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This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1971. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
SUNDAY
| 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 | The F.B.I. | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | The CBS Sunday Night Movie | Cade's County | ||||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Jimmy Stewart ShowThe Jimmy Stewart Show was a television series starring Jimmy Stewart as a professor at a small town university. Twenty-four episodes of the show were broadcast in the 1971- 1972 season (see 1971 in television). | BonanzaThis article discusses the television program. For the airplane see Beechcraft Bonanza. Bonanza was an American western/ cowboy television program starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, and Victor Sen Yung. It was the first r | The Bold Ones : The New Doctors / The Lawyers | ||||
MONDAY
| 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 | The Nanny and the Professor | ABC Monday Night Football | ||||||
| CBS | GunsmokeGunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television western drama program. Radio The radio show ran 1952- 1961 on the CBS radio network, with William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc, Georgia Ellis as Kitty, and Parley Baer as De | Here's Lucy | The Doris Day Show | My Three Sons | Arnie | |||
| NBC | Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In | The NBC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
TUESDAY
| 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 | The Mod Squad | Movie of the Week | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||||
| CBS | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Hawaii Five-O | Cannon | |||||
| NBC | Ironside | Sarge | The Funny Side | |||||
WEDNESDAY
| 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 | Bewitched | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | The Smith Family | Shirley's World | The Man and the City | |||
| CBS | The Carol Burnett Show | Medical Center | Mannix | |||||
| NBC | Adam 12 | The NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife | Night Gallery | |||||
THURSDAY
| 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 | Alias Smith and Jones | Longstreet | ||||||
| CBS | Bearcats | The CBS Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | The Flip Wilson Show | Nichols | The Dean Martin Show | |||||
FRIDAY
| 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 | The Brady Bunch | The Partridge Family | Room 222 | The Odd Couple | Love, American Style | ||||
| CBS | The Chicago Teddy Bears | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | The New CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | The D.A. | The NBC World Premiere Movie | |||||||
SATURDAY
| 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 | Getting Together | The ABC Movie of the Weekend | The Persuaders | |||||
| CBS | All In The Family | Funny Face | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | ||||
| NBC | The Partners | The Good Life | The NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||