This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1973. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Programs ending their runs are highlited in italics.
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 most-watched programs are colored in magenta.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
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| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The F.B.I. | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (24/20.7) | Local Programming | ||||
| CBS | The New Adventures of Perry Mason | Mannix | Barnaby Jones (18/21.4) | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (13/22.3) | NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Hec Ramsey (90- & 120-min. episodes) (14/22.2) | Local Programming | ||||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Rookies (25/20.3) | ABC NFL Monday Night Football (19/21.2) | ||||
| CBS | Gunsmoke (15/22.1) | Here's Lucy (29/20.0) | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Medical Center | ||
| NBC | Lotsa Luck | Diana | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | |||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 1973 | Temperatures Rising | ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0) | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||
| 1974 | Happy Days (16/21.5) | ||||||
| CBS | Maude (6/23.5) | Hawaii Five-O (5/24.0) | The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies / Hawkins / Shaft | ||||
| NBC | Chase | The Magician | Police Story | ||||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | |||
| CBS | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (8/23.3) | Cannon (10/23.1) | Kojak (7/23.3) | |||
| NBC | Adam-12 (23/20.7) | NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie: Banacek / Tenafly / Faraday and Company / The Snoop Sisters | Love Story | |||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Toma | Kung Fu (28/20.1) | The Streets of San Francisco (22/20.8) | |||
| CBS | The Waltons (2/28.1) | The CBS Thursday Night Movies (30/19.9) | ||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show | Ironside | NBC Follies | |||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Brady Bunch | The Odd Couple | Room 222 | Adam's Rib | Love, American Style | ||
| CBS | 1973 | Calucci's Department | Roll Out! | The CBS Friday Night Movies (20/21.2) | |||
| 1974 | Dirty Sally | Good Times (17/21.4) | |||||
| Your Hit Parade | |||||||
| NBC | Sanford and Son (3/27.5) | The Girl with Something Extra | Needles and Pins | The Brian Keith Show (formerly The Little People) | The Dean Martin Show | ||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Partridge Family | ABC Suspense Movie | Griff | |||
| CBS | All in the Family (1/31.2) | M*A*S*H (4/25.7) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (9/23.1) | The Bob Newhart Show (12/23.3) | The Carol Burnett Show (27/20.1) | |
| NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||
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