1975–76 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1975. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. This was the first season since 1971 in which a four-hour Sunday night schedule was implemented. The 22 hour weekly prime-time schedule (four hours on Sunday, three hours Monday through Saturday) remains in effect to this day.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in italics.
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 | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Swiss Family Robinson | The Six Million Dollar Man (9/24.3) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (13/23.0) | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Three for the Road | Cher | Kojak (20/21.8) | Bronk | ||||
| Winter | 60 Minutes | The Sonny & Cher Show (23/21.2) | |||||||
| Summer | Johnny Cash and Friends | Cannon | |||||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Family Holvak | The NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / McCoy | ||||||
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Barbary Coast | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
| Winter | On the Rocks | Local | The ABC Monday Night Movie (10/24.2) | ||||
| Spring | Good Heavens (16/22.5) | Local | Rich Man, Poor Man (2/28.0) | ||||
| Follow-up | Good Heavens (16/22.5) | Monday Night Baseball | |||||
| Summer | Viva Valdez | ||||||
| CBS | Rhoda (7/24.4) | Phyllis (6/24.5) | All in the Family (1/30.1) | Maude (4/25.0) | Medical Center | ||
| NBC | Fall | The Invisible Man | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
| Winter | The Rich Little Show | ||||||
| Summer | The John Davidson Show | ||||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Happy Days (11/23.9) | Welcome Back, Kotter (18/22.1) | The Rookies | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ||
| Winter | Laverne & Shirley (3/27.5) | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Good Times (24/21.0) | Joe and Sons | Switch | Beacon Hill | ||
| Winter | Popi | M*A*S*H (14/22.9) | One Day at a Time (12/23.1) | Switch | |||
| Spring | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show | Good Times (24/21.0) | |||||
| Summer | I've Got a Secret | ||||||
| Follow-up | Popi | ||||||
| NBC | Movin' On | Police Story | Joe Forrester | ||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | When Things Were Rotten | That's My Mama | Baretta (22/21.3) | Starsky and Hutch (16/22.5) | ||
| Winter | The Bionic Woman (5/24.9) | ||||||
| Spring | Wonder Woman | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Cannon | Kate McShane | |||
| Winter | The Blue Knight | ||||||
| Summer | The Jacksons | The Kelly Monteith Show | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Little House on the Prairie | Doctors' Hospital | Petrocelli | |||
| Winter | Chico and the Man | The Dumplings | |||||
| Spring | The Best of Sanford and Son | Chico and the Man | Hawk | ||||
Note: The Best of Sanford and Son consisted of reruns of Sanford and Son from earlier seasons; Sanford and Son continued to air in its normal Friday 8:00-8:30 time slot during The Best of Sanford and Son's run. Hawk consisted of reruns of the 1966 television series.
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Barney Miller | On the Rocks | The Streets of San Francisco (26/20.7) | Harry O | ||
| Winter | Welcome Back, Kotter | Barney Miller | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Waltons (14/22.9) | CBS Thursday Night Movie | ||||
| Follow-up | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Montefuscos | Fay | Ellery Queen | Medical Story | ||
| Winter | Grady | The Cop and the Kid | |||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Mobile One | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| Winter | Donny & Marie (26/20.7) | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Big Eddie | M*A*S*H (14/22.9) | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | ||
| Winter | Sara | The CBS Friday Night Movies | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Sanford and Son (7/24.4) | Chico and the Man (25/20.8) | The Rockford Files | Police Woman (30/20.2) | ||
| Winter | The Practice | ||||||
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell | S.W.A.T. | Matt Helm | ||||
| CBS | Fall | The Jeffersons (21/21.5) | Doc | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (19/21.9) | The Bob Newhart Show (26/20.7) | The Carol Burnett Show (29/20.5) | |
| Summer | Ivan the Terrible | ||||||
| NBC | Emergency! | 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.
