Favorite Rookie Shows by Year

[icecream]

What are your favorite rookie shows from each year? By year I mean the calendar year a show started, even if it was just the pilot that aired that year. You can have as many shows as you want for each year.

1948 1. The Ed Sullivan Show
1950 1. The Jack Benny Program 2. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 3. What's My Line? (John Daly)
1951 1. I Love Lucy 2. Dragnet '51
1952 1. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1955 1. Highway Patrol 2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1957 1. Perry Mason 2. Bachelor Father 3. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 4. Leave it to Beaver 5. The Real McCoys
1959 1. The Twilight Zone
1960 1. The Andy Griffith Show 2. Route 66
1961 1. The Dick Van Dyke Show 2. Hazel (Don DeFore era) 3. Password (Allen Ludden)
1962 1. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 2. The Beverly Hillbillies 3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 4. The Lucy Show
1963 1. Petticoat Junction 2. The Patty Duke Show 3. My Favorite Martian
1964 1. Bewitched (Dick York era) 2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 3. The Munsters 4. The Addams Family 5. Gilligan's Island
1965 1. I Dream of Jeannie 2. Green Acres 3. Get Smart 4. Gidget
1966 1. Family Affair 2. That Girl 3. Mission: Impossible
1967 1. Dragnet '67 2. Ironside 3. The Mothers-in-Law
1968 1. Columbo 2. Adam-12 3. The Doris Day Show 4. Hawaii Five-O
1969 1. The Courtship of Eddie's Father 2. The Brady Bunch
1970 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. The Odd Couple 3. The Partridge Family
1971 1. The Waltons
1972 1. M*A*S*H 2. The Bob Newhart Show 3. Emergency! 4. Are You Being Served?
1973 1. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1974 1. The Rockford Files 2. Happy Days 3. $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen) 4. Now You See It (Jack Narz)
1975 1. Fawlty Towers 2. Barney Miller 3. Welcome Back, Kotter 4. The Jeffersons 5. One Day at a Time
1976 1. Charlie's Angels 2. C.P.O. Sharkey 3. Rich Man, Poor Man- Book I 4. Double Dare (Alex Trebek) 5. Laverne and Shirley 6. Quincy, M.E.
1977 1. The Love Boat 2. Lou Grant 3. Eight is Enough 4. Fish
1978 1. WKRP in Cincinnati 2. Diff'rent Strokes 3. Mork and Mindy 4. Taxi 5. Tic Tac Dough (Wink Martindale)
1979 1. Benson 2. The Facts of Life 3. Password Plus (Allen Ludden) 4. Hart to Hart 5. Angie
1980 1. Yes, Minister 2. Too Close for Comfort 3. It's a Living 4. Blockbusters (Bill Cullen) 5. Magnum, P.I.
1981 1. The Greatest American Hero 2. The Brady Brides
1982 1. Fame 2. $25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 3. Newhart 4. Family Ties 5. Remington Steele 6. Cheers
1983 1. Wheel of Fortune (syndicated- Pat Sajak) 2. Mama's Family
1984 1. Night Court 2. Highway to Heaven 3. Punky Brewster 4. Who's the Boss? 5. Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek) 6. Murder, She Wrote 7. The Cosby Show 8. Super Password 9. Trivia Trap
1985 1. $100,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 2. Mr. Belvedere 3. Growing Pains 4. MacGyver 5. 227
1986 1. Matlock 2. Head of the Class (Howard Hesseman era) 3. Split Second (Monty Hall) 4. Yes, Prime Minister 5. ALF 6. Our House 7. What a Country!
1987 1. Star Trek: the Next Generation 2. My Two Dads 3. Rags to Riches 4. Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) 5. A Different World 6. The Law and Harry McGraw
1988 1. The Wonder Years 2. Murphy Brown
1989 1. Coach 2. Quantum Leap 3. Seinfeld
1990 1. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht) 2. Wings 3. Law & Order 4. Blossom
1991 1. Home Improvement
1992 1. Mad About You 2. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 3. As Time Goes By
1993 1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2. Frasier (NBC) 3. The X-Files 4. Boy Meets World 5. Diagnosis Murder 6. The Nanny 7. Babylon 5 8. Grace Under Fire
1994 1. Touched by an Angel 2. Sister, Sister 3. Christy 4. Party of Five (FOX) 5. Friends
1995 1. Star Trek: Voyager 2. The Jeff Foxworthy Show 3. Caroline in the City
1996 1. Early Edition 2. 7th Heaven 3. 3rd Rock from the Sun 4. Wind at my Back 5. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 6. Everybody Loves Raymond 7. Promised Land 8. Judge Judy 9. Cosby
1997 1. The Practice 2. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? 3. Win Ben Stein's Money
1998 1. Candid Camera (CBS) 2. Becker 3. Hollywood Squares (Tom Bergeron)
