1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1972–73 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1972 to August 1973. 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
Network 6:00 am 6:30 am 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
ABC Fall Local Bewitched reruns Password Split Second All My Children Let's Make a Deal The Newlywed Game The Dating Game General Hospital One Life to Live Love, American Style reruns Local ABC Evening News
Summer The Brady Bunch reruns The Girl in My Life
CBS Fall Sunrise Semester Local CBS Morning News Captain Kangaroo Local The Joker's Wild The New Price Is Right Gambit Love of Life
11:55 am: CBS News (starting spring)		 Where the Heart Is
12:25 pm: CBS News (until spring)		 Search for Tomorrow Local As the World Turns The Guiding Light The Edge of Night Love is a Many Splendored Thing The Secret Storm Family Affair reruns Local CBS Evening News
Winter The Vin Scully Show
Spring The $10,000 Pyramid The Young and the Restless The (New) Price Is Right Hollywood's Talking The Secret Storm
Summer Match Game '73
NBC Fall Local The Today Show Local Dinah's Place Concentration Sale of the Century The Hollywood Squares Jeopardy! The Who, What, or Where Game
12:55 pm: NBC News		 Local Three on a Match Days of Our Lives The Doctors Another World Return to Peyton Place Somerset Local NBC Nightly News
Spring Baffle
Summer The Wizard of Odds

Notes
  • ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast

Saturday
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
ABC Local and/or
syndicated
programming		 H.R. Pufnstuf reruns The Jackson 5ive The Osmonds The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie The Brady Kids Bewitched reruns Kid Power The Funky Phantom reruns Lidsville reruns The Monkees reruns American Bandstand ABC Sports and/or local programming
CBS Local and/or
syndicated
programming		 The Bugs Bunny Show reruns Sabrina the Teenage Witch reruns The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan The New Scooby-Doo Movies Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space The Flintstone Comedy Hour Archie's TV Funnies reruns Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids CBS Children's Film Festival CBS Sports and/or local programming CBS Evening News Local and/or syndicated programming
NBC Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming		 The Underdog Show reruns The Jetsons reruns The Pink Panther Show reruns The Houndcats The Roman Holidays The Barkleys Sealab 2020 Runaround Around the World in 80 Days Talking with a Giant NBC Sports and/or local programming Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Saturday Night News
Winter The Houndcats The Roman Holidays The Jetsons reruns The Pink Panther Show The Underdog Show reruns

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
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

By network

ABC

CBS

NBC

See also

Sources

Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984.

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