Top TV Shows and Movies of 1971

According to the Nielsen Ratings, these were The Top 30 TV Shows of 1971:  1.       ALL IN THE FAMILY  (CBS)     34.0  2.       THE FLIP WILSON SHOW  (NBC)     28.2  3.       MARCUS WELBY, M.D.  (ABC)     27.8  4.       GUNSMOKE  (CBS)     26.0  5.       ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK  (ABC)     25.6  6.       SANFORD AND SON  (NBC)     25.2  7.       MANNIX  (CBS)     24.8  8.       FUNNY FACE  (NBC)     23.9  9.       ADAM-12  (NBC)     23.9 10.     THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW  (CBS)     23.7 11.      HERE’S LUCY  (CBS)  23.6 12.      HAWAII FIVE-O  (CBS  (23.6) 13.      MEDICAL CENTER  (CBS)     23.5 14.      THE NBC MYSTERY MOVIE  (NBC)  23.2 15.      IRONSIDE  (NBC)     23.0 16.      THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY  (ABC)     22.6 17.       THE F.B.I.  (ABC)     22.4 18.       THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW  (CBS)     22.2 19.       THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY  (NBC)     22.0 20.       BONANZA  (NBC)     21.9 21.       THE MOD SQUAD  (ABC)  21.5 22.        ROWAN AND MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN  (NBC)     21.4 23.       THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW  (CBS)     21.4 24.       THE DORIS DAY SHOW  (CBS)  21.2 25.       MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL  (ABC)  20.9 26.       THE ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE  (ABC)     20.8 27.       THE SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR  (CBS)     20.2 28.        ROOM 222   (ABC)  20.2 29.       CANNON  (CBS)     19.8 30.       THE CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE  (CBS)     19.5 AT THE MOVIES: Top Box Office (Gross Receipts)  1 –  FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  (United Artists)   $40,500,000  2  -  BILLY JACK  (Warner Brothers)   $32,500,000  3 –  THE FRENCH CONNECTION   (20th Century Fox)   $26,300,000  4 –  THE SUMMER OF ’42  (Warner Brothers)     $20,500,000  5 –  DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER  (United Artists)   $19,727,000  6 –  DIRTY HARRY  (Warner Brothers)  $18,000,000  7 –  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE  (Warner Brothers)   $17,000,000  8 –  CARNAL KNOWLEDGE  (Embassy Pictures)  $14,075,000  9 –  THE LAST PICTURE SHOW  (Columbia Pictures)   $13,110,000 10 – WILLARD  (Cinerama Releasing Corporation)  $9,300,000 Academy Award Winners: Best Film:  The French Connection Best Director:  William Friedkin (The French Connection) Best Actor:  Gene Hackman  (The French Connection) Best Actress:  Jane Fonda  (Klute) Best Supporting Actor:  Ben Johnson  (The Last Picture Show) Best Supporting Actress:  Cloris Leachman  (The Last Picture Show) Best Screenplay, Original:  Paddy Chayefsky  (The Hospital) Best Screenplay, Adapted: Ernest Tidyman  (The French Connection) Best Original Score:  Michel Legrand (Summer of ’42) / John Williams  (Fiddler On The Roof) Best Original Song:  Theme from “Shaft”