1971-72 American network television schedule
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| Seasons: 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 - 1971-72 - 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1971. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
SUNDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | The F.B.I. | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | The CBS Sunday Night Movie | Cade's County | ||||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Bonanza | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors / The Lawyers | ||||
MONDAY
| 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 | The Nanny and the Professor | ABC Monday Night Football | ||||||
| CBS | Gunsmoke | Here's Lucy | The Doris Day Show | My Three Sons | Arnie | |||
| NBC | Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In | The NBC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
TUESDAY
| 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 | The Mod Squad | Movie of the Week | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||||
| CBS | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Hawaii Five-O | Cannon | |||||
| NBC | Ironside | Sarge | The Funny Side | |||||
WEDNESDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | Bewitched | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | The Smith Family | Shirley's World | The Man and the City | |||
| CBS | The Carol Burnett Show | Medical Center | Mannix | |||||
| NBC | Adam 12 | The NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife | Night Gallery | |||||
THURSDAY
| 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 | Alias Smith and Jones | Longstreet | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | |||||
| CBS | Bearcats | The CBS Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show | Nichols | The Dean Martin Show | |||||
FRIDAY
| 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 | The Brady Bunch | The Partridge Family | Room 222 | The Odd Couple | Love, American Style | ||||
| CBS | The Chicago Teddy Bears | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | The New CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | The D.A. | The NBC World Premiere Movie | |||||||
SATURDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | Getting Together | The ABC Movie of the Weekend | The Persuaders! | |||||
| CBS | All In The Family | Funny Face | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Mary Tyler Moore | Mission: Impossible | |||
| NBC | The Partners | The Good Life | The NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||