1973–74 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 1973–74 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1973 to August 1974. All times are Eastern and Pacific. By 1974, the networks in the Pacific Time Zone would shift to a Central Time Zone schedule altogether.

Talk shows are highlighted in

yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Monday-Friday

Network		6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming											The Brady Bunch reruns	Password	Split Second	All My Children	Let's Make a Deal	The Newlywed Game	The Girl in My Life	General Hospital	One Life to Live	Love, American Style reruns	Local/syndicated programming				ABC News
	Spring																					The $10,000 Pyramid
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		Local/syndicated programming		The Joker's Wild	The $10,000 Pyramid	Gambit	Love of Life 11:55 am: CBS Midday News	The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	Local/syndicated programming	As the World Turns	The Guiding Light	The Edge of Night	The Price Is Right	Match Game '73	The Secret Storm	Local/syndicated programming				CBS Evening News
	Winter																				Match Game '74	Tattletales
	Spring										Gambit	Now You See It
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Today				Local/syndicated programming		Dinah's Place	Baffle	The Wizard of Odds	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	The Who, What, or Where Game 12:55 pm: NBC News Update	Local/syndicated programming	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Return to Peyton Place	Somerset	Local/syndicated programming				NBC Nightly News
	Winter										Jeopardy!			Jackpot	All-Star Baffle 12:55 pm: NBC News Update						How to Survive a Marriage
	Spring														Celebrity Sweepstakes 12:55 pm: NBC News Update
	Summer									Name That Tune	Winning Streak	High Rollers					Jeopardy!

Note

• ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast, depending on stations' schedule.

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming		The Bugs Bunny Show	Yogi's Gang	Super Friends		Lassie's Rescue Rangers	Goober and the Ghost Chasers	The Brady Kids		The New Saturday Superstar Movie		American Bandstand		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		The Flintstone Comedy Show	Bailey's Comets	The New Scooby-Doo Movies		My Favorite Martians	Jeannie	Speed Buggy	Josie and the Pussycats	Everything's Archie	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	CBS Children's Film Festival		CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming								CBS Evening News	Local/syndicated programming
	Spring			Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!	Sabrina the Teenage Witch							The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Lidsville	Inch High, Private Eye	The Addams Family	Emergency +4	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids		Sigmund and the Sea Monsters	The New Pink Panther Show	The Jetsons	Go!	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	NBC Saturday Night News
	Spring				The Addams Family	Emergency +4	Inch High, Private Eye

Sunday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming						Kid Power	The Osmonds	H.R. Pufnstuff	Make A Wish	Issues and Answers		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan	Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!	Local/syndicated programming		Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face The Nation	Local/syndicated programming	The NFL Today	NFL on CBS and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
	Winter											CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming												bgcolor=gold colspan=2 rowspan=2	60 Minutes
	Spring				Bailey's Comets
	Summer				bgcolor=white							Local/syndicated programming	bgcolor=gold	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming										Meet The Press	Grandstand	NFL on NBC and/or local/syndicated programming										Local/syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News
	Winter	Local/syndicated programming											Meet The Press	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming

By network

ABC

Returning series

• ABC Evening News
• The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
• All My Children
• American Bandstand
• The Brady Bunch
• The Brady Kids
• The Bugs Bunny Show
• General Hospital
• The Girl in My Life
• H.R. Pufnstuf
• Issues and Answers
• Kid Power
• Let's Make a Deal
• Love, American Style
• Make a Wish
• Multiplication Rock / Grammar Rock
• The Newlywed Game
• One Life to Live
• The Osmonds
• Password
• Split Second

New series

• The $10,000 Pyramid
• Goober and the Ghost Chasers
• Lassie's Rescue Rangers
• Super Friends
• Yogi's Gang

Not returning from 1972-73

• Bewitched
• The Bullwinkle Show
• Curiosity Shop
• The Dating Game
• The Funky Phantom
• The Jackson 5ive
• Lidsville (reruns; moved to NBC)
• The Monkees

CBS

Returning series

• The $10,000 Pyramid
• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
• As the World Turns
• Camera Three
• Captain Kangaroo
• CBS Children's Film Festival
• CBS Evening News
• CBS Morning News
• The Edge of Night
• Everything's Archie
• Face the Nation
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• The Flintstones Comedy Show
• Gambit
• The Guiding Light
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
• The Joker's Wild
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Lamp Unto My Feet
• Look Up and Live
• Love of Life
• Match Game
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
• The Price Is Right
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Search for Tomorrow
• The Secret Storm
• Sunrise Semester
• The Young and the Restless

New series

• Bailey's Comets
• Jeannie
• My Favorite Martians
• Now You See It
• Speed Buggy
• Tattletales

Not returning from 1972-73

• Archie's Funhouse
• Archie's TV Funnies
• Family Affair
• Harlem Globetrotters
• Hollywood's Talking
• Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
• Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• The Vin Scully Show
• Where the Heart Is

NBC

Returning series

• Another World
• Baffle
• Days of Our Lives
• Dinah's Place
• The Doctors
• The Hollywood Squares
• Jeopardy!
• The Jetsons
• Lidsville (moved from ABC)
• Meet the Press
• Name That Tune
• NBC Nightly News
• NBC Saturday Night News
• NBC Sunday Night News
• The New Pink Panther Show
• Return to Peyton Place
• Somerset
• Three on a Match
• Today
• The Who, What, or Where Game
• The Wizard of Odds

New series

• The Addams Family
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids
• Celebrity Sweepstakes
• Emergency +4
• Go!
• High Rollers
• How to Survive a Marriage
• Inch High, Private Eye
• Jackpot
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
• Winning Streak

Not returning from 1972-73

• Around the World in 80 Days
• The Barkleys
• Concentration (continued in syndication)
• The Houndcats
• The Roman Holidays
• Runaround
• Sale of the Century (returned in 1982-83)
• Sealab 2020

See also

• 1973-74 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1973-74 United States network television schedule (late night)