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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 444322" data-attributes="member: 57984"><h3>1975-76 Top-Rated TV Shows</h3><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>RANK </td><td>SHOW </td><td>NETWORK </td><td>ESTIMATED AUDIENCE </td></tr><tr><td>1. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/all-in-the-family" target="_blank">All in the Family</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>20,949,600 </td></tr><tr><td>2. </td><td>Rich Man, Poor Man</td><td>ABC </td><td>19,488,000 </td></tr><tr><td>3. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/laverne-and-shirley" target="_blank">Laverne & Shirley</a></td><td>ABC </td><td>19,140,000 </td></tr><tr><td>4. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/maude" target="_blank">Maude</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>17,400,000 </td></tr><tr><td>5. </td><td>The Bionic Woman</td><td>ABC </td><td>17,330,400 </td></tr><tr><td>6. </td><td>Phyllis</td><td>CBS </td><td>17,052,000 </td></tr><tr><td>7. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/sanford-and-son" target="_blank">Sanford and Son</a></td><td>NBC </td><td>16,982,400 </td></tr><tr><td>8. </td><td>Rhoda</td><td>CBS </td><td>16,982,400 </td></tr><tr><td>9. </td><td>The Six Million Dollar Man</td><td>ABC </td><td>16,912,800 </td></tr><tr><td>10. </td><td>ABC Monday Night Movie</td><td>ABC </td><td>16,843,200 </td></tr><tr><td>11. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/happy-days" target="_blank">Happy Days</a></td><td>ABC </td><td>16,634,400 </td></tr><tr><td>12. </td><td>One Day at a Time</td><td>CBS </td><td>16,077,600 </td></tr><tr><td>13. </td><td>ABC Sunday Night Movie</td><td>ABC </td><td>16,008,000 </td></tr><tr><td>14. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/the-waltons" target="_blank">The Waltons</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>15,938,400 </td></tr><tr><td>15. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/mash" target="_blank">M*A*S*H</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>15,938,400 </td></tr><tr><td>16. </td><td>Starsky and Hutch</td><td>ABC </td><td>15,660,000 </td></tr><tr><td>17. </td><td>Good Heavens</td><td>ABC </td><td>15,660,000 </td></tr><tr><td>18. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/welcome-back-kotter" target="_blank">Welcome Back, Kotter</a></td><td>ABC </td><td>15,381,600 </td></tr><tr><td>19. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/the-mary-tyler-moore-show" target="_blank">The Mary Tyler Moore Show</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>15,242,400 </td></tr><tr><td>20. </td><td>Kojak</td><td>CBS </td><td>15,172,800 </td></tr><tr><td>21. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/the-jeffersons" target="_blank">The Jeffersons</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>14,964,000 </td></tr><tr><td>22. </td><td>Baretta</td><td>ABC </td><td>14,824,800 </td></tr><tr><td>23. </td><td>The Sonny & Cher Show</td><td>CBS </td><td>14,755,200 </td></tr><tr><td>24. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/good-times" target="_blank">Good Times</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>14,616,000 </td></tr><tr><td>25. </td><td>Chico and The Man</td><td>NBC </td><td>14,476,800 </td></tr><tr><td>26. </td><td><a href="https://www.classic-tv.com/shows/the-bob-newhart-show" target="_blank">The Bob Newhart Show</a></td><td>CBS </td><td>14,407,200 </td></tr><tr><td>27. </td><td>Donny and Marie</td><td>ABC </td><td>14,407,200 </td></tr><tr><td>28. </td><td>The Streets of San Francisco</td><td>ABC </td><td>14,407,200 </td></tr><tr><td>29. </td><td>The Carol Burnett Show</td><td>CBS </td><td>14,268,000 </td></tr><tr><td>30. </td><td>Police Woman</td><td>NBC </td><td>14,059,200 </td></tr></table>Households with TV: 69,600,000I'm surprised THE JEFFERSONS finished out of the Top 20 for the 1975-76 season, as it had been hitting at around Number One the previous summer of 1975. Also, the "estimated audience" column on the right is misleading, probably giving you the "household" numbers. If, say, ALL IN THE FAMILY pulled a 28.0 rating, that would translate to roughly 42 million viewers in an individual week.But they don't always know how to read these old numbers today. When Larry Hagman died a few years ago, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (whose hosts probably didn't know who he was) swooned that the "Who Shot J.R.?" audience pulled a massive "40 million viewers" -- when in fact the DALLAS episode pulled a record 53.3 rating and a staggering 76 share, equating to 83 million American viewers (to say nothing of the 300 million viewers worldwide who saw the installment -- and conventional wisdom says to always double those numbers). The "40 million" likely applied to "households."</blockquote>

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