1966–67 United States network television schedule
| 1966 in American television | 1967 in American television |
| List of American television shows currently in production |
| 1963–64 | 1964–65 | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 | 1969–70 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1966. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
Note: This is the first full season in which practically all prime time programs were broadcast in color.
NET or National Educational Television, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each affiliated station.
Sunday
| Network | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | The F.B.I. (29/20.2) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (28/20.4) | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Lassie | It's About Time | The Ed Sullivan Show (10/22.8) | The Garry Moore Show | Candid Camera | What's My Line? | ||
| Winter | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (16/22.2) | ||||||||
| Summer | Our Place | ||||||||
| NBC | 6:30 The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (19/21.5) | Hey, Landlord | Bonanza (1/29.1) | The Andy Williams Show | ||||
Monday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Iron Horse | The Rat Patrol (23/20.9) | Felony Squad | Peyton Place | The Big Valley | |||
| CBS | Fall | Gilligan's Island | Run, Buddy, Run | The Lucy Show (4/26.2) | The Andy Griffith Show (3/27.4) | Family Affair (14/22.6) | The Jean Arthur Show | I've Got a Secret |
| Follow-up | To Tell the Truth | |||||||
| Winter | Mr. Terrific | |||||||
| Summer | Coronet Blue | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Monkees | I Dream of Jeannie | The Roger Miller Show | The Road West / Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (once a month) | Run for Your Life | ||
| Winter | Captain Nice | |||||||
Note: To Tell the Truth replaced The Jean Arthur Show on December 12. Captain Nice replaced The Roger Miller Show on January 9, the same night the similar Mister Terrific replaced Run, Buddy, Run on CBS. Both were cancelled at the end of the season.
Tuesday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Combat! | The Rounders | The Pruitts of Southampton | Love on a Rooftop | The Fugitive | ||
| Winter | The Invaders | |||||||
| CBS | Daktari (7/23.4) | The Red Skelton Hour (2/28.2) | Petticoat Junction (23/20.9) | CBS News Hour/CBS Reports | ||||
| NBC | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Occasional Wife | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | |||||
Wednesday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Batman | The Monroes | The Man Who Never Was | Peyton Place | ABC Stage 67 | ||
| CBS | Lost in Space | The Beverly Hillbillies (7/23.4) | Green Acres (6/24.6) | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (10/22.8) | The Danny Kaye Show | ||
| NBC | The Virginian (10/22.8) | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre / Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special (26/20.7) | I Spy (29/20.2) | ||||
Thursday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Batman | F Troop | The Tammy Grimes Show | Bewitched (7/23.4) | That Girl | Hawk | |
| Follow-up | The Dating Game | |||||||
| Winter | Love on a Rooftop | |||||||
| Spring | That Girl | Love on a Rooftop | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Jericho | My Three Sons (29/20.2) | CBS Thursday Night Movie (29/20.2) | ||||
| Summer | The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | Daniel Boone (25/20.8) | Star Trek | The Hero | The Dean Martin Show (14/22.6) | |||
| Winter | Dragnet 1967 (21/21.2) | |||||||
| Summer | The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone | |||||||
Note: The Tammy Grimes Show lasted only four weeks and was replaced by The Dating Game on October 6.
Friday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Green Hornet | The Time Tunnel | The Milton Berle Show | Twelve O'Clock High | |||
| Winter | Rango | The Phyllis Diller Show | The Avengers | |||||
| CBS | The Wild Wild West | Hogan's Heroes (17/21.8) | The CBS Friday Night Movies (17/21.8) | |||||
| NBC | Tarzan (27/20.5) | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | T.H.E. Cat | Laredo | ||||
Saturday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Shane | The Lawrence Welk Show (10/22.8) | The Hollywood Palace | ABC Scope | |||
| Winter | The Dating Game | The Newlywed Game | ||||||
| Summer | The Piccadilly Palace | |||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Jackie Gleason Show (5/25.3) | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Mission: Impossible | Gunsmoke | |||
| Winter | Mission: Impossible | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | ||||||
| NBC | Flipper | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Get Smart (22/21.0) | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (20/21.4) | ||||
References
- ↑ Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
Additional sources
- 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 (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.