1968–69 United States network television schedule

none March 2025 1968 The following is the 1968–69 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1968 through August 1969. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1967–68 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. FF22FF darkgray Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season. National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local 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 Land of the Giants The F.B.I. (18/21.7) The ABC Sunday Night Movie CBS Fall Lassie Gentle Ben The Ed Sullivan Show (23/21.2) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (27/20.6) Mission: Impossible (11/23.3)(Tied with Bewitched and The Red Skelton Hour) Summer Hee Haw NBC Fall The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (21/21.3)(Tied with Daniel Boone) The Mothers-in-Law Bonanza (3/26.6) The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show Winter My Friend Tony Monday 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 Avengers Peyton Place The Outcasts The Big Valley Summer The Guns of Will Sonnett The Dick Cavett Show CBS Fall Gunsmoke (6/24.9) Here's Lucy (9/23.8) Mayberry R.F.D. (4/25.4) Family Affair (5/25.2) The Carol Burnett Show (24/20.8)(Tied with The Jackie Gleason Show) Summer The Lucy Show (R) Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show NBC I Dream of Jeannie (26/20.7) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/31.8) NBC Monday Night at the Movies 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 The Mod Squad (28/20.5)(Tied with The Lawrence Welk Show) It Takes a Thief N.Y.P.D. That's Life Summer The Dick Cavett Show CBS Fall Lancer The Red Skelton Hour (11/23.3)(Tied with Mission: Impossible and Bewitched) The Doris Day Show (30/20.4) CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes Summer The Liberace Show NBCFall The Jerry Lewis Show Julia (7/24.6) NBC Tuesday Night at the MoviesSummerStar Trek 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 Here Come the Brides Peyton Place (*) The ABC Wednesday Night Movie Spring The King Family Show CBS Fall Daktari The Good Guys The Beverly Hillbillies (10/23.5) Green Acres (19/21.6) The Jonathan Winters Show Winter The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (15/22.5) Hawaii Five-OSummerTarzan (R) NBC The Virginian (17/21.8) Kraft Music Hall The Outsider (*) Turn-On aired in this time period on February 5, 1969, only. Tarzan on CBS consisted of reruns from the 1966-68 NBC series. 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 The Ugliest Girl in Town The Flying Nun Bewitched (11/23.3)(Tied with Mission: Impossible and The Red Skelton Hour) That Girl Journey to the Unknown Local Winter The Flying Nun That Girl What's It All About, World? Local Summer This is Tom Jones CBS Fall Blondie Hawaii Five-O CBS Thursday Night Movie Winter The Queen & I The Jonathan Winters Show Summer Animal World The Prisoner NBC Fall Daniel Boone (21/21.3)(Tied with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) Ironside (16/22.3) Dragnet 1969 (20/21.4) The Dean Martin Show (8/24.1) July Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers 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 Operation: Entertainment Felony Squad The Don Rickles Show The Guns of Will Sonnett Judd, for the Defense Winter This is Tom Jones The Generation Gap Let's Make a Deal Summer Let's Make a Deal The John Davidson Show Judd, for the Defense The Dick Cavett Show CBS The Wild Wild West Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (2/27.2) The CBS Friday Night Movie NBCFall The High Chaparral The Name of the Game Star TrekSummerThe Saint 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 (28/20.5)(Tied with The Mod Squad) The Hollywood Palace Local June The Johnny Cash Show CBS The Jackie Gleason Show (24/20.8)(Tied with The Carol Burnett Show) My Three Sons (14/22.8) Hogan's Heroes Petticoat Junction Mannix NBC Adam-12 Get Smart The Ghost & Mrs. Muir NBC Saturday Night at the Movies By network ABC Returning Series The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Wednesday Night Movie The Avengers Bewitched The Big Valley The Dating Game The F.B.I. Felony Squad The Flying Nun The Guns of Will Sonnett Happening '69 The Hollywood Palace It Takes a Thief Judd, for the Defense The King Family Show The Lawrence Welk Show Let's Make a Deal The Newlywed Game N.Y.P.D. Operation: Entertainment Peyton Place Saga of Western Man That Girl New Series Animal World * The Dick Cavett Show * The Don Rickles Show The Generation Gap * Here Come the Brides The Johnny Cash Show * Journey to the Unknown Land of the Giants The Mod Squad The Outcasts That's Life This is Tom Jones * The Ugliest Girl in Town What's It All About, World * Not returning from 1967–68: ABC Scope Batman Cowboy in Africa Custer Dream House Garrison's Gorillas Good Company Hondo The Invaders Iron Horse Man in a Suitcase Off to See the Wizard The Rat Patrol The Second Hundred Years Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea CBS Returning Series The 21st Century Animal World The Beverly Hillbillies The Carol Burnett Show CBS News Hour CBS Playhouse CBS Thursday Night Movie CBS Friday Night Movies Daktari The Ed Sullivan Show Family Affair Gentle Ben Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Green Acres Gunsmoke Hogan's Heroes The Jackie Gleason Show The Jonathan Winters Show Lassie Mannix Mission: Impossible My Three Sons Petticoat Junction The Red Skelton Hour The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Turn-On The Wild Wild West New Series 60 Minutes Blondie Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show * The Doris Day Show The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour * The Good Guys Hawaii Five-O Hee Haw * Here's Lucy Lancer The Liberace Show * Mayberry R.F.D. The Queen & I * Not returning from 1967–68: The Andy Griffith Show Cimarron Strip Dundee and the Culhane Good Morning, World He & She Lost in Space The Lucy Show Premiere The Prisoner NBC Returning Series Bonanza Daniel Boone Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers The Dean Martin Show Dragnet 1969 Get Smart The High Chaparral I Dream of Jeannie Ironside The Jerry Lewis Show Kraft Music Hall The Mothers-in-Law Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom NBC Monday Night at the Movies NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In The Saint Star Trek The Virginian Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color New Series Adam-12 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show Columbo The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Julia My Friend Tony * The Name of the Game The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Outsider Not returning from 1967–68: Accidental Family Actuality Specials American Profile The Bell Telephone Hour The Champions The Danny Thomas Hour Hollywood Squares I Spy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Maya The Monkees NBC News Reports Run for Your Life Tarzan Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. References 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 (1994). 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:1968 in American television Category:1969 in American television