Flashback: 1982

In the world of Family Devotions, Cuisinarts are a new technological and culinary marvel, the miniseries Shogun is a major achievement in televised drama (especially when it comes to portraying Asians onscreen) and Marlon Brando is still one of the world's biggest movie stars. What else was happening in popular culture in 1982, the year Family Devotions is set? Let's take a look at that year's greatest hits in movies, TV and music, after the jump.

Movies: Top Grossing

Rank	Movie Title	Studio	Total Gross / Theaters	Opening / Theaters	Open
1	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$359,197,037 / 1,778	$11,835,389 / 1,103	6/11
2	Tootsie	Columbia	$177,200,000 / 1,222	$5,540,470 / 943	12/17
3	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount	$129,795,554 / 1,050	$3,304,679 346	7/30
4	Rocky III	United Artists	$124,146,897 / 1,317	$12,431,486 / 939	5/28
5	Porky's	Fox	$105,492,483 / 1,605	$7,623,988 / 1,148	3/19

(Source: Box Office Mojo)

Television: Primetime Top 20 Programs

			Household
Rank	Program	Network	Rating	Share
1	Dallas	CBS	28.4	45
2	Dallas\10:00	CBS	28.3	47
3	60 Minutes	CBS	27.4	43
4	Three’s Company	ABC	23.7	35
4	CBS NFL Football Post 2	CBS	23.7	40
6	The Jeffersons	CBS	23.4	35
7	Joannie Loves Chachi	ABC	23.3	35
8	Dukes of Hazzard\9:00	CBS	22.8	37
9	Alice	CBS	22.7	34
9	Dukes of Hazzard	CBS	22.7	37
11	ABC Monday Night Movie	ABC	22.6	34
11	Too Close for Comfort	ABC	22.6	34
13	M*A*S*H	CBS	22.2	32
14	One Day at A Time	CBS	22.0	33
15	NFL Monday Night Football	ABC	21.8	36
16	Falcon Crest	CBS	21.4	37
17	Archie Bunker's Place	CBS	21.3	32
17	Love Boat	ABC	21.3	36
19	Hart to Hart	ABC	21.2	35
20	Trapper John, MD	CBS	21.1	35

(Source: TV by the Numbers)

Music: Biggest Hits

1. "Harden My Heart" — Quarterflash
2. "Rosanna" — Toto
3. "Eye in the Sky" — The Alan Parsons Project
4. "Gloria" — Laura Branigan
5. "Who Can It Be Now?" — Men At Work
6. "Open Arms" — Journey
7. "Don't Talk to Strangers" — Rick Springfield
8. "Maneater" — Hall & Oates
9. "Up Where We Belong" — Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
10. "Centerfold" — J. Geils Band

(Source: Billboard Top Hits: 1982)