Top-rated United States television programs of 1979–80
# Top-rated United States television programs of 1979–80

This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1979–80 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.

| Rank | Program | Network | Rating |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 28.4 |
| 2 | Three's Company | ABC | 26.3 |
| 3 | That's Incredible! | ABC | 25.8 |
| 4 | Alice | CBS | 25.3 |
| 4 | M*A*S*H | CBS | 25.3 |
| 6 | Dallas | CBS | 25.0 |
| 7 | Flo | CBS | 24.4 |
| 8 | The Jeffersons | CBS | 24.3 |
| 9 | The Dukes of Hazzard | CBS | 24.1 |
| 10 | One Day at a Time | CBS | 23.0 |
| 11 | Archie Bunker's Place | CBS | 22.9 |
| 12 | Eight Is Enough | ABC | 22.8 |
| 13 | Taxi | ABC | 22.4 |
| 14 | House Calls | CBS | 22.1 |
| 14 | Real People | NBC | 22.1 |
| 16 | Little House on the Prairie | NBC | 21.8 |
| 17 | Happy Days | ABC | 21.7 |
| 18 | CHiPs | NBC | 21.5 |
| 19 | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS | 21.2 |
| 20 | Charlie's Angels | ABC | 20.9 |
| 20 | Barney Miller | ABC | 20.9 |
| 22 | WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | 20.7 |
| 23 | Benson | ABC | 20.6 |
| 23 | The Love Boat | ABC | 20.6 |
| 25 | Soap | ABC | 20.5 |
| 26 | Diff'rent Strokes | NBC | 20.3 |
| 27 | Mork & Mindy | ABC | 20.2 |
| 28 | Fantasy Island | ABC | 20.1 |
| 29 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | ABC | 20.0 |
| 29 | ABC Sunday Night Movie | ABC | 20.0 |
| 29 | Vega$ | ABC | 20.0 |
| 29 | Knots Landing | CBS | 20.0 |
