This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1968. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold .
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime yellow cyan magenta
Fall Schedule [ ] Sunday [ ]
PM
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Land of the Giants The F.B.I. #18 21.7 rating
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS
Lassie
Gentle Ben
The Ed Sullivan Show #23 21.2 rating
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour #27 20.6 rating
Mission: Impossible #11 23.3 rating
NBC
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color #22 21.3 rating
The Mothers-in-Law
Bonanza #3 26.6 rating
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Monday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Avengers
Peyton Place
The Outcasts The Big Valley
CBS
Gunsmoke #6 24.9 rating
Here's Lucy Mayberry R.F.D. * #4 25.4 rating
Family Affair #5 25.2 rating
The Carol Burnett Show #24 20.8 rating
NBC
I Dream of Jeannie #26 20.7 rating
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #1 31.8 rating
NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Mod Squad It Takes a Thief
N.Y.P.D.
That's Life
CBS
Lancer The Red Skelton Hour #13 23.3 rating
The Doris Day Show CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
NBC
The Jerry Lewis Show
Julia NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies #20 20.82 rating
Wednesday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Here Come the Brides Peyton Place
The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
CBS
Daktari
The Good Guys The Beverly Hillbillies #10 23.5 rating
Green Acres
The Jonathan Winters Show
NBC
The Virginian #17 21.8 rating
Kraft Music Hall
The Outsider
Thursday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Ugliest Girl in Town The Flying Nun
Bewitched #12 23.3 rating
That Girl
Journey to the Unknown Local
CBS
Blondie Hawaii Five-O The CBS Thursday Night Movies
NBC
Daniel Boone #21 21.3 rating
Ironside #16 22.3 rating
Dragnet 1969 #19 21.4 rating
The Dean Martin Show #8 24.1 rating
Friday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Operation: Entertainment
Felony Squad
The Don Rickles Show The Guns of Will Sonnett
Judd, for the Defense
CBS
The Wild Wild West
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. #2 27.2 rating
The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC
The High Chaparral
The Name of the Game Star Trek
Saturday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Dating Game
The Newlywed Game
The Lawrence Welk Show #29 20.5 rating
The Hollywood Palace
Local
CBS
The Jackie Gleason Show #25 20.8 rating
My Three Sons #14 22.8 rating
Hogan's Heroes
Petticoat Junction
Mannix
NBC
Adam-12 Get Smart
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
Mid-season Schedule [ ] Summer Schedule [ ] Pickups and Cancellations [ ] 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 (1994). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1 . 