1967–68 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1967. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

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.[1]

     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.

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 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The F.B.I. (22/21.2) The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS Fall Lassie (30/19.9)
(Tied with It Takes a Thief)
Gentle Ben (19/21.5) The Ed Sullivan Show (13/23.2) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (18/21.7) Mission: Impossible
Summer The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
NBC Fall AFL Football (from 4:30 EST) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (25/20.7) The Mothers-in-Law Bonanza (4/25.5)
(Tied with Gunsmoke and Family Affair)
The High Chaparral
Winter The Wild Kingdom

Monday

Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Cowboy in Africa The Rat Patrol Felony Squad Peyton Place The Big Valley
CBS Fall Gunsmoke (4/25.5)
(Tied with Family Affair and Bonanza)
The Lucy Show (2/27.0) The Andy Griffith Show (1/27.6) Family Affair (4/25.5)
(Tied with Gunsmoke and Bonanza)
The Carol Burnett Show (27/20.1)
(Tied with Dragnet)
Summer Premiere
NBC Fall The Monkees The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Danny Thomas Hour I Spy
Winter Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (21/21.3)
Summer The Champions

Tuesday

Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Garrison's Gorillas The Invaders N.Y.P.D. The Hollywood Palace
Winter It Takes A Thief (28/19.9)
(Tied with Lassie)
The Invaders
CBS Daktari The Red Skelton Show (5/25.3) Good Morning World CBS News Hour/CBS Reports
NBC I Dream of Jeannie The Jerry Lewis Show NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies (18/21.4)

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 Custer The Second Hundred Years The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
Winter The Avengers
Spring Dream House
CBS Fall Lost in Space The Beverly Hillbillies (12/23.3) Green Acres (15/22.8)
(Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie)
He & She Dundee and the Culhane
Follow-up The Jonathan Winters Show
NBC The Virginian (14/22.9) Kraft Music Hall Run for Your Life

Note: CBS decided in September to replace Dundee and the Culhane in December with The Jonathan Winters Show. The Avengers replaced Custer in January 1968.

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 Batman The Flying Nun Bewitched (11/23.5) That Girl Peyton Place Good Company Local
Winter Local
CBS Cimarron Strip CBS Thursday Night Movie (23/21.1)
NBC Fall Daniel Boone (29/20.0) Ironside (26/20.5) Dragnet 1968 (27/20.1)
(Tied with The Carol Burnett Show)
The Dean Martin Show (8/24.8)
Summer Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers

Note: Good Company, an interview show hosted by F. Lee Bailey, did so poorly in the Nielsen ratings that ABC decided not to bother replacing it, temporarily returning its time period to their affiliates.

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 Off to See the Wizard Hondo The Guns of Will Sonnett Judd, for the Defense
Winter Operation: Entertainment
Summer Man in a Suitcase
CBS The Wild Wild West Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (3/25.6) The CBS Friday Night Movies (15/22.8)
(Tied with Green Acres)
NBC Fall Tarzan Star Trek Accidental Family The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials / NBC News Reports / American Profile
Winter The Hollywood Squares

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 (17/21.9) The Iron Horse ABC Scope
Winter The Hollywood Palace
CBS Fall The Jackie Gleason Show (9/23.9) My Three Sons (24/20.8) Hogan's Heroes Petticoat Junction Mannix
Summer The Prisoner
NBC Fall Maya Get Smart NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (10/23.6)
Winter The Saint

References

  1. ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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 (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

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