The Top Twenty Seventies Telecasts

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"The Top Twenty Seventies Telecasts"

What follows is a listing of the twenty top-rated single broadcasts from January 1970 
through December 1979 as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Company. The average 
audience percentage rankings are based on Nielsen reports from those years. The listings 
represent only sponsored programs telecast on individual networks; no unsponsored or 
joint network telecasts are represented.

RANK PROGRAM NAME

TELECAST DATE NETWORK AVERAGE AUDIENCE %

 1.    Roots, Part 8 (conclusion) 
 2.    Gone With The Wind, Part 1
 3.    Gone With The Wind, Part 2
 4.    Super Bowl XII
 5.    Super Bowl XIII
 6.    Bob Hope Christmas Show
 7.    Roots, Part 6
 8.    Roots, Part 5
 9.    Bob Hope Christmas Show
10.    Roots, Part 3 
11.    Super Bowl XI
12.    Super Bowl VI
13.    Roots, Part 2
14.    Roots, Part 4
15.    The 43rd Academy Awards
16.    Super Bowl VII
17.    Super Bowl IX
18.    Super Bowl X
19.    Airport
20.    Love Story

Jan. 30, 1977               ABC                    51.1
Nov.  7, 1976               NBC                    47.7
Nov.  8, 1976               NBC                    47.4
Jan. 15, 1978               NBC                    47.2
Jan. 21, 1979               CBS                    46.9
Jan. 15, 1970               NBC                    46.6
Jan. 28, 1977               ABC                    45.9
Jan. 27, 1977               ABC                    45.7
Jan. 14, 1971               NBC                    45.0
Jan. 25, 1977               ABC                    44.8
Jan.   9, 1977               NBC                    44.4
Jan. 16, 1972               CBS                    44.2
Jan. 24, 1977               ABC                    44.1
Jan. 26, 1977               ABC                    43.8
Apr.   7, 1970               ABC                    43.4
Jan. 14, 1973               NBC                    42.7
Jan. 12, 1975               NBC                    42.4
Jan. 18, 1976               CBS                    42.3
Nov. 11, 1973               ABC                    42.3
Oct.   1, 1972               ABC                    42.3


The Most Watched Movie Telecasts of the Decade

This list includes network prime-time feature films, both those made specifically for TV (*)
and those made for theatrical release.

RANK MOVIE

AIR DATE

 1.    Gone With the Wind, Part 1
 2.    Gone With the Wind, Part 2
 3.    Love Story (tie)
 3.    Airport (tie)
 4.    The Godfather, Part 2
 5.    Jaws
 6.    The Poseidon Adventure
 7.    True Grit
 8.    Patton
 9.    Jeremiah Johnson (tie)
 9.    Helter Skelter, Part 2 (tie)*
10.    Rocky (tie)
10.    Ben-Hur (tie)
11.    The Godfather, Part 1
12.    Little Ladies of the Night*
13.    Planet of the Apes (tie)
13.    Helter Skelter, Part 1 (tie)*
14.    Holocaust, Part 4*

November 7, 1976
November 8, 1976
October 1, 1972
November 11, 1973
November 18, 1974
November 4, 1979
October 27, 1974
November 12, 1972
November 19, 1972
January 18, 1976
April 2, 1976
February 4, 1979
February 14, 1971
November 16, 1974
January 16, 1977
September 14, 1973
April 1, 1976
April 19, 1978


- from People Weekly Entertainment Almanac (Little, Brown & Co., Boston,
1996).

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