1973–74 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1973. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few 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.
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Sunday [edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The F.B.I. | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (23/20.7) | Local | ||||
| CBS | The New Adventures of Perry Mason | Mannix | Barnaby Jones (17/21.4) | Local | |||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (12/22.3) | NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife / Hec Ramsey (90- & 120-min. episodes) (14/22.2) | Local | ||||
Monday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Rookies (25/20.3) | ABC NFL Monday Night Football (19/21.2) | ||||
| 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 | Lotsa Luck | Diana | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
Tuesday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Temperatures Rising | 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 | Chase | The Magician | Police Story | ||||
Wednesday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | |||
| CBS | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (7/23.3) | Cannon (9/23.1) | Kojak (7/23.3) | |||
| NBC | Adam-12 (23/20.7) | NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie: Banacek / Tenafly / Faraday and Company / The Snoop Sisters | Love Story | |||
Thursday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Toma | Kung Fu (27/20.1) | The Streets of San Francisco (22/20.8) | |||
| Winter | Chopper One | Firehouse | |||||
| CBS | The Waltons (2/28.1) | The CBS Thursday Night Movies (30/19.9) | |||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show | Ironside | NBC Follies | ||||
Friday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Movies (19/21.2) | |||
| Winter | Dirty Sally | Good Times (17/21.4) | |||||
| NBC | Sanford and Son (3/27.5) | The Girl with Something Extra | Needles and Pins | The Brian Keith Show* | The Dean Martin Show | ||
(*) Formerly The Little People
Saturday [edit]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Partridge Family | ABC Suspense Movie | Griff | |||
| CBS | All in the Family (1/31.2) | M*A*S*H (4/25.7) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (9/23.1) | The Bob Newhart Show (12/22.3) | The Carol Burnett Show (27/20.1) | |
| NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||
References [edit]
- ^ 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 [edit]
- 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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