This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1969. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold .
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime . The top ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow . The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan . The top 30 highest-rated shows are colored in 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. #26 20.6 rating
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS
Lassie
To Rome With Love
The Ed Sullivan Show #27 20.3 rating
The Leslie Uggams Show
Mission: Impossible
NBC
Wild Kingdom
NBC's Wonderful World of Color #9 23.6 rating
The Bill Cosby Show #11 22.7 rating
Bonanza #3 24.8 rating
The Bold Ones : The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Law Enforcers (aka The Protectors)
Monday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
7:30 The Music Scene / 8:15 The New People
The Survivors
Love, American Style
CBS
Gunsmoke #2 25.9 rating
Here's Lucy #6 23.9 rating
Mayberry R.F.D. #4 24.4 rating
The Doris Day Show #10 22.8 rating
The Carol Burnett Show #13 22.1 rating
NBC
My World... and Welcome to It
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #1 26.3 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 #23 20.8 rating
ABC Movie of the Week #22 20.9 rating
Marcus Welby, M.D. #8 23.7 rating
CBS
Lancer
The Red Skelton Hour #7 23.8 rating
The Governor and J.J.
CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
NBC
I Dream of Jeannie
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Julia #28 20.1 rating
NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday (once a month)
Wednesday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Flying Nun
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Room 222
The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
CBS
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour #20 21.0 rating
The Beverly Hillbillies #18 21.7 rating
Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O #19 21.1 rating
NBC
The Virginian
Kraft Music Hall
Then Came Bronson
Thursday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
That Girl
Bewitched #25 20.6 rating
This is Tom Jones
It Takes a Thief
CBS
Family Affair #5 24.2 rating
The Jim Nabors Hour #12 22.4 rating
The CBS Thursday Night Movies #29 20.0 rating
NBC
Daniel Boone
Ironside #16 21.8 rating
Dragnet 1970
The Dean Martin Show #14 21.9 rating
Friday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Let's Make a Deal
The Brady Bunch
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Here Come the Brides
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour
CBS
Get Smart
The Good Guys
Hogan's Heroes
The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC
The High Chaparral
The Name of the Game
Bracken's World
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
The Hollywood Palace
Local
CBS
The Jackie Gleason Show
My Three Sons #15 21.8 rating
Green Acres
Petticoat Junction
Mannix #30 19.9 rating
NBC
The Andy Williams Show
Adam-12
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies #24 20.6 rating
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 (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1 .