1999 1. Greed 2. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Regis Philbin) 3. Richard Simmons' Dream Maker
2000 1. Gilmore Girls 2. DAG 3. Welcome to New York 4. The District 5. Andromeda
2001 1. The Lone Gunmen 2. The Weakest Link (Anne Robinson US) 3. Reba 4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Vincent D'Onofrio episodes only) 5. According to Jim 6. The Guardian
2002 1. Monk 2. Without a Trace 3. George Lopez 4. Family Feud (Richard Karn) 5. 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter 6. The Weakest Link (George Gray) 7. Less Than Perfect 8. Life with Bonnie 9. Lingo (Chuck Woolery)
2003 1. Hope & Faith 2. NCIS 3. Joan of Arcadia 4. Mister Sterling 5. The Lyon's Den
2004 1. Corner Gas 2. Complete Savages
2005 1. Cash Cab (Discovery) 2. The Closer 3. Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2006 1. Psych 2. Justice 3. Family Feud (John O'Hurley) 4. Chain Reaction (Dylan Lane) 5. Wild at Heart 6. Jericho 7. 1 vs. 100 (Bob Saget) 8. America's Got Talent
2007 1. Grand Slam (GSN) 2. Heartland (Canada) 3. Lincoln Heights 4. Grease: You're the One that I Want! 5. Merv Griffin's Crosswords 6. Back to You 7. Life is Wild 8. The Big Bang Theory
2008 1. Leverage (TNT) 2. Privileged 3. Million Dollar Password 4. The Mentalist
2009 1. The Middle 2. Make It or Break It 3. White Collar 4. Castle 5. 20Q 6. The Jay Leno Show 7. Ruby and the Rockits 8. The Money List 9. Surviving Suburbia
2010 1. Blue Bloods 2. Rizzoli and Isles 3. No Ordinary Family 4. Life Unexpected 5. Raising Hope 6. Covert Affairs
2011 1. Switched at Birth 2. Once Upon a Time 3. Suits 4. Last Man Standing (ABC run only) 5. Necessary Roughness 6. Working Class
2012 1. The American Bible Challenge 2. Major Crimes 3. Touch 4. Awake 5. Dogs in the City 6. Extreme Cheapskates
2013 1. Hostages 2. Granite Flats 3. The Chase (GSN) 4. Atlantis 5. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 6. Under the Dome 7. The Million Second Quiz 8. Outrageous 911
2014 1. Scorpion 2. Resurrection 3. Believe 4. Candid Camera (TVLand) 5. Gracepoint 6. Growing Up Fisher
2015 1. 500 Questions 2. CSI: Cyber 3. Ties That Bind 4. 800 Words 5. Limitless 6. Galavant 7. A.D. The Bible Continues 8. Zoo 9. Life in Pieces 10. Wayward Pines
2016 1. Designated Survivor (ABC) 2. Man With a Plan 3. Superhuman 4. BrainDead 5. Timeless 6. Speechless 7. Frequency
2017 1. Young Sheldon 2. The Chosen 3. Beyond 4. The Good Doctor 5. S.W.A.T. 6. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World 7. Genius (Einstein) 8. APB
2018 1. Manifest 2. For the People 3. The Kids Are Alright 4. FBI 5. The Neighborhood 6. 9-1-1 7. The Good Cop (Josh Groban and Tony Danza) 8. America Says 9. Corner Gas Animated 10. Genius Junior 11. The Cool Kids
2019 1. Mental Samurai 2. Prodigal Son 3. Hudson and Rex 4. Dolly Parton's Heartstrings 5. Emergence 6. Reef Break 7. Proven Innocent 8. The Code 9. 25 Words or Less 10. Master Minds
2020 1. All Creatures Great and Small 2. Weakest Link (Jane Lynch) 3. Dispatches from Elsewhere 4. Almost Paradise 5. FBI: Most Wanted 6. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist 7. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector 8. Big Sky 9. Broke 10. B Positive 11. Manhunt: Deadly Games 12. World's Funniest Animals 13. The Wizard of Paws 14. Outmatched
2021 1. People Puzzler 2. Around the World in 80 Days 3. College Bowl (Peyton Manning) 4. Jeopardy! (Ken Jennings) 5. Chain Reaction (return of Dylan Lane) 6. Rebel 7. Leonardo 8. Only Murders in the Building 9. You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno 10. The Chase (ABC) 11. Cruel Summer (Olivia Holt and Chiara Aurelia season only) 12. Ghosts (US) 13. United States of Al 14. Jeopardy! (Mayim Bialik) 15. Judy Justice 16. Takeaways with Kirk Cameron
2022 1. Alaska Daily 2. East New York 3. The Thing About Pam 4. Tug of Words (Samantha Harris) 5. Good Sam
2023 1. Accused (US) 2. Found 3. Person, Place, or Thing 4. Split Second (John Michael Higgins) 5. The Spencer Sisters 6. The Irrational
2024 1. Trivial Pursuit (LeVar Burton) 2. Wild Cards 3. High Potential 4. NCIS: Origins 5. Happy's Place 6. Tracker 7. Beat the Bridge 8. Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage 9. Sight Unseen 10. The 1% Club (Patton Oswalt)
2025 1. The Rainmaker 2. Good Cop/Bad Cop 3. Tic Tac Dough (Brooke Burns) 4. Boston Blue 5. The Hunting Party 6. The Sunshine Murders 7. Sherlock & Daughter 8. Watson 9. The Puzzle Lady aka Murder Most Puzzling
2026 1. Scrabble (Craig Ferguson) 2. CIA

