1975-76 United States network television schedule

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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 would be the first season since 1971 that a four-hour Sunday night schedule was implemented.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top 10 most watched shows are colored in yellow. The top 20 most watched shows are colored in cyan.

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

Contents 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday 8 References

[edit] Sunday

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		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	Three for the Road		Cher		Kojak		Bronk
NBC	The Wonderful World of Disney		The Family Holvak		The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife / McCoy

[edit] Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Barbary Coast		ABC NFL Monday Night Football
CBS	Rhoda	Phyllis	All in the Family	Maude	Medical Center
NBC	The Invisible Man		NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Note: On ABC, the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man took the 10:00 timeslot after the end of the 1975 NFL season from February 2 through March 12. It premiered its first two installments on February 1, 1976.

[edit] Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Happy Days	Welcome Back, Kotter	The Rookies		Marcus Welby, M.D.
CBS	Good Times	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, the #3 program of the season, filled the 8:30 timeslot when it premiered on January 27.

[edit] Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	When Things Were Rotten	That's My Mama	Baretta		Starsky and Hutch
CBS	Tony Orlando and Dawn		Cannon		Kate McShane
NBC	Little House on the Prairie		Doctors' Hospital		Petrocelli

[edit] Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Barney Miller	On the Rocks	The Streets of San Francisco		Harry O
CBS	The Waltons		The CBS Thursday Night Movies
NBC	The Montefuscos	Fay	Ellery Queen		Medical Story

[edit] Friday

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	Hawaii Five-O		Barnaby Jones
NBC	Sanford and Son	Chico and the Man	The Rockford Files		Police Woman

[edit] Saturday

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	Doc	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	The Bob Newhart Show	The Carol Burnett Show
NBC	Emergency!		NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

[edit] 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.

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