This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1970 . All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football .
New fall series are highlighted in bold .
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime yellow cyan magenta
PBS , the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation by October 1970; however, schedules were set by each affiliated station.
In April 1970, Congress passed a law banning the advertising of tobacco products on television and radio effective January 2, 1971.
This season would the last one for the traditional 3½-hour prime time schedule.
Fall Schedule [ ] Sunday [ ]
PM
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Young Rebels The F.B.I. #10 23.0 rating
The ABC Sunday Night Movie #28 19.7 rating
CBS
Lassie
Hogan's Heroes
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour
NBC
Wild Kingdom
NBC's Wonderful World of Color #14 22.4 rating
The Bill Cosby Show
Bonanza #9 23.9 rating
The Bold Ones : The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Senator
Monday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Young Lawyers The Silent Force
Monday Night Football
CBS
Gunsmoke #5 25.5 rating
Here's Lucy #3 26.1 rating
Mayberry R.F.D. #15 22.3 rating
The Doris Day Show #20 20.7 rating
The Carol Burnett Show #25 19.8 rating
NBC
The Red Skelton Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #13 22.4 rating
NBC Monday Night at the Movies #27 19.8 rating
Tuesday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Mod Squad #11 22.7 rating
ABC Movie of the Week #6 25.1 rating
Marcus Welby, M.D. #1 29.6 rating
CBS
Fall
The Beverly Hillbillies
Green Acres
Hee Haw #16 21.4 rating
To Rome With Love
CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes
Follow-up
All in the Family
NBC
The Don Knotts Show Julia
NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday
Note : On CBS, the sitcom All in the Family premiered on January 12, 1971, at 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Make Room for Granddaddy Room 222
The Johnny Cash Show
Dan August
CBS
Storefront Lawyers The Governor & J.J.
Medical Center #8 24.5 rating
Hawaii Five-O #7 25.0 rating
NBC
The Men from Shiloh The Virginian Kraft Music Hall
Four in One : McCloud / San Francisco International Airport / Night Gallery / The Psychiatrist
Thursday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Matt Lincoln Bewitched
Barefoot in the Park The Odd Couple The Immortal
CBS
Family Affair
The Jim Nabors Hour #29 19.5 rating
The CBS Thursday Night Movies #30 19.3 rating
NBC
The Flip Wilson Show Ironside #4 25.7 rating
Nancy The Dean Martin Show #24 18.34 rating
Friday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Brady Bunch
Nanny and the Professor
The Partridge Family That Girl
Love, American Style
This Is Tom Jones
CBS
The Interns Headmaster 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
Let's Make a Deal
The Newlywed Game
The Lawrence Welk Show
The Most Deadly Game Local
CBS
Mission: Impossible
My Three Sons #19 20.8 rating
Arnie The Mary Tyler Moore Show Mannix #17 21.3 rating
NBC
The Andy Williams Show
Adam-12 #12 22.6 rating
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies #23 18.44 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 (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1 . 