1969–70 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1969–70 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1969 through August 1970. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1968–69 season.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


 * 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.

The National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

ABC
Returning Series
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
 * Animal World
 * Bewitched
 * The Dating Game
 * The F.B.I.
 * The Flying Nun
 * The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (moved from NBC)
 * Here Come the Brides
 * The Hollywood Palace
 * It Takes a Thief
 * Land of the Giants
 * The Lawrence Welk Show
 * Let's Make a Deal
 * The Mod Squad
 * The Newlywed Game
 * The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
 * That Girl
 * This Is Tom Jones

New Series
 * ABC Monday Night Movie
 * ABC Movie of the Week
 * The Brady Bunch
 * The Courtship of Eddie's Father
 * The Engelbert Humperdinck Show *
 * Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters *
 * Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers Show
 * Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors"
 * Love, American Style
 * Marcus Welby, M.D.
 * Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
 * The Music Scene
 * Nanny and the Professor *
 * The New People
 * Now *
 * Paris 7000 *
 * Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour *
 * Room 222

Not returning from 1968–69:
 * The Avengers
 * The Big Valley
 * The Dick Cavett Show (moved to late night)
 * The Don Rickles Show
 * Felony Squad
 * The Generation Gap
 * The Guns of Will Sonnett
 * The John Davidson Show
 * Journey to the Unknown
 * Judd, for the Defense
 * The King Family Show
 * N.Y.P.D.
 * Operation: Entertainment
 * The Outcasts
 * Peyton Place
 * Saga of Western Man
 * That's Life
 * Turn-On
 * The Ugliest Girl in Town
 * What's it All About, World?

CBS
Returning Series
 * The 21st Century
 * The Beverly Hillbillies
 * The Carol Burnett Show
 * CBS News Hour
 * CBS Playhouse
 * CBS Thursday Night Movie
 * 60 Minutes
 * The Doris Day Show
 * The Ed Sullivan Show
 * Family Affair
 * Get Smart (moved from NBC)
 * The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
 * The Good Guys
 * Green Acres
 * Gunsmoke
 * Hawaii Five-O
 * Hee Haw
 * Here's Lucy
 * Hogan's Heroes
 * The Jackie Gleason Show
 * Lancer
 * Lassie
 * Mannix
 * Mayberry R.F.D.
 * Mission: Impossible
 * My Three Sons
 * Petticoat Junction
 * The Red Skelton Hour
 * The Wild Wild West

New Series
 * CBS News Adventure *
 * Comedy Tonight *
 * The Governor & J.J.
 * The Jim Nabors Hour
 * The Leslie Uggams Show
 * Medical Center
 * The Tim Conway Show *
 * To Rome with Love
 * Where's Huddles? *

Not returning from 1968–69:
 * Blondie
 * Gentle Ben
 * Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
 * The Jonathan Winters Show
 * The Liberace Show
 * The Queen & I

NBC
Returning Series
 * Adam-12
 * The Andy Williams Show
 * Bonanza
 * Columbo
 * Daniel Boone
 * The Dean Martin Show
 * Dragnet 1970
 * First Tuesday
 * The High Chaparral
 * I Dream of Jeannie
 * Ironside
 * Julia
 * Kraft Music Hall
 * The Name of the Game
 * NBC Monday Night at the Movies
 * The NBC Mystery Movie
 * NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
 * Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
 * The Virginian
 * Wild Kingdom
 * The Wonderful World of Disney

New Series
 * Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens *
 * The Bill Cosby Show
 * The Bold Ones
 * Bracken's World
 * Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London
 * The Debbie Reynolds Show
 * Jambo
 * Letters to Laugh-In *
 * My World and Welcome to It
 * Night Gallery
 * Strange Report
 * Then Came Bronson

Not returning from 1968–69:
 * The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
 * Get Smart (moved to CBS)
 * The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (moved to ABC)
 * The Jerry Lewis Show
 * The Mothers-in-Law
 * My Friend Tony
 * The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 * The Outsider
 * The Saint
 * Star Trek

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

Additional sources

 * 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.