Thanks @Soapsuds for continuing to post ratings.
This was well into the new season and the networks were making some decisions.
There were a lot of pre-emptions for Xmas specials and new series that had flopped.
The A Team was NBC's biggest hit in years Tues @8 trampling Just Our Luck/Happy Days on ABC and The Mississippi on CBS.
ABC decided to axe Luck and replaced it with Foul Up's Bleeps and Blunders, which did better.
Remington Steele was losing a lot of the A Team lead in and Bay City Blues was a disaster @10 so Remington was moved to 10 and Riptide brought in @9 where it beat a weakening 3's Company and Oh Madeleine on ABC.
Circus of the Stars did it's thing on Sunday where the comedy block was finally failing. Knight Rider was solid for NBC. So CBS tried to freshen Sunday with The Four Seasons @8 but it didn't help. Fortunately Murder She Wrote was waiting in the wings.
Wed was all ABC Fall Guy/Dynasty/Hotel. NBC's only change was to place Night Cout @9.30.
ABC's Thursday had been a disaster so changes were made. Automan was placed Thurs @8 but #47 on debut didn't help at all. It was still Magnum/Simon/Knots ruling Thurs. NBC moved Family Ties from Wed to Thurs @8.30 , Cheers back to 9pm and Buffalo Bill @ 9.30. Moves that would pay off when Cosby came along.
Fri was still CBS domination although Dukes of Hazzard was failing. Webster was the only bright spot for ABC as Lottery @9 failed so they went with action with Blue Thunder.
NBC dropped all their Friday flops-Mr Smith, Jennifer Slept Here, Manimal and For Love and Honor. But the replacements-Leg Men, The Master and The New Show failed also.
Saturday-Love Boat was still strong for ABC but TJ Hooker and Fantasy Island were dropping with no real competition. Strokes and Silver Spoons were doing OK at 8 for NBC but Rousters @9 was a dud so NBC went with comedy-We Got It Made/Mama's Family moved from Thurs with Yellow Rose continuing @10.
CBS showed improvement when they dropped a movie for Airwolf and Mike Hammer.
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