Top-rated United States television programs of 1973–74

This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1973–74 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
1	All in the Family	CBS	31.2
2	The Waltons		28.1
3	Sanford and Son	NBC	27.5
4	M*A*S*H	CBS	25.7
5	Hawaii Five-O		24.0
6	Maude		23.5
7	Kojak		23.3
	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
9	The Mary Tyler Moore Show		23.1
	Cannon
11	The Six Million Dollar Man	ABC	22.7
12	The Bob Newhart Show	CBS	22.3
	The Wonderful World of Disney	NBC
14	The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie		22.2
15	Gunsmoke	CBS	22.1
16	Happy Days	ABC	21.5
17	Good Times	CBS	21.4
	Barnaby Jones
19	Monday Night Football	ABC	21.2
	CBS Friday Night Movie	CBS
21	Tuesday Movie of the Week	ABC	21.0
22	The Streets of San Francisco		20.8
23	Adam-12	NBC	20.7
	ABC Sunday Night Movie	ABC
25	The Rookies		20.3
26	ABC Monday Movie		20.2
27	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS	20.1
	Kung Fu	ABC
29	Here's Lucy	CBS	20.0
30	CBS Thursday Movie		19.9