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1970-1971 Television Season

The top five shows of 1970-71 were Gunsmoke, Ironside, Here's Lucy, and Flip Wilson Show with the most popular being Marcus Welby, M.D.. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

Shows that started before 8:00pm (and therefore not in the grid below) included: The Young Rebels, Lassie, Hogan's Hero's, Wild Kingdom, The Red Skelton Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Family Affair, Brady Bunch, and Let's Make a Deal. Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories!

Prime Time TV Schedule for 1970-1971
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
	Young Lawyers	Silent Force	Monday Night Football
	Gunsmoke	Here's Lucy	Mayberry RFD	Doris Day Show	Carol Burnett Show
	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In		NBC Monday Night Movie
	Mod Squad	Movie of the Week			Marcus Welby, M.D.
	Green Acres	Hee Haw		To Rome with Love	60 Minutes
	Don Knotts Show	Julia	NBC Tuesday Night Movie
	Make Room for Granddaddy	Room 222	Johnny Cash Show		Dan August
	Storefront Lawyers	Governor & JJ	Medical Center		Hawaii Five-O
	Men from Shiloh		Kraft Music Hall		[Rotating] McCloud / SF International Airport / The Psychiatrist / Night Gallery
	Matt Lincoln	Bewitched	Barefoot in the Park	Odd Couple	The Immortal
	Jim Nabors Hour		CBS Thursday Night Movie
	Flip Wilson Show	Ironside		Nancy	Dean Martin Show
	Nanny & the Professor	Partridge Family	That Girl	Love, American Style	This is Tom Jones
	The Interns	Headmaster	CBS Friday Night Movie
	High Chapparral	Name of the Game			Bracken's World
	Newlywed Game	Lawrence Welk Show		Most Deadly Game		[local]
	Mission: Impossible	My Three Sons	Arnie	Mary Tyler Moore	Mannix
	Andy Williams Show	Adam 12	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	The FBI		ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Ed Sullivan Show		Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour		Tim Conway Hour
	Walt Disney's Wonderful World	Bill Cosby	Bonanza		[Bold Ones (rotating)] New Doctors / The Senator / The Lawyers
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30

Note: Television seasons have generally begun in September of each year. And new shows often do not last the entire season. The shows below began the new season but did not necessarily run all the way through to summer reruns.
Continued - Indicates show began before the time period indicated.

1970-1971 Ratings

Rank	Show	Network	Estimated viewers
1.	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	17,789,500
2.	The Flip Wilson Show	NBC	16,768,000
3.	Here's Lucy	CBS	15,686,000
4.	Ironside	NBC	15,445,700
5.	Gunsmoke	CBS	15,325,500
6.	ABC Movie of the Week	ABC	15,085,000
7.	Hawaii Five-O	CBS	15,025,000
8.	Medical Center	CBS	14,724,500
9.	Bonanza	NBC	14,364,000
10.	The F.B.I.	ABC	13,823,000
11.	Mod Squad	ABC	13,642,700
12.	Adam 12	NBC	13,582,600
13.	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	NBC	13,462,400
14.	The Wonderful World of Disney	NBC	13,462,400
15.	Mayberry R.F.D.	CBS	13,402,300
16.	Hee Haw	CBS	12,860,400
17.	Mannix	CBS	12,800,300
18.	The Men from Shiloh	NBC	12,741,200
19.	My Three Sons	CBS	12,500,800
20.	The Doris Day Show	CBS	12,440,700
21.	The Smith Family	ABC	11,380,600
22.	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS	11,200,300
23.	NBC Saturday Night Movie	NBC	11,080,000
24.	The Dean Martin Show	NBC	11,020,000
25.	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS	11,900,800
26.	The Partridge Family	ABC	11,900,800
27.	NBC Monday Movie	NBC	11,900,800
28.	ABC Sunday Movie	ABC	11,840,000
29.	The Jim Nabors Hour	CBS	11,720,500
30.	CBS Thursday Movie	CBS	11,599,300

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