1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1972. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's shows are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
Monday-Friday
Saturday
In the News aired after all of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and CBS Children's Film Festival. ABC debuts Multiplication Rock (a series of three-minute animated educational shorts shown in between programs) on January 6.
Sunday
Network | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming | Curiosity Shop reruns | The Bullwinkle Show reruns | Make a Wish | Local and/or syndicated programming | Issues and Answers | ABC Sports and/or local programming | ||||||||||||||||||
CBS | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Archie's Funhouse reruns | Harlem Globetrotters reruns | Lamp Unto My Feet | Look Up and Live | Camera Three | Face the Nation | NFL on CBS and/or local programming | ||||||||||||||||
Winter | CBS Sports and/or local programming | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Evening News | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Meet the Press | NBC Sports and/or local programming | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC Sunday Night News | |||||||||||||||||||
Spring | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Meet the Press | NBC Sports and/or local programming |
Sources
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984.