1969–70 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1969. 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 ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The top 30 highest-rated shows are colored in magenta.

Contents

Fall Schedule

Sunday

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Land of the Giants The F.B.I. #26 20.6 rating The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS Lassie To Rome With Love The Ed Sullivan Show #27 20.3 rating The Leslie Uggams Show Mission: Impossible
NBC Wild Kingdom NBC's Wonderful World of Color #9 23.6 rating The Bill Cosby Show #11 22.7 rating Bonanza #3 24.8 rating The Bold Ones:
The New Doctors /
The Lawyers / The Law Enforcers (aka The Protectors)

Monday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC 7:30 The Music Scene / 8:15 The New People The Survivors Love, American Style
CBS Gunsmoke #2 25.9 rating Here's Lucy #6 23.9 rating Mayberry R.F.D. #4 24.4 rating The Doris Day Show #10 22.8 rating The Carol Burnett Show #13 22.1 rating
NBC My World... and Welcome to It Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #1 26.3 rating NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Tuesday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Mod Squad #23 20.8 rating ABC Movie of the Week #22 20.9 rating Marcus Welby, M.D. #8 23.7 rating
CBS Lancer The Red Skelton Hour #7 23.8 rating The Governor and J.J. CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
NBC I Dream of Jeannie The Debbie Reynolds Show Julia #28 20.1 rating NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday (once a month)

Wednesday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Flying Nun The Courtship of Eddie's Father Room 222 The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
CBS The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour #20 21.0 rating The Beverly Hillbillies #18 21.7 rating Medical Center Hawaii Five-O #19 21.1 rating
NBC The Virginian Kraft Music Hall Then Came Bronson

Thursday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Ghost & Mrs. Muir That Girl Bewitched #25 20.6 rating This is Tom Jones It Takes a Thief
CBS Family Affair #5 24.2 rating The Jim Nabors Hour #12 22.4 rating The CBS Thursday Night Movies #29 20.0 rating
NBC Daniel Boone Ironside #16 21.8 rating Dragnet 1970 The Dean Martin Show #14 21.9 rating

Friday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Let's Make a Deal The Brady Bunch Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Here Come the Brides Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour
CBS Get Smart The Good Guys Hogan's Heroes The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC The High Chaparral The Name of the Game Bracken's World

Saturday

PM 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Dating Game The Newlywed Game The Lawrence Welk Show The Hollywood Palace Local
CBS The Jackie Gleason Show My Three Sons #15 21.8 rating Green Acres Petticoat Junction Mannix #30 19.9 rating
NBC The Andy Williams Show Adam-12 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies #24 20.6 rating

Mid-season Schedule

Summer Schedule

Pickups and Cancellations

References