1969–70 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1969–70 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1969 through August 1970. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1968–69 season.

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.

The National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

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		Land of the Giants		The F.B.I. (24/20.6) (Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and Bewitched)		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	Lassie	To Rome With Love	The Ed Sullivan Show (27/20.3)		The Leslie Uggams Show		Mission: Impossible
	December					The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0) (Tied with Hee Haw)
	Summer					Comedy Tonight
NBC		Wild Kingdom	The Wonderful World of Disney (9/23.6)		The Bill Cosby Show (11/22.7)	Bonanza (3/24.8)		The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Law Enforcers (aka The Protectors)

Monday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Music Scene (7:30) / The New People (8:15)			Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors"		Love, American Style
	Winter	It Takes a Thief		ABC Monday Night Movie				Now
CBS	Fall	Gunsmoke (2/25.9)		Here's Lucy (6/23.9)	Mayberry R.F.D. (4/24.4)	The Doris Day Show (10/22.8)	The Carol Burnett Show (13/22.1)
	Summer			The Lucy Show reruns			The Wild Wild West reruns
NBC		My World and Welcome to It	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/26.3)		NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Tuesday

Network	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	The Mod Squad (23/20.8)		ABC Movie of the Week (22/20.9)			Marcus Welby, M.D. (8/23.7)
CBS	Lancer		The Red Skelton Hour (7/23.8)		The Governor & J.J.	CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
NBC	I Dream of Jeannie	The Debbie Reynolds Show	Julia (28/20.1)	NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday (once a month)

Wednesday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Flying Nun	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Room 222	The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
	Winter	Nanny and the Professor			The Johnny Cash Show (15/21.8) (Tied with My Three Sons and Ironside)		The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
	Summer				Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers Show		The Smothers Brothers Show
CBS	Fall	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0) (Tied with Hee Haw)		The Beverly Hillbillies (18/21.7)	Medical Center		Hawaii Five-O (19/21.1)
	Winter	Hee Haw (20/21.0) (Tied with The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour)
	Summer	Where's Huddles?	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. reruns
NBC		The Virginian			Kraft Music Hall		Then Came Bronson

Thursday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	That Girl	Bewitched (24/20.6) (Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and The F.B.I.)	This is Tom Jones		It Takes a Thief
	Winter	Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour					Paris 7000
	Spring	Animal World
	Summer						Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors"
CBS		Family Affair (5/24.2)	The Jim Nabors Hour (12/22.4)		CBS Thursday Night Movie (29/20.0)
NBC	Fall	Daniel Boone		Ironside (15/21.8) (Tied with My Three Sons and The Johnny Cash Show)		Dragnet 1970	The Dean Martin Show (14/21.9)
	July						Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London

Friday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Let's Make a Deal	The Brady Bunch	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Here Come the Brides		Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
	Winter	The Flying Nun		The Ghost & Mrs. Muir			Love, American Style
CBS	Fall	Get Smart	The Good Guys	Hogan's Heroes	The CBS Friday Night Movie
	Winter		The Tim Conway Show
	Spring	CBS News Adventure
	Follow-up	Get Smart	The Tim Conway Show
	Summer		He & She reruns
NBC		The High Chaparral		The Name of the Game			Bracken's World

Saturday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Dating Game	The Newlywed Game	The Lawrence Welk Show		The Hollywood Palace		Local
	February	Let's Make a Deal				Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
	July					The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
CBS		The Jackie Gleason Show		My Three Sons (15/21.8) (Tied with Ironside and The Johnny Cash Show)	Green Acres	Petticoat Junction	Mannix (30/19.9)
NBC	Fall	The Andy Williams Show		Adam-12	NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (24/20.6) (Tied with Bewitched and The F.B.I.)
	Summer	Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens

By network

ABC

Returning Series The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Wednesday Night Movie Animal World Bewitched The Dating Game The F.B.I. The Flying Nun The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (moved from NBC) Here Come the Brides The Hollywood Palace It Takes a Thief Land of the Giants The Lawrence Welk Show Let's Make a Deal The Mod Squad The Newlywed Game The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour That Girl This Is Tom Jones

New Series ABC Monday Night Movie ABC Movie of the Week The Brady Bunch The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Engelbert Humperdinck Show * Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters * Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers Show Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors" Love, American Style Marcus Welby, M.D. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town The Music Scene Nanny and the Professor * The New People Now * Paris 7000 * Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour * Room 222

Not returning from 1968–69: The Avengers The Big Valley The Dick Cavett Show (moved to late night) The Don Rickles Show Felony Squad The Generation Gap The Guns of Will Sonnett The John Davidson Show Journey to the Unknown Judd, for the Defense The King Family Show N.Y.P.D. Operation: Entertainment The Outcasts Peyton Place Saga of Western Man That's Life Turn-On The Ugliest Girl in Town What's it All About, World?

CBS

Returning Series The 21st Century The Beverly Hillbillies The Carol Burnett Show CBS News Hour CBS Playhouse CBS Thursday Night Movie 60 Minutes The Doris Day Show The Ed Sullivan Show Family Affair Get Smart (moved from NBC) The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour The Good Guys Green Acres Gunsmoke Hawaii Five-O Hee Haw Here's Lucy Hogan's Heroes The Jackie Gleason Show Lancer Lassie Mannix Mayberry R.F.D. Mission: Impossible My Three Sons Petticoat Junction The Red Skelton Hour The Wild Wild West

New Series CBS News Adventure * Comedy Tonight * The Governor & J.J. The Jim Nabors Hour The Leslie Uggams Show Medical Center The Tim Conway Show * To Rome with Love Where's Huddles? *

Not returning from 1968–69: Blondie Gentle Ben Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. The Jonathan Winters Show The Liberace Show The Queen & I

NBC

Returning Series Adam-12 The Andy Williams Show Bonanza Columbo Daniel Boone The Dean Martin Show Dragnet 1970 First Tuesday The High Chaparral I Dream of Jeannie Ironside Julia Kraft Music Hall The Name of the Game NBC Monday Night at the Movies The NBC Mystery Movie NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In The Virginian Wild Kingdom The Wonderful World of Disney

New Series Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens * The Bill Cosby Show The Bold Ones Bracken's World Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London The Debbie Reynolds Show Jambo Letters to Laugh-In * My World and Welcome to It Night Gallery Strange Report Then Came Bronson

Not returning from 1968–69: The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show Get Smart (moved to CBS) The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (moved to ABC) The Jerry Lewis Show The Mothers-in-Law My Friend Tony The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Outsider The Saint Star Trek

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.