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Is there a list of debut dates somewhere?

epguides.com has dates for a lot of shows. I also have the Complete Primetime Directory by Brooks and Marsh with over 6500 shows.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by catsrule

epguides.com has dates for a lot of shows. I also have the Complete Primetime Directory by Brooks and Marsh with over 6500 shows.

I have that book, too. GREAT reference guide for TV. I also have Alex McNeil's Total Television, which is similar, but does list some different shows.

[PhoenixAcres]

I'm doing 1950-1973 for now, and picking only one per year.

1950: Burns & Allen
1951: I Love Lucy
1952: n/a
1953: n/a
1954: Father Knows Best
1955: The Honeymooners
1956: n/a
1957: Leave it to Beaver
1958: The Rifleman
1959: Twilight Zone
1960: Andy Griffith
1961: Dick Van Dyke
1962: Beverly Hillbillies
1963: The Outer Limits
1964: Gilligan's Island
1965: Green Acres
1966: Star Trek
1967: Carol Burnett
1968: n/a
1969: n/a
1970: Odd Couple
1971: Sanford & Son (premiered after new year)
1972: The Waltons
1973: Happy Days (premiered after new year)

[PhoenixAcres]

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Is there a list of debut dates somewhere?

There are probably better sources, but I used these wikipedia pages, where the new premieres are in bold:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965%E...ision_schedule

[Dale Key]

For my list, I picked my favorite and then added other favorites only if I felt the quality was on par with my favorite. This is by no means a list of every show I like from these years.

