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.Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
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.
Sunday Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Land of the Giants The F.B.I. (24/20.6)(Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and Bewitched) The ABC Sunday Night Movie CBS Fall Lassie To Rome With Love The Ed Sullivan Show (27/20.3) The Leslie Uggams Show Mission: Impossible December The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0)(Tied with Hee Haw) Summer Comedy Tonight NBC Wild Kingdom The Wonderful World of Disney (9/23.6) The Bill Cosby Show (11/22.7) Bonanza (3/24.8) The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers / The Law Enforcers (aka The Protectors)
Monday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall The Music Scene (7:30) / The New People (8:15) Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors" Love, American Style Winter It Takes a Thief ABC Monday Night Movie Now CBS Fall Gunsmoke (2/25.9) Here's Lucy (6/23.9) Mayberry R.F.D. (4/24.4) The Doris Day Show (10/22.8) The Carol Burnett Show (13/22.1) Summer The Lucy Show reruns The Wild Wild West reruns NBC My World and Welcome to It Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/26.3) NBC Monday Night at the Movies
Tuesday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC The Mod Squad (23/20.8) ABC Movie of the Week (22/20.9) Marcus Welby, M.D. (8/23.7) CBSLancerThe Red Skelton Hour (7/23.8) The Governor & J.J. CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes NBC I Dream of Jeannie The Debbie Reynolds Show Julia (28/20.1) NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies / First Tuesday (once a month)
Wednesday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall The Flying Nun The Courtship of Eddie's Father Room 222 The ABC Wednesday Night Movie Winter Nanny and the Professor The Johnny Cash Show (15/21.8)(Tied with My Three Sons and Ironside) The Engelbert Humperdinck Show Summer Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers Show The Smothers Brothers Show CBS Fall The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (20/21.0)(Tied with Hee Haw) The Beverly Hillbillies (18/21.7) Medical Center Hawaii Five-O (19/21.1) Winter Hee Haw (20/21.0)(Tied with The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour) Summer Where's Huddles? Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. reruns NBC The Virginian Kraft Music Hall Then Came Bronson
Thursday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall The Ghost & Mrs. Muir That Girl Bewitched (24/20.6)(Tied with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and The F.B.I.) This is Tom Jones It Takes a Thief Winter Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour Paris 7000 Spring Animal World Summer Lana Turner starring in Harold Robbins' "The Survivors" CBS Family Affair (5/24.2) The Jim Nabors Hour (12/22.4) CBS Thursday Night Movie (29/20.0) NBC Fall Daniel Boone Ironside (15/21.8)(Tied with My Three Sons and The Johnny Cash Show) Dragnet 1970 The Dean Martin Show (14/21.9) July Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London
Friday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall Let's Make a Deal The Brady Bunch Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Here Come the Brides Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Winter The Flying Nun The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Love, American Style CBS Fall Get Smart The Good Guys Hogan's Heroes The CBS Friday Night Movie Winter The Tim Conway Show Spring CBS News Adventure Follow-up Get Smart The Tim Conway Show Summer He & She reruns NBC The High Chaparral The Name of the Game Bracken's World
Saturday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall The Dating Game The Newlywed Game The Lawrence Welk Show The Hollywood Palace Local February Let's Make a Deal Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters July The Engelbert Humperdinck Show CBS The Jackie Gleason Show My Three Sons (15/21.8)(Tied with Ironside and The Johnny Cash Show) Green Acres Petticoat Junction Mannix (30/19.9) NBC Fall The Andy Williams Show Adam-12 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (24/20.6)(Tied with Bewitched and The F.B.I.) Summer Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens
By network
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.
References
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. . Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .