1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1972–73 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1972 to August 1973. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange , game shows are pink , soap operas are chartreuse , news programs are gold , children's shows are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Monday-Friday

 * ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast

Saturday
In the News aired after all of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and CBS Children's Film Festival. ABC debuts Multiplication Rock, a series of three-minute animated educational shorts shown five times each Saturday in between programs, on January 6.

Sunday
Multiplication Rock followed Curiosity Shop and Make a Wish on ABC starting January 7.

ABC
Returning series
 * ABC Evening News
 * All My Children
 * American Bandstand
 * Bewitched (reruns)
 * The Bullwinkle Show (reruns)
 * Curiosity Shop (reruns)
 * The Dating Game
 * The Funky Phantom (reruns)
 * General Hospital
 * H.R. Pufnstuf (reruns)
 * Issues and Answers
 * The Jackson 5ive
 * Let's Make a Deal
 * Lidsville
 * Love, American Style (reruns)
 * Make a Wish
 * The Monkees (reruns)
 * The Newlywed Game
 * One Life to Live
 * Password
 * Split Second

New series
 * The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
 * The Brady Bunch (reruns)
 * The Brady Kids
 * The Girl in My Life
 * Kid Power
 * Multiplication Rock
 * The Osmonds

Not returning from 1971-72
 * Here Come the Double Deckers (reruns)
 * Jonny Quest (reruns)
 * Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (reruns)
 * The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (reruns)
 * The Road Runner Show
 * That Girl (reruns)
 * Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (reruns)

CBS
Returning series
 * Archie's Funhouse (reruns)
 * Archie's TV Funnies
 * As the World Turns
 * The Bugs Bunny Show
 * Camera Three
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * CBS Children's Film Festival
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS Morning News
 * The Edge of Night
 * Face the Nation
 * Family Affair (reruns)
 * The Guiding Light
 * Harlem Globetrotters (reruns)
 * Lamp Unto My Feet
 * Look Up and Live
 * Love is a Many Splendored Thing
 * Love of Life
 * Match Game previously on NBC from 1962-69
 * Sabrina the Teenage Witch (reruns)
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * The Secret Storm
 * Sunrise Semester
 * Where the Heart Is

New series
 * The $10,000 Pyramid
 * The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
 * Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
 * The Flintstone Comedy Hour
 * Gambit
 * Hollywood's Talking
 * The Joker's Wild
 * Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
 * The New Scooby-Doo Movies
 * The Price Is Right
 * The Vin Scully Show
 * The Young and the Restless

Not returning from 1971-72
 * The Amateur's Guide to Love
 * The Beverly Hillbillies (reruns)
 * Gomer Pyle, USMC (reruns)
 * Groovie Goolies (reruns)
 * Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
 * The Lucy Show (reruns)
 * The Monkees
 * My Three Sons (reruns)
 * The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
 * Tom and Jerry (reruns)
 * You Are There

NBC
Returning series
 * Another World
 * Concentration
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Dinah's Place
 * The Doctors
 * The Hollywood Squares
 * Jeopardy!
 * The Jetsons (reruns)
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News
 * NBC Saturday Night News
 * NBC Sunday Night News
 * The New Pink Panther Show
 * Return to Peyton Place
 * Sale of the Century
 * Somerset
 * Three on a Match
 * Today
 * The Underdog Show (reruns)
 * The Who, What, or Where Game

New series
 * Around the World in 80 Days
 * Baffle
 * The Barkleys
 * The Houndcats
 * The Roman Holidays
 * Runaround
 * Sealab 2020
 * Talking with a Giant
 * The Wizard of Odds

Not returning from 1971-72
 * Barrier Reef
 * Bright Promise
 * The Bugaloos
 * Deputy Dawg
 * Doctor Dolittle (reruns)
 * Take a Giant Step
 * Mr. Wizard
 * The Woody Woodpecker Show