1951 I Love Lucy
1952 Adventures of Superman
1953 Make Room for Daddy
1954 Disneyland
1955 The Honeymooners/Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1956 Playhouse 90
1957 Perry Mason/Zorro
1958 The Huckleberry Hound Show
1959 The Twilight Zone/The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
1960 The Flintstones/The Andy Griffith Show/Route 66
1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1962 The Jetsons
1963 The Outer Limits/The Fugitive
1964 Bewitched
1965 Green Acres/I Dream of Jeannie
1966 Batman
1967 The Prisoner
1968 The Wacky Races
1969 The Brady Bunch
1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1971 All in the Family
1972 Maude/The Bob Newhart Show/M*A*S*H*
1973 Police Story
1974 Rhoda/Little House on the Prairie
1975 Barney Miller
1976 The Muppet Show
1977 Three's Company/Soap
1978 Taxi/WKRP in Cincinnati
1979 Knot's Landing
1980 HeathCliff
1981 Hill Street Blues
1982 Cheers/At the Movies with Siskel and Ebert
1983 Fraggle Rock/Welcome to Pooh Corner
1984 Night Court
1985 Moonlighting/The Golden Girls
1986 Designing Women
1987 Wiseguy/Thirtysomething
1988 China Beach/Roseanne/Murphy Brown
1989 Seinfeld/The Simpsons
1990 Wings/Northern Exposure
1991 Dinosaurs/Ren & Stimpy
1992 The Larry Sanders Show/Mad About You
1993 Homicide/NYPD Blue/Frasier/Animaniacs
1994 ER/Friends/Gargoyles
1995 Cybill/NewsRadio
1996 Dexter's Laboratory/Everybody Loves Raymond
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Oz
1998 TRL/The Powerpuff Girls
1999 Futurama/Freaks and Geeks/The Sopranos
2000 Gilmore Girls/Curb Your Enthusiasm/Boston Public
2001 Six Feet Under
2002 The Shield/The Wire
2003 Karen Sisco
2004 Deadwood/Boston Legal/House/Lost
2005 Battlestar Galactica/It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2006 Psych/Friday Night Lights
2007 Burn Notice/Mad Men
2008 Breaking Bad
2009 Southland/Archer/The Good Wife
2010 Spartacus/Justified
2011 Bob's Burgers/Shameless/Game of Thrones
2012 Veep
2013 The Americans/Hannibal/Bates Motel/Banshee
2014 Fargo/Outlander
2015 Better Call Saul/Star vs the Forces of Evil/Ash vs Evil Dead
2016 Baskets/Atlanta/Westworld
2017 Legion/Atypical

[principehomura]

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Is there a list of debut dates somewhere?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...debuts_by_year

[Dale Key]

This was my source. Each section has a list of debuts for that year.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_..._in_television

[principehomura]

1980: Magnum P.I.
1981: Hill Street Blues
1982: Family Ties
1983: Donald Duck Presents
1984: Miami Vice
1985: Golden Girls
1986: L.A. Law
1987: Married... with Children
1988: Roseanne
1989: The Simpsons

1990: Twin Peaks
1991: Home Improvement
1992: Mad About You
1993: Frasier
1994: Friends
1995: -
1996: 7th Heaven
1997: Ally McBeal
1998: Dawson's Creek
1999: Judging Amy

2000: Gilmore Girls
2001: According to Jim
2002: Everwood
2003: The Grimm Adventures of Bill & Mandy
2004: House
2005: -
2006: Friday Night Lights
2007: Forbrydelsen
2008: -
2009: Archer

2010: Justified
2011: Suburgatory
2012: The Newsroom
2013: -
2014: -
2015: -
2016: The Crown
2017: Riverdale

[principehomura]

Anyway, it kinda shows hot tv got worse :/

[AMackII]

The 1960's-
1960: The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones
1961: Hazel, Password, Wide World of Sports
1962: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963: General Hospital, Petticoat Junction, Wild Kingdom
1964: Daniel Boone, Flipper, Voyage of the Bottom of the Sea, Peyton Place
1965: The Big Valley, Days of Our Lives
1966: Batman, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek TOS
1967: The Carol Burnett Show, The Phil Donahue Show
1968: Adam 12, The Doris Day Show, Columbo, Mister Rogers Neighborhood
1969: The Pink Panther Show, Love American Style, Sesame Street

