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1976–77 United States network television schedule
1976–77 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC prime-time lineups, September 1976 to August 1977. ABC won its first full-season ratings crown behind Happy Days (31.5 rating) and Roots; NBC scrapped Snip and bid $100 million for the Moscow Olympics.
1977 in film
1977 in film is remembered above all for Star Wars, the year's top film with a $307 million domestic gross, alongside Annie Hall and Saturday Night Fever.
1977–78 United States network television schedule
1977–78 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC prime-time lineups from September 1977 to August 1978, including the Tuesday ABC comedy block, Nielsen standings led by Laverne & Shirley, and mid-season changes.
1978 in film
1978 in film: the year Grease topped the box office, The Deer Hunter won Best Picture, Cannes honored Olmi, and Halloween, Superman, and Days of Heaven were released.
1978–79 United States network television schedule
The 1978–79 US network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC primetime lineups for the season when ABC's Tuesday comedy block led ratings, Laverne & Shirley ranked #1, and Fred Silverman reshuffled NBC.
1979 in film
1979 in film: the year of Apocalypse Now, Alien, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Mad Max; Kramer vs. Kramer swept the 52nd Oscars, Hollywood's average negative cost hit $9 million, and Miramax was founded.
1979–80 United States network television schedule
1979–80 United States network television schedule: primetime lineups of ABC, CBS, and NBC from September 1979 to August 1980; led by 60 Minutes (28.4 rating) with new series including Mork & Mindy, Diff'rent Strokes, and Trapper John, M.D.
1980 in film
1980 in film was a year at the box office led by The Empire Strikes Back, with comedies like 9 to 5 and Airplane! thriving.
1980–81 United States network television schedule
1980–81 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC primetime lineups, September 1980 to August 1981, disrupted by the SAG-AFTRA strike; Dallas ranked #1 with a 31.2 rating.
1980s in film
The 1980s in film was the decade when the Hollywood blockbuster, home video, and CGI became the dominant structure of the movie business, as independent and national cinemas responded.
1981 in film
1981 in film: the year of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chariots of Fire, and Reds; Chariots of Fire won Best Picture at the 54th Academy Awards, MTV launched, and Superman II topped the box office at $216.4M.
1981–82 United States network television schedule
Primetime schedule of ABC, CBS, and NBC for fall 1981 through August 1982, delayed by the WGA strike. Dallas on CBS led the ratings, and CBS narrowly won the 28-week season over ABC.
1982 in film
1982 in film: the year E.T. became the highest-grossing film to date ($792.9M worldwide), U.S. receipts hit a record $3.445 billion, Tron pioneered extensive CGI, and Gandhi won nine Oscars.
1982–83 United States network television schedule
Prime-time grid of ABC, CBS, and NBC for fall 1982 through spring 1983, also called the 1982-83 TV season; features M*A*S*H's record 125-million-viewer finale, new series Cheers, Knight Rider, and St. Elsewhere, and 60 Minutes as the top-rated show.
1983 (film)
1983 (൧൯൮൩) is a 2014 Malayalam sports drama, Abrid Shine's directorial debut, starring Nivin Pauly as Rameshan, a village cricketer who lives his dream through his son between India's 1983 and 2011 World Cup wins.
1983 (TV series)
1983 is Netflix's first Polish original series, an eight-episode alternate-history thriller created by Joshua Long, directed by Agnieszka Holland and three others, premiering 30 November 2018, set in a 2003 Poland where the Iron Curtain never fell.
1983 in film
1983 in film: Return of the Jedi topped the US box office at $252.5 million while Terms of Endearment won Best Picture; record $1.5 billion summer, THX debut, Scarface, and Fanny and Alexander's Oscar record.
1983–84 United States network television schedule
Fall 1983 prime-time grid of ABC, CBS, and NBC, plus PBS locally. CBS won the season (18.0 vs ABC 17.2, NBC 14.9), led by Dallas, 60 Minutes, Dynasty, and The A-Team.
1984 (2023 film)
1984 (2023 film), also known as Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a dystopian science fiction film by Finnish director Diana Ringo blending Orwell's 1984 with Zamyatin's We; shot in Moscow in Russian, released digitally November 15, 2023, starring Aleksandr Obmanov as D503.
1984 (advertisement)
Apple's "1984" television commercial, created by Chiat/Day and directed by Ridley Scott, introduced the Macintosh during Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, aired nationally only once, and became one of advertising's most celebrated spots.
1984 in film
1984 in film was a record-setting year for Hollywood: US grosses crossed $4 billion for the first time, led by Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
1985 in film
1985 in film: the cinema year when Back to the Future topped the US box office, the first Blockbuster Video store opened in Dallas, Young Sherlock Holmes introduced the first fully CG film character, and Kusturica won the Cannes Palme d'Or.
1985–86 United States network television schedule
The 1985–86 United States network television schedule covered the three commercial networks' prime time hours, with The Cosby Show the top-rated program and NBC winning the season.
1986 in film
1986 in film covers the year's cinema releases and events: Top Gun led the worldwide box office, Platoon won four Oscars, and Spike Lee debuted with She's Gotta Have It.
1986–87 United States network television schedule
1986–87 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC prime-time lineups for September 1986 through August 1987. NBC's Thursday block led by The Cosby Show (34.9 rating) won the season; Fox debuted but had no primetime until April 1987.
1987 in film
1987 in film: year of over 500 releases including The Last Emperor (9 Oscars), Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Dirty Dancing, and The Princess Bride; Beverly Hills Cop II topped the box office at $153.7 million domestic.
1987–88 United States network television schedule
The 1987–88 United States network television schedule covered ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, with NBC winning the ratings behind The Cosby Show and its Thursday comedy block.
1987: When the Day Comes
1987: When the Day Comes is a 2017 South Korean historical drama directed by Jang Joon-hwan. It depicts the death of Park Jong-chul and the June Democratic Uprising.
1988 in film
1988 in film: Hollywood's record ~$4.4 billion box office year of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Die Hard, Akira, and Cinema Paradiso, marked by the 22-week WGA strike and The Last Temptation of Christ controversy.
1988–89 United States network television schedule
The 1988–89 United States network television schedule was the television season won by NBC, its fourth consecutive win, with premieres delayed into late October and beyond by the writers' strike.