Fall 1980

This is the prime time schedule for the fall of 1980.
Many programs were delayed by an actors' strike at the start of this season. The shows indicated in this schedule represent the first with new episodes to appear in each time period. Some premiered in September, but others may not have started until January 1981.
New shows are indicated in bold text. Returning shows making their fall debut are indicated in italic text.
==Sunday==
Network	7:00 PM 	7:30 PM 	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Those Amazing Animals 	Those Amazing Animals 	Charlie's Angels 	Charlie's Angels 	The ABC Sunday Movie	The ABC Sunday Movie	The ABC Sunday Movie	The ABC Sunday Movie
CBS 	60 Minutes 	60 Minutes 	Archie Bunker's Place	One Day at a Time	Alice 	The Jeffersons 	Trapper John, M.D. 	Trapper John, M.D.
NBC 	Disney's Wonderful World	Disney's Wonderful World	CHiPS 	CHiPS 	The Big Event 	The Big Event 	The Big Event 	The Big Event
==Monday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	That's Incredible! 	That's Incredible! 	Monday Night Football	Monday Night Football	Monday Night Football	Monday Night Football
CBS 	Flo 	Ladies' Man 	M*A*S*H 	House Calls 	Lou Grant 	Lou Grant
NBC 	Little House on the Prairie	Little House on the Prairie	The NBC Monday Movie 	The NBC Monday Movie 	The NBC Monday Movie 	The NBC Monday Movie
==Tuesday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Happy Days 	Laverne & Shirley 	Three's Company 	Too Close for Comfort	Hart to Hart 	Hart to Hart
CBS 	White Shadow 	White Shadow 	The CBS Tuesday Movie	The CBS Tuesday Movie	The CBS Tuesday Movie 	The CBS Tuesday Movie
NBC 	LoboFormerly known as "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo"	LoboFormerly known as "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo"	B.J. and the Bear 	B.J. and the Bear 	The Steve Allen Comedy Hour	The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
==Wednesday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Eight is Enough	Eight is Enough	Taxi 	Soap 	Vega$ 	Vega$
CBS 	Enos 	Enos 	The CBS Wednesday Movie	The CBS Wednesday Movie	The CBS Wednesday Movie	The CBS Wednesday Movie
NBC 	Real People 	Real People 	Diff'rent Strokes 	The Facts of Life 	Quincy, M.E. 	Quincy, M.E.
==Thursday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Mork & Mindy 	Bosom Buddies 	Barney Miller 	It's a Living 	20/20 	20/20
CBS 	The Waltons 	The Waltons 	Magnum, P.I. 	Magnum, P.I. 	Knots Landing 	Knots Landing
NBC 	Games People Play	Games People Play	The NBC Thursday Movie	The NBC Thursday Movie	The NBC Thursday Movie	The NBC Thursday Movie
==Friday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Benson 	I'm a Big Girl Now 	The ABC Friday Movie	The ABC Friday Movie	The ABC Friday Movie 	The ABC Friday Movie
CBS 	The Incredible Hulk	The Incredible Hulk	The Dukes of Hazzard	The Dukes of Hazzard	Dallas 	Dallas
NBC 	Marie 	Marie 	Speak Up, America 	Speak Up, America 	NBC Magazine with David Brinkley	NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
==Saturday==
Network	8:00 PM 	8:30 PM 	9:00 PM 	9:30 PM 	10:00 PM 	10:30 PM
ABC 	Breaking Away 	Breaking Away 	The Love Boat 	The Love Boat 	Fantasy Island 	Fantasy Island
CBS 	WKRP in Cincinnati 	The Tim Conway Show 	Freebie and the Bean	Freebie and the Bean	Secrets of Midland Heights	Secrets of Midland Heights
NBC 	Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters	Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters	Walking Tall 	Walking Tall 	Hill Street Blues 	Hill Street Blues
Category:Primetime schedules
Category:1980s primetime schedules