The 1970's-
1970: Monday Night Football, The Partridge Family
1971: All in the Family, Soul Train
1972: The Price is Right, Emergency, Sanford & Son, Maude, The Bob Newhart Show, Great Performances
1973: Match Game, The Midnight Special, Barnaby Jones
1974: Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie, Police Woman, The Rockford Files
1975:Good Morning America, The Jeffersons, Wonder Woman, One Day at a Time, Wheel of Fortune, Saturday Night Live
1976: Charlie's Angels, Family Feud, Laverne & Shirley, The Muppet Show, Alice
1977: Eight is Enough, Three's Company, Inside the NFL, The Love Boat
1978: WKRP in Cincinnati, Card Sharks, Dallas, The Incredible Hulk
1979: The Dukes of Hazzard, Password Plus, SportsCenter, Knots Landing, Hart to Hart

The 1980's-
1980: Blockbusters, Bobby Jones Gospel, Magnum PI, Mystery, Solid Gold, Its a Living
1981: Dynasty, Entertainment Tonight, Video Soul, Falcon Crest
1982: Cagney & Lacey, Cheers, Newhart, Knight Rider, Nature, Late Night with David Letterman, Remington Steele, $25,000 Pyramid, Starcade, Family Ties
1983: Alvin & the Chipmunks, Friday Night Videos, Love Connection, Sale of the Century, Nashville Now, Star Search, 20 Minute Workout
1984: Kate & Allie, The Cosby Show, Who's the Boss, Voltron, Video Vibrations, Lifestyles of Rich & Famous, Showbiz Today, The Transformers
1985: MacGyver, Moonlighting, Attitudes, 227, Care Bears, The Golden Girls
1986: Matlock, Double Dare, Sabado Gigante, ALF, 120 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show
1987: A Different World, Club MTV, ESPN NFL Primetime, Thirtysomething
1988: China Beach, Roseanne, Yo! MTV Raps, Garfield and Friends
1989: America's Funniest Home Videos, The Arsenio Hall Show, MTV Unplugged, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Saved by the Bell, Rap City, USA Up All Night

The 1990's-
1990: Beverly Hills 90210, Twin Peaks, Wings, Northern Exposure, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, BodyShaping
1991: Home Improvement, Step by Step, Welcome Freshmen, Rugrats
1992: Def Comedy Jam, Nickelodeon GUTS, The Grind, Nick Arcade, Discover Magazine
1993: WWF/E Raw, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Frasier, Sonic the Hedgehog, Living Single, Home Matters, TNN Country News
1994: Dennis Miller Live, Fox NFL Sunday, Talkback Live, The Critic, Friends
1995: In the House, Cybill
1996: Kenan & Kel, Planet Groove, Hey Arnold, The Steve Harvey Show, Sparks
1997: The Angry Beavers, The Ink & Paint Club, The View, Figure It Out
1998: Total Request Live, Dawson's Creek
1999: WWF/E Smackdown, The Parkers, Rocket Power, Who Wants to Be A Millonaire

[icecream]

My original list is now updated. At the time of posting I hadn't yet seen shows that would become instant favorites like Highway Patrol, Head of the Class, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, and Lincoln Heights.

[benjamoon]

1951: I Love Lucy
1952: Adventures of Superman
1953: Make Room for Daddy
1954: Father Knows Best
1955: The Honeymooners
1956: NONE
1957: Leave it to Beaver
1958: The Donna Reed Show
1959: The Twilight Zone
1960: The Andy Griffith Show
1961: The Dick Van Dyke Show
1962: NONE
1963: Petticoat Junction
1964: Bewitched
1965: Get Smart
1966: That Girl
1967: NONE
1968: NONE
1969: The Brady Bunch
1970: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1971: NONE
1972: The Bob Newhart Show
1973: NONE
1974: Happy Days
1975: The Jeffersons
1976: Laverne & Shirley
1977: NONE
1978: Taxi
1979: Benson
1980: NONE
1981: Hill Street Blues
1982: Cheers
1983: NONE
1984: The Cosby Show
1985: The Golden Girls
1986: Designing Women
1987: Full House
1988: The Wonder Years
1989: Coach
1990: Wings
1991: Homefront
1992: Mad About You
1993: Frasier
1994: Friends
1995: Newsradio
1996: Everybody Loves Raymond
1997: Just Shoot Me
1998: That 70s Show
1999: The West Wing (close call: Freaks and Geeks)
2000: Gilmore Girls
2001: 24
2002: American Dreams
2003: Cold Case
2004: NONE
2005: The Office
2006: Friday Night Lights
2007: Mad Men
2008: NONE
2009: Parks and Recreation (close calls: The Middle & The Good Wife)
2010: Parenthood (close call: Blue Bloods)
2011: New Girl
2012: Chicago Fire
2013: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2014: Black-ish
2015: Superstore
2016: This is Us
2017: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2018: God Friended Me
2019: Schooled

