1966-67 United States network television schedule

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This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1966. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The Top-10 highest-rated programs are colored in yellow. The top-20 highest-rated programs are colored in cyan.

Note: This is the first full season in which practically all prime time programs were in color.

Contents

[edit] Sunday

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The F.B.I. The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS Lassie It's About Time The Ed Sullivan Show The Garry Moore Show Candid Camera What's My Line?
NBC 6:30 The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Hey, Landlord Bonanza The Andy Williams Show

Note : On CBS, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered on February 5, 1967, at 9-10 p.m., thus giving the first serious challenge to Bonanza's ratings.

[edit] Monday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Iron Horse The Rat Patrol Felony Squad Peyton Place The Big Valley
CBS Gilligan's Island Run, Buddy, Run The Lucy Show The Andy Griffith Show Family Affair The Jean Arthur Show I've Got a Secret
NBC The Monkees I Dream of Jeannie The Roger Miller Show The Road West / Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Run for Your Life

Note : To Tell the Truth replaced The Jean Arthur Show on December 12.

[edit] Tuesday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Combat! The Rounders The Pruitts of Southampton Love on a Rooftop The Fugitive
CBS Daktari The Red Skelton Hour Petticoat Junction CBS News Hour / CBS Reports
NBC The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Occasional Wife NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies

[edit] Wednesday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Batman The Monroes The Man Who Never Was Peyton Place ABC Stage 67
CBS Lost in Space The Beverly Hillbillies Green Acres Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. The Danny Kaye Show
NBC The Virginian Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre / Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special I Spy

[edit] Thursday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Batman F Troop The Tammy Grimes Show Bewitched That Girl Hawk
CBS Jericho My Three Sons The CBS Thursday Night Movies
NBC Daniel Boone Star Trek The Hero The Dean Martin Show

Note : The Tammy Grimes Show lasted only 4 weeks, and was replaced by The Dating Game on October 6.

[edit] Friday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Green Hornet The Time Tunnel The Milton Berle Show Twelve O'Clock High
CBS The Wild Wild West Hogan's Heroes The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC Tarzan The Man from U.N.C.L.E. T.H.E. Cat Laredo

[edit] Saturday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Shane The Lawrence Welk Show The Hollywood Palace ABC Scope
CBS The Jackie Gleason Show Pistols 'n' Petticoats Mission: Impossible Gunsmoke
NBC Flipper Please Don't Eat the Daisies Get Smart NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

[edit] References

  • 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. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
  • Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
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