1. 1970’s Television

2. 1970: President Nixon signed a bill banning cigarette advertising on radio and TV The Odd Couple, Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Flip Wilson Show-sitcoms debuted

4. Children’s shows: Josie and the Pussycats (animated forerunners of bands like The Go-Gos and The Bangles) The Partridge Family: sitcom about a family that decided to form a rock band. “I Think I Love You”- David Cassidy eldest son and lead singer, teen heart throb

6. 1971: The Flip Wilson Show- he dressed up in drag, played a female character, Geraldine All in the Family: bigoted, lower middle class worker Archie Bunker

8. Sanford and Son: almost as popular as All in the Family, many felt Redd Fox’s character perpetuated too many stereotypes of blacks Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: people wanted to see what Cher would be wearing

10. 1972: The Waltons: rural family living in the Depression era The Bob Newhart Show: comedy, a psychiatrist and his patients

11. 1973: People watched Watergate coverage May 17-Nov 17: three networks split live broadcasts of the hearings during the day. PBS aired taped highlights in evenings

13. Schoolhouse Rock: cartoon broadcast Saturday mornings Aloha from Hawaii: Elvis Presley- broadcast to over 1 ½ billion viewers on April 4

15. 1974: Happy Days- comedy set in the late 50’s, early 60’s Ron Howard, Henry Winkler (the Fonz) Good Times: Dy-no-mite! Rhoda: spin off of Mary Tyler Moore Show

16. Little House on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, pioneer family in the 1870’s

18. 1975: The Jeffersons came out Barney Miller: violence free cop show Baretta: Robert Blake talked with his pet cockatoo

20. Laverne and Shirley: Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams- Happy Days spin off Muppets: Jim Henson

22. The Gong Show: bottom of the barrel entertainment- talent show with celebrity judges who would rap on a large gong The Boy in the Plastic Bubble: ABC Friday Night Movie with John Travolta in it- because a teen heartthrob afterwards

24. 1976: Charlie’s Angels: detectives Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett-Majors: idols of millions of young girls, feathered hair Wonder Woman: Lynda Carter Alice: widowed mother and waitress

28. Fawcett Majors decided to leave Charlie’s Angels after a year- her replacement was Cheryl Ladd- who became as popular Three’s Company: Suzanne Somers

30. The Love Boat CHiPS: action series starring Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox as California Highway Patrolmen Roots: Alex Haley’s best selling book about his search for his African ancestors- 8 part series, year’s highest rated television event

31. 1978: Fantasy Island The Incredible Hulk- Lou Ferrigno Diff’rent Strokes: Gary Coleman Mork and Mindy: Robin Williams played an alien from Ork, said “Shazbut!” and “Na-Nu, Na-Nu” Taxi: bizarre Andy Kaufman WKRP in Cincinnati: radio station sitcom

33. Dallas: highest rated nighttime soap opera since Peyton Place- about two Texas oil families- Larry Hagman was JR Ewing

34. 1979: Trapper John, M.D. Archie Bunker’s Place: shifted the show from his house to his bar Knots Landing: soap The Facts of Life

36. The Dukes of Hazzard: action comedy starred Tom Wopat and John Schneider as Luke and Bo Duke, Daisy was their cousin with the short shorts, Sorell Brooke was their nemesis “Boss” Hogg, their car chases featured their ’69 Dodge Charger “General Lee”