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.

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	8:30 PM	9:30 PM	10:30 PM
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)
	Winter	Apple's Way		Barnaby Jones (17/21.4) (Tied with Good Times)
	Summer	Apple's Way		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
ABC	Fall	The Rookies (25/20.3)		Monday Night Football (19/21.2) (Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie)
ABC	Winter	The Rookies (25/20.3)		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		NBC Monday Night at the Movies
	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
ABC	Fall	The New Temperatures Rising Show	ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0)			Marcus Welby, M.D.
ABC	Winter	Happy Days (16/21.5)	ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0)			Marcus Welby, M.D.
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
NBC	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			Police Story

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
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			Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
	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)
	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
NBC	Winter	Chase		NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
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	Firehouse
	August	Temperatures Rising	Just for Laughs
CBS		The Waltons (2/28.1)		CBS Thursday Night Movie (30/19.9)
NBC	Fall	The Flip Wilson Show		Ironside	NBC Follies
	Winter	The Flip Wilson Show			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
ABC	Fall	The Brady Bunch	The Odd Couple	Room 222	Adam's Rib	Love, American Style
ABC	Winter	The Brady Bunch	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)
	Winter	Dirty Sally	Good Times (17/21.4) (Tied with Barnaby Jones)
	Summer	Your Hit Parade	Good Times (17/21.4) (Tied with Barnaby Jones)
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	The Brian Keith Show*	The Dean Martin Show
	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
ABC	Fall	The Partridge Family	ABC Suspense Movie			Griff
ABC	January	The Partridge Family	ABC Suspense Movie			Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
CBS	Fall	All in the Family (1/31.2)	MASH* (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)
CBS	Summer	All in the Family (1/31.2)	MASH* (4/25.7)	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (9/23.1) (Tied with Cannon)		Barnaby Jones
NBC		Emergency!		NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

By network

ABC

Returning Series

New Series

ABC Suspense Movie
Adam's Rib
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Chopper One *
The Cowboys *
Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years *
Doc Elliot
Firehouse *
Griff
Happy Days *
Just for Laughs *
Toma *

Not returning from 1972–73:

Alias Smith and Jones
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
The Corner Bar
Here We Go Again
The Julie Andrews Hour
Love Thy Neighbor
The Men: Assignment Vienna / The Delphi Bureau / Jigsaw
The Mod Squad
The Paul Lynde Show
The Sixth Sense
The Strauss Family
Thicker than Water
A Touch of Grace

CBS

Returning Series

New Series

Not returning from 1972–73:

NBC

Returning Series

New Series

Chase
The Dean Martin Comedy World *
Diana
Faraday & Company
The Girl with Something Extra
Lotsa Luck
Love Story
The Mac Davis Show *
The Magician
Music Country USA *
NBC Follies
Needles and Pins
Police Story
The Snoop Sisters *
Tenafly

Not returning from 1972–73:

Banyon
The Bobby Darin Show
The Bold Ones
Bonanza
Dean Martin Presents Music Country
Escape
First Tuesday
Ghost Story/Circle of Fear
The Helen Reddy Show
Madigan
NBC Reports
Night Gallery
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Search

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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