# Prime time tv shows by year. What was your most memorable year?

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**Created:** [April 10, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759 "2016-04-10T00:51:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759/21 "2016-04-15T01:03:29Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> This is easy: 1966-67…

I think that would be my pick too…but I need to add **The Monkees** to your list. I’ve probably re-watched that show over the years more than any other TV show with the possible exception of **The Rockford Files**.

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759/22 "2016-04-15T01:28:13Z")

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Late 70s. Tuesday night was _crucial_, man. I had to have my fix of Happy Days, (don’t laugh!) Joanie Loves Chachi and Lavern and Shirley. That has been the only “appointment TV” for me ever.

In my defense, I was about 10 - 11.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759/23 "2016-04-15T01:32:59Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> I think that would be my pick too…but I need to add **The Monkees** to your list.

Sorry, never watched it. It was on opposite _ **Gilligan’s Island** _.

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**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759/24 "2016-04-15T03:18:20Z")

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> [@CaptMurdock](#):
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> Truly, The Golden Age of Television.
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> (Seriously, that was only ONE year?? I remember this being much longer – but then, I was a kid. Time stretched out far longer in those days…)

Maybe because Mary, Bob, and Carol held on to their same time slots up to 1977, so 9-11pm EST was the same

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-time-tv-shows-by-year-what-was-your-most-memorable-year/751759/25 "2016-04-15T15:49:14Z")

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> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#):
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> Maybe because Mary, Bob, and Carol held on to their same time slots up to 1977, so 9-11pm EST was the same

Mmmm…true. In fact, IIRC, MTM and the Carol Burnett Show both ended within a year of each other. I don’t remember how long Bob Newhart lasted.

M_A_S\*H went to Monday nights, where it stayed for the rest of its run, in '75. I don’t remember where AITF went (did it stay on Saturday night? Damn, they say memory is the second thing to go…)

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