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This is the 1976–77 network television schedule. It shows the 3 biggest broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule shows the primetime hours from September 1976 to August 1977. This is also called the 1975–76 season. The schedule also has a list per network. This list shows the series that continued to happen, series that were new, and series that were cancelled. Most of the times are in Eastern or Pacific.

The highest-rated shows are highlighted. The rankings are decided by Nielsen Media Research.[1]

  Yellow shows the 10 best shows from the season
  Cyan shows the 20 best shows from the season
  Magenta shows the 30 best shows from the season.

Sunday

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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 Fall Cos The Six Million Dollar Man (7/24.2) The ABC Sunday Night Movie (8/23.4)
(Tied with Baretta and One Day at a Time)
Winter Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
CBS Fall 60 Minutes (18/21.9)
(Tied with Hawaii Five-O) 		The Sonny and Cher Show Kojak Delvecchio
Winter Rhoda Phyllis Switch
Summer Starland Vocal Band Show
NBC The Wonderful World of Disney NBC Sunday Mystery Movie:

Columbo / McCloud / McMillan / Quincy, M.E. / Lanigan's Rabbi (beginning winter)

The Big Event (6/24.4)

Monday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall The Captain and Tennille ABC NFL Monday Night Football (22/21.2)
Winter The ABC Monday Night Movie (3/26.0)
Spring The Brady Bunch Hour Most Wanted The Feather and Father Gang
Summer The ABC Monday Night Comedy Special Monday Night Baseball
August Holmes & Yoyo
Follow-up The ABC Monday Night Comedy Special
CBS Fall Rhoda Phyllis Maude All's Fair Executive Suite
Winter The Jeffersons (24/21.0) Busting Loose The Andros Targets
Summer The Shields and Yarnell Show The Sonny and Cher Show
August Szysznyk
NBC Little House on the Prairie (15/22.3)
(Tied with The Waltons) 		NBC Monday Night at the Movies (20/21.8)

Note: The Brady Bunch Hour was also sometimes aired in November 1976. However, it was not a weekly until February 1977.

Tuesday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Happy Days (1/31.5) Laverne & Shirley (2/30.9) Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (21/21.6) Family
Winter Eight Is Enough (23/21.1)
Summer Rich Man, Poor Man
Follow-up The ABC Tuesday Night Movie
CBS Fall The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour M*A*S*H (4/25.9) One Day at a Time (8/23.4)
(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie and Baretta) 		Switch!
Winter Who's Who Kojak
Summer The Family Holvak
Mid-Summer The Jack Benny Show Phyllis
NBC Baa Baa Black Sheep Police Woman Police Story

Note: On ABC, the 1977 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man had reruns of the 1976 1976 miniseries. On CBS, The Family Holvak had reruns of the 1975 NBC series. However, this show was replaced with The Jack Benny Show for 4 weeks.

Wednesday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall The Bionic Woman (14/22.4) Baretta (8/23.4)
(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie and One Day at a Time) 		Charlie's Angels (5/25.8)
Summer Donny & Marie
Follow-up Eight Is Enough Charlie's Angels Baretta
CBS Fall Good Times (26/20.5) Ball Four All in the Family (12/22.9) Alice (30/20.0) The Blue Knight
October The Jeffersons (24/21.0) The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
Winter The Jacksons
Spring Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Summer Alice
Follow-up Busting Loose
NBC Fall The Practice NBC Movie of the Week The Quest
December C.P.O. Sharkey The McLean Stevenson Show Sirota's Court The Practice
Winter The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams C.P.O. Sharkey The McLean Stevenson Show Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Spring Sirota's Court Kingston: Confidential
Summer 3 Girls 3
July C.P.O. Sharkey Comedy Time
August The Kallikaks Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

NOTE: On NBC, Comedy Time was an anthology series that had showed television pilots. These were aired on Wednesdays in July. They were also aired on July 21, 28, August 25, and September 1.

Thursday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Welcome Back, Kotter (13/22.7) Barney Miller (17/22.2) The Tony Randall Show (29/20.1) The Nancy Walker Show The Streets of San Francisco
Winter What's Happening!! (25/20.9) Barney Miller (17/22.2) The Tony Randall Show (29/20.1) Westside Medical
Spring Three's Company (11/23.1)
CBS The Waltons (15/22.3)
(Tied with Little House on the Prairie) 		Hawaii Five-O (18/21.9)
(Tied with 60 Minutes) 		Barnaby Jones
NBC Fall Gemini Man NBC's Best Sellers Van Dyke and Company
November Van Dyke and Company Gibbsville
Winter The Fantastic Journey NBC's Best Sellers
Summer Comedy Time / Specials NBC Thursday Night at the Movies

Notes: NBC wanted to broadcast Snip on Thursdays at 9:30. The Practice would broadcast at 9:00. However, on August 28, NBC said they changed their schedules. Because of this, they never broadcasted Snip.[2]

On NBC, Comedy Time was an anthology series that showed unsold television pilots. These were aired on Wednesdays in July. They were also aired on July 21, 28, August 25, and September 1.

Friday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Donny & Marie The ABC Friday Night Movie (28/20.2)
CBS Fall Spencer's Pilots The CBS Friday Night Movie
Winter Code R The Sonny & Cher Show Executive Suite
Follow-up Hunter
April Nashville 99
Follow-up The CBS Friday Night Movie
Summer A Year at the Top The Keane Brothers Show
NBC Fall Sanford and Son (27/20.3) Chico and the Man The Rockford Files Serpico
Winter Quincy, M.E.

Note: A new program called Campaign '76 was broadcast on on CBS. It was showed from 7:30 to 8:00 pm. This was showed from September to early November. It was made to get ready for the 1976 presidential election.

Saturday

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Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Holmes & Yoyo Mr. T and Tina Starsky & Hutch Most Wanted
Winter Blansky's Beauties Fish Dog and Cat
Summer Wonder Woman The Feather and Father Gang
Follow-up Mr. T and Tina Sugar Time! Most Wanted
CBS Fall The Jeffersons (24/21.0) Doc The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Bob Newhart Show The Carol Burnett Show
October The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Bob Newhart Show All in the Family (12/22.9) Alice (30/20.0)
Spring The Andros Targets
Summer Switch
Follow-up The Diahann Carroll Show
NBC Emergency! NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

By network

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ABC

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CBS

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NBC

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Note: The * shows a program that started in the middle of the seaso.

References

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  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.
  2. ↑ "Programs Cancelled Before They Premiered - TVObscurities".

Other sources

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  • 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 (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
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