The Top 20 Television Shows of 1972:

1. All in the Family
2. Sanford and Son
3. Hawaii Five-O
4. Maude
5. Bridget Loves Bernie
6. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8. Gunsmoke
9. The Wonderful World of Disney
10. Ironside
11. Adam-12
12. The Flip Wilson Show
13. Marcus Welby, M.D.
14. Cannon
15. Here's Lucy
16. The Bob Newhart Show
17. ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week
18. NFL Monday Night Football
19. The Partridge Family
20. The Waltons