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.
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Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
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 cigarettes on television and radio effective January 2, 1971.
This season would be the last one for the traditional 3½-hour prime time schedule.
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Sunday[edit]
| Network | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Young Rebels | The F.B.I. (10/23.0) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (28/19.7) | |||||
| Winter | Local | ||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Lassie | Hogan's Heroes | The Ed Sullivan Show | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour | |||
| Winter | Sunday | ||||||||
| Summer | The CBS Sunday Night Movies | Ice Palace | |||||||
| Follow-up | Animal World | Comedy Playhouse | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Six Wives of Henry VIII | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Wild Kingdom | The Wonderful World of Disney (13/22.4) (Tied with Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) | The Bill Cosby Show | Bonanza (9/23.9) | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Senator | |||
| Summer | Local | The Red Skelton Show | |||||||
Monday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Young Lawyers | The Silent Force | Monday Night Football | ||||
| Winter | Let's Make a Deal | The Newlywed Game | The Reel Game | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||
| Spring | It Was a Very Good Year | |||||||
| CBS | Fall | Gunsmoke (5/25.5) | Here's Lucy (3/26.1) | Mayberry R.F.D. (15/22.3) | The Doris Day Show (20/20.7) | The Carol Burnett Show (25/19.8) (Tied with The Partridge Family and NBC Monday Night at the Movies) | ||
| Summer | Suspense Playhouse | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Red Skelton Show | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (13/22.4) (Tied with The Wonderful World of Disney) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies (25/19.8) (Tied with The Carol Burnett Show and The Partridge Family) | ||||
| Spring | From a Bird's Eye View | |||||||
| Summer | NBC Comedy Theater | |||||||
| Follow-up | Specials | Monday Night Baseball | ||||||
Tuesday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Mod Squad (11/22.7) | ABC Movie of the Week (6/25.1) | Marcus Welby, M.D. (1/29.6) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Beverly Hillbillies | Green Acres | Hee Haw (16/21.4) | To Rome With Love | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes | ||
| Winter | All in the Family | |||||||
| Summer | Cimarron Strip reruns | Specials | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Don Knotts Show | Julia | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday | ||||
| Winter | Julia | The Don Knotts Show | ||||||
| Summer | The Bill Cosby Show | |||||||
Wednesday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Danny Thomas in Make Room for Granddaddy | Room 222 | The Johnny Cash Show | Dan August | ||
| Winter | Room 222 | The Smith Family (21/20.6) | The Young Lawyers | |||||
| Summer | Love on a Rooftop | The Immortal | NFL Action | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Storefront Lawyers (renamed Men at Law in midseason) | The Governor & J.J. | Medical Center (8/24.5) | Hawaii Five-O (7/25.0) | |||
| Winter | To Rome with Love | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Men from Shiloh* (18/21.2) | Kraft Music Hall | Four in One: McCloud / San Francisco International Airport / Night Gallery / The Psychiatrist | ||||
| Summer | The Des O'Connor Show | |||||||
(*) Formerly The Virginian.
Thursday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Matt Lincoln | Bewitched | Barefoot in the Park | The Odd Couple | The Immortal | ||
| Winter | Alias Smith and Jones | Danny Thomas in Make Room for Granddaddy | Dan August | Local | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Family Affair | The Jim Nabors Hour (29/19.5) | The CBS Thursday Night Movies (30/19.3) | ||||
| Summer | Lancer reruns | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Flip Wilson Show (2/27.9) | Ironside (4/25.7) | Nancy | The Dean Martin Show (24/20.0) | |||
| Winter | Adam-12 | |||||||
| Summer | NBC Action Playhouse | The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone | ||||||
Note:The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone consisted entirely of reruns of the show of the same name from the summer of 1967.
Friday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Brady Bunch | Nanny and the Professor | The Partridge Family (25/19.8) (Tied with The Carol Burnett Show and NBC Monday Night at the Movies) | That Girl | Love, American Style | This Is Tom Jones | |
| Winter | The Odd Couple | Love, American Style | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Interns | Headmaster | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
| Winter | The New Andy Griffith Show | |||||||
| Summer | Headmaster | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | The High Chaparral | The Name of the Game | Bracken's World | ||||
| Winter | Strange Report | |||||||
Saturday[edit]
| Network | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Let's Make a Deal | The Newlywed Game | The Lawrence Welk Show | The Most Deadly Game | Local | ||
| Winter | The Lawrence Welk Show | The Pearl Bailey Show | Local | |||||
| CBS | Mission: Impossible | My Three Sons (19/20.8) | Arnie | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (22/20.3) | Mannix (17/21.3) | |||
| NBC | Fall | The Andy Williams Show | Adam-12 (12/22.6) | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (23/20.1) | ||||
| Winter | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | Local | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN978-0-345-49773-4.
Additional sources[edit]
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- 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. ISBN0-14-024916-8.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN0-345-31864-1.
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