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.^[1]

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

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 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	6:30 The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (19/21.5)		Hey, Landlord	Bonanza (1/29.1)	The Andy Williams Show
NBC	Summer	Animal Secrets	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (19/21.5)		Let's Make A Deal	Bonanza (1/29.1)	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		Run, Buddy, Run				To Tell the Truth
	Winter		Mr. Terrific				To Tell the Truth
	Summer		Mr. Terrific	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
NBC	Winter	The Monkees	I Dream of Jeannie	Captain Nice	The Road West / Kraft Music Hall (once a month)		Run for Your Life

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 summer anthology series made up entirely of unsold television pilots.

Tuesday

Network		7:30 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	Combat!	The Rounders	The Pruitts of Southampton	Love on a Rooftop	The Fugitive
ABC	Winter	Combat!	The Invaders		Peyton Place	The Fugitive
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 as 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
ABC	Fall	Batman	The Monroes		The Man Who Never Was	Peyton Place	ABC Stage 67
ABC	Winter	Batman	The Monroes		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
CBS	Summer	Lost in Space			Green Acres (6/24.6)		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
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			Hawk
	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	ABC Stage 67
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 repeats (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					Dragnet 1967 (21/21.2)	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
ABC	Fall	The Green Hornet	The Time Tunnel		The Milton Berle Show		12 O'Clock High
ABC	Winter	The Green Hornet	The Time Tunnel		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			The Hollywood Palace
	May	The Dating Game	The Newlywed Game			The Piccadilly Palace
CBS	Fall	The Jackie Gleason Show (5/25.3)		Pistols 'n' Petticoats	Mission: Impossible		Gunsmoke
	Winter	The Jackie Gleason Show (5/25.3)		Mission: Impossible		Pistols 'n' Petticoats
	Summer	Away We Go		Mission: Impossible		Pistols 'n' Petticoats
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

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:

CBS

Returning Series

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
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 *
Star Trek
Tarzan
T.H.E. Cat

Not returning from 1965–66:

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

^ 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.

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. ISBN 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. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season. McFarland ISBN 978-1476683447.