1976–77 United States network television schedule

This is the **1976–77 network television schedule**. It shows the 3 biggest broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule shows the primetime hours from September 1976 to August 1977. This is also called the 1975–76 season. The schedule also has a list per network. This list shows the series that continued to happen, series that were new, and series that were cancelled. Most of the times are in Eastern or Pacific.

The highest-rated shows are highlighted. The rankings are decided by Nielsen Media Research.

- Yellow shows the 10 best shows from the season
- Cyan shows the 20 best shows from the season
- Magenta shows the 30 best shows from the season.

## Sunday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|7:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|7:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Cos***|bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_The Six Million Dollar Man_ (7/24.2)|bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="4" rowspan="2"|_The ABC Sunday Night Movie_ (8/23.4) <small>(Tied with _Baretta_ and _One Day at a Time_)</small>|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries***|||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|_60 Minutes_ (18/21.9) <small>(Tied with _Hawaii Five-O_)</small>|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_The Sonny and Cher Show_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Kojak_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|***Delvecchio***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="1" rowspan="2"|_Rhoda_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="1"|_Phyllis_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_Switch_|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="1"|***Starland Vocal Band Show***|||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_The Wonderful World of Disney_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3"|_NBC Sunday Mystery Movie_: _Columbo_ / _McCloud_ / _McMillan_ / ***Quincy, M.E.*** / ***Lanigan's Rabbi*** (beginning winter)|bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="3"|***The Big Event*** (6/24.4)|||||||||||||

## Monday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Captain and Tennille***|bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="4"|_ABC NFL Monday Night Football_ (22/21.2)|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="4"|_The ABC Monday Night Movie_ (3/26.0)|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Brady Bunch Hour***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Most Wanted***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***The Feather and Father Gang***|||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The ABC Monday Night Comedy Special***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="5" rowspan="3"|_Monday Night Baseball_|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Holmes & Yoyo***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The ABC Monday Night Comedy Special***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Rhoda_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Phyllis_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4"|_Maude_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4"|***All's Fair***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Executive Suite***|||||
|bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="3"|_The Jeffersons_ (24/21.0)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Busting Loose***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***The Andros Targets***|||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Shields and Yarnell Show***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_The Sonny and Cher Show_|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Szysznyk***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2"|_Little House on the Prairie_ (15/22.3) <small>(Tied with _The Waltons_)</small>|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="4"|_NBC Monday Night at the Movies_ (20/21.8)|||||||||||

**Note:** **The Brady Bunch Hour** was also sometimes aired in November 1976. However, it was not a weekly until February 1977.

## Tuesday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|_Happy Days_ (1/31.5)|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|_Laverne & Shirley_ (2/30.9)|bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="2"|***Rich Man, Poor Man Book II*** (21/21.6)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_Family_|||||||
|bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="2"|***Eight Is Enough*** (23/21.1)|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4"|_Rich Man, Poor Man_|||||||||||||
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The ABC Tuesday Night Movie_|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour_|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|_M*A*S*H_ (4/25.9)|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|_One Day at a Time_ (8/23.4) <small>(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie and _Baretta_)</small>|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Switch!_|||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Who's Who***|colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Kojak_|||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Family Holvak_|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Jack Benny Show_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Phyllis_|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Baa Baa Black Sheep***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Police Woman_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Police Story_|||||||||
**Note:** On ABC, the 1977 miniseries _Rich Man, Poor Man_ had reruns of the 1976 1976 miniseries. On CBS, _The Family Holvak_ had reruns of the 1975 NBC series. However, this show was replaced with _The Jack Benny Show_ for 4 weeks.

## Wednesday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2"|_The Bionic Woman_ (14/22.4)|colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|_Baretta_ (8/23.4) <small>(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie and _One Day at a Time_)</small>|colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00"|***Charlie's Angels*** (5/25.8)|||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Donny & Marie_|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Eight Is Enough***|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Charlie's Angels***|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Baretta_|||||||||
|bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="6"|_Good Times_ (26/20.5)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Ball Four***|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|_All in the Family_ (12/22.9)|bgcolor="#FF22FF"|***Alice*** (30/20.0)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_The Blue Knight_|||||
|bgcolor="#FF22FF"|_The Jeffersons_ (24/21.0)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" rowspan="5"|_The CBS Wednesday Night Movie_|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Jacksons_|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Loves Me, Loves Me Not***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Alice***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Busting Loose***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Practice_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3"|***NBC Movie of the Week***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|***The Quest***|||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***C.P.O. Sharkey***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The McLean Stevenson Show***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Sirota's Court***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Practice_|||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|***The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2"|***C.P.O. Sharkey***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The McLean Stevenson Show***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected***|||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Sirota's Court***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|***Kingston: Confidential***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***3 Girls 3***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2"|***C.P.O. Sharkey***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Comedy Time***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Kallikaks***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected***|||||||||||
**NOTE:** On NBC, _Comedy Time_ was an anthology series that showed television pilots. These were aired on Wednesdays in July. They were also aired on July 21, 28, August 25, and September 1.

## Thursday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3"|_Welcome Back, Kotter_ (13/22.7)|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|_Barney Miller_ (17/22.2)|bgcolor="#FF22FF"|***The Tony Randall Show*** (29/20.1)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Nancy Walker Show***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_The Streets of San Francisco_|||||
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF00FF"|_What's Happening!!_ (25/20.9)|bgcolor="#0FFFFF" rowspan="2"|_Barney Miller_ (17/22.2)|bgcolor="#FF22FF"|***The Tony Randall Show*** (29/20.1)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|***Westside Medical***|||||||
|bgcolor="0FFFFF"|***Three's Company*** (11/23.1)|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2"|_The Waltons_ (15/22.3) <small>(Tied with _Little House on the Prairie_)</small>|bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2"|_Hawaii Five-O_ (18/21.9) <small>(Tied with _60 Minutes_)</small>|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Barnaby Jones_|||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Gemini Man***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|***NBC's Best Sellers***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Van Dyke and Company***|||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Van Dyke and Company***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Gibbsville***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***The Fantastic Journey***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4"|***NBC's Best Sellers***|||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Comedy Time*** / _Specials_|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_NBC Thursday Night at the Movies_|||||||||||

**Notes:** NBC wanted to broadcast _Snip_ on Thursdays at 9:30. _The Practice_ would broadcast at 9:00. However, on August 28, NBC said they changed their schedules. Because of this, they never broadcasted _Snip_.

On NBC, _Comedy Time_ was an anthology series that showed unsold television pilots. These were aired on Wednesdays in July. They were also aired on July 21, 28, August 25, and September 1.

## Friday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Donny & Marie_|bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="4"|_The ABC Friday Night Movie_ (28/20.2)|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Spencer's Pilots***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4"|_The CBS Friday Night Movie_|||||||||||
|colspan="2" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Code R***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_The Sonny & Cher Show_|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Executive Suite***|||||||||
|colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Hunter***|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Nashville 99***|||||||||||||
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The CBS Friday Night Movie_|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***A Year at the Top***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Keane Brothers Show***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="2"|_Sanford and Son_ (27/20.3)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2"|_Chico and the Man_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_The Rockford Files_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Serpico***|||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Quincy, M.E.***|||||||||||||

**Note:** A new program called ***Campaign '76*** was broadcast on CBS. It was showed from 7:30 to 8:00 pm. This was showed from September to early November. It was made to get ready for the 1976 presidential election.

## Saturday

|colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 PM|style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 PM|
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|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Holmes & Yoyo***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Mr. T and Tina***|colspan="2" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Starsky & Hutch_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Most Wanted***|||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Blansky's Beauties***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Fish***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***Dog and Cat***|||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Wonder Woman_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|***The Feather and Father Gang***|||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Mr. T and Tina***|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Sugar Time!***|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***Most Wanted***|||||||||
|bgcolor="#FF22FF"|_The Jeffersons_ (24/21.0)|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Doc_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Bob Newhart Show_|colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Carol Burnett Show_|||||
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_The Bob Newhart Show_|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00FFFF"|_All in the Family_ (12/22.9)|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF22FF"|***Alice*** (30/20.0)|||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Andros Targets***|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|_Switch_|||||||||||||
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"|***The Diahann Carroll Show***|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2"|_Emergency!_|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4"|_NBC Saturday Night at the Movies_|||||||||||

### ABC

**Returning Series**
- _The ABC Friday Night Movie_
- _The ABC Monday Night Movie_
- _ABC NFL Monday Night Football_
- _The ABC Sunday Night Movie_
- _Baretta_
- _Barney Miller_
- _The Bionic Woman_
- _Donny & Marie_
- _Family_
- _Happy Days_
- _Laverne & Shirley_
- _Monday Night Baseball_
- _Starsky & Hutch_
- _The Six Million Dollar Man_
- _The Streets of San Francisco_
- _Welcome Back, Kotter_

**New Series**
- ***The ABC Tuesday Night Movie***
- ***Blansky's Beauties*** *
- ***The Brady Bunch Hour*** *
- ***The Captain and Tennille***
- ***Charlie's Angels***
- ***Cos***
- ***Dog and Cat*** *
- ***Eight Is Enough*** *
- ***The Feather and Father Gang*** *
- ***Fish*** *
- ***Future Cop*** *
- ***The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries*** *
- ***Holmes & Yoyo***
- ***How the West Was Won*** *
- ***Mr. T and Tina***
- ***Most Wanted***
- ***The Nancy Walker Show***
- ***Rich Man, Poor Man Book II***
- ***Sugar Time!***
- ***Three's Company*** *
- ***The Tony Randall Show***
- ***Westside Medical*** *
- ***What's Happening!!***
- ***Wonder Woman*** *

**Cancelled shows from 1975–76:**
- _Almost Anything Goes_
- _Barbary Coast_
- _Bert D'Angelo/Superstar_
- _Good Heavens_
- _Harry O_
- _Marcus Welby, M.D._
- _Matt Helm_
- _Mobile One_
- _On the Rocks_
- _Rich Man, Poor Man_
- _The Rookies_
- _Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell_
- _S.W.A.T._
- _The Swiss Family Robinson_
- _That's My Mama_
- _When Things Were Rotten_
- _Viva Valdez_

### CBS

**Returning Series**
- _60 Minutes_
- _All in the Family_
- _Barnaby Jones_
- _The Blue Knight_
- _The Bob Newhart Show_
- _The Carol Burnett Show_
- _Doc_
- _Good Times_
- _Hawaii Five-O_
- _The Jacksons_
- _The Jeffersons_
- _Kojak_
- _M*A*S*H_
- _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_
- _Maude_
- _One Day at a Time_
- _Phyllis_
- _Rhoda_
- _The Sonny and Cher Show_
- _Switch_
- _The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour_
- _The Waltons_

**New Series**
- ***Alice***
- ***All's Fair***
- ***The Andros Targets*** *
- ***Ball Four***
- ***Busting Loose*** *
- ***Code R*** *
- ***Delvecchio***
- ***The Diahann Carroll Show*** *
- ***Executive Suite***
- ***Hunter*** *
- ***The Keane Brothers Show*** *
- ***Loves Me, Loves Me Not*** *
- ***The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Show***
- ***Nashville 99*** *
- ***The Shields and Yarnell Show*** *
- ***Spencer's Pilots***
- ***Starland Vocal Band Show*** *
- ***Szysznyk*** *
- ***Who's Who*** *
- ***A Year at the Top*** *

**Cancelled shows from 1975–76:**
- _Beacon Hill_
- _Big Eddie_
- _Bronk_
- _The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show_
- _Cannon_
- _CBS Thursday Night Movie_
- _Cher_
- _Ivan the Terrible_
- _I've Got a Secret_
- _Joe and Sons_
- _Johnny Cash and Friends_
- _Kate McShane_
- _The Kelly Monteith Show_
- _Medical Center_
- _Popi_
- _Sara_
- _Three for the Road_

### NBC

**Returning Series**
- _Chico and the Man_
- _Columbo_
- _Emergency!_
- _Little House on the Prairie_
- _McCloud_
- _McMillan & Wife_
- _The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie_
- _NBC Monday Night at the Movies_
- _NBC Saturday Night at the Movies_
- _Police Story_
- _Police Woman_
- _The Practice_
- _The Rockford Files_
- _Sanford and Son_
- _The Wonderful World of Disney_

**New Series**
- ***3 Girls 3*** *
- ***Baa Baa Black Sheep***
- ***The Big Event***
- ***Comedy Time*** *
- ***C.P.O. Sharkey*** *
- ***The Fantastic Journey*** *
- ***Gemini Man***
- ***Gibbsville*** *
- ***The Kallikaks*** *
- ***Kingston: Confidential*** *
- ***Lanigan's Rabbi*** *
- ***The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams*** *
- ***The McLean Stevenson Show*** *
- ***NBC's Best Sellers*** *
- ***The Quest***
- ***Quincy, M.E.*** *
- ***Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected*** *
- ***Serpico***
- ***Sirota's Court*** *
- ***Van Dyke and Company***

**Cancelled shows from 1975–76:**
- _City of Angels_
- _Comedy Theatre_ (returned in 1979)
- _The Cop and the Kid_
- _Doctors' Hospital_
- _The Dumplings_
- _Ellery Queen_
- _The Family Holvak_
- _Fay_
- _Grady_
- _The Invisible Man_
- _Jigsaw John_
- _Joe Forrester_
- _The John Davidson Show_
- _The Mac Davis Show_
- _McCoy_
- _Medical Story_
- _The Montefuscos_
- _Movin' On_
- _Petrocelli_
- _The Rich Little Show_

Note: The * shows a program that started in the middle of the seaso.

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