Editing 1978 in American television (section)

==Programs==
===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
| January 28
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| February 12
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
| February 19
| ''[[Project U.F.O.]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| March 10
| ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| April 2
|''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 3
|''[[Pass the Buck (American game show)|Pass the Buck]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Ever Increasing Faith]]''
| Syndication
|-
| April 5
| ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 8
| ''[[The Ted Knight Show (1978 TV series)|The Ted Knight Show]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Another Day (TV series)|Another Day]]''
|-
| April 24
| ''[[Card Sharks]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| April 25
| ''[[Vega$]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| June 6
| ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]''
|-
| July 3
| ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
| July 10
| ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| September 7
| ''[[Grandpa Goes to Washington]]''
| rowspan="6"| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 8
| ''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]''
|-
|rowspan="8"| September 9
| ''[[Fabulous Funnies]]''
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Four (1978 TV series)|Fantastic Four]]''
|-
| ''[[Godzilla (animated series)|Godzilla]]''
|-
| ''[[Yogi's Space Race]]''
|-
| ''[[Fangface]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The All New Popeye Hour]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]''
|-
| ''[[Tarzan and the Super 7]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 10
| ''[[Kaz (TV series)|Kaz]]''
|-
| ''[[Sword of Justice (TV series)|Sword of Justice]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|September 12
| ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''
| ''[[Broadcast syndication| Syndication]]''
|-
|September 13
| ''[[W.E.B.]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 14
| ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 17
| ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
|-
| ''[[Lifeline (1978 TV series)|Lifeline]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 18
| ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 22
| ''[[The Waverly Wonders]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Who's Watching the Kids]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 23
| ''[[Apple Pie (TV series)|Apple Pie]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| September 24
| ''[[Mary (1978 TV series)|Mary]]''
|-
| October 1
| ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| October 30
| ''[[A.M. Weather]]''
| [[PBS]]
|-
| November 2
| ''[[David Cassidy: Man Undercover]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
| November 3
| ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''
|-
| November 27
| ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]''
| [[CBS]]
|}

===Resuming this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || Retitled as/Same || Returning
|-
|''[[High Rollers]]''
|1976
|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|April 24
|-
|''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
|1970
|[[CBS]]
|September 9
|-
|''[[Jeopardy!]]''
|1975
|[[NBC]]
|''The All-New Jeopardy!''
|October 2
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|March 6
|''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''
|1973
|-
|March 18
|''[[Kojak]]''
|1973
|-
|March 29
|''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''
|1967
|-
|March 30
|''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]''
|rowspan="2"|1974
|-
|March 31
|''[[Tattletales]]''
|-
|April 1
|''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''
|1972
|-
|April 7
|''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''
|1977
|-
|April 28
|''[[C.P.O. Sharkey]]''
|1976
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 29
|''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''
|1972
|-
|''[[Another Day (TV series)|Another Day]]''
|rowspan="2"|1978
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 13
|''[[The Ted Knight Show (1978 TV series)|The Ted Knight Show]]''
|-
|''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
|1976
|-
|''[[Columbo]]''
|1971
|-
|May 18
|''[[Baretta]]''
|1975
|-
|July 21
|''[[Chico and the Man]]''
|1974
|-
|September 1
|''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]''
|rowspan="3"|1977
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 28
|''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]''
|-
|''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]''
|-
|November 10
|''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]''
|rowspan="2"|1978
|-
|December 2
|''[[Yogi's Space Race]]''
|-
|December 4
|''[[Lucan (American TV series)|Lucan]]''
|1977
|-
|December 9
|''[[Rhoda]]''
|1974
|-
|December 16
|''[[The New Fantastic Four]]''
|1978
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 23
|''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]''
|1976
|-
|''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
|1969
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Network
! Date of airing
|-
| ''[[The Dain Curse (miniseries)|The Dain Curse]]''
| CBS 
| May 22–24
|-
|''[[King (miniseries)|King]]''
|rowspan="7"| NBC
| February 12–14
|-
|''[[Holocaust (TV miniseries)|Holocaust]]''
| April 16–19
|-
| ''[[Zuma Beach (film)|Zuma Beach]]''
| September 27
|-
|''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]''
| October 1–February 4
|-
| ''[[Donner Pass: The Road to Survival]]''
| October 24
|-
| [[The Time Machine (1978 film)|The Time Machine]]
| November 5
|-
| ''[[Someone's Watching Me!]]''
| November 29
|}