All in the Family started airing on Wednesday Nights in the Fall of 1976 and went up against Charlie Angels at 9pm

After a month into the new season with AITF airing on Wednesdays, there were rumors of CBS moving All in the Family back to Saturday Nights due to the dip in ratings

All in the Family still maintained top ten status but still would trail Charlie angels and finished at #10 while Charlie's Angels was #9

By the end of October, Charlie's Angels was #3 and All in the Family was #7

CBS moved All in the Family back to Saturday Nights in November 1976 and 1st airing was Nov 6 1976 at 9pm

The New Competition was NBC Saturday Movie and ABC Battle of Network Stars

The show would remain on Saturday Night the remainder of the season

After the first airing on Saturday Night, All in the Family fell to #15

The Following week the ratings dropped again and All in the Family fell to #26 which was below Good Times-#22, Jefferson-#23, and Chico and the Man-#24

The show improved to #13th in the month of December

AITF was back in Top 10 status and reached #10 in January of 1977

AITF fell again slightly in March of 1977 to #20

The final overall ranking for the 1976-77 season was #11th tied with Welcome Back Kotter







Pittsburgh Press, Oct 6, 1976
Times Leader, Oct 10, 1976
Miami News, Oct 28, 1976
Phila Daily News, Nov 6 1976
Miami News, Nov 11, 1976
Miami News, Nov 18, 1976
Forth-Worth Telegram, Jan 17, 1977
Forth-Worth Telegram, March 9 1977
Santa Ana Register, April 7 1977

Changing time slots does not usually help. But by 1976 the kids moved out and the show was losing its great comedy. It always had its loyal following but lets be real, it lost so much of its formula once the kids moved next door and Joey was born. It was nice to watch and keep up with the Bunkers but we just laughed a lot less and missed the old show.
The following year the wheels really started to come off and the writers resorted to bringing back Beverly LaSalle just to be murdered and shock value. Stupidest moment ever when Gloria goes to visit Mike in the hospital after the attack and murder and Mike has a bandage on his head. Gloria stands there and makes fun of his face while the audience laughed.
HELLO PEOPLE. Your husband was almost killed and you visit him in the hospital and laugh? They were out of ideas and resorted to shock value things like Edith's attempted rape, etc.

Changing time slots does not usually help. But by 1976 the kids moved out and the show was losing its great comedy. It always had its loyal following but lets be real, it lost so much of its formula once the kids moved next door and Joey was born. It was nice to watch and keep up with the Bunkers but we just laughed a lot less and missed the old show.
The following year the wheels really started to come off and the writers resorted to bringing back Beverly LaSalle just to be murdered and shock value. Stupidest moment either when Gloria goes to visit Mike in the hospital after the attack and murder and Mike has a bandage on his head. Gloria stands there and makes fun of his face while the audience laughed.
HELLO PEOPLE. Your husband was almost killed and you visit him in the hospital and laugh? They were out of ideas and resorted to shock value things like Edith's attempted rape, etc.


It looked like the show recovered nicely after going back to Saturday because it was on the verge of being out of the top 20 lol