This was the television schedule on all three commercial United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1974 . 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, but the schedule was set by each local station.
Fall Schedule [ ] Sunday [ ]
PM
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Local
The Sonny Comedy Revue The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS
Apple's Way Kojak #14 23.3 rating
Mannix #20 21.6 rating
Local
NBC
The Wonderful World of Disney #18 22.0 rating
NBC Sunday Mystery Movie : Columbo / McCloud / McMillan & Wife / Amy Prentiss Local
Monday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Rookies #19 22.0 rating
ABC NFL Monday Night Football
CBS
Gunsmoke #28 20.5 rating
Maude #9 24.9 rating
Rhoda Medical Center #27 20.6 rating
NBC
Born Free NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Happy Days
ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week
Marcus Welby, M.D.
CBS
Good Times #7 25.8 rating
M*A*S*H #5 27.4 rating
Hawaii Five-O #10 24.8 rating
Barnaby Jones
NBC
Adam-12
NBC World Premiere Movie
Police Story
Wednesday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
That's My Mama ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week
Get Christie Love!
CBS
Sons and Daughters Cannon #21 21.6 rating
The Manhunter
NBC
Little House on the Prairie Lucas Tanner Petrocelli
Thursday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The Odd Couple
Paper Moon The Streets of San Francisco #23 21.3 rating
Harry O
CBS
The Waltons #8 25.5 rating
The CBS Thursday Night Movies
NBC
Sierra Ironside
Movin' On
Friday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
Kodiak The Six Million Dollar Man
The Texas Wheelers Kolchak: The Night Stalker
CBS
Planet of the Apes The CBS Friday Night Movies
NBC
Sanford and Son #2 29.6 rating
Chico and the Man The Rockford Files Police Woman
Saturday [ ]
PM
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
The New Land Kung Fu
Nakia
CBS
All in the Family #1 30.2 rating
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers The Mary Tyler Moore Show #11 24.0 rating
The Bob Newhart Show #17 22.4 rating
The Carol Burnett Show #29 20.4 rating
NBC
Emergency! #30 20.0 rating
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 . 