America's Top 20 Television Favorites in 1979

1. 60 Minutes
2. Three's Company
3. That's Incredible
4. Alice
5. M*A*S*H
6. Dallas
7. Flo
8. The Jeffersons
9. The Dukes of Hazzard
10. One Day at a Time
11. WKRP in Cincinnati
12. Goodtime Girls
13. Archie Bunker's Place
14. Taxi
15. Eight Is Enough
16. Little house on the Prairie
17. House Calls
18. Real People
19. CHiPs
20. Happy Days

Television's EMMY Awards in 1979

Drama

• Best Drama - Lou Grant (CBS)
• Best Actor - Ed Asner, Lou Grant
• Best Actress - Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
• Supporting Actor - Stuart Margolin, The Rockford Files
• Supporting Actress - Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant

Comedy

• Best Comedy - Taxi (ABC)
• Best Actor - Richard Mulligan, Soap
• Best Actress - Cathryn Damon, Soap
• Supporting Actor - Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H
• Supporting Actress - Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H
• Best Variety- IBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC)