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.
Sunday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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