| Day | Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | |
| Sunday | ABC | Ripley's Believe It or Not | Hardcastle and McCormick | Movie | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Alice | One Day at a Time | The Jeffersons | Goodnight Beantown | Trapper John, M.D. | |||
| NBC | First Camera | Knight Rider | Movie | ||||||
| Monday | ABC | That's Incredible! | N.F.L. Monday Night Football | ||||||
| CBS | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | AfterMASH | Newhart | Emerald Point, N.A.S. | |||||
| NBC | Boone | Movie | |||||||
| Tuesday | ABC | Just Our Luck | Happy Days | Three's Company | Oh Madeline | Hart to Hart | |||
| CBS | Mississippi | Movie | |||||||
| NBC | A-Team[1] | Remington Steele | Bay City Blues | ||||||
| Wednesday | ABC | The Fall Guy | Dynasty | Hotel | |||||
| CBS | Whiz Kids | Movie | |||||||
| NBC | Real People | The Facts of Life | Family Ties | St. Elsewhere | |||||
| Thursday | ABC | Trauma Center | 9 to 5 | It's Not Easy | 20/20 | ||||
| CBS | Magnum P.I. | Simon & Simon | Knot's Landing | ||||||
| NBC | Gimme a Break | Mama's Family | We Got It Made | Cheers | Hill Street Blues | ||||
| Friday | ABC | Benson | Webster | Lottery | Matt Houston | ||||
| CBS | The Dukes of Hazzard | Dallas | Falcon Crest | ||||||
| NBC | Mr. Smith | Jennifer Slept Here | Manimal | For Love and Honor | |||||
| Saturday | ABC | T.J. Hooker | The Love Boat | Fantasy Island | |||||
| CBS | Cutter to Houston | Movie | |||||||
| NBC | Diff'rent Strokes | Silver Spoons | Yellow Rose | Rousters | |||||