517 Fantasy Island 21.4 Barney Miller 19 Project U.F.O. NBC 21.220 ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC 20.8 The Waltons CBS 22 Barnaby Jones 20.6 23 Hawaii Five-O 20.4 24 ABC Monday Night Movie ABC 20.3 25 Rhoda CBS 20.126 The Incredible Hulk 19.9 Family ABC Welcome Back, Kotter 29 On Our Own CBS 19.6 30 The Big Event — Sunday NBC 19.4

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