I was curious about how the show Happy Days did in the ratings once they went to a live studio audience which was 1975. It was surprising that the show could not compete with the show it created-L&S

1975-1976: (10)
1976-1977: (1)
1977-1978: (2)
1978-1979: (4)
1979-1980: (15) this was a tie

Hope that helped.

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Originally posted by Factsoflife_jo
1975-1976: (10)
1976-1977: (1)
1977-1978: (2)
1978-1979: (4)
1979-1980: (15) this was a tie

Hope that helped.

Do you know what show it was tied with at the 15th spot? Well if the 79-80 season was #15 with all the original cast still on the show, that must mean that the 80-81 season was like a 35

I dunno, those are good ratings though!!

Originally posted by richpotsralphfonz
I dunno, those are good ratings though!!

Except 1980-15 is okay but means it that the show on the downward spiral to being cancel by ABC

Yeah but i think 80-84 was lower

Originally posted by richpotsralphfonz
Yeah but i think 80-84 was lower

Well if it was 15 in 80, you know it was lower in the remaining four years. Once a show falls to 15, that's it-no coming back-

Yeah

I could be wrong about this, but I'm almost sure I saw somewhere, maybe the Happy Days Fan Club, that the 1980-1981 season actually ended at #17, while '81-'82 ended at #15.. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, just what I seem to remember seeing.. I think the whole Joanie & Chachi thing kind of brought new life to the series, at least for a while.

Originally posted by SOLOMON


Do you know what show it was tied with at the 15th spot? Well if the 79-80 season was #15 with all the original cast still on the show, that must mean that the 80-81 season was like a 35

The show it tied with was NBC's "Real People."

Originally posted by Restless

I could be wrong about this, but I'm almost sure I saw somewhere, maybe the Happy Days Fan Club, that the 1980-1981 season actually ended at #17, while '81-'82 ended at #15.. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, just what I seem to remember seeing.. I think the whole Joanie & Chachi thing kind of brought new life to the series, at least for a while.

You may be right, my info may be wrong, I don't know. Here's the link to where I got the info: http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/televisioncity/7580.html

I just realized that I typed that wrong. I meant to say that I thought I read somewhere that the '79-'80 season came in at 17, while the '80-'81 season finished at 15.. I'm trying to remember exactly where I came across this info, it was either Happy Days Online or Happy Days Fan Club. Like I said, I might be wrong, or the info might be wrong. Does anyone know what kind of ratings the show was getting before more importance was placed on Fonzie?

Originally posted by Restless
I could be wrong about this, but I'm almost sure I saw somewhere, maybe the Happy Days Fan Club, that the 1980-1981 season actually ended at #17, while '81-'82 ended at #15.. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, just what I seem to remember seeing.. I think the whole Joanie & Chachi thing kind of brought new life to the series, at least for a while.

I CAN SEE WHY THE RATINGS DROPPED THOUGH BECAUSE TWO OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS LEFT THE SHOW IN 80-RICHIE AND RALPH, AND THEN THE SHOW TRIED TO MAKE A LESS IMPORTANT CHARACTER THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SHOW LIKE JOANIE-WHAT WAS THAt??????

Yeah I Can See Why Too, But No Matter What "Their" Ratings Say, Happy Days Will Always Be 1# In My Ratings! Happy Days Is #1 Happy Days Is #1 Happy Days Is #1

Go Happy Days

Where I can find ratings for other 70s sitcoms? Thanks.