Week 10 of the 1979-1980 season began on Monday, November 19th, 1979 and ended on Sunday, November 25th, 1979. The highest-rated program was the movie Smokey and the Bandit on NBC with a 31.8 Nielsen rating.
Here are the five lowest-rated programs:
| ## | Program | Network | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | Eischeid | NBC | N/A |
| 56 | A Man Called Sloane | NBC | N/A |
| 57 | Prime Time Sunday | NBC | N/A |
| 58 | Raggedy Ann and Andy (Movie) | CBS | N/A |
| 59 | Letters from Frank (Movie) | CBS | N/A |
CBS aired the 1977 movie Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure over the course of two nights: from 8-9PM ET on Tuesday, November 20th and Wednesday, November 21st. It’s unclear which part landed in the Bottom 5.
CBS aired made-for-TV movie Letters from Frank as a CBS Special Movie Presentation from 9-11PM ET on Thursday, November 22nd. It starred Art Carney, Maureen Stapleton, and Mike Farrell.
Source:
[No Title.] The Associated Press. 27 Nov. 1979: AM Cycle.
Except for the “Peanuts” feature films, CBS had a peculiar habit of breaking animated movies into two parts just like “Raggedy Ann” here. I remember they did the same with “Charlotte’s Web” and “Watership Down”. Did they not want to tie up prime-time with “kiddie” fare, believe their young viewers wouldn’t have the necessary attention span, or was it a ratings ploy?