1968–69 United States network television schedule
# 1968–69 United States network television schedule

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.

    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.

National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

## Sunday

| Network | 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 | ABC | Land of the Giants | Land of the Giants | The F.B.I. (18/21.7) | The F.B.I. (18/21.7) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | The ABC Sunday Night Movie |
| CBS | Fall | Lassie | Gentle Ben | The Ed Sullivan Show (23/21.2) | The Ed Sullivan Show (23/21.2) | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (27/20.6) | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (27/20.6) | Mission: Impossible (11/23.3) (Tied with Bewitched and The Red Skelton Hour) | Mission: Impossible (11/23.3) (Tied with Bewitched and The Red Skelton Hour) |
| CBS | Summer | Lassie | Gentle Ben | The Ed Sullivan Show (23/21.2) | The Ed Sullivan Show (23/21.2) | Hee Haw | Hee Haw | | Mission: Impossible (11/23.3) (Tied with Bewitched and The Red Skelton Hour) | Mission: Impossible (11/23.3) (Tied with Bewitched and The Red Skelton Hour) |
| NBC | Fall | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (21/21.3) (Tied with Daniel Boone) | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (21/21.3) (Tied with Daniel Boone) | The Mothers-in-Law | Bonanza (3/26.6) | Bonanza (3/26.6) | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show |
| NBC | Winter | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (21/21.3) (Tied with Daniel Boone) | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (21/21.3) (Tied with Daniel Boone) | The Mothers-in-Law | Bonanza (3/26.6) | Bonanza (3/26.6) | My Friend Tony | My Friend Tony |

## Monday

| Network | 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 | The Avengers | Peyton Place | The Outcasts | The Outcasts | The Big Valley | The Big Valley |
| ABC | Summer | The Avengers | The Avengers | The Guns of Will Sonnett | The Outcasts | The Outcasts | The Dick Cavett Show | The Dick Cavett Show |
| CBS | Fall | Gunsmoke (6/24.9) | 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) | The Carol Burnett Show (24/20.8) (Tied with The Jackie Gleason Show) |
| CBS | Summer | Gunsmoke (6/24.9) | Gunsmoke (6/24.9) | The Lucy Show repeats | Mayberry R.F.D. (4/25.4) | Family Affair (5/25.2) | Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show | Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show |
| NBC | NBC | I Dream of Jeannie (26/20.7) | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/31.8) | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1/31.8) | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | NBC Monday Night at the Movies |

## Tuesday

| Network | 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) | The Mod Squad (28/20.5) (Tied with The Lawrence Welk Show) | It Takes a Thief | It Takes a Thief | N.Y.P.D. | That's Life | That's Life |
| ABC | Summer | The Mod Squad (28/20.5) (Tied with The Lawrence Welk Show) | The Mod Squad (28/20.5) (Tied with The Lawrence Welk Show) | It Takes a Thief | It Takes a Thief | N.Y.P.D. | The Dick Cavett Show | The Dick Cavett Show |
| CBS | Fall | Lancer | Lancer | The Red Skelton Hour (11/23.3) (Tied with Mission: Impossible and Bewitched) | 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 | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes |
| CBS | Summer | Lancer | Lancer | The Liberace Show | The Liberace Show | | The Doris Day Show (30/20.4) | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes | CBS News Hour / 60 Minutes |
| NBC | Fall | The Jerry Lewis Show | The Jerry Lewis Show | Julia (7/24.6) | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies |
| NBC | Summer | Star Trek | Star Trek | | Julia (7/24.6) | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies | NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies |

## Wednesday

| Network | 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 | Here Come the Brides | Peyton Place (*) | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie |
| ABC | Spring | Here Come the Brides | Here Come the Brides | The King Family Show | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie | The ABC Wednesday Night Movie |
| CBS | Fall | Daktari | Daktari | The Good Guys | The Beverly Hillbillies (10/23.5) | Green Acres (19/21.6) | The Jonathan Winters Show | The Jonathan Winters Show |
| CBS | Winter | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (15/22.5) | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (15/22.5) | The Good Guys | The Beverly Hillbillies (10/23.5) | Green Acres (19/21.6) | Hawaii Five-O | Hawaii Five-O |
| CBS | Summer | Tarzan repeats | Tarzan repeats | | The Good Guys | The Beverly Hillbillies (10/23.5) | Green Acres (19/21.6) | Hawaii Five-O | Hawaii Five-O |
| NBC | NBC | The Virginian (17/21.8) | The Virginian (17/21.8) | The Virginian (17/21.8) | Kraft Music Hall | Kraft Music Hall | The Outsider | 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 | 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 | Journey to the Unknown | Local |
| ABC | Winter | The Flying Nun | That Girl | Bewitched (11/23.3) (Tied with Mission: Impossible and The Red Skelton Hour) | What's It All About, World? | What's It All About, World? | Local | Local |
| ABC | Summer | The Flying Nun | That Girl | Bewitched (11/23.3) (Tied with Mission: Impossible and The Red Skelton Hour) | This is Tom Jones | This is Tom Jones | | Local | Local |
| CBS | Fall | Blondie | Hawaii Five-O | Hawaii Five-O | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie |
| CBS | Winter | The Queen & I | The Jonathan Winters Show | The Jonathan Winters Show | | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie |
| CBS | Summer | Animal World | The Prisoner | The Prisoner | | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie | CBS Thursday Night Movie |
| NBC | Fall | Daniel Boone (21/21.3) (Tied with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | Daniel Boone (21/21.3) (Tied with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | Ironside (16/22.3) | Ironside (16/22.3) | Dragnet 1969 (20/21.4) | The Dean Martin Show (8/24.1) | The Dean Martin Show (8/24.1) |
| NBC | July | Daniel Boone (21/21.3) (Tied with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | Daniel Boone (21/21.3) (Tied with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | Ironside (16/22.3) | Ironside (16/22.3) | Dragnet 1969 (20/21.4) | Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers | Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers |

## Friday

| Network | 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 | Operation: Entertainment | Felony Squad | The Don Rickles Show | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Judd, for the Defense | Judd, for the Defense |
| ABC | Winter | This is Tom Jones | This is Tom Jones | The Generation Gap | Let's Make a Deal | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Judd, for the Defense | Judd, for the Defense |
| ABC | Summer | Let's Make a Deal | The John Davidson Show | The John Davidson Show | Judd, for the Defense | Judd, for the Defense | The Dick Cavett Show | The Dick Cavett Show |
| CBS | CBS | The Wild Wild West | The Wild Wild West | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (2/27.2) | The CBS Friday Night Movie | The CBS Friday Night Movie | The CBS Friday Night Movie | The CBS Friday Night Movie |
| NBC | Fall | The High Chaparral | The High Chaparral | The Name of the Game | The Name of the Game | The Name of the Game | Star Trek | Star Trek |
| NBC | Summer | The High Chaparral | The High Chaparral | The Name of the Game | The Name of the Game | The Name of the Game | The Saint | The Saint |

## Saturday

| Network | 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 Lawrence Welk Show (28/20.5) (Tied with The Mod Squad) | The Hollywood Palace | The Hollywood Palace | Local |
| ABC | June | The Dating Game | The Newlywed Game | The Lawrence Welk Show (28/20.5) (Tied with The Mod Squad) | The Lawrence Welk Show (28/20.5) (Tied with The Mod Squad) | The Johnny Cash Show | The Johnny Cash Show | | Local |
| CBS | CBS | The Jackie Gleason Show (24/20.8) (Tied with The Carol Burnett Show) | 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 | Mannix |
| NBC | NBC | Adam-12 | Get Smart | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies |

## By network

### NBC

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

