1966–67 United States network television schedule

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.

Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.

Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.

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

Note: On NBC, Animal Secrets consisted of reruns of the series, which originally aired on Saturday afternoons from October 1966 to April 1967.

Monday

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

Note: The Pruitts of Southampton was renamed The Phyllis Diller Show starting on January 13, 1967.

Wednesday

Thursday

Note: The Tammy Grimes Show lasted only four weeks and was replaced by The Dating Game on October 6.

Friday

(*) Formerly known as The Pruitts of Southampton

Saturday

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
• 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
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• 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
• Candid Camera
• Continental Showcase
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Dr. Kildare
• 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 *
• '
• 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. .
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
• Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season. McFarland .