1974–75 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three commercial United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1974. 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.
Contents
Sunday
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 | Local | The Sonny Comedy Revue | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||
Winter | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | Local | |||||
CBS | Fall | Apple's Way | Kojak (14/23.3) | Mannix (20/21.6) | Local | |||
Winter | Cher (22/21.3) | |||||||
Summer | Manhattan Transfer | 60 Minutes | ||||||
NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (18/22.0) | NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Amy Prentiss (22/21.3) |
Local |
60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from September 1974 to June 1975.
Monday
Network | 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 Rookies (18/22.0) | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
Winter | S.W.A.T. (16/22.6) | Caribe | |||||
CBS | Gunsmoke (28/20.5) | Maude (9/24.9) | Rhoda (6/26.3) | Medical Center (27/20.6) | |||
NBC | Fall | Born Free | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
Winter | The Smothers Brothers Show | ||||||
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 | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Happy Days | ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||
CBS | Good Times (7/25.8) | M*A*S*H (5/27.4) | Hawaii Five-O (10/24.8) | Barnaby Jones | ||
NBC | Adam-12 | NBC World Premiere Movie | Police Story |
Wednesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | That's My Mama | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week | Get Christie Love! | |||
Summer | The Jim Stafford Show | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Sons and Daughters | Cannon (20/21.6) | The Manhunter | |||
Winter | Tony Orlando and Dawn (25/20.7) | ||||||
Spring | Dan August | ||||||
Summer | Mannix | ||||||
NBC | Little House on the Prairie (13/23.5) | Lucas Tanner | Petrocelli |
Note: Dan August consisted of reruns of the 1970-1971 ABC series.
Thursday
Network | 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 Odd Couple | Paper Moon | The Streets of San Francisco (22/21.3) | Harry O | ||
Winter | Barney Miller | Karen | |||||
Summer | The Texas Wheelers | ||||||
CBS | The Waltons (8/25.5) | CBS Thursday Night Movie | |||||
NBC | Fall | Sierra | Ironside | Movin' On | |||
Winter | The Mac Davis Show | Archer | |||||
Spring | Sunshine | The Bob Crane Show | The Mac Davis Show | ||||
Summer | The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show | ||||||
Follow-up | Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya |
Friday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Kodiak | The Six Million Dollar Man | The Texas Wheelers | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | ||
Follow-up | Kung Fu | The Six Million Dollar Man | |||||
Winter | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Hot L Baltimore | The Odd Couple | Baretta | |||
CBS | Fall | Planet of the Apes | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
Winter | Khan! | ||||||
Spring | The Friday Comedy Special | Frigidaire Spring Feature | |||||
Summer | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||||
NBC | Sanford and Son (2/29.6) | Chico and the Man (3/28.5) | The Rockford Files (12/23.7) | Police Woman (15/22.8) |
Saturday
Network | 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 New Land | Kung Fu | Nakia | |||
Follow-up | Movie special | ||||||
Winter | Kung Fu | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
Summer | Keep on Truckin' | ||||||
CBS | Fall | All in the Family (1/30.2) | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (25/20.7) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (11/24.0) | The Bob Newhart Show (17/22.4) | The Carol Burnett Show (29/20.4) | |
Winter | The Jeffersons (4/27.6) | ||||||
Summer | The Dick Cavett Show | ||||||
NBC | Emergency! (30/20.0) | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies |
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.