1975–76 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1975–76 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1975 through August 1976. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1974–75 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as ''Monday Night Football''.

This was the first season since 1971 in which a four-hour Sunday night schedule was implemented.

This was also the first season for the 22-hour weekly prime-time schedule (four hours on Sunday, three hours each on Monday through Saturday). It remains in effect to this day.

New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are in ''italics''. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.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. .

: Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
: Cyan indicates the programs in the second 10 for the season.
: Magenta indicates the programs in the third 10 for the season.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Sunday

Note: As of the 2020–21 television season, since December 1975, '' 60 Minutes'' has continually aired at the same 7:00 PM ET (or after sporting event overrun) time slot on CBS.

Monday

Tuesday

Note: Beginning March 9, ''Family'' was added onto ABC's lineup, replacing ''Marcus Welby, M.D.''.

Wednesday

Note: ''The Best of Sanford and Son'' consisted of reruns of '' Sanford and Son'' from earlier seasons; ''Sanford and Son'' continued to air in its normal Friday 8:00-8:30 time slot during ''The Best of Sanford and Son''s run. '' Hawk'' consisted of reruns of the 1966 ABC television series.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

By network

ABC

Returning Series
*''The ABC Sunday Night Movie''
*'' ABC NFL Monday Night Football''
*'' Almost Anything Goes''
*''Baretta''
*''Barney Miller''
*''Happy Days''
*''Harry O''
*''Marcus Welby, M.D.''
*''Monday Night Baseball'' (moved from NBC)
*''The Rookies''
*''The Six Million Dollar Man''
*''The Streets of San Francisco''
*''S.W.A.T.''
*''That's My Mama''

New Series
*'' Barbary Coast''
*'' Bert D'Angelo/Superstar'' *
*''The Bionic Woman'' *
*'' Donny & Marie'' *
*''Family'' *
*'' Good Heavens'' *
*'' Laverne & Shirley'' *
*''Matt Helm''
*''Mobile One''
*''On the Rocks''
*'' Rich Man, Poor Man'' *
*''Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell''
*'' Starsky & Hutch'' *
*''The Swiss Family Robinson''
*''Viva Valdez'' *
*''Welcome Back, Kotter''
*''When Things Were Rotten''

Not returning from 1974–75:
*''ABC Movie of the Week''
*''Caribe''
*''Get Christie Love!''
*''Hot l Baltimore''
*''The Jim Stafford Show''
*'' Karen''
*'' Keep on Truckin'''
*'' Kodiak''
*'' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''
*''Kung Fu''
*'' Nakia''
*'' The New Land''
*'' The Odd Couple''
*''Paper Moon''
*''The Sonny Comedy Revue''
*''The Texas Wheelers''

CBS

Returning Series
*'' 60 Minutes'' *
*''All in the Family''
*''Barnaby Jones''
*''The Bob Newhart Show''
*''Cannon''
*''The Carol Burnett Show''
*'' Cher''
*'' Good Times''
*''Hawaii Five-O''
*''I've Got a Secret'' *
*''The Jeffersons''
*'' Johnny Cash and Friends''
*''Kojak''
*''M*A*S*H''
*''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''
*'' Maude''
*'' Medical Center''
*'' Rhoda''
*''CBS Thursday Night Movie''
*''Tony Orlando and Dawn''
*''The Waltons''

New Series
*'' Beacon Hill''
*''Big Eddie''
*'' The Blue Knight'' *
*'' Bronk''
*'' The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show'' *
*''Doc''
*'' Ivan the Terrible'' *
*''The Jacksons'' *
*''Joe and Sons''
*'' Kate McShane''
*''The Kelly Monteith Show'' *
*'' One Day at a Time'' *
*''Phyllis''
*''Popi'' *
*''Sara'' *
*'' The Sonny and Cher Show'' *
*''Switch''
*''Three for the Road''

Not returning from 1974–75:
*''Apple's Way''
*''The Dick Cavett Show''
*''The Friday Comedy Special''
*'' Friends and Lovers''
*''Frigidaire Spring Feature''
*'' Gunsmoke''
*''Khan!''
*'' Manhattan Transfer''
*'' The Manhunter''
*'' Mannix''
*''Planet of the Apes''
*'' Sons and Daughters''

NBC

Returning Series
*''Chico and the Man''
*'' Columbo''
*''Emergency!''
*''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little House on the Prairie''
*''The Mac Davis Show''
*''McCloud (TV series), McCloud''
*''McMillan & Wife''
*''Movin' On (TV series), Movin' On''
*''The NBC Mystery Movie''
*''NBC Monday Night at the Movies''
*''NBC Saturday Night at the Movies''
*''Petrocelli''
*''Police Story (1973 TV series), Police Story''
*''Police Woman (TV series), Police Woman''
*''The Rockford Files''
*'' Sanford and Son''
*''The Wonderful World of Disney''

New Series
*''City of Angels (1976 TV series), City of Angels'' *
*''The Cop and the Kid'' *
*''Doctors' Hospital''
*''The Dumplings (TV series), The Dumplings'' *
*''Ellery Queen (TV series), Ellery Queen''
*''The Family Holvak''
*''Fay (TV series), Fay''
*''Grady (U.S. TV series), Grady'' *
*''The Invisible Man (1975 TV series), The Invisible Man''
*''Jigsaw John (TV series), Jigsaw John'' *
*''Joe Forrester''
*''The John Davidson Show'' *
*''McCoy (TV series), McCoy''
*''Medical Story''
*''The Montefuscos''
*''NBC Thursday Night at the Movies''
*''The Practice (1976 TV series), The Practice'' *
*''The Rich Little Show'' *

Not returning from 1974–75:
*''Adam-12''
*''Amy Prentiss''
*''Archer (1975 TV series), Archer''
*''Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya''
*''The Bob Crane Show''
*''Born Free (TV series), Born Free''
*''The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show''
*''Ironside (1967 TV series), Ironside''
*''Lucas Tanner''
*''Monday Night Baseball'' (moved to ABC)
*''Sierra (TV series), Sierra''
*''Smothers Brothers, The Smothers Brothers Show''
*''Sunshine (American TV series), Sunshine''

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. .

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