1967–68 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 1967. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
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.
Sunday
Network | 7:00 PM | 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 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | The F.B.I. (22/21.2) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
CBS | Lassie (30/19.9) (Tied with It Takes a Thief) |
Gentle Ben (19/21.5) | The Ed Sullivan Show (13/23.2) | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (18/21.7) | Mission: Impossible | ||||
NBC | Fall | AFL Football (from 4:30 EST) | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (25/20.7) | The Mothers-in-Law | Bonanza (4/25.5) (Tied with Gunsmoke and Family Affair) |
The High Chaparral | |||
Winter | The Wild Kingdom |
Monday
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 | Cowboy in Africa | The Rat Patrol | Felony Squad | Peyton Place | The Big Valley | |||
CBS | Gunsmoke (4/25.5) (Tied with Family Affair and Bonanza) |
The Lucy Show (2/27.0) | The Andy Griffith Show (1/27.6) | Family Affair (4/25.5) (Tied with Gunsmoke and Bonanza) |
The Carol Burnett Show (27/20.1) (Tied with Dragnet) | |||
NBC | Fall | The Monkees | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | The Danny Thomas Hour | I Spy | |||
Winter | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (21/21.3) | |||||||
Summer | The Champions |
Tuesday
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 | Fall | Garrison's Gorillas | The Invaders | N.Y.P.D. | The Hollywood Palace | |||
Winter | It Takes A Thief (30/19.9) (Tied with Lassie) |
The Invaders | ||||||
CBS | Daktari | The Red Skelton Show (7/25.3) | Good Morning, World | CBS News Hour/CBS Reports | ||||
NBC | I Dream of Jeannie | The Jerry Lewis Show | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies (20/21.4) |
Wednesday
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 | Fall | Custer | The Second Hundred Years | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | ||||
Winter | The Avengers | |||||||
Spring | Dream House | |||||||
CBS | Fall | Lost in Space | The Beverly Hillbillies (12/23.3) | Green Acres (15/22.8) (Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie) |
He & She | Dundee and the Culhane | ||
Follow-up | The Jonathan Winters Show | |||||||
NBC | The Virginian (14/22.9) | Kraft Music Hall | Run for Your Life |
Note: CBS decided in September to replace Dundee and the Culhane in December with The Jonathan Winters Show. The Avengers replaced Custer in January 1968.
Thursday
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 | Fall | Batman | The Flying Nun | Bewitched (11/23.5) | That Girl | Peyton Place | Good Company | Local |
Winter | Local | |||||||
CBS | Cimarron Strip | CBS Thursday Night Movie (23/21.1) | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Daniel Boone (29/20.0) | Ironside (26/20.5) | Dragnet 1968 (27/20.1) (Tied with The Carol Burnett Show) |
The Dean Martin Show (8/24.8) | |||
Summer | Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers |
Note: Good Company, an interview show hosted by F. Lee Bailey, did so poorly in the Nielsen ratings that ABC decided not to bother replacing it, temporarily returning its time period to their affiliates.
Friday
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 | Fall | Off to See the Wizard | Hondo | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Judd, for the Defense | |||
Winter | Operation: Entertainment | |||||||
Summer | Man in a Suitcase | |||||||
CBS | The Wild Wild West | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (3/25.6) | The CBS Friday Night Movies (15/22.8) (Tied with Green Acres) | |||||
NBC | Fall | Tarzan | Star Trek | Accidental Family | The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials / NBC News Reports / American Profile | |||
Winter | The Hollywood Squares |
Saturday
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 | Fall | The Dating Game | The Newlywed Game | The Lawrence Welk Show (17/21.9) | The Iron Horse | ABC Scope | ||
Winter | The Hollywood Palace | |||||||
CBS | Fall | The Jackie Gleason Show (9/23.9) | My Three Sons (24/20.8) | Hogan's Heroes | Petticoat Junction | Mannix | ||
Summer | The Prisoner | |||||||
NBC | Fall | Maya | Get Smart | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (10/23.6) | ||||
Winter | The Saint |
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 (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.