This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1973 . All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football .
New fall series are highlighted in bold . Programs ending their runs are highlited in italics .
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime yellow cyan magenta
PBS , the Public Broadcasting Service , was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
Schedule [ ] Sunday [ ]
Network
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
The F.B.I.
The ABC Sunday Night Movie (24/20.7)
Local Programming
CBS
The New Adventures of Perry Mason Mannix
Barnaby Jones (18/21.4)
Local Programming
NBC
The Wonderful World of Disney (13/22.3)
NBC Sunday Mystery Movie : Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Hec Ramsey Local Programming
Monday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
The Rookies (25/20.3)
ABC NFL Monday Night Football (19/21.2)
CBS
Gunsmoke (15/22.1)
Here's Lucy The New Dick Van Dyke Show Medical Center
NBC
Lotsa Luck Diana NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
1973
Temperatures Rising ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (21/21.0)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1974
Happy Days
CBS
Maude (6/23.5)
Hawaii Five-O (5/24.0)
The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies Hawkins Shaft
NBC
Chase The Magician Police Story
Wednesday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
CBS
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Cannon (10/23.1)
Kojak
NBC
Adam-12 (23/20.7)
NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie : Banacek / Tenafly Faraday and Company The Snoop Sisters Love Story
Thursday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
Toma Kung Fu (28/20.1)
The Streets of San Francisco (22/20.8)
CBS
The Waltons (2/28.1)
The CBS Thursday Night Movies (30/19.9)
NBC
The Flip Wilson Show Ironside
NBC Follies
Friday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
The Brady Bunch The Odd Couple
Room 222 Adam's Rib Love, American Style
CBS
1973
Calucci's Department Roll Out! The CBS Friday Night Movies (20/21.2)
1974
Dirty Sally Good Times
Your Hit Parade
NBC
Sanford and Son (3/27.5)
The Girl with Something Extra Needles and Pins The Brian Keith Show The Little People )
The Dean Martin Show
Saturday [ ]
Network
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
ABC
The Partridge Family ABC Suspense Movie Griff
CBS
All in the Family (1/31.2)
M*A*S*H (4/25.7)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (9/23.1)
The Bob Newhart Show (12/23.3)
The Carol Burnett Show (27/20.1)
NBC
Emergency!
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 (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1 . 