This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1976–77 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
| Rank | Program | Network | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Days | 31.5 | ||
| 2 | Laverne & Shirley | 30.9 | ||
| 3 | 26.0 | |||
| 4 | M*A*S*H | 25.9 | ||
| 5 | Charlie's Angels | ABC | 25.8 | |
| 6 | The Big Event | 24.4 | ||
| 7 | The Six Million Dollar Man | ABC | 24.2 | |
| 8 | 23.4 | |||
| Baretta | ||||
| One Day at a Time | CBS | |||
| 11 | Three's Company | ABC | 23.1 | |
| 12 | All in the Family | CBS | 22.9 | |
| 13 | Welcome Back, Kotter | ABC | 22.7 | |
| 14 | The Bionic Woman | 22.4 | ||
| 15 | The Waltons | CBS | 22.3 | |
| Little House on the Prairie | NBC | |||
| 17 | Barney Miller | ABC | 22.2 | |
| 18 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 21.9 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | ||||
| 20 | NBC | 21.8 | ||
| 21 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | ABC | 21.6 | |
| 22 | Monday Night Football | 21.2 | ||
| 23 | Eight Is Enough | 21.1 | ||
| 24 | The Jeffersons | CBS | 21.0 | |
| 25 | What's Happening!! | ABC | 20.9 | |
| 26 | Good Times | CBS | 20.5 | |
| 27 | Sanford and Son | NBC | 20.3 | |
| 28 | ABC | 20.2 | ||
| 29 | The Tony Randall Show | 20.1 | ||
| 30 | Alice | CBS | 20.0 |