1974–75 United States network television schedule
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The 1974–75 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial
1973–74 season
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PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
This is the last of the four seasons to carry a 21-hour (three hours every day) weekly prime time schedule, which was used from 1971 to 1975.
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are
Hawaii-Aleutian
times.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Dark blue indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Light purple indicates movies.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
- Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
- Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
- Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.
Sunday
| Network | 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | Local programming | The Sonny Comedy Revue | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||
| Winter | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | Local programming | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Apple's Way | Kojak (14/23.3) | Mannix (20/21.6) (Tied with Cannon) | ||||
| Winter | Cher (22/21.3) (Tied with The Streets of San Francisco and NBC Sunday Mystery Movie) | |||||||
| Summer | Joey & Dad | 60 Minutes | ||||||
| Late summer | Manhattan Transfer | |||||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (18/22.0) (Tied with The Rookies) |
Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Amy Prentiss) (22/21.3) )
(Tied with Cher and The Streets of San Francisco | ||||||
Note: 60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from September 1974 to June 1975.
Monday
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | The Rookies (18/22.0) (Tied with The Wonderful World of Disney) |
Monday Night Football | ||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
| Mid-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
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NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
| Winter | The Smothers Brothers Show | ||||||
| Summer | The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola (8:00 p.m.) / Monday Night Baseball (8:15 p.m.)
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Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. |
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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 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | That's My Mama | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week | Get Christie Love! | |||
| Spring | Baretta | ||||||
| Summer | The Jim Stafford Show | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Sons and Daughters | Cannon (20/21.6) (Tied with Mannix) |
The Manhunter | |||
| Winter | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers )
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| Spring | Dan August (R) | ||||||
| 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 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | The Odd Couple | Paper Moon | The Streets of San Francisco (22/21.3) (Tied with Cher and The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie) |
Harry O | ||
| Winter | Barney Miller | Karen | |||||
| Summer | The Texas Wheelers | ||||||
| Late summer | Almost Anything Goes! | ||||||
| CBS | The Waltons (8/25.5) | CBS Thursday Night Movie | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Sierra | Ironside | Movin' On | |||
| Winter | The Mac Davis Show
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Archer | |||||
| Spring | Sunshine | The Bob Crane Show | The Mac Davis Show
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| Summer | The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show | NBC Thursday Night at the Movies | |||||
| Mid-summer | Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya | ||||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | Kodiak | The Six Million Dollar Man | The Texas Wheelers | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | ||
| Mid-fall | Kung Fu | The Six Million Dollar Man | |||||
| Winter | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Hot L Baltimore
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The Odd Couple | Baretta | |||
| Spring | Get Christie Love! | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Planet of the Apes | The CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||
| Winter | Khan! | ||||||
| Spring | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
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We'll Get By | |||||
| Summer | Specials | ||||||
| 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 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | The New Land | Kung Fu | Nakia | |||
| Mid-fall | Movie special | ||||||
| Winter | Kung Fu | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
| Summer | Keep on Truckin'
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| CBS | Fall | All in the Family (1/30.2) | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (25/20.7) (Tied with Tony Orlando and Dawn) |
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 | Moses the Lawgiver | ||||||
| August | Big Eddie | The Dick Cavett Show | |||||
| NBC | Emergency! (30/20.0) | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
By network
ABC
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Returning Series
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New Series
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Not returning from 1973–74:
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CBS
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Returning Series
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New Series
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Not returning from 1973–74:
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NBC
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Returning Series
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New Series
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Not returning from 1973–74:
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- 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.