1967–68 United States network television schedule explained

The following is the 1967–68 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1967 through August 1968. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1966–67 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.[1]

National Educational Television (NET), the network predecessor to PBS, introduced its first live, in-pattern weekly series in November, 1967, PBL (an acronym for Public Broadcast Laboratory), which was cleared in a simultaneous 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT Sunday time-slot on the majority of NET stations. In the first season the series offered usually two-hour episodes, in the second season (1968–69) episodes usually ran for 90 minutes, after a 150-minute premiere on November 5, 1967. The series was a mix of filmed segments and live interviews, discussion panels and other performance.

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

Network7:00 PM7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCVoyage to the Bottom of the SeaThe F.B.I. (22/21.2)The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBSFallLassie (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
SummerThe Summer Brothers Smothers Show
NBCFallAFL Football (from 4:30 EST)Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (25/20.7)The Mothers-in-LawBonanza (4/25.5)
(Tied with Gunsmoke and Family Affair)
The High Chaparral
WinterWild Kingdom
SummerFlipper (reruns)
NOTE: On NBC, Animal Kingdom — renamed Animal World beginning with its August 11, 1968, broadcast — aired from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. from June 16, 1968, to September 1968.

Monday

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCCowboy in AfricaThe Rat PatrolFelony SquadPeyton PlaceThe Big Valley
CBSFallGunsmoke (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)
JulyPremiere
NBCFallThe MonkeesThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.The Danny Thomas HourI Spy
WinterRowan & Martin's Laugh-In (21/21.3)
SummerThe Champions
NOTE: On CBS, Premiere was an anthology series composed of unsold television pilots.

Tuesday

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCFallGarrison's GorillasThe InvadersN.Y.P.D.The Hollywood Palace
WinterIt Takes A Thief (30/19.9)
(Tied with Lassie)
The Invaders
CBSDaktariThe Red Skelton Show (7/25.3)Good Morning WorldCBS News Hour/CBS Reports
NBCI Dream of JeannieThe Jerry Lewis ShowNBC Tuesday Night at the Movies (18/21.4)

Wednesday

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCFallCusterThe Second Hundred YearsThe ABC Wednesday Night Movie
JanuaryThe Avengers
SpringDream House
CBSFallLost in SpaceThe Beverly Hillbillies (12/23.3)Green Acres (15/22.8)
(Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie)
He & SheDundee and the Culhane
DecemberThe Jonathan Winters Show
NBCThe Virginian (14/22.9)Kraft Music HallRun 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

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCFallBatmanThe Flying NunBewitched (11/23.5)That GirlPeyton PlaceGood CompanyLocal
WinterLocal
CBSCimarron StripCBS Thursday Night Movie (23/21.1)
NBCFallDaniel 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)
JuneDean 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

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCFallOff to See the WizardHondoThe Guns of Will SonnettJudd, for the Defense
Winter
SummerMan in a Suitcase
CBSThe Wild Wild WestGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (3/25.6)The CBS Friday Night Movie (15/22.8)
(Tied with Green Acres)
NBCFallTarzanStar TrekAccidental FamilyThe Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials / NBC News Reports / American Profile
WinterHollywood Squares

Saturday

Network7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PM
ABCFallThe Dating GameThe Newlywed GameThe Lawrence Welk Show (17/21.9)Iron HorseABC Scope
WinterThe Hollywood Palace
CBSFallThe Jackie Gleason Show (9/23.9)My Three Sons (24/20.8)Hogan's HeroesPetticoat JunctionMannix
SummerThe Prisoner
NBCFallMayaGet SmartNBC Saturday Night at the Movies (10/23.6)
WinterThe Saint

By network

ABC

Returning Series

New Series

Not returning from 1966–67:

CBS

Returning Series

New Series

Not returning from 1966–67:

NBC

Returning Series

New Series

Not returning from 1966–67:

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

Additional sources

Notes and 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. .