[Sal]

I'm going to go with the Wikipedia pages and pick my favorites from the fall schedules that are listed, in order of preference, including mid-season picks if they are given:

1950-51 The Jack Benny Program, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, You Bet Your Life

1951-52 I Love Lucy

1952-53 Hockey Night In Canada, The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet, Mr Peepers, Our Miss Brooks. The Adventures Of Superman

1953-54 Make Room For Daddy

1954-55 Father Knows Best, The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob

1955-56 The Phil Silvers Show, The Honeymooners, Wayne and Shuster

1956-57 Nothing

1957-58 Leave It To Beaver, American Bandstand and The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show

1958-59 The Donna Reed Show

1959-60 Dennis The Menace, The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis


1960-61 The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, The Flintstones, The Bugs Bunny Show

1961-62 The Dick Van Dyke Show, Car 54, Where Are You?, Mister Ed, The Bullwinkle Show, The Alvin Show

1962-63 The Beverly Hillbillies, McHale's Navy, The Lucy Show, The Jetsons

1963-64 Petticoat Junction, My Favorite Martian

1964-65 Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Gomer Pyle USMC

1965-66 Green Acres, I Dream Of Jeannie, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Gidget, Batman, F Troop, Lost In Space

1966-67 The Monkees, Family Affair, That Girl, The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

1967-68 The Flying Nun, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Carol Burnett Show, The Hollywood Squares

1968-69 Here's Lucy, Mayberry RFD, Here Come The Brides

1969-70 The Brady Bunch, Love American Style, The Courtship Of Eddie's Father, Room 222, Julia, The Bill Cosby Show, Nanny and the Professor



1970-71 The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All In The Family, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971-72 Sanford and Son, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Getting Together, Me and the Chimp, The Trouble With Tracy

1972-73 The Bob Newhart Show, MASH, Maude

1973-74 Happy Days, Good Times

1974-75 The Jeffersons, Barney Miller, Chico and the Man, Rhoda , Tony Orlando and Dawn

1975-76 Donny & Marie, Laverne & Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter, One Day At A Time, King Of Kensington, When Things Were Rotten, Phyllis, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, CPO Sharkey

1976-77 Three's Company, Alice, Charlie's Angels, Eight Is Enough, The Captain and Tennille, Holmes and Yo-Yo, Fish, Mr T and Tina, Blansky's Beauties

1977-78 Soap, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Incredible Hulk, The San Pedro Beach Bums

1978-79 Mork & Mindy, Diff'rent Strokes, WKRP In Cincinnati, Taxi, The Ropers, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Angie, Hello Larry

1979-80 The Facts Of Life, Benson, Archie Bunker's Place, Flo, Out Of The Blue

That's it for now. I'll continue with the 1980s tomorrow.

[icecream]

I decided to list how many shows from each network or country are on my list of rookie favorites. For shows such as Leave it to Beaver, Hazel, Columbo, Sister Sister, and Reba that aired originals on multiple networks I am counting for that show where it aired the series premiere starting out, hence the year it would have been rookie status. Shows on each network/country will be listed from the earliest premiere year to the latest.

ABC: 70
Ozzie and Harriet, The Patty Duke Show, Bewitched, The Addams Family (1964), Gidget, That Girl, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple (1970), Happy Days, Barney Miller, Welcome Back Kotter, Charlie's Angels (1976), Rich Man, Poor Man-Book I, Laverne and Shirley, The Love Boat, Eight is Enough, Mork and Mindy, Taxi, Benson, Angie, Too Close for Comfort, The Greatest American Hero, Who's the Boss?, Trivia Trap, Mr. Belvedere, Growing Pains, MacGyver (1985), Head of the Class, The Wonder Years, Coach, Family Matters, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Sister Sister, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), The Practice, Two of a Kind, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Regis Philbin), According to Jim, Monk, Life with Bonnie, George Lopez, 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter, Less Than Perfect, Hope and Faith, Complete Savages, The Middle, Castle, Surviving Suburbia, Hank, No Ordinary Family, Better With You, Once Upon a Time, Last Man Standing, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Resurrection, 500 Questions, Galavant, Designated Survivor, Speechless, The Good Doctor, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, The Kids Are Alright, For the People, Alex Inc., Emergence, Reef Break

