1976-77 American network television schedule
| Seasons: 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 - 1976-77 - 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1976. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
SUNDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Cos | The Six Million Dollar Man | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | The Sonny and Cher Show | Kojak | Delvecchio | ||||
| NBC | The Wonderful World of Disney | The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo / McCloud / McMillan and Wife / Quincy, M.E. | The Big Event | |||||
MONDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Captain and Tennille | ABC Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | Rhoda | Phyllis | Maude | All's Fair | Executive Suite | |
| NBC | Little House on the Prairie | The NBC Monday Night Movie | ||||
TUESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | Laverne and Shirley | Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II) | Family | ||
| CBS | The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour | M*A*S*H | One Day at a Time | Switch | ||
| NBC | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Police Woman | Police Story | |||
WEDNESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Bionic Woman | Baretta | Charlie's Angels | |||
| CBS | Good Times | Ball Four | All In The Family | Alice | The Blue Knight | |
| NBC | The Practice | The NBC Movie of the Week | The Quest | |||
THURSDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Welcome Back, Kotter | Barney Miller | The Tony Randall Show | The Nancy Walker Show | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| CBS | The Waltons | Hawaii Five-O | Barnaby Jones | |||
| NBC | Gemini Man | NBC's Best Sellers | Van Dyke and Company | |||
FRIDAY
A special program, Campaign '76, aired on CBS from 7:30 to 8:00 from September to early November, in preparation for the presidential election.
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Donny & Marie | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | Spencer's Pilots | The CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||
| NBC | Sanford and Son | Chico and the Man | The Rockford Files | Serpico | ||
SATURDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Holmes and Yoyo | Mr. T and Tina | Starsky and Hutch | Most Wanted | ||
| CBS | The Jeffersons | Doc | Mary Tyler Moore | The Bob Newhart Show | The Carol Burnett Show | |
| NBC | Emergency! | The NBC Saturday Night Movie | ||||