The following is the 1966–67 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial
broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers
primetime hours from September 1966 through August 1967. The schedule is followed by a
list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the
1965–66 season.
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
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rati ...
.
[Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by ]Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rati ...
and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
: 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.
''Note: This is the first full season in which practically all prime time programs were broadcast in
color
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.''
NET
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* Net, a linear system of divisors of dimension 2
* Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up ...
or National Educational Television, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each affiliated station.
Sunday
Note: On NBC, ''Animal Secrets'' consisted of reruns of the series, which originally aired on Saturday afternoons from October 1966 to April 1967.
Monday
Note: ''
To Tell the Truth'' replaced ''
The Jean Arthur Show'' on December 12. ''
Captain Nice
''Captain Nice'' is an American comedy TV series that ran from 9 January 1967 to 28 August 1967, Monday nights at 8:30 pm EST on NBC, opposite ABC's ''The Rat Patrol'' and CBS's '' The Lucy Show''. The show was an unsuccessful attempt to cash ...
'' replaced ''
The Roger Miller Show
''The Roger Miller Show'' is an American music variety television show hosted by Roger Miller. The NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship ...
'' on NBC on January 9, the same night the similar ''
Mister Terrific'' replaced ''
Run, Buddy, Run'' on CBS. Both series were cancelled by their respective networks at the end of the season.
Tuesday
Note: ''
The Pruitts of Southampton
''The Pruitts of Southampton'' is an American situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel ''House Party'' (1954) by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's attempt to turn female stand-up comic ...
'' was renamed as ''The Phyllis Diller Show'' starting on January 13, 1967.
Wednesday
Thursday
Note: ''
The Tammy Grimes Show'' lasted only four weeks and was replaced by ''
The Dating Game
''The Dating Game'' is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973, but it ...
'' on October 6.
Friday
(*) Formerly known as ''The Pruitts of Southampton ''
Saturday
By network
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
Returning Series
*''
12 O'Clock High''
*''
ABC Scope''
*''
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
''The ABC Sunday Night Movie'' is a television program that aired on Sunday nights, first for a brief time in 1962 under the title ''Hollywood Special'' (although ''Time'' magazine lists this version as ''The Sunday Night Movie'') to supposedly r ...
''
*''
The Avengers''
*''
Batman''
*''
Bewitched''
*''
The Big Valley''
*''
Combat!
''Combat!'' is an American television drama series that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in ''Combat!'' was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American so ...
''
*''
Dark Shadows
''Dark Shadows'' is an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinspo ...
''
*''
The Dating Game
''The Dating Game'' is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973, but it ...
''
*''
F Troop
''F Troop'' is a satirical American television sitcom Western about U.S. soldiers and Native Americans in the Wild West during the 1860s that originally aired for two seasons on ABC. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965, and ...
''
*''
The F.B.I.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
''
*''
The Fugitive''
*''
The Hollywood Palace
''The Hollywood Palace'' was an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it was seen Monday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. Titl ...
''
*''
The King Family Show
''The King Family Show'' is an American musical variety series that featured The King Sisters and their extended musical family. The series first aired on ABC from January 1965 to January 1966. The series was revived in 1969, airing from Marc ...
''
*''The Lawrence Welk Show''
*''Peyton Place (TV series), Peyton Place''
*''Saga of Western Man''
*''Texaco Star Theatre'' (moved from NBC)
*''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''
New Series
*''ABC Stage 67''
*''The ABC Wednesday Night Movie''
*''Felony Squad''
*''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet''
*''Hawk (TV series), Hawk''
*''The Invaders'' *
*''Iron Horse (TV series), Iron Horse''
*''Love on a Rooftop''
*''Malibu U'' *
*''The Man Who Never Was (TV series), The Man Who Never Was''
*''The Monroes (1966 TV series), The Monroes''
*''The Newlywed Game''
*''The Picadilly Palace'' *
*''
The Pruitts of Southampton
''The Pruitts of Southampton'' is an American situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel ''House Party'' (1954) by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's attempt to turn female stand-up comic ...
''
*''Rango (TV series), Rango'' *
*''The Rat Patrol''
*''The Rounders (TV series), The Rounders''
*''Shane (American TV series), Shane''
*''
The Tammy Grimes Show''
*''That Girl''
*''The Time Tunnel''
Not returning from 1965–66 United States network television schedule, 1965–66:
*''The Addams Family (1964 TV series), The Addams Family''
*''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''
*''Burke's Law (1963 TV series), Amos Burke — Secret Agent''
*''The Baron (TV series), The Baron''
*''Ben Casey''
*''Blue Light (TV series), Blue Light''
*''Court Martial (TV series), Court Martial''
*''The Donna Reed Show''
*''The Double Life of Henry Phyfe''
*''The Farmer's Daughter (TV series), The Farmer's Daughter''
*''The Flintstones''
*''Gidget (TV series), Gidget''
*''Honey West (TV series), Honey West''
*''The Jimmy Dean Show''
*''The Legend of Jesse James (TV series), The Legend of Jesse James''
*''The Long Hot Summer (TV series), The Long Hot Summer''
*''A Man Called Shenandoah''
*''McHale's Navy''
*''Burl Ives, O.K. Crackerby!''
