1975–76 United States network television schedule

The 1975–76 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers hteprimetime hours from September 1975 through August 1976. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1974–75 season.

This was the first season since 1971 in which a four-hour Sunday night schedule was implemented.

This was also the first season for the 22-hour weekly prime-time schedule (four hours on Sunday, three hours each on Monday through Saturday). It remains in effect to this day.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released on May 1976 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

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.

Legend
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: As of the 2022–23 television season, since December 1975, 60 Minutes has continually aired at the same 7:00 PM ET (or after sporting event overrun) time slot on CBS.

Tuesday
Note: Beginning March 9, Family was added onto ABC's lineup, replacing Marcus Welby, M.D..

Wednesday
Note: The Best of Sanford and Son consisted of reruns of Sanford and Son from earlier seasons; Sanford and Son continued to air in its normal Friday 8:00-8:30 time slot during The Best of Sanford and Son's run. Hawk consisted of reruns of the 1966 ABC television series.

ABC
Returning Series
 * The ABC Monday Night Movie
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * Almost Anything Goes
 * Baretta
 * Barney Miller
 * Happy Days
 * Harry O
 * Marcus Welby, M.D.
 * Monday Night Baseball (moved from NBC)
 * Monday Night Football
 * The Rookies
 * The Six Million Dollar Man
 * The Streets of San Francisco
 * S.W.A.T.
 * That's My Mama

New Series
 * The ABC Friday Night Movie
 * Barbary Coast
 * Bert D'Angelo/Superstar *
 * The Bionic Woman *
 * Donny & Marie *
 * Family *
 * Good Heavens *
 * Laverne & Shirley *
 * Matt Helm
 * Mobile One
 * On the Rocks
 * Rich Man, Poor Man *
 * Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
 * Starsky & Hutch *
 * The Swiss Family Robinson
 * Viva Valdez *
 * Welcome Back, Kotter
 * When Things Were Rotten

Not returning from 1974–75:
 * The ABC Saturday Night Movie
 * ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week
 * ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week
 * Caribe
 * Get Christie Love!
 * Hot l Baltimore
 * The Jim Stafford Show
 * Karen
 * Keep on Truckin'
 * Kodiak
 * Kolchak: The Night Stalker
 * Kung Fu
 * Nakia
 * The New Land
 * The Odd Couple
 * Paper Moon
 * The Sonny Comedy Revue
 * The Texas Wheelers

CBS
Returning Series
 * 60 Minutes *
 * All in the Family
 * Barnaby Jones
 * Big Eddie
 * The Bob Newhart Show
 * Cannon
 * The Carol Burnett Show
 * Cher
 * Good Times
 * Hawaii Five-O
 * I've Got a Secret *
 * The Jeffersons
 * Johnny Cash and Friends
 * Kojak
 * M*A*S*H
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show
 * Maude
 * Medical Center
 * Rhoda
 * CBS Thursday Night Movie
 * Tony Orlando and Dawn
 * The Waltons

New Series
 * Beacon Hill
 * The Blue Knight *
 * Bronk
 * The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show *
 * Doc
 * Ivan the Terrible *
 * The Jacksons *
 * Joe and Sons
 * Kate McShane
 * The Kelly Monteith Show *
 * One Day at a Time *
 * Phyllis
 * Popi *
 * Sara *
 * The Sonny and Cher Show *
 * Switch
 * Three for the Road

Not returning from 1974–75:
 * Apple's Way
 * The Dick Cavett Show
 * The Friday Comedy Special
 * Friends and Lovers
 * Frigidaire Spring Feature
 * Gunsmoke
 * Khan!
 * Manhattan Transfer
 * The Manhunter
 * Mannix
 * Planet of the Apes
 * Sons and Daughters

NBC
Returning Series
 * Chico and the Man
 * Columbo
 * Emergency!
 * Little House on the Prairie
 * The Mac Davis Show
 * McCloud
 * McMillan & Wife
 * Movin' On
 * The NBC Mystery Movie
 * NBC Monday Night at the Movies
 * NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
 * Petrocelli
 * Police Story
 * Police Woman
 * The Rockford Files
 * Sanford and Son
 * The Wonderful World of Disney

New Series
 * City of Angels *
 * Comedy Theatre *
 * The Cop and the Kid *
 * Doctors' Hospital
 * The Dumplings *
 * Ellery Queen
 * The Family Holvak
 * Fay
 * Grady *
 * The Invisible Man
 * Jigsaw John *
 * Joe Forrester
 * The John Davidson Show *
 * McCoy
 * Medical Story
 * The Montefuscos
 * NBC Thursday Night at the Movies
 * The Practice *
 * The Rich Little Show *

Not returning from 1974–75:
 * Adam-12
 * Amy Prentiss
 * Archer
 * Ben Vereen...Comin' At Ya
 * The Bob Crane Show
 * Born Free
 * The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show
 * Ironside
 * Lucas Tanner
 * Monday Night Baseball (moved to ABC)
 * Sierra
 * The Smothers Brothers Show
 * Sunshine

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.