1969–70 United States network television schedule
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1969. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
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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.
The National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local 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 | Land of the Giants | The F.B.I. (24/20.6) (Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and Bewitched) |
The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Lassie | To Rome With Love | The Ed Sullivan Show (27/20.3) | The Leslie Uggams Show | Mission: Impossible | |||
| Follow-up | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0) (Tied with Hee Haw) | ||||||||
| Summer | Comedy Tonight | ||||||||
| NBC | Wild Kingdom | The Wonderful World of Disney (9/23.6) | The Bill Cosby Show (11/22.7) | Bonanza (3/24.8) | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Law Enforcers (aka The Protectors) | ||||
Monday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | 7:30 The Music Scene / 8:15 The New People | Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors" | Love, American Style | ||||
| Winter | It Takes a Thief | ABC Monday Night Movie | Now | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Gunsmoke (2/25.9) | Here's Lucy (6/23.9) | Mayberry R.F.D. (4/24.4) | The Doris Day Show (10/22.8) | The Carol Burnett Show (13/22.1) | ||
| Summer | The Lucy Show | The Wild Wild West | ||||||
| NBC | My World and Welcome to It | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/26.3) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | |||||
Tuesday
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Mod Squad (23/20.8) | ABC Movie of the Week (22/20.9) | Marcus Welby, M.D. (8/23.7) | ||||
| CBS | Lancer | The Red Skelton Hour (7/23.8) | The Governor & J.J. | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes | |||
| NBC | I Dream of Jeannie | The Debbie Reynolds Show | Julia (28/20.1) | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday (once a month) | |||
Wednesday
| 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 Flying Nun | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Room 222 | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | |||
| Winter | Nanny and the Professor | The Johnny Cash Show (15/21.8) (Tied with My Three Sons and Ironside) |
The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | |||||
| Summer | Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers Show | The Smothers Brothers Show | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0) (Tied with Hee Haw) |
The Beverly Hillbillies (18/21.7) | Medical Center | Hawaii Five-O (19/21.1) | |||
| Winter | Hee Haw (20/21.0) (Tied with The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour) | |||||||
| Summer | Where's Huddles? | Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. reruns | ||||||
| NBC | The Virginian | Kraft Music Hall | Then Came Bronson | |||||
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 | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | That Girl | Bewitched (24/20.6) (Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and The F.B.I.) |
This is Tom Jones | It Takes a Thief | ||
| Winter | Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour | Paris 7000 | ||||||
| Spring | Animal World | |||||||
| Summer | Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors" | |||||||
| CBS | Family Affair (5/24.2) | The Jim Nabors Hour (12/22.4) | CBS Thursday Night Movie (29/20.0) | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Daniel Boone | Ironside (15/21.8) (Tied with My Three Sons and The Johnny Cash Show) |
Dragnet 1970 | The Dean Martin Show (14/21.9) | |||
| Summer | Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London | |||||||
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 | Let's Make a Deal | The Brady Bunch | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Here Come the Brides | Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters | ||
| Winter | The Flying Nun | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Love, American Style | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Get Smart | The Good Guys | Hogan's Heroes | The CBS Friday Night Movies | |||
| Winter | The Tim Conway Show | |||||||
| Summer | He & She reruns | |||||||
| NBC | The High Chaparral | The Name of the Game | Bracken's World | |||||
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 | The Dating Game | The Newlywed Game | The Lawrence Welk Show | The Hollywood Palace | Local | ||
| Winter | Let's Make a Deal | Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters | ||||||
| Summer | The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | |||||||
| CBS | The Jackie Gleason Show | My Three Sons (15/21.8) (Tied with Ironside and The Johnny Cash Show) |
Green Acres | Petticoat Junction | Mannix (30/19.9) | |||
| NBC | Fall | The Andy Williams Show | Adam-12 | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (24/20.6) (Tied with Bewitched and The F.B.I.) | ||||
| Summer | Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens | |||||||
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 (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
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