1973–74 United States network television schedule

Legend

• Gray indicates encore programming.
• Blue-gray indicates news programming.
• Light green indicates sporting events.
• Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
• Lime highlights indicates the number-one most watched program of the season.
• Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
• Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
• Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
• Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Sunday

Note: 60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from January to June 1974.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

(*) Formerly The Little People

Saturday

By network

[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]

Returning Series

• ABC Monday Movie
• ABC Movie of the Week
• The ABC Sunday Night Movie
• ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week
• ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week
• The Brady Bunch
• The F.B.I.
• Kung Fu
• Love, American Style
• Marcus Welby, M.D.
• Monday Night Football
• The Odd Couple
• Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
• The Partridge Family
• The Rookies
• Room 222
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Temperatures Rising

New Series

• ABC Suspense Movie
• Adam's Rib
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Chopper One *
• The Cowboys *
• Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years *
• Doc Elliot
• Firehouse *
• Griff
• Happy Days *
• Just for Laughs *
• Toma *

Not returning from 1972–73:

• Alias Smith and Jones
• The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
• The Corner Bar
• Here We Go Again
• The Julie Andrews Hour
• Love Thy Neighbor
• The Men: Assignment Vienna / The Delphi Bureau / Jigsaw
• The Mod Squad
• The Paul Lynde Show
• The Sixth Sense
• The Strauss Family
• Thicker than Water
• A Touch of Grace

[[CBS]]

Returning Series

• 60 Minutes
• All in the Family
• Barnaby Jones
• The Bob Newhart Show
• Cannon
• CBS Thursday Night Movie
• The Carol Burnett Show
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show
• Gunsmoke
• Hawaii Five-O
• Here's Lucy
• MASH*
• Mannix
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Maude
• Medical Center
• The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• The Waltons
• Your Hit Parade

New Series

• Apple's Way *
• The Bobbie Gentry Show *
• Calucci's Department
• Dirty Sally *
• Good Times *
• Hawkins
• The Hudson Brothers Show *
• Kojak
• The New Perry Mason
• Roll Out
• Tony Orlando and Dawn *

Not returning from 1972–73:

• Anna and the King
• Bridget Loves Bernie
• The Doris Day Show
• Mission: Impossible
• The New Bill Cosby Show
• The Sandy Duncan Show

[[NBC]]

Returning Series

• Adam-12
• Banacek
• The Brian Keith Show
• Columbo
• The Dean Martin Show
• Emergency!
• The Flip Wilson Show
• Hec Ramsey
• Ironside
• The Magician
• McCloud
• McMillan & Wife
• Monday Night Baseball
• NBC Monday Night at the Movies
• The NBC Mystery Movie
• NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
• Sanford and Son
• The Wonderful World of Disney

New Series

• Chase
• The Dean Martin Comedy World *
• Diana
• Faraday & Company
• The Girl with Something Extra
• Lotsa Luck
• Love Story
• The Mac Davis Show *
• The Magician
• Music Country USA *
• NBC Follies
• Needles and Pins
• Police Story
• The Snoop Sisters *
• Tenafly

Not returning from 1972–73:

• Banyon
• The Bobby Darin Show
• The Bold Ones
• Bonanza
• Dean Martin Presents Music Country
• Escape
• First Tuesday
• Ghost Story/Circle of Fear
• The Helen Reddy Show
• Madigan
• NBC Reports
• Night Gallery
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Search

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

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. .
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .

References

1. 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.