TOP SHOW

1971-1972 Television Season

The top five shows of 1971-72 were Sanford and Sun, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Flip Wilson Show with the most popular being All in the Family. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

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Prime Time TV Schedule for 1971-1972
		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
		Nanny & Professsor	[local]	Monday Night Football
		Gunsmoke		Lucy Show	Doris Day Show	My Three Sons	Arnie
		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In		NBC Monday Night Movie
		Mod Squad	Movie of the Week			Marcus Welby, M.D.
		Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Hawaii Five-O		Cannon		[local]
		Ironside	Sarge		The Funny Side		[local]
		Bewitched	Courtship of Eddie's Father	Smith Family	Shirley's World	Man and the City
		Carol Burnett Show		Medical Center		Mannix
		Adam 12	[NBC Mystery Movie (rotating)] McCloud / Columbo / McMillan & Wife			Night Gallery
		Alias Smith & Jones		Longstreet		Owen Marshall
		Bearcats		CBS Thursday Night Movie
		Flip Wilson Show		Nichols		Dean Martin Show
		Brady Bunch	Partridge Family	Room 222	Odd Couple	Love, American Style
		Chicago Teddy Bears	O'Hara U.S. Treasury		New CBS Friday Night Movie
		The D.A.	NBC World Premiere Movie				[Local]
		Getting Together	ABC Movie of the Weekend			The Persuaders
		All in the Family	Funny Face	New Dick Van Dyke Show	Mary Tyler Moore	Mission: Impossible
		The Partners	The Good Life	NBC Saturday Night Movie
		The FBI		ABC Sunday Night Movie
		CBS Sunday Night Movie			Cade's Country		[Local]
		Wonderful World of Disney	Jimmy Stewart Show	Bonanza		[Bold Ones (rotating)] New Doctors / 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.
- Indicates show began before the time period indicated.

1971-1972 Ratings