1973–74 United States network television schedule

This is the **1973–74 network television schedule** for the 3 main broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule has primetime hours from September 1973 through August 1974. The schedule then has a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1972–73 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

New series are in **bold**.

The 30 highest-rated shows are in color. Nielsen Media Research.

: Yellow is for the programs in the top 10 for the season.
: Cyan is for the programs in the top 20 for the season.
: Magenta is for the programs in the top 30 for the season.

## Sunday 
**Note:** *60 Minutes* aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from January to June 1974.

## Monday 
## Tuesday 
## Wednesday 
## Thursday 
## Friday 
(*) Formerly **The Little People**

## Saturday 
## 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 * shows that the program was started in midseason.

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