1966–67 United States network television schedule

none March 2025 1966 The following is the 1966–67 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1966 through August 1967. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1965–66 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. 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. magenta darkgray Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season. Note: This is the first full season in which practically all prime time programs were broadcast in color. NET or National Educational Television, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each affiliated station. 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. (29/20.2)(Tied with I Spy, The CBS Thursday Night Movie and My Three Sons) The ABC Sunday Night Movie (28/20.4) CBS Fall Lassie It's About Time The Ed Sullivan Show (10/22.8)(Tied with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Virginian and The Lawrence Welk Show) The Garry Moore Show Candid Camera What's My Line? Winter The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (16/22.2) Summer Our Place NBC Fall The Bell Telephone Hour (6:30) / Actuality Specials Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (19/21.5) Hey, Landlord Bonanza (1/29.1) The Andy Williams Show Summer Animal Secrets Let's Make A Deal The Saint Note: On NBC, Animal Secrets consisted of reruns of the series, which originally aired on Saturday afternoons from October 1966 to April 1967. Monday Network 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Iron Horse The Rat Patrol (23/20.9)(Tied with Petticoat Junction) Felony Squad Peyton Place The Big Valley CBS Fall Gilligan's Island Run, Buddy, Run The Lucy Show (4/26.2) The Andy Griffith Show (3/27.4) Family Affair (14/22.6)(Tied with The Dean Martin Show) The Jean Arthur Show I've Got a Secret December To Tell the Truth Winter Mr. Terrific Summer Vacation Playhouse Coronet Blue NBC Fall The Monkees I Dream of Jeannie The Roger Miller Show The Road West / Kraft Music Hall (once a month) Run for Your Life Winter Captain Nice Notes: To Tell the Truth replaced The Jean Arthur Show on December 12. Captain Nice replaced The Roger Miller Show on NBC on January 9, the same night the similar Mister Terrific replaced Run, Buddy, Run on CBS. Both series were cancelled by their respective networks at the end of the season. Vacation Playhouse was a CBS summer anthology series made up entirely 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 Combat! The Rounders The Pruitts of Southampton/The Phyllis Diller Show Love on a Rooftop The Fugitive Winter The Invaders Peyton Place CBS Daktari (7/23.4)(Tied with Bewitched and The Beverly Hillbillies) The Red Skelton Hour (2/28.2) Petticoat Junction (23/20.9)(Tied with The Rat Patrol) CBS News Hour/CBS Reports NBC The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Occasional Wife NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies Note: The Pruitts of Southampton was renamed The Phyllis Diller Show starting on January 13, 1967. 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 Batman The Monroes The Man Who Never Was Peyton Place ABC Stage 67 Winter The ABC Wednesday Night Movie CBS Fall Lost in Space The Beverly Hillbillies (7/23.4)(Tied with Daktari and Bewitched) Green Acres (6/24.6) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (10/22.8)(Tied with The Virginian, The Lawrence Welk Show and The Ed Sullivan Show) The Danny Kaye Show Summer The Steve Allen Comedy Hour NBC The Virginian (10/22.8)(Tied with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Lawrence Welk Show and The Ed Sullivan Show) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (26/20.7) I Spy (29/20.2)(Tied with The CBS Thursday Night Movie, My Three Sons and The F.B.I.) 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 F Troop The Tammy Grimes Show Bewitched (7/23.4)(Tied with Daktari and The Beverly Hillbillies) That Girl Hawk October The Dating Game Winter Bewitched (7/23.4)(Tied with Daktari and The Beverly Hillbillies) Love on a Rooftop ABC Stage 67 Spring That Girl Love on a Rooftop CBS Fall Jericho My Three Sons (29/20.2)(Tied with I Spy, The CBS Thursday Night Movie and The F.B.I.) CBS Thursday Night Movie (29/20.2)(Tied with I Spy, My Three Sons and The F.B.I.) Winter Coliseum Summer The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (R) (B/W) NBC Fall Daniel Boone (25/20.8) Star Trek The Hero The Dean Martin Show (14/22.6)(Tied with Family Affair) Winter Dragnet 1967 (21/21.2) Summer The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone Note: The Tammy Grimes Show lasted only four weeks and was replaced by The Dating Game on October 6. 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 The Green Hornet The Time Tunnel The Milton Berle Show 12 O'Clock High Winter Rango The Phyllis Diller Show * The Avengers CBS The Wild Wild West Hogan's Heroes (17/21.8)(Tied with The CBS Friday Night Movie) The CBS Friday Night Movie (17/21.8)(Tied with Hogan's Heroes) NBC Tarzan (27/20.5) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. T.H.E. Cat Laredo (*) Formerly known as The Pruitts of Southampton 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 Shane The Lawrence Welk Show (10/22.8)(Tied with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Virginian and The Ed Sullivan Show) The Hollywood Palace ABC Scope January The Dating Game The Newlywed Game May The Piccadilly Palace CBS Fall The Jackie Gleason Show (5/25.3) Pistols 'n' Petticoats Mission: Impossible Gunsmoke Winter Mission: Impossible Pistols 'n' PetticoatsSummerAway We Go NBC Flipper Please Don't Eat the Daisies Get Smart (22/21.0) NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (20/21.4) By network ABC Returning Series 12 O'Clock High ABC Scope The ABC Sunday Night Movie The Avengers Batman Bewitched The Big Valley Combat! Dark Shadows The Dating Game F Troop The F.B.I. The Fugitive The Hollywood Palace The King Family Show The Lawrence Welk Show Peyton Place Saga of Western Man Texaco Star Theatre (moved from NBC) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea New Series ABC Stage 67 The ABC Wednesday Night Movie Felony Squad The Green Hornet Hawk The Invaders * Iron Horse Love on a Rooftop Malibu U * The Man Who Never Was The Monroes The Newlywed Game The Picadilly Palace * The Pruitts of Southampton Rango * The Rat Patrol The Rounders Shane The Tammy Grimes Show That Girl The Time Tunnel Not returning from 1965–66: The Addams Family The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Amos Burke — Secret Agent The Baron Ben Casey Blue Light Court Martial The Donna Reed Show The Double Life of Henry Phyfe The Farmer's Daughter The Flintstones Gidget Honey West The Jimmy Dean Show The Legend of Jesse James The Long Hot Summer A Man Called Shenandoah McHale's Navy O.K. Crackerby! The Patty Duke Show Preview Tonight Shindig! Summer Fun Tammy CBS Returning Series The 21st Century The Andy Griffith Show The Beverly Hillbillies Candid Camera CBS News Hour CBS Reports CBS Thursday Night Movie Daktari The Danny Kaye Show The Ed Sullivan Show The Garry Moore Show Gilligan's Island Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Green Acres Gunsmoke Hogan's Heroes I've Got a Secret The Jackie Gleason Show Lassie Lost in Space The Lucy Show My Three Sons Petticoat Junction The Red Skelton Hour To Tell the Truth Vacation Playhouse The Wild Wild West What's My Line? New Series Away We Go * The CBS Friday Night Movie CBS Playhouse * Coliseum * Coronet Blue * Family Affair It's About Time The Jean Arthur Show Jericho Mission: Impossible Mr. Terrific * Our Place * Pistols 'n' Petticoats Run, Buddy, Run * The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour * The Steve Allen Comedy Hour * Not returning from 1965–66: Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts Continental Showcase The Dick Van Dyke Show The Face Is Familiar Hazel The Hippodrome The John Gary Show The Loner The Munsters My Favorite Martian Perry Mason Rawhide Secret Agent Slattery's People The Smothers Brothers Show The Smothers Brothers Summer Show The Steve Lawrence Show The Trials of O'Brien Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At... NBC Returning Series Actuality Specials The Andy Williams Show Animal Secrets The Bell Telephone Hour Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Bonanza Daniel Boone The Dean Martin Show Flipper Get Smart I Dream of Jeannie I Spy Kraft Music Hall Laredo Let's Make a Deal The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Please Don't Eat the Daisies Run for Your Life The Virginian Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color New Series Captain Nice * Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone * Dragnet 1967 * The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Hero Hey, Landlord The Monkees Occasional Wife The Road West * The Roger Miller Show The Saint * Star Trek Tarzan T.H.E. Cat Not returning from 1965–66: Branded Camp Runamuck Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special Convoy Dr. Kildare Hank Hullabaloo The John Forsythe Show Mickie Finn's Mister Roberts Mona McCluskey My Mother the Car The Wackiest Ship in the Army 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 (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. 0-345-31864-1. Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season. McFarland 978-1476683447. Category:United States primetime network television schedules Category:1966 in American television Category:1967 in American television