1974–75 United States network television schedule
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:USTV The 1974–75 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1974 through August 1975. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1973–74 season.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
This is the last season in which the networks were limited to a 21-hour (three hours every day) weekly prime time schedule as mandated by the original Prime Time Access Rule enacted in September 1971. In January 1974, the FCC announced that it would relax the rulings for the fall season so that the networks could have four hours of nighttime programming on Sundays from 7 to 11 p.m., with two additional half-hours allocated for public affairs or family-oriented programming for the rest of the week. However, an injunction by syndicators forced the FCC to delay the changes by a year
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and 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
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Mannix (20/21.6) (Tied with Cannon)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| Winter | Cher (22/21.3) (Tied with The Streets of San Francisco and NBC Sunday Mystery Movie)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| Summer | Joey & Dad | 60 Minutes | ||||||
| Late summer | Manhattan Transfer | |||||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (18/22.0) (Tied with The Rookies)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Amy Prentiss (22/21.3) (Tied with Cher and The Streets of San Francisco)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Rookies (18/22.0) (Tied with The Wonderful World of Disney)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Monday Night Football | ||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
| Mid-winter | S.W.A.T. (16/22.6) | Caribe | |||||
| CBS | Gunsmoke (28/20.5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Maude (9/24.9)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Rhoda (6/26.3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Medical Center (27/20.6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
| NBC | Fall | Born Free | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
| Winter | The Smothers Brothers Show | ||||||
| Summer | The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola (8:00 p.m.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". / Monday Night Baseball (8:15 p.m.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||
| CBS | Good Times (7/25.8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | M*A*S*H (5/27.4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Hawaii Five-O (10/24.8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
The Manhunter | |||
| Winter | Tony Orlando and Dawn (25/20.7) (Tied with Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Spring | Dan August (R)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Summer | Mannix | ||||||
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie (13/23.5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Odd Couple | Paper Moon | The Streets of San Francisco (22/21.3) (Tied with Cher and The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Winter | Barney Miller | Karen | |||||
| Summer | The Texas Wheelers | ||||||
| Late summer | Almost Anything Goes! | ||||||
| CBS | The Waltons (8/25.5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 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 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | We'll Get By | |||||
| Summer | Special programming | ||||||
| NBC | Sanford and Son (2/29.6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Chico and the Man (3/28.5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | The Rockford Files (12/23.7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Police Woman (15/22.8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The New Land | Kung Fu | Nakia | |||
| Mid-fall | Movie special | ||||||
| Winter | Kung Fu | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
| Summer | Keep on Truckin' | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | All in the Family (1/30.2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (25/20.7) (Tied with Tony Orlando and Dawn)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (11/24.0)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | The Bob Newhart Show (17/22.4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | The Carol Burnett Show (29/20.4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Winter | The Jeffersons (4/27.6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Summer | Moses the Lawgiver | ||||||
| Late summer | Big Eddie | The Dick Cavett Show | |||||
| NBC | Emergency! (30/20.0)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 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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NBC
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
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- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN.
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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. Template:ISBN.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. Template:ISBN.
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