1967–68 United States network television schedule

none March 2025 1967 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.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. 978-0-345-49773-4. 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 darkgray Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season. cyan darkgray Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season. FF22FF darkgray 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 Summer Brothers Smothers 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 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 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) July 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)SummerThe Champions NOTE: On CBS, Premiere was a summer anthology series composed of unsold television pilots. 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 (30/19.9)(Tied with Lassie) The Invaders CBS Daktari The Red Skelton Show (7/25.3) 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 January 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 December 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) June 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 Movie (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 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) 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 By network ABC Returning Series ABC Scope The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Wednesday Night Movie The Avengers Batman Bewitched The Big Valley The Dating Game The F.B.I. Felony Squad The Hollywood Palace The Invaders Iron Horse The King Family Show The Lawrence Welk Show The Newlywed Game Peyton Place The Rat Patrol Saga of Western Man That Girl Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea New Series Cowboy in Africa Custer Dream House * The Flying Nun Garrison's Gorillas Good Company The Guns of Will Sonnett Hondo It Takes a Thief * Judd, for the Defense Man in a Suitcase N.Y.P.D. Off to See the Wizard Operation: Entertainment * The Second Hundred Years Not returning from 1966–67: 12 O'Clock High ABC Stage 67 Combat! F Troop The Fugitive The Green Hornet Hawk Love on a Rooftop Malibu U The Man Who Never Was The Monroes The Picadilly Palace The Pruitts of Southampton Rango The Rounders Shane The Tammy Grimes Show The Time Tunnel CBS Returning Series The 21st Century The Andy Griffith Show The Beverly Hillbillies CBS News Hour CBS Playhouse CBS Reports CBS Thursday Night Movie The CBS Friday Night Movies Daktari The Ed Sullivan Show Family Affair Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Green Acres Gunsmoke Hogan's Heroes The Jackie Gleason Show Lassie Lost in Space The Lucy Show Mission: Impossible My Three Sons Petticoat Junction The Red Skelton Show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour The Smothers Brothers Summer Show The Wild Wild West New Series The Carol Burnett Show Cimarron Strip Dundee and the Culhane Gentle Ben Good Morning World He & She The Jonathan Winters Show * Mannix Premiere * The Prisoner Not returning from 1966–67: Away We Go Candid Camera Coliseum Coronet Blue The Danny Kaye Show The Garry Moore Show Gilligan's Island I've Got a Secret (returned in 1972 in syndication) It's About Time The Jean Arthur Show Jericho Mr. Terrific Our Place Pistols 'n' Petticoats Run, Buddy, Run The Steve Allen Comedy Hour To Tell the Truth Vacation Playhouse What's My Line? (returned in 1968 in syndication) NBC Returning Series Actuality Specials American Profile The Andy Williams Show Animal World The Bell Telephone Hour Bonanza Daniel Boone The Dean Martin Show Dragnet 1968 Get Smart I Dream of Jeannie I Spy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Monkees NBC News Reports NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Run for Your Life The Saint Star Trek Tarzan The Virginian Wild Kingdom Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color New Series Accidental Family Adam-12 AFL Football The Champions Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers The High Chaparral Hollywood Squares * Ironside The Jerry Lewis Show Kraft Music Hall Maya The Mothers-in-Law Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In * The Sammy Davis Jr. Show * Not returning from 1966–67: Animal Secrets Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Captain Nice Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Hero Hey, Landlord Laredo Occasional Wife Please Don't Eat the Daisies The Road West The Roger Miller Show T.H.E. Cat Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. References 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. 0-14-024916-8. Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. 0-345-31864-1. Category:United States primetime network television schedules Category:1967 in American television Category:1968 in American television