1973–74 United States network television schedule
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The following is the 1973–74 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States . The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1973 through August 1974. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1972–73 season . All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football .
New fall series are highlighted in bold .
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research . [1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
PBS , the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
Sunday
Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | The F.B.I. |
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
(23/20.7)
(Tied with Adam-12 ) |
Local | ||||
CBS | Fall | The New Perry Mason | Mannix |
Barnaby Jones
(17/21.4)
(Tied with Good Times ) |
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Winter | Apple's Way | ||||||
Summer | 60 Minutes | ||||||
NBC |
The Wonderful World of Disney
(12/22.3)
(Tied with The Bob Newhart Show ) |
NBC Sunday Mystery Movie ( Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife / Hec Ramsey ) (14/22.2) |
Note: 60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from January to June 1974.
Monday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | The Rookies (25/20.3) |
Monday Night Football
(19/21.2)
(Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie) |
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Winter | ABC Monday Movie (26/20.2) | |||||
CBS | Gunsmoke (15/22.1) | Here's Lucy (29/20.0) | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Medical Center | ||
NBC | Fall | Lotsa Luck | Diana | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||
Winter | The Magician | |||||
Summer | The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola (8:00) / Monday Night Baseball (8:15) |
Tuesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | The New Temperatures Rising Show | ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0) | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ||
Winter | Happy Days (16/21.5) | |||||
CBS | Maude (6/23.5) | Hawaii Five-O (5/24.0) | The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies / Hawkins / Shaft | |||
NBC | Fall | Chase | The Magician | Police Story | ||
Winter |
Adam-12
(23/20.7)
(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie ) |
NBC Tuesday Mystery Movie : Banacek / Tenafly / Faraday and Company / The Snoop Sisters |
Wednesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | ||
November | Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years | |||||
Winter | The Cowboys | Doc Elliot | ||||
CBS | Fall |
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
(7/23.3)
(Tied with Kojak ) |
Cannon
(9/23.1)
(Tied with The Mary Tyler Moore Show ) |
Kojak
(7/23.3)
(Tied with The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ) |
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Summer | The Bobbie Gentry Show | |||||
Follow-up | Tony Orlando & Dawn | |||||
August | The Hudson Brothers Show | |||||
NBC | Fall |
Adam-12
(23/20.7)
(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie ) |
NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie : Banacek / Tenafly / Faraday & Company / The Snoop Sisters | Love Story | ||
Winter | Chase | NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies |
Thursday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | Toma |
Kung Fu
(27/20.1)
(Tied with The Carol Burnett Show ) |
The Streets of San Francisco (22/20.8) | ||
Winter | Chopper One | Firehouse | ||||
Summer | Temperatures Rising | |||||
CBS | The Waltons (2/28.1) | CBS Thursday Night Movie (30/19.9) | ||||
NBC | Fall | The Flip Wilson Show | Ironside | NBC Follies | ||
Winter | Music Country USA | |||||
Summer | The Mac Davis Show | The Dean Martin Comedy World |
Friday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | The Brady Bunch | The Odd Couple | Room 222 | Adam's Rib | Love, American Style |
Winter | The Six Million Dollar Man (11/22.7) | The Odd Couple | Toma | |||
CBS | Fall | Calucci's Department | Roll Out! |
The CBS Friday Night Movie
(19/21.2)
(Tied with Monday Night Football ) |
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Winter | Dirty Sally |
Good Times
(17/21.4)
(Tied with Barnaby Jones ) |
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Summer | Your Hit Parade | |||||
NBC | Fall | Sanford and Son (3/27.5) | The Girl with Something Extra | Needles and Pins | The Brian Keith Show * | The Dean Martin Show |
Winter | Lotsa Luck | The Girl with Something Extra | ||||
Summer | The Brian Keith Show * | NBC Friday Night at the Movies |
(*) Formerly The Little People
Saturday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | The Partridge Family | ABC Suspense Movie | Griff | ||
January | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | |||||
CBS | Fall | All in the Family (1/31.2) | M*A*S*H (4/25.7) |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(9/23.1)
(Tied with Cannon ) |
The Bob Newhart Show
(12/22.3)
(Tied with The Wonderful World of Disney ) |
The Carol Burnett Show
(27/20.1)
(Tied with Kung Fu ) |
Summer | Barnaby Jones | |||||
NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies |
By network
ABC
Returning Series
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New Series |
Not returning from 1972–73 :
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CBS
NBC
Returning Series
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New Series
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Not returning from 1972–73 :
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- ↑ Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4 .
Additional sources
- Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television . New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
- McNeil, Alex. Total Television . Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8 .
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1 .
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