1974–75 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three commercial United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1974. 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 most-watched programs are colored in magenta.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

1 Fall Schedule
2 Mid-season Schedule
3 Summer Schedule
4 Pickups and Cancellations
5 References

Fall Schedule

Sunday

PM	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:30
ABC	Local	The Sonny Comedy Revue		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	Apple's Way		Kojak #14 23.3 rating		Mannix #20 21.6 rating	Local
NBC	The Wonderful World of Disney #18 22.0 rating		NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Amy Prentiss #24 21.3 rating			Local

Monday

PM	8:00	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	The Rookies #19 22.0 rating	ABC NFL Monday Night Football
CBS	Gunsmoke #28 20.5 rating	Maude #9 24.9 rating	Rhoda #6 26.3 rating	Medical Center #27 20.6 rating
NBC	Born Free	NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	Happy Days	ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week		Marcus Welby, M.D.
CBS	Good Times #7 25.8 rating	MAS*H #5 27.4 rating	Hawaii Five-O #10 24.8 rating	Barnaby Jones
NBC	Adam-12	NBC World Premiere Movie		Police Story

Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	That's My Mama	ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week		Get Christie Love!
CBS	Sons and Daughters		Cannon #21 21.6 rating	The Manhunter
NBC	Little House on the Prairie #13 23.5 rating		Lucas Tanner	Petrocelli

Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	The Odd Couple	Paper Moon	The Streets of San Francisco #23 21.3 rating	Harry O
CBS	The Waltons #8 25.5 rating		The CBS Thursday Night Movies
NBC	Sierra		Ironside	Movin' On

Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Kodiak	The Six Million Dollar Man		The Texas Wheelers	Kolchak: The Night Stalker
CBS	Planet of the Apes		The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC	Sanford and Son #2 29.6 rating	Chico and the Man #3 28.5 rating	The Rockford Files #12 23.7 rating		Police Woman #15 22.8 rating

Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	The New Land		Kung Fu		Nakia
CBS	All in the Family #1 30.2 rating	Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers #25 20.7 rating	The Mary Tyler Moore Show #11 24.0 rating	The Bob Newhart Show #17 22.4 rating	The Carol Burnett Show #29 20.4 rating
NBC	Emergency! #30 20.0 rating		NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

Mid-season Schedule

Summer Schedule

Pickups and Cancellations

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.

United States network television schedules

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