1974–75 United States network television schedule

The 1974–75 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule 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 of the four seasons to carry a 21-hour (three hours every day) weekly prime time schedule, which was used from 1971 to 1975.

New series are highlighted in bold.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract for 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.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. .

Legend

Sunday

Note: ''60 Minutes'' aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from September 1974 to June 1975.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Note: ''Dan August'' consisted of reruns of the 1970-1971 ABC series.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

By network

ABC

Returning Series
*''The ABC Sunday Night Movie''
*''Monday Night Football''
*''ABC Movie of the Week''
*''Happy Days''
*''Kung Fu''
*''Marcus Welby, M.D.''
*''The Odd Couple''
*''The Rookies''
*''The Six Million Dollar Man''
*''The Streets of San Francisco''

New Series
*''Baretta'' *
*''Barney Miller'' *
*''Caribe'' *
*''Get Christie Love!''
*''Harry O''
*''Hot l Baltimore'' *
*''The Jim Stafford Show'' *
*''Karen'' *
*'' Keep on Truckin''' *
*''Kodiak''
*'' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''
*''Nakia''
*''The New Land''
*''Paper Moon''
*''The Sonny Comedy Revue''
*''S.W.A.T.'' *
*''The Texas Wheelers''
*''That's My Mama''

Not returning from 1973–74:
*''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''
*''The Brady Bunch''
*''Chopper One''
*''The Cowboys''
*'' Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years''
*''Doc Elliot''
*''The F.B.I.''
*''Firehouse''
*''Griff''
*''Love, American Style''
*'' Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law''
*''The Partridge Family''
*''Room 222''
*''Temperatures Rising''
*'' Toma''

CBS

Returning Series
*''60 Minutes''
*''All in the Family''
*''Apple's Way''
*''Barnaby Jones''
*''The Bob Newhart Show''
*''CBS Thursday Night Movie''
*''Cannon''
*''The Carol Burnett Show''
*''Good Times''
*''Gunsmoke''
*''Hawaii Five-O''
*''Kojak''
*''M*A*S*H''
*''Mannix''
*''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''
*'' Maude''
*'' Medical Center''
*''Tony Orlando and Dawn''
*''The Waltons''
*''Your Hit Parade''

New Series
*''Cher'' *
*''The Friday Comedy Special'' *
*'' Friends and Lovers''
*''Frigidaire Spring Feature'' *
*''The Jeffersons'' *
*''Joey & Dad'' *
*''Khan!'' *
*''The Manhattan Transfer'' *
*''The Manhunter''
*''Moses the Lawgiver'' *
*''Planet of the Apes''
*''Rhoda''
*'' Sons and Daughters''
*'' We'll Get By'' *

Not returning from 1973–74:
*''Calucci's Department''
*''Dirty Sally''
*''The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies''
*''The New Dick Van Dyke Show''
*''Here's Lucy''
*''The Hudson Brothers Show''
*''The New Perry Mason''
*''Roll Out''
*''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour''

NBC

Returning Series
*''Adam-12''
*''Columbo''
*''Emergency!''
*'' Ironside''
*'' McCloud''
*''McMillan & Wife''
*''Monday Night Baseball''
*''NBC Monday Night at the Movies''
*''The NBC Mystery Movie''
*''NBC Saturday Night at the Movies''
*'' Police Story''
*''Sanford and Son''
*''The Wonderful World of Disney''

New Series
*''Amy Prentiss'' *
*''Archer'' *
*'' Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya'' *
*''The Bob Crane Show'' *
*''Born Free''
*''Chico and the Man'' *
*'' The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show''
*''Little House on the Prairie''
*''Lucas Tanner''
*''The Mac Davis Show'' *
*'' Movin' On''
*''NBC World Premiere Movie''
*''Petrocelli''
*'' Police Woman''
*''The Rockford Files''
*'' Sierra''
*''The Smothers Brothers Show'' *
*''Sunshine'' *

Not returning from 1973–74:
*''The Brian Keith Show''
*''Chase''
*''The Dean Martin Comedy World''
*''The Dean Martin Show''
*'' Diana''
*''The Flip Wilson Show''
*''The Girl with Something Extra''
*'' Lotsa Luck''
*'' Love Story''
*'' The Magician''
*''Music Country USA''
*''NBC Follies''
*'' Needles and Pins''

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 (1985). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .

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