*''The Patty Duke Show''
*''Shindig!''
*''Tammy (TV series), Tammy''
CBS
Returning Series
*''The Twentieth Century, The 21st Century''
*''The Andy Griffith Show''
*''The Beverly Hillbillies''
*''CBS News, CBS News Hour''
*''CBS Reports''
*''CBS Thursday Night Movie''
*''Daktari''
*''The Danny Kaye Show''
*''The Ed Sullivan Show''
*''The Garry Moore Show''
*''Gilligan's Island''
*''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''
*''Green Acres''
*''Gunsmoke''
*''Hogan's Heroes''
*''I've Got a Secret''
*''The Jackie Gleason Show''
*''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie''
*''Lost in Space''
*''The Lucy Show''
*''My Three Sons''
*''Petticoat Junction''
*''The Red Skelton Hour''
*''
To Tell the Truth''
*''Vacation Playhouse''
*''The Wild Wild West''
*''What's My Line?''
New Series
*''Away We Go'' *
*''The CBS Friday Night Movie''
*''CBS Playhouse'' *
*''Coliseum'' *
*''Coronet Blue'' *
*''Family Affair''
*''It's About Time (TV series), It's About Time''
*''
The Jean Arthur Show''
*''Jericho (1966 TV series), Jericho''
*''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible''
*''Mr. Terrific (TV series), Mr. Terrific'' *
*''Our Place (American TV series), Our Place'' *
*''Pistols 'n' Petticoats''
*''Run, Buddy, Run'' *
*''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' *
*''Steve Allen, The Steve Allen Comedy Hour'' *
Not returning from 1965–66 United States network television schedule, 1965–66:
*''Art Linkletter, Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts''
*''Candid Camera''
*''Continental Showcase''
*''The Dick Van Dyke Show''
*''Dr. Kildare (TV series), Dr. Kildare''
*''The Face Is Familiar''
*''Hazel (TV series), Hazel''
*''The Hippodrome''
*''John Gary, The John Gary Show''
*''The Loner (TV series), The Loner''
*''The Munsters''
*''My Favorite Martian''
*''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason''
*''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide''
*''Danger Man, Secret Agent''
*''Slattery's People''
*''The Smothers Brothers Show''
*''Smothers Brothers, The Smothers Brothers Summer Show''
*''Steve Lawrence, The Steve Lawrence Show''
*''The Trials of O'Brien''
*''Wayne & Shuster, Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At...''
NBC
Returning Series
*''Actuality Specials''
*''The Andy Williams Show''
*''Animal Secrets''
*''The Bell Telephone Hour''
*''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre''
*''Bonanza''
*''Daniel Boone (1964 TV series), Daniel Boone''
*''The Dean Martin Show''
*''Flipper (1964 TV series), Flipper''
*''Get Smart''
*''I Dream of Jeannie''
*''I Spy (1965 TV series), I Spy''
*''Kraft Music Hall (TV series), Kraft Music Hall''
*''Laredo (TV series), Laredo''
*''Let's Make a Deal''
*''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''
*''NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies''
*''NBC Saturday Night at the Movies''
*''Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series), Please Don't Eat the Daisies''
*''Run for Your Life (TV series), Run for Your Life''
*''The Virginian (TV series), The Virginian''
*''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color''
New Series
*''
Captain Nice
''Captain Nice'' is an American comedy TV series that ran from 9 January 1967 to 28 August 1967, Monday nights at 8:30 pm EST on NBC, opposite ABC's ''The Rat Patrol'' and CBS's '' The Lucy Show''. The show was an unsuccessful attempt to cash ...
'' *
*''Vic Damone, Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone'' *
*''Dragnet 1967'' *
*''The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.''
*''The Hero (1966 TV series), The Hero''
*''Hey, Landlord''
*''The Monkees (TV series), The Monkees''
*''Occasional Wife''
*''The Road West'' *
*''
The Roger Miller Show
''The Roger Miller Show'' is an American music variety television show hosted by Roger Miller. The NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship ...
''
*''The Saint (TV series), The Saint'' *
*''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek''
*''Tarzan (1966 TV series), Tarzan''
*''T.H.E. Cat''
Not returning from 1965–66 United States network television schedule, 1965–66:
*''Branded (TV series), Branded''
*''Camp Runamuck''
*''Bob Hope, Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special''
*''Convoy (TV series), Convoy''
*''Dr. Kildare (TV series), Dr. Kildare''
*''Hank (1965 TV series), Hank''
*''Hullabaloo (TV series), Hullabaloo''
*''John Forsythe, The John Forsythe Show''
*''Mickie Finn's (TV series), Mickie Finn's''
*''Mister Roberts (TV series), Mister Roberts''
*''Mona McCluskey''
*''My Mother the Car''
*''The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series), The Wackiest Ship in the Army''
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced 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 (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
* Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). ''Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season.'' McFarland .
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