1966–67 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1966. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

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 reruns	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (19/21.5)		Let's Make A Deal	Bonanza (1/29.1)	The Saint

Network		7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		The 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
	Follow-up		Run, Buddy, Run				To Tell the Truth
	Winter		Mr. Terrific				To Tell the Truth
	Summer		Mr. Terrific				Coronet Blue
NBC	Fall	The Monkees	I Dream of Jeannie	The Roger Miller Show	The Road West / Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (once a month)		Run for Your Life
NBC	Winter	The Monkees	I Dream of Jeannie	Captain Nice			Run for Your Life

Note: To Tell the Truth replaced The Jean Arthur Show on December 12. Captain Nice replaced The Roger Miller Show on January 9, the same night the similar Mister Terrific replaced Run, Buddy, Run on CBS. Both were cancelled at the end of the season.

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

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	Midseason	Batman	The Monroes		The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
CBS		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
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.)

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
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)	The Dean Martin Show (14/22.6) (Tied with Family Affair)
	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.

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		Twelve 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 Movies (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

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
	Winter	The Dating Game	The Newlywed Game			The Hollywood Palace
	Summer	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)

↑ 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.

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