Thanks to David Bobzien.
KHJ-TV (Channel 9) premiered Breakaway on Saturday 30 August 1975 7pm, announced in a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times declaring "World Television Premiere" (although it was after the Australia Channel 7 premiere). The Saturday 7pm timeslot was identical to KRON in San Francisco, and so were the first twelve episodes, but afterwards the broadcast order diverged, with KHJ showing more reruns. A January 9, 1976 Los Angeles Times article quotes ratings (a 9.4 average, " a respectable if not spectacular score") for the first eight episodes. Then there were 5 weeks in a row of reruns, during which the ratings dropped to a "dismal" 4.0.
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1 |
Sat, 30 August 1975 7:00pm |
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23 |
Sat, 13 September 1975 7:00pm |
After 2 week break |
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14 |
Sat, 20 September 1975 7:00pm |
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13 |
Sat, 27 September 1975 7:00pm |
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9 |
Sat, 4 October 1975 7:00pm |
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10 |
Sat, 11 October 1975 7:00pm |
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8 |
Sat, 18 October 1975 7:00pm |
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17 |
Sat, 25 October 1975 7:00pm |
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22 |
Sat, 1 November 1975 7:00pm |
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3 |
Sat, 8 November 1975 7:00pm |
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16 |
Sat, 15 November 1975 7:00pm |
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12 |
Sat, 22 November 1975 7:00pm |
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Re-runs |
late November-December 1975 | |
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2 |
Sat, 10 January 1976 7:00pm |
Broadcast details in 1976 not known.
Year 2 continued in the same slot, Saturdays 7pm. Episode order and dates not known.
Thanks to David Bobzien