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

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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/syndicated programming 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/syndicated programming ABC News
Summer The Brady Bunch reruns The Girl in My Life
CBS Fall Sunrise Semester Local/syndicated programming CBS Morning News Captain Kangaroo Local/syndicated programming 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/syndicated programming As the World Turns The Guiding Light The Edge of Night Love is a Many Splendored Thing The Secret Storm Family Affair reruns Local/syndicated programming 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/syndicated programming The Today Show Local/syndicated programming Dinah's Place Concentration Sale of the Century The Hollywood Squares Jeopardy! The Who, What, or Where Game
12:55 pm: NBC News
Local/syndicated programming Three on a Match Days of Our Lives The Doctors Another World Return to Peyton Place Somerset Local/syndicated programming NBC Nightly News
Spring Baffle
Summer The Wizard of Odds
  • ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast

Saturday

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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/syndicated programming H.R. Pufnstuf (R) The Jackson 5ive The Osmonds The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie The Brady Kids Bewitched (R) Kid Power The Funky Phantom (R) Lidsville (R) The Monkees (R) American Bandstand ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS Local/syndicated programming The Bugs Bunny Show (R) Sabrina the Teenage Witch (R) 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 (R) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids CBS Children's Film Festival CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News Local/syndicated programming
NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming The Underdog Show (R) The Jetsons (R) The New Pink Panther Show 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/syndicated programming Local/syndicated programming NBC Saturday Night News
Winter The Houndcats The Roman Holidays The Jetsons (R) The New Pink Panther Show The Underdog Show (R)

In the News aired after all of CBS's Saturday morning shows, except Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and CBS Children's Film Festival.

On January 6, ABC debuted Multiplication Rock, a series of three-minute animated educational shorts shown five times each Saturday between programs.

Sunday

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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/syndicated programming Curiosity Shop (R) The Bullwinkle Show (R) Make a Wish Local/syndicated programming Issues and Answers ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS Fall Local/syndicated programming Archie's Funhouse (R) Harlem Globetrotters (R) Lamp Unto My Feet Look Up and Live Camera Three Face the Nation NFL on CBS and/or local/syndicated programming
Winter CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming 60 Minutes
Summer Local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News
NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming Meet the Press NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming Local/syndicated programming NBC Sunday Night News
Spring Local/syndicated programming Meet the Press NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming

Multiplication Rock followed Curiosity Shop and Make a Wish on ABC starting January 7.

By network

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See also

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Sources

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