This is a thread for actors and actresses that have starred in any primetime series on all three terrestrial television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). (not or)

An example is Patrick Duffy, who starred in NBC's The Man From Atlantis, CBS's Dallas, and ABC's Step by Step. Any others?

(TV movies don't count in this thread.)

mclean stevenson stared in shows on all 3 networks cbs mash in the beginning challenge of the sexes dirty dancing nbc the mclean stevenson show hello larry abc condo

Robert Young was in "FATHER KNOWS BEST" on NBC, "MARCUS WELBY: M.D." on ABC, and "WINDOW ON MAIN STREET" on CBS.

William Shatner appeared on shows for all three major networks; Star Trek for NBC, T.J. Hooker for ABC and Rescue: 911 for CBS.

Larry Hagman did "DALLAS" for CBS, "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" and "THE GOOD LIFE" for NBC, and at least 1 TV movie that I know of, for ABC.

Larry Hagman did "DALLAS" for CBS, "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" and "THE GOOD LIFE" for NBC, and at least 1 TV movie that I know of, for ABC.his 1973 sitcom here we go again was also on abc

Andy Griffith starred in The Andy Griffith Show (CBS), Salvage 1
(ABC), and Matlock (NBC).

Bill Cosby starred in I Spy, The Cosby Show and The Cosby Mysteries (all on NBC), Cos, a short-lived ABC variety show, and Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids and Cosby (both on CBS).

Betty White - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Date With the Angels (ABC); That 70's Show (FOX); Hot in Cleveland (TVLand)

Cloris Leachman - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); The Facts of Life (NBC); Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Ed Asner - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); Roots (ABC); The Bronx Zoo (NBC)

Nancy Walker - Rhoda (CBS); McMillian & Wife (NBC); Blansky's Beauties (ABC)

Bea Arthur - Maude (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Amanda's (ABC)

Rue McClanahan - Maude (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Apple Pie (ABC)

Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy (CBS); Life With Lucy (ABC); Lucy Moves to NBC (NBC)

Betty White - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Date With the Angels (ABC); That 70's Show (FOX); Hot in Cleveland (TVLand)

Cloris Leachman - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); The Facts of Life (NBC); Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Ed Asner - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS); Roots (ABC); The Bronx Zoo (NBC)

Nancy Walker - Rhoda (CBS); McMillian & Wife (NBC); Blansky's Beauties (ABC)

Bea Arthur - Maude (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Amanda's (ABC)

Rue McClanahan - Maude (CBS); The Golden Girls (NBC); Apple Pie (ABC)

Reality/competition shows don't apply in this thread, so Cloris Leachman shouldn't be on this list.

Reality/competition shows don't apply in this thread, so Cloris Leachman shouldn't be on this list.
:lol: Why Not? It's an ABC Primetime series and Cloris appeared on it!!----but no matter, Cloris Leachman starred on a DRAMA series in 1951 called Charlie Wild, Private Detective which was broadcast on ABC from 1951-52.

So I hope Cloris Leachman applys now!!!

:lol: Why Not? It's an ABC Primetime series and Cloris appeared on it!!----but no matter, Cloris Leachman starred on a DRAMA series in 1951 called Charlie Wild, Private Detective which was broadcast on ABC from 1951-52.

So I hope Cloris Leachman applys now!!!
Judd Hirsch - Taxi (ABC); Taxi (NBC); George & Leo (CBS)

Jean Smart - Designing Women (CBS); Teachers Only (NBC); Samantha Who? (ABC)

John Forsythe - Bachelor Father (CBS); Dynasty (ABC); The Powers That Be (NBC)

Bill Bixby...!

The Magician - NBC - star
The Courtship of Eddie's Father - ABC - star
Several CBS series - Incredible Hulk, Goodnight Beantown, My Favorite Martian - star/co-star

Neil Patrick Harris was on "Doogie Howser, M.D." on ABC. "Stark Raving Mad" on NBC, and currently on "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS.

Tony Danza: 'Who's the Boss?' (ABC) 'Family Law' (CBS) 'Taxi' (ABC/NBC)

Marion Ross: 'Happy Days'(ABC), 'Brooklyn Bridge' (CBS) 'Mr. Novak' (NBC)

Michael J. Fox: 'Spin City' (ABC) 'Palmerstown USA' (CBS) 'Family Ties' (NBC)

Most of the Bradys: 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Brady Bunch Variety Hour' (ABC), 'The Bradys' and 'A Very Brady Christmas' (CBS) 'The Brady Girls Get Married' and "The Brady Brides' (NBC)

Lucille Ball: Specials don't count, either, so you're off this list.

You Have Got To Be Kidding!!!!! :lol: :Lol: :lol: Well then I'll just start my own list! Geez, chill out dude!! You're kicking me off your list?!! That's Hilarious!!!!

Redd Foxx:

Sanford and Son (NBC)
The Redd Foxx Show (ABC)
The Royal Family (CBS)

You Have Got To Be Kidding!!!!! :lol: :Lol: :lol: Well then I'll just start my own list! Geez, chill out dude!! You're kicking me off your list?!! That's Hilarious!!!!

This is a list for any regularly-scheduled TV series that aired on either ABC, cBS, and NBC, as stated in the first post.

William Windom:

The Farmer's Daughter (ABC)
Murder She Wrote (CBS)
My World and Welcome to it (NBC)

Meredith Baxter Birney:
Bridget Loves Bernie - CBS
Family and The Faculty- ABC
Family Ties - NBC

The late Bob Crane-The 1963-1964 and 1964-1965 season of ABC's "The Donna Reed Show","Hogan's Heroes"for CBS,"The Bob Crane Show"for NBC.

Susan Dey

The Partridge Family (ABC), LA Law (NBC) and Love & War (CBS)

Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Barbara Billingsly, Hugh Beaumont-"LEAVE IT TO BEAVER" ran on ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Patrick Warburton
NewsRadio (NBC) - 1998 to 1999
Less than Perfect (ABC) - 2003 to 2006
Rules of Engagement (CBS) - 2007 to Present
Family Guy (FOX) - 1999 to 2002, 2005 to Present

Ken Berry--"F Troop"(1965-1967,ABC),"Mayberry RFD"(1968-1971 CBS),and "Mama's Family"(1983-NBC)

Patrick Warburton
NewsRadio (NBC) - 1998 to 1999
Less than Perfect (ABC) - 2003 to 2006
Rules of Engagement (CBS) - 2007 to Present
Family Guy (FOX) - 1999 to 2002, 2005 to Present
don't forget "SIENFELD" on NBC.

Richard Anderson:

The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC)
Perry Mason (CBS)
The Bionic Woman (NBC, Final season)

Judd Hirsch - Taxi (ABC); Taxi (NBC); George & Leo (CBS)

Judd Hirsch also had a short-lived drama on NBC called Delvecchio from 1976-77, which co-incidentally starred also starred a pre-Hill Street Blues Michael Conrad and Charlie Haid.



I got some here:

Tony Randall - The Odd Couple (ABC), The Tony Randall Show (ABC, later CBS), and Love Sidney (NBC).

Tom Bosley - Happy Days (ABC), Murder, She Wrote (CBS, the 1st 4 seasons), and Father Dowling Mysteries (NBC, later ABC)

Ted Danson - Cheers (NBC), Becker (CBS), Help Me, Help You (ABC)

Heather Locklear - TJ Hooker (ABC, later CBS), Dynasty (ABC), Melrose Place (FOX), Spin City (ABC), LAX (NBC)

John Stamos - Dreams (CBS), You Again? (NBC), Full House (ABC), ER (NBC)

Patricia Heaton was on 4 different sitcoms being Someone Like Me (NBC, tv.com shows that it only lasted 6 episodes in 1994.), Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS), Back to You (FOX) and The Middle (ABC)

Katey Sagal - Mary (CBS), Married with Children (FOX), Tucker (NBC) and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (ABC).

Judd Hirsch also had a short-lived drama on NBC called Delvecchio from 1976-77, which co-incidentally starred also starred a pre-Hill Street Blues Michael Conrad and Charlie Haid.



I got some here:

Tony Randall - The Odd Couple (ABC), The Tony Randall Show (ABC, later CBS), and Love Sidney (NBC).

Tom Bosley - Happy Days (ABC), Murder, She Wrote (CBS, the 1st 4 seasons), and Father Dowling Mysteries (NBC, later ABC)

Ted Danson - Cheers (NBC), Becker (CBS), Help Me, Help You (ABC)

Heather Locklear - TJ Hooker (ABC, later CBS), Dynasty (ABC), Melrose Place (FOX), Spin City (ABC), LAX (NBC)

John Stamos - Dreams (CBS), You Again? (NBC), Full House (ABC), ER (NBC)
Judd Hirsch was also in another drama on NBC called "THE LAW" (or something like that) in-I think-1973 or 74

Susan Dey

The Partridge Family (ABC), LA Law (NBC) and Love & War (CBS)

Was that why she left L.A. Law to work on Love and War?

Sherman Helmsley appeared on All In the Family and The Jeffersons (CBS), Amen (NBC), and Dinosaurs (ABC).

And megamanj, Judd Hirsch's Delvecchio aired on CBS, not NBC.

Sherman Helmsley appeared on All In the Family and The Jeffersons (CBS), Amen (NBC), and Dinosaurs (ABC).

And megamanj, Judd Hirsch's Delvecchio aired on CBS, not NBC.

I guess it makes sense. But for some reason I always thought Delvecchio looked more like an NBC show, considering the font used on that show's title logo looks like a variant of the font used on NBC's Movies of the Week.

But Judd did have one other modest hit show to air on NBC in Dear John (1988-92).

And wasn't Judd also on Numb3rs on CBS as well?

^^If I was the TV president, I'd have moved Delvecchio to NBC for a Season 2 for all you know.

Was that why she left L.A. Law to work on Love and War?
I don't remember if it was her choice to leave LA Law or not but she did go right into Love & War after leaving the show. She was then fired from Love & War after one year because she had no chemistry with Co-Star Jay Thomas.

Marion Lorne

Mr. Peepers (NBC); The Garry Moore Show (CBS); Bewitched (ABC)

Alice Ghostley

Captain Nice (NBC); Designing Women (CBS); Bewitched (ABC);

Robert Conrad:

Hawaiian Eye (ABC)
The Wild Wild West (CBS)
Baa Baa Black Sheep (NBC)

Reviving this thread from the dead:

Jane Curtin!

Jane Curtin - had 2 hit shows:

Kate and Allie - CBS (March 1984 - 1989)
3rd Rock from the Sun - NBC (January 1996 - 2001)

and a flopper:

Crumbs - ABC (January 2006 - May 2006) w/ Fred Savage

Kellie Martin:

Life Goes On, ABC, 1989-1993

Christy, CBS, 1994-1995

Crisis Center, NBC, 1997

ER, NBC, 1998-2000

I don't remember if it was her choice to leave LA Law or not but she did go right into Love & War after leaving the show. She was then fired from Love & War after one year because she had no chemistry with Co-Star Jay Thomas.

I've heard her say in interviews that it was indeed her choice to leave LA Law. I believe she, Harry Hamlin, and Jimmy Smits all left around the same time.

My man, Gregory Sierra (:eyes:):

Barney Miller (1975-1976), AES Hudson Street (1978), Soap (1980-1981), and Common Law (1996) on ABC

Sanford & Son (1972-1975), Miami Vice (1984) and Something is Out There (1988), NBC

Zorro & Son (1983), CBS

Not to mention he did about a zillion TV movies and episodics on all three of those networks.

Peter Graves:

Fury - NBC (1955-60)
Mission: Impossible on both CBS (from S2 onward, 1967-73) and on its 1980s short-lived revivial on ABC (1988-90).

Can we count soap actors in this discussion?

Marcy Walker - All My Children (ABC), Santa Barbara (NBC), and Guiding Light (CBS)

Tracy Lindsey Melchior - Sunset Beach