1974–75 United States network television schedule

The 1974–75 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1974 through August 1975. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1973–74 season.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

This is the last of the four seasons to carry a 21-hour (three hours every day) weekly prime time schedule, which was used from 1971 to 1975.

New series are highlighted in bold.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

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

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Light blue indicates local programming.

Gray indicates encore programming.

Blue-gray indicates news programming.

Light green indicates sporting events.

Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.

Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.

Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.

Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.

Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Sunday
Note: 60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from September 1974 to June 1975.

Wednesday
Note: Dan August consisted of reruns of the 1970-1971 ABC series.

ABC
Returning Series
 * The ABC Monday Night Movie
 * The ABC Saturday Night Movie
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week
 * ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week
 * Happy Days
 * Kung Fu
 * Marcus Welby, M.D.
 * Monday Night Football
 * The Odd Couple
 * The Rookies
 * The Six Million Dollar Man
 * The Streets of San Francisco

New Series
 * Almost Anything Goes! *
 * Baretta *
 * Barney Miller *
 * Caribe *
 * Get Christie Love!
 * Harry O
 * Hot l Baltimore *
 * The Jim Stafford Show *
 * Karen *
 * Keep on Truckin' *
 * Kodiak
 * Kolchak: The Night Stalker
 * Nakia
 * The New Land
 * Paper Moon
 * The Sonny Comedy Revue
 * S.W.A.T. *
 * The Texas Wheelers
 * That's My Mama

Not returning from 1973–74:
 * Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
 * The Brady Bunch
 * Chopper One
 * The Cowboys
 * Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years
 * Doc Elliot
 * The F.B.I.
 * Firehouse
 * Griff
 * Just for Laughs
 * Love, American Style
 * Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
 * The Partridge Family
 * Room 222
 * Temperatures Rising
 * Toma

CBS
Returning Series
 * 60 Minutes
 * All in the Family
 * Apple's Way
 * Barnaby Jones
 * The Bob Newhart Show
 * CBS Thursday Night Movie
 * Cannon
 * The Carol Burnett Show
 * Good Times
 * Gunsmoke
 * Hawaii Five-O
 * Kojak
 * M*A*S*H
 * Mannix
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show
 * Maude
 * Medical Center
 * Tony Orlando and Dawn
 * The Waltons
 * Your Hit Parade

New Series
 * Big Eddie *
 * Cher *
 * The Friday Comedy Special *
 * Friends and Lovers
 * Frigidaire Spring Feature *
 * The Jeffersons *
 * Joey & Dad *
 * Khan! *
 * The Manhattan Transfer *
 * The Manhunter
 * Moses the Lawgiver *
 * Planet of the Apes
 * Rhoda
 * Sons and Daughters
 * We'll Get By *

Not returning from 1973–74:
 * Calucci's Department
 * Dirty Sally
 * The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies
 * The New Dick Van Dyke Show
 * Here's Lucy
 * The Hudson Brothers Show
 * The New Perry Mason
 * Roll Out
 * The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

NBC
Returning Series
 * Adam-12
 * Columbo
 * Emergency!
 * Ironside
 * McCloud
 * McMillan & Wife
 * Monday Night Baseball
 * NBC Monday Night at the Movies
 * The NBC Mystery Movie
 * NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
 * Police Story
 * Sanford and Son
 * The Wonderful World of Disney

New Series
 * Amy Prentiss *
 * Archer *
 * Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya *
 * The Bob Crane Show *
 * Born Free
 * Chico and the Man *
 * The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show
 * Little House on the Prairie
 * Lucas Tanner
 * The Mac Davis Show *
 * Movin' On
 * NBC World Premiere Movie
 * Petrocelli
 * Police Woman
 * The Rockford Files
 * Sierra
 * The Smothers Brothers Show *
 * Sunshine *

Not returning from 1973–74:
 * The Brian Keith Show
 * Chase
 * The Dean Martin Comedy World
 * The Dean Martin Show
 * Diana
 * The Flip Wilson Show
 * The Girl with Something Extra
 * Lotsa Luck
 * Love Story
 * The Magician
 * Music Country USA
 * NBC Follies
 * Needles and Pins

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 (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.