1972–73 United States network television schedule
This was the television schedule on all threeUnited Statestelevision networks for the fall season beginning in September 1972. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such asMonday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted inbold.
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 was the first full season in which all networks, on every day of the week except for Sunday, started airing programs at 8:00 instead of 7:30, as dictated by theFCCunder its Prime Time Access Rule, intended to increase diversity in programming.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
Sunday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | Local | The F.B.I. (29/19.2) (Tied with The ABC Monday Movie andKung Fu) |
The ABC Sunday Night Movie (23/20.0) (Tied withThe Rookies) |
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| CBS | Fall | Anna and the King | MAS*H | The Sandy Duncan Show | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Mannix | Local | |
| Winter | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Mannix | Barnaby Jones(25/19.9) (Tied withThe Little Peopleand The ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week) |
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| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney (9/23.5) | The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie (Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife /Hec Ramsey) (5/24.2) (Tied withBridget Loves Bernie) |
Night Gallery | |||||
Note:60 Minutesaired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from January to June 1973.
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Rookies(23/20.0) (Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie) |
ABC NFL Monday Night Football (18/21.0) | ||||
| Winter | ABC Monday Night Movie (29/19.2) (Tied withThe F.B.I.andKung Fu) |
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| CBS | Fall | Gunsmoke(7/23.6) (Tied withThe Mary Tyler Moore Show) |
Here’s Lucy (15/21.9) | The Doris Day Show | The New Bill Cosby Show | ||
| Spring | Medical Center | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In | NBC Monday Night at the Movies (28/19.3) | ||||
| Summer | The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola (8:00) / Monday Night Baseball (8:15) | ||||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Temperatures Rising | ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (17/21.5) | Marcus Welby, M.D. (13/22.9) | ||||
| CBS | Maude(4/24.7) | Hawaii Five-O (3/25.2) | The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Bonanza | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | NBC Reports | |||
| Winter | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | First Tuesday | |||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Paul Lynde Show | ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week (25/19.9) (Tied withBarnaby JonesandThe Little People) |
The Julie Andrews Hour | |||
| Winter | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | ||||||
| Summer | Thicker than Water | ||||||
| Follow-up | Love Thy Neighbor | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Carol Burnett Show (22/20.3) | Medical Center (19/20.6) (Tied withThe Partridge FamilyandThe Waltons) |
Cannon (14/22.4) | |||
| Winter | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | ||||||
| Spring | Dan August | ||||||
| NBC | Adam-12 (11/23.3) | NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie: **Madigan / Cool Million / Banacek ** | Search | ||||
Note:Dan Augustconsisted of reruns of the 1970-1971ABCseries.
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Mod Squad | **The Men: Assignment Vienna / The Delphi Bureau / Jigsaw** |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | |||
| Winter | Kung Fu(29/19.2) (Tied with The ABC Monday Movie andThe F.B.I.) |
The Streets of San Francisco | |||||
| CBS | The Waltons(19/20.6) (Tied withThe Partridge FamilyandMedical Center) |
CBS Thursday Night Movie | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Flip Wilson Show (12/23.1) | Ironside (10/23.4) | The Dean Martin Show | |||
| Summer | The Helen Reddy Show | Dean Martin Presents Music Country | |||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Brady Bunch | The Partridge Family (19/20.6) (Tied withThe WaltonsandMedical Center) |
Room 222 | The Odd Couple | Love, American Style | |
| Summer | Love Thy Neighbor | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
| Follow-up | Mission: Impossible | ||||||
| Summer | 60 Minutes | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Sanford and Son (2/27.6) | The Little People(25/19.9) (Tied withBarnaby Jonesand The ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week) |
Ghost Story | Banyon | ||
| Winter | Circle of Fear | ||||||
Note:Ghost Storywas retooled slightly and retitledCircle of Fear(under the same production team) with the episode broadcast January 5, 1973.
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Alias Smith and Jones /Kung Fu | The Streets of San Francisco | The Sixth Sense | |||
| Winter | Here We Go Again | A Touch of Grace | The Julie Andrews Hour | **The Men: Assignment Vienna / The Delphi Bureau / Jigsaw** |
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| Summer | The Paul Lynde Show | The Strauss Family | |||||
| Follow-up | The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | All in the Family (1/33.3) | Bridget Loves Bernie(5/24.2) (Tied with The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie) |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (7/23.6) (Tied withGunsmoke) |
The Bob Newhart Show(16/21.8) | Mission: Impossible | |
| Follow-up | The Carol Burnett Show (22/20.3) | ||||||
| Summer | Mission: Impossible | ||||||
| NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
References
[1]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgHighest-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.
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