CBS: 67
The Jack Benny Program, Burns and Allen, I Love Lucy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Bachelor Father, Leave it to Beaver, The Twilight Zone (1959), The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Password, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, Green Acres, Family Affair (1966), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons, M*A*S*H, Double Dare (Alex Trebek), Lou Grant, WKRP in Cincinnati, The $25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark), Newhart, Murphy Brown (1988), Diagnosis Murder, The Nanny, Christy, Early Edition, Everybody Loves Raymond, Promised Land, Cosby, Candid Camera (Peter Funt), Welcome to New York, The District, The Guardian, Without a Trace, NCIS, Joan of Arcadia, Clubhouse, Listen Up, Jericho (2006), Million Dollar Password, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods, Dogs in the City, Vegas (2012), Hostages, Under the Dome, Scorpion, CSI: Cyber, Limitless, Life in Pieces, BrainDead, Man With a Plan, Young Sheldon, S.W.A.T. (2017), FBI (2018), The Neighborhood, Carol's Second Act, Fam, The Code

NBC: 64
Dragnet '51, Hazel, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Kraft Suspense Theatre, I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek, Dragnet '67, Columbo, Adam-12 (1968), Emergency!, The Rockford Files, C.P.O. Sharkey, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Password Plus (Allen Ludden), Mrs. Columbo, Blockbusters (Bill Cullen), The Brady Brides, Fame, Family Ties, Cheers, Silver Spoons, Highway to Heaven, Night Court, The Cosby Show, Matlock, Our House, ALF, Valerie, My Two Dads, Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek), Seinfeld, Wings, Law and Order, Blossom, Mad About You, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Frasier, Caroline in the City, 3rd Rock from the Sun, DAG, Twenty-One (Maury Povich), Ed, The Weakest Link (Anne Robinson US), Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Crossing Jordan, Mister Sterling, Law and Order: Trial by Jury, Revelations, America's Got Talent, 1 vs. 100 (Bob Saget), Grease: You're the One that I Want, The Jay Leno Show, The Marriage Ref, Awake, The Million Second Quiz, Believe, Growing Up Fisher, A.D. The Bible Continues, Timeless, Chicago Justice, Genius Junior, Manifest, Abby's

FOX: 18
The X-Files, Party of Five, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?, Guiness World Records Primetime, Greed, The Lone Gunmen, Justice, Back to You, Raising Hope, Touch, Minority Report, Superhuman, APB, 9-1-1, The Cool Kids, Mental Samurai, Proven Innocent, Prodigal Son

First-Run Syndication: 15
Highway Patrol, The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen), Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak), Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek), The $100,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark), Small Wonder, What a Country!, Split Second (Monty Hall), Star Trek: the Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Andromeda, Family Feud (Richard Karn), The Weakest Link (George Gray), Family Feud (John O'Hurley), Merv Griffin's Crosswords

England/UK: 8
Are You Being Served?, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister, Mr. Bean, Atlantis, Genius (Einstein)

Game Show Network (GSN): 7
Lingo (Chuck Woolery), Chain Reaction (Dylan Lane), Grand Slam, 20Q, The American Bible Challenge, The Chase (US), America Says

Canada: 5
Wind at My Back, Corner Gas, Heartland, The Border, The Disappearance

The CW: 4
Life is Wild, Privileged, Life Unexpected, Frequency

ABCFamily: 3
Lincoln Heights, Ruby and the Rockits, Switched at Birth

The WB: 3
7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Reba

USA: 3
Psych, White Collar, Necessary Roughness

TLC: 2
Extreme Cheapskates, Outrageous 911

TNT: 2
Leverage, Perception

BYU TV: 1
Granite Flats

CMT: 1
Working Class

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