1976-77 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1976. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The top-10 most watched shows are highlighted in yellow. The top 20 most watched shows are highlighted in cyan. The top 30 most watched shows are highlighted in magenta.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
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[edit] Sunday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Cos | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | The Sonny and Cher Show | Kojak | Delvecchio | ||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: | The Big Event | |||||
[edit] Monday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Captain and Tennille | ABC NFL Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | Rhoda | Phyllis | Maude | All's Fair | Executive Suite | |
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
[edit] Tuesday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | Laverne and Shirley | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Family | ||
| CBS | The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour | M*A*S*H | One Day at a Time | Switch! | ||
| NBC | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Police Woman | Police Story | |||
[edit] Wednesday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Bionic Woman | Baretta | Charlie's Angels | |||
| CBS | Good Times | Ball Four | All in the Family | Alice | The Blue Knight | |
| NBC | The Practice | NBC Movie of the Week | The Quest | |||
[edit] Thursday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Welcome Back, Kotter | Barney Miller | The Tony Randall Show | The Nancy Walker Show | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| CBS | The Waltons | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||
| NBC | Gemini Man | Best Sellers | Van Dyke and Company | |||
Note : NBC was supposed to have aired Snip, a sitcom starring David Brenner on Thursday, but it never aired.
[edit] Friday
A special program, Campaign '76, aired on CBS from 7:30 to 8:00 from September to early November, in preparation for the presidential election.
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Donny & Marie | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | Spencer's Pilots | The CBS Friday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | Sanford and Son | Chico and the Man | The Rockford Files | Serpico | ||
[edit] Saturday
| PM | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Holmes & Yo-Yo | Mr. T and Tina | Starsky and Hutch | Most Wanted | ||
| CBS | The Jeffersons | Doc | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | The Bob Newhart Show | The Carol Burnett Show | |
| NBC | Emergency! | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||
[edit] References
- 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.
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