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

## Tuesday 
**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 
**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 
**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 
**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 
## By network
### 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.

## References
## Other 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. .
* Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). *The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .