This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1970. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
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.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation by October 1970; however, schedules were set by each affiliated station.
In April 1970, Congress passed a law banning the advertising of tobacco products on television and radio effective January 2, 1971.
This season would the last one for the traditional 3½-hour prime time schedule.
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| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The Young Rebels | The F.B.I. #10 23.0 rating | The ABC Sunday Night Movie #28 19.7 rating | |||||
| CBS | Lassie | Hogan's Heroes | The Ed Sullivan Show | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour | |||
| NBC | Wild Kingdom | NBC's Wonderful World of Color #14 22.4 rating | The Bill Cosby Show | Bonanza #9 23.9 rating | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Senator |
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| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The Young Lawyers | The Silent Force | Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | Gunsmoke #5 25.5 rating | Here's Lucy #3 26.1 rating | Mayberry R.F.D. #15 22.3 rating | The Doris Day Show #20 20.7 rating | The Carol Burnett Show #25 19.8 rating | ||
| NBC | The Red Skelton Show | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #13 22.4 rating | NBC Monday Night at the Movies #27 19.8 rating | ||||
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
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| ABC | The Mod Squad #11 22.7 rating | ABC Movie of the Week #6 25.1 rating | Marcus Welby, M.D. #1 29.6 rating | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Beverly Hillbillies | Green Acres | Hee Haw #16 21.4 rating | To Rome With Love | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes | ||
| Follow-up | All in the Family | |||||||
| NBC | The Don Knotts Show | Julia | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday | |||||
Note : On CBS, the sitcom All in the Family premiered on January 12, 1971, at 9:30 p.m.
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Make Room for Granddaddy | Room 222 | The Johnny Cash Show | Dan August | ||
| CBS | Storefront Lawyers | The Governor & J.J. | Medical Center #8 24.5 rating | Hawaii Five-O #7 25.0 rating | |||
| NBC | The Men from Shiloh (formerly The Virginian) #18 21.2 rating |
Kraft Music Hall | Four in One: McCloud / San Francisco International Airport / Night Gallery / The Psychiatrist | ||||
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Matt Lincoln | Bewitched | Barefoot in the Park | The Odd Couple | The Immortal | ||
| CBS | Family Affair | The Jim Nabors Hour #29 19.5 rating | The CBS Thursday Night Movies #30 19.3 rating | ||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show #2 27.9 rating | Ironside #4 25.7 rating | Nancy | The Dean Martin Show #24 18.34 rating | |||
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The Brady Bunch | Nanny and the Professor | The Partridge Family #26 19.8 rating | That Girl | Love, American Style | This Is Tom Jones | |
| CBS | The Interns | Headmaster | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | The High Chaparral | The Name of the Game | Bracken's World | ||||
| PM | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Let's Make a Deal | The Newlywed Game | The Lawrence Welk Show | The Most Deadly Game | Local | ||
| CBS | Mission: Impossible | My Three Sons #19 20.8 rating | Arnie | The Mary Tyler Moore Show #22 18.64 rating | Mannix #17 21.3 rating | ||
| NBC | The Andy Williams Show | Adam-12 #12 22.6 rating | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies #23 18.44 rating | ||||
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