1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)

These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1972. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Fall 1972

	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
ABC	local									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
CBS	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		local		The Joker's Wild	The New Price Is Right	Gambit	Love of Life	noon: Where the Heart Is 12:25 pm: CBS News	Search for Tomorrow	local	As the World Turns	The Guiding Light	The Edge of Night	Love is a Many Splendored Thing	The Secret Storm	Family Affair reruns
NBC	The Today Show				local		Dinah's Place	Concentration	Sale of the Century	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	12:30 pm: The Who, What, or Where Game 12:55 pm: NBC News	local	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Return to Peyton Place	Somerset

Winter 1972–1973

	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
ABC	local									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
CBS	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		local		The Joker's Wild	The New Price Is Right	Gambit	Love of Life	noon: Where the Heart Is 12:25 pm: CBS News	Search for Tomorrow	local	As the World Turns	The Guiding Light	The Edge of Night	Love is a Many Splendored Thing	The Secret Storm	The Vin Scully Show
NBC	The Today Show				local		Dinah's Place	Concentration	Sale of the Century	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	12:30 pm: The Who, What, or Where Game 12:55 pm: NBC News	local	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Return to Peyton Place	Somerset

Notes: Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing aired their final episodes on March 23, 1973. The following Monday, both soaps were replaced with The Young and the Restless and The Price is Right respectively. $10,000 Pyramid replaced Price in its previous 10:30 time slot.

Spring 1973

	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
ABC	local									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
CBS	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		local		The Joker's Wild	The $10,000 Pyramid	Gambit	11:30 am: Love of Life 11:55 am: CBS News	The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	local	As the World Turns	The Guiding Light	The Edge of Night	The New Price Is Right	Hollywood's Talking	The Secret Storm
NBC	The Today Show				local		Dinah's Place	Baffle	Sale of the Century	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	12:30 pm: The Who, What, or Where Game 12:55 pm: NBC News	local	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Return to Peyton Place	Somerset

Summer 1973

	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
ABC	local									The Brady Bunch reruns	Password	Split Second	All My Children	Let's Make a Deal	The Newlywed Game	The Girl in My Life	General Hospital	One Life to Live	Love, American Style reruns
CBS	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		local		The Joker's Wild	The $10,000 Pyramid	Gambit	11:30 am: Love of Life 11:55 am: CBS News	The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	local	As the World Turns	The Guiding Light	The Edge of Night	The Price Is Right	Match Game '73	The Secret Storm
NBC	The Today Show				local		Dinah's Place	Baffle	The Wizard of Odds	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	12:30 pm: The Who, What, or Where Game 12:55 pm: NBC News	local	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Return to Peyton Place	Somerset

Saturday

Saturday

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

In the News aired after all of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and CBS Children's Film Festival. ABC debuts Multiplication Rock (a series of three-minute animated educational shorts shown in between programs) on January 6.

Sunday

Sunday

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 and/or syndicated programming						Curiosity Shop (R)		The Bullwinkle Show (R)	Make a Wish	Local and/or syndicated programming			Issues and Answers	ABC Sports and/or local programming
CBS	Fall	Local and/or 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 programming
	Winter											CBS Sports and/or local programming												Local and/or syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming											Meet the Press	NBC Sports and/or local programming										Local and/or syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News
	Spring	Local and/or syndicated programming												Meet the Press	NBC Sports and/or local programming

By network

Sources

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