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07-08-2023, 12:52 AM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,978	Season 1 TV Numbers and Facts Before show was aired, church groups called the show moral pollution, Gay activist group cringed at the depiction of homosexuals as limp wristed fruit-cakes. 25 ABC stations decided not to air the very first episode After the first episode the show was ranked as #4 behind Three's Company, Happy Days and Charlie Angels By November 1977, it was the highest rated new show of the 77-78 season and never fell below 20 the remainder of the year During second season, Soap remained in Top 20 and would rank as high as #8 finishing with a overall ranking of 15th which made Soap the highest rated new comedy of the 1977-78 season Forth-worth-Telegram-April 5, 1978 Forth-worth Star Telergam, Mar 22, 1978 Kansas City Star, Nov 6. 1977, page 138 Daily Word, Oct 19, 1977, page 21. UPI Witchita Falls Times, Sept 4, 1977