This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1975. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. This was the first season since 1971 in which a four-hour Sunday night schedule was implemented.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are 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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| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Swiss Family Robinson | The Six Million Dollar Man #9 24.3 rating | The ABC Sunday Night Movie #13 23.0 rating | |||||
| CBS | Three for the Road | Cher | Kojak #20 21.8 rating | Bronk | ||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Family Holvak | The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / McCoy | |||||
Note: On CBS, 60 Minutes replaced Three for the Road, effective December 7, 1975.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Barbary Coast | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | Rhoda #8 24.4 rating | Phyllis #6 24.5 rating | All in the Family #1 30.1 rating | Maude #4 25.0 rating | Medical Center | |
| NBC | The Invisible Man | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
Note: On ABC, the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (#2, 28.0 rating) took the 10:00 time slot after the end of the 1975 NFL season from February 2 through March 12. It premiered its first two installments on February 1, 1976.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days #11 23.9 rating | Welcome Back, Kotter #18 22.1 rating | The Rookies | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ||
| CBS | Good Times #24 21.0 rating | Joe and Sons | Switch | Beacon Hill | ||
| NBC | Movin' On | Police Story | Joe Forrester | |||
Note: On ABC, Welcome Back, Kotter moved to Thursdays in January to replace On the Rocks, forcing the latter to move to Mondays to replace Barbary Coast. Laverne & Shirley, (#3, 27.5 rating), filled the 8:30 time slot when it premiered on January 27. On CBS, One Day at a Time ,(#12, 23.1 rating) premiered in the 9:30 time slot in December.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | When Things Were Rotten | That's My Mama | Baretta #22 21.3 rating | Starsky and Hutch #16 22.5 rating | ||
| CBS | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Cannon | Kate McShane | |||
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie | Doctors' Hospital | Petrocelli | |||
NOTE: On ABC, The Bionic Woman ,(#5, 24.9 rating) premiered in the 8-9 p.m. time slot in January.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Barney Miller | On the Rocks | The Streets of San Francisco #28 20.7 rating | Harry O | ||
| CBS | The Waltons #14 22.9 rating | The CBS Thursday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | The Montefuscos | Fay | Ellery Queen | Medical Story | ||
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Mobile One | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | Big Eddie | M*A*S*H #15 22.9 rating | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | ||
| NBC | Sanford and Son #7 24.4 rating | Chico and the Man #25 20.8 rating | The Rockford Files | Police Woman #30 20.2 rating | ||
NOTE: On ABC, Donny & Marie (#27, 20.7 rating) premiered in the 8-9 p.m. time slot in January.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell | S.W.A.T. | Matt Helm | |||
| CBS | The Jeffersons #21 21.5 rating | Doc | The Mary Tyler Moore Show #19 21.9 rating | The Bob Newhart Show #26 20.7 rating | The Carol Burnett Show #29 20.5 rating | |
| NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||
There are a number of other programs (such as Space: 1999, King of Kensington, Funny Farm and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) that premiered this season without being picked up by the major networks.
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