1973–74 United States network television schedule

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.^[1]

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Legend

•   Gray indicates encore programming.
•   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
•   Light green indicates sporting events.
•   Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
•  highlight  Lime highlights indicates the number-one most watched program of the season.
•  highlight  Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Sunday

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		The F.B.I.		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (23/20.7) (Tied with Adam-12)				Local programming
CBS	Fall	The New Perry Mason		Mannix		Barnaby Jones (17/21.4) (Tied with Good Times)
	Winter	Apple's Way
	Summer					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	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Rookies (25/20.3)		Monday Night Football (19/21.2) (Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie)
	Winter			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
	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
ABC	Fall	The New Temperatures Rising Show	ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0)			Marcus Welby, M.D.
	Winter	Happy Days (16/21.5)
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
	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

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice	ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week			Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
	Late fall	Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years
	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
	Mid-summer	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
	Winter	Chase		NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 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
	Late summer		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					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	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Brady Bunch	The Odd Couple	Room 222	Adam's Rib	Love, American Style
	Winter		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
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
	Summer		The Brian Keith Show* (R)	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	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Partridge Family	ABC Suspense Movie			Griff
	Mid-winter					Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
CBS	Fall	All in the Family (1/31.2)	M*A*S*H (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)
	Summer					Barnaby Jones
NBC		Emergency!		NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

By network

ABC

Returning Series ABC Monday Movie ABC Movie of the Week The ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week The Brady Bunch The F.B.I. Kung Fu Love, American Style Marcus Welby, M.D. Monday Night Football The Odd Couple Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law The Partridge Family The Rookies Room 222 The Six Million Dollar Man The Streets of San Francisco Temperatures Rising

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 60 Minutes All in the Family Barnaby Jones The Bob Newhart Show Cannon CBS Thursday Night Movie The Carol Burnett Show The New Dick Van Dyke Show Gunsmoke Hawaii Five-O Here's Lucy M*A*S*H Mannix The Mary Tyler Moore Show Maude Medical Center The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour The Waltons Your Hit Parade

New Series Apple's Way * The Bobbie Gentry Show * Calucci's Department Dirty Sally * Good Times * Hawkins The Hudson Brothers Show * Kojak The New Perry Mason Roll Out Tony Orlando and Dawn *

Not returning from 1972–73: Anna and the King Bridget Loves Bernie The Doris Day Show Mission: Impossible The New Bill Cosby Show The Sandy Duncan Show

NBC

Returning Series Adam-12 Banacek The Brian Keith Show Columbo The Dean Martin Show Emergency! The Flip Wilson Show Hec Ramsey Ironside The Magician McCloud McMillan & Wife Monday Night Baseball NBC Monday Night at the Movies The NBC Mystery Movie NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Sanford and Son The Wonderful World of Disney

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.