1971-72 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1971. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. This season would be the first time that the prime time schedule would be shortened to 3 hours (with the exception of Sunday and Tuesday) giving the 7:30PM slot back to local stations, as implemented in the Prime Time Access Rule.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top 10 highest rated shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 highest rated shows are colored in cyan.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
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[edit] Sunday
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | The F.B.I. | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | The CBS Sunday Night Movies | Cade's County | Local | ||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Bonanza | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers | |||
[edit] Monday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Nanny and the Professor | Local | The ABC NFL Monday Night Football | |||
| CBS | Gunsmoke | Here's Lucy | The Doris Day Show | My Three Sons | Arnie | |
| NBC | Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
[edit] Tuesday
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Mod Squad | Movie of the Week | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ||||
| CBS | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Hawaii Five-O | Cannon | Local | |||
| NBC | Ironside | Sarge | The Funny Side | Local | |||
[edit] Wednesday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Bewitched | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | The Smith Family | Shirley's World | The Man and the City | |
| CBS | The Carol Burnett Show | Medical Center | Mannix | |||
| NBC | Adam-12 | The NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife | Night Gallery | |||
[edit] Thursday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Alias Smith and Jones | Longstreet | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | |||
| CBS | Bearcats! | The CBS Thursday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show | Nichols | The Dean Martin Show | |||
[edit] Friday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Brady Bunch | The Partridge Family | Room 222 | The Odd Couple | Love, American Style | ||
| CBS | The Chicago Teddy Bears | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | The New CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | The D.A. | World Premiere Movie | Local | ||||
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Sanford and Son premiered on January 14, 1972 at 8:00.
[edit] Saturday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Getting Together | Movie of the Weekend | The Persuaders! | |||
| CBS | All in the Family | Funny Face | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mission: Impossible | |
| NBC | The Partners | The Good Life | 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 (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
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