The Eighties Club
The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
Primetime Schedules, 1980 & 1981
1982, 1983     1984, 1985     1986, 1987     1988, 1989
(Programs that did not appear in the previous year's fall schedule are in italics)
1980
(An actors' strike delayed the start of the 1980-81 season)
DAY
8:00 (EST)
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30

Sunday
Charlie's Angels
ABC Sunday Movie
ABC
Archie Bunker's Place
One Day at a Time
Alice
The Jeffersons
Trapper John, M.D.
CBS
CHiPS
The Big Event
NBC

Monday
That's Incredible
Monday Night Football
ABC
Flo
Ladies' Man
M*A*S*H
House Calls
Lou Grant
CBS
Little House on the Prairie
NBC Monday Movie
NBC

Tuesday
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company
Too Close For Comfort
Hart to Hart
ABC
White Shadow
CBS Tuesday Movie
CBS
Lobo
B.J. and the Bear
Steve Allen Comedy Hour
NBC

Wednesday
Eight Is Enough
Taxi
Soap
Vega$
ABC
Enos
CBS Wednesday Movie
CBS
Real People
Diff'rent Strokes
Facts of Life
Quincy, M.E.
NBC

Thursday
Mork & Mindy
Bosom Buddies
Barney Miller
It's a Living
20/20
ABC
The Waltons
Magnum, P.I.
Knots Landing
CBS
Games People Play
NBC Thursday Movie
NBC

Friday
Benson
I'm a Big Girl Now
ABC Friday Movie
ABC
Incredible Hulk
Dukes of Hazzard
Dallas
CBS
Marie
Speak Up America
NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
NBC

Saturday
Breaking Away
Love Boat
Fantasy Island
ABC
WKRP in Cincinnati
Tim Conway Show
Freebie and the Bean
Secrets of Midland Heights
CBS
Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters
Walking Tall
Hill Street Blues
NBC

1981  
(A writers' strike delayed the start of the 1981-82 season)
DAY
8:00 (EST)
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30

Sunday
Today's F.B.I.
ABC Sunday Movie
ABC
Archie Bunker's Place
One Day at a Time
Alice
The Jeffersons
Trapper John, M.D.
CBS
CHiPS
NBC Sunday Movie
NBC

Monday
That's Incredible
Monday Night Football
ABC
Private Benjamin
Two of Us
M*A*S*H
House Calls
Lou Grant
CBS
Little House on the Prairie
NBC Monday Movie
NBC

Tuesday
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company
Too Close for Comfort
Hart to Hart
ABC
Simon & Simon
CBS Tuesday Movie
CBS
Father Murphy
Bret Maverick
Flamingo Road
NBC

Wednesday
Greatest American Hero
Fall Guy
Dynasty
ABC
Mr. Martin
WKRP in Cincinnati
Nurse
Shannon
CBS
Real People
Facts of Life
Love, Sidney
Quincy, M.E.
NBC

Thursday
Mork & Mindy
Best of the West
Barney Miller
Taxi
20/20
ABC
Magnum, P.I.
Knots Landing
Jessica Novak
CBS
Harper Valley
Lewis & Clark
Diff'rent Strokes
Gimme a Break
Hill Street Blues
NBC

Friday
Benson
Bosom Buddies
Darkroom
Strike Force
ABC
Incredible Hulk
Dukes of Hazzard
Dallas
CBS
NBC  Magazine
McClain's Law
Specials
NBC

Saturday
Maggie
Making a Living
Love Boat
Fantasy Island
ABC
Walt Disney
CBS Saturday Movie
CBS
Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters
Nashville Palace
Fitz and Bone
NBC