Top-rated United States television programs of 1972–73

This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1972–73 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.[1]

Rank	Title	Network	Rating
1	All in the Family	CBS	33.3
2	Sanford and Son	NBC	27.6
3	Hawaii Five-O	CBS	25.2
4	Maude		24.7
5	Bridget Loves Bernie		24.2
5	The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie	NBC	24.2
7	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS	23.6
7	Gunsmoke	CBS	23.6
9	The Wonderful World of Disney	NBC	23.5
10	Ironside		23.4
11	Adam-12		23.3
12	The Flip Wilson Show		23.1
13	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	22.9
14	Cannon	CBS	22.4
15	Here's Lucy		21.9
16	The Bob Newhart Show		21.8
17	Tuesday Movie of the Week	ABC	21.5
18	Monday Night Football		21.0
19	The Partridge Family		20.6
	The Waltons	CBS
	Medical Center
22	The Carol Burnett Show		20.3
23	ABC Sunday Movie	ABC	20.0
23	The Rookies	ABC	20.0
25	Barnaby Jones	CBS	19.9
	The Little People	NBC
	ABC Wednesday Movie of the Week	ABC
28	NBC Monday Movie	NBC	19.3
29	ABC Monday Movie	ABC	19.2
	The F.B.I.
	Kung Fu

References

Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth Edition). Ballantine Books. p. 1686. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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Top-rated United States television programs by season
Nielsen ratings
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19