Television of the network era:
Wide World of Sports, an ABC program.
M*A*S*H, a CBS program.
Star Trek, an NBC program.
Soul Train, a syndicated program.
The following article consist of shows/programs that aired during the network era of American television from the early 1950s to the mid-late 1980s.
1950s
1960s
- Batman
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Bewitched
- The Brady Bunch
- Dark Shadows
- The Fugitive
- General Hospital
- Green Acres
- The Green Hornet
- Hee Haw
- Hulabaloo
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Julia
- The Patty Duke Show
- Shindig!
- Star Trek
- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
- Wide World of Sports
1970s
- All in the Family
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Brian's Song
- The Carol Burnett Show
- Charlie's Angels
- Columbo
- Dallas
- Fantasy Island
- Happy Days
- The Jeffersons
- Laverne and Shirley
- The Love Boat
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- M*A*S*H
- McCloud
- The Midnight Special
- Monday Night Football
- Mork and Mindy
- Pink Lady and Jeff
- The Rockfield Files
- Roots
- Saturday Night Live
- The Six Million Dollar Man
- Someone's Watching Me!
- Soul Train
- The Spell
- Starsky and Hutch
- Three's Company
1980s
- ALF
- Cagney & Lacey
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
- The Day After
- Knight Rider
- L.A. Law
- Hill Street Blues
- Late Night with David Letterman
- Manimal
- Moonlighting
- St. Elsewhere
- thirtysomething
- Wheel of Fortune
- The Wonder Years
References
- What Is U.S. Television Now? on JSTOR
- ^ Project MUSE - Batman versus The Green Hornet
- ^ The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, Second Edition - Google Books (ch."Television Programming in the Network Era")
- ^ 50 Years of Haw, Welk, and Soul|The Saturday Evening Post
- ^ Blockbuster TV - Google Books
- ^ Visual Style in Two Network Era Sitcoms|Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
- "The Brady Bunch" premieres|September 26, 1969|HISTORY
- TV Sound in the Network Era, 1952-1984 - Google Books
- Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History on JSTOR
- ^ A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting - Google Books (ch."The Classic Network Era in Television, 1950s-1970s")
- ^ Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond on Amazon.com
- NBC: America’s Network - De Gruyter
- UCI Podcast: A history lesson in sports television - UCI News
- ^ Book Review: ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television - Media Industries
- ^ CBS Saturday Night Lineup 1973: The Best TV Ever|Woman's World
- ^ TELEVISION ENTERS THE 80'S - The Washington Post
- ^ The Classic Network Era in Television 1950s–1970s - A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting - Wiley Online Library
- ^ THE '80S WERE BIG FOR TV - The Washington Post
- ^ The Criterion Channel's October 2024 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
- ^ 8 dusty, forgotten Westerns from 1980s television - MeTV