1970–71 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1970. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The top 30 highest-rated shows are colored in magenta.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation by October 1970; however, schedules were set by each affiliated station.

In April 1970, Congress passed a law banning the advertising of tobacco products on television and radio effective January 2, 1971.

This season would the last one for the traditional 3½-hour prime time schedule.

Fall Schedule

Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	The Young Rebels		The F.B.I. #10 23.0 rating		The ABC Sunday Night Movie #28 19.7 rating
CBS	Lassie	Hogan's Heroes	The Ed Sullivan Show		The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour		The Tim Conway Comedy Hour
NBC	Wild Kingdom	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color #14 22.4 rating		The Bill Cosby Show	Bonanza #9 23.9 rating		The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Senator

Monday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	The Young Lawyers		The Silent Force	Monday Night Football
CBS	Gunsmoke #5 25.5 rating		Here's Lucy #3 26.1 rating	Mayberry R.F.D. #15 22.3 rating	The Doris Day Show #20 20.7 rating	The Carol Burnett Show #25 19.8 rating
NBC	The Red Skelton Show	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #13 22.4 rating		NBC Monday Night at the Movies #27 19.8 rating

Tuesday

PM		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC		The Mod Squad #11 22.7 rating		ABC Movie of the Week #6 25.1 rating			Marcus Welby, M.D. #1 29.6 rating
CBS		The Beverly Hillbillies	Green Acres	Hee Haw #16 21.4 rating		To Rome With Love	CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
NBC		The Don Knotts Show		Julia	NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday

Note : On CBS, All in the Family premiered Tuesday, January 12, 1971, at 9:30 pm, replacing To Rome With Love.

Wednesday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Make Room for Granddaddy	Room 222	The Johnny Cash Show		Dan August
CBS	Storefront Lawyers		The Governor & J.J.	Medical Center #8 24.5 rating		Hawaii Five-O #7 25.0 rating
NBC	The Men from Shiloh (formerly The Virginian) #18 21.2 rating			Kraft Music Hall		Four in One: McCloud / San Francisco International Airport / Night Gallery / The Psychiatrist

Thursday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Matt Lincoln		Bewitched	Barefoot in the Park	The Odd Couple	The Immortal
CBS	Family Affair	The Jim Nabors Hour #29 19.5 rating		The CBS Thursday Night Movies #30 19.3 rating
NBC	The Flip Wilson Show #2 27.9 rating		Ironside #4 25.7 rating		Nancy	The Dean Martin Show #24 18.34 rating

Friday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	The Brady Bunch	Nanny and the Professor	The Partridge Family #26 19.8 rating	That Girl	Love, American Style	This Is Tom Jones
CBS	The Interns		The Headmaster	The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC	The High Chaparral		The Name of the Game			Bracken's World

Saturday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Let's Make a Deal	The Newlywed Game	The Lawrence Welk Show		The Most Deadly Game		Local
CBS	Mission: Impossible		My Three Sons #19 20.8 rating	Arnie	The Mary Tyler Moore Show #22 18.64 rating	Mannix #17 21.3 rating
NBC	The Andy Williams Show		Adam-12 #12 22.6 rating	NBC Saturday Night at the Movies #23 18.44 rating

References

• 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.