1980 was the year that CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite would retire, Cable News Network (CNN) would begin broadcasting and David Letterman would debut a morning talk show on NBC. The daytime audiences weren’t ready for Dave. The show was canceled. He did much better with a late night gig.
Debuting this year:
- Bosom Buddies
- Magnum, P.I.
- Solid Gold
- Too Close for Comfort
Ending this year:
- Love of Life
- Hawaii Five-O
- Barnaby Jones
- The Rockford Files
- Hello, Larry
What Else Were We Watching?
- Hee Haw
- The Benny Hill Show
- M*A*S*H
- The Waltons
- Happy Days
- Barney Miller
- One Day at a Time
- The Jeffersons
- Alice
- Charlie’s Angels
- Laverne & Shirley
- Eight is Enough
- Fantasy Island
- Quincy, M.E
- Lou Grant
- The Love Boat
- Mork & Mindy
- Taxi
- WKRP in Cincinnati