Derivative? ... Bonanza is a western TV series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1973. Here's the network's fall preview for that year - "This Year Like Last Year, the Best is Right Here, on CBS" was their not-so-catchy slogan. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and aired from 1954 to 1973. Bah. In fact I credit shows like Baretta, Charlie's Angels, and Starsky & Hutch for inspiring my initial desire to become a writer. In 1973, the Brit was starring in her first American sitcom, playing a single, working woman in the mold of Mary Richards of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Sanford and Son 3. 1973 TV Shows by Billy Ingram. 1973 saw the continuation of a new trend - making (mostly) bad cartoon versions of classic television shows - and prime-time stars lent their voices to cartoons this year as well. The Flip Wilson Show 13. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 War Machine In Falcon & The Winter Soldier Gunsmoke 9. Influential Television. CBS - 1973-74 FALL SEASON. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 8. Some of my favorite TV shows of all time aired in 1973, many of them on CBS. October 1972 – April 1973: 1. Ironside 11. Below is a list of television-related events in 1973. Hawaii Five-O 4. The year 1973 in television involved some significant events. TV Shows news - Page 1973. The Wonderful World of Disney 10. Listing of 1970's TV shows and series that aired in primetime television featuring cast lists, theme song lyrics, dvds, trivia and more. 1950's TV / 1960's TV / 1970's TV / TV Games. Here’s Lucy 16. All shows were aired … Marcus Welby, M.D. I wanted to recreate those tough no nonsense crime fighters I grew up with in my own fiction. Besides, Diana was a fashion designer in Manhattan, not working at a TV station in the midwest. Sunday Mystery Movie 7. All in the Family 2. Prime Time Schedule for 1972-1973 in The Seventies This is a list of the programs that were shown during prime time hours of the seventies. Only two shows this season are live action, the rest are animated. Adam 12 12. Offering up photos, trivia, plot lines, cast lists and more we can take a fond look back at shows that just didn't catch the viewing audience's attention for one reason or another: poorly cast, wrong time slot, unbelievable plot lines and more. Maude 5. Bridget Loves Bernie 6. Compiled here is a listing of 45 short-lived and possibly easily forgotten 70's television series. The format was simple. Prime Time in the US is defined as 8pm to 11pm every night, although on Sundays it's considered to start at 7pm on some networks. There had been talent shows on TV before -- Carroll Levis Discoveries was one -- but none proved to have the stamina of Opportunity Knocks, which not only survived the ITV franchise swap of 1968 but was resurrected by the BBC in 1987, having been cancelled by Thames in 1978. "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" (1973-75) ... 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