Greatest Hits

Flashback: 1982

 

In the world of Family DevotionsCuisinarts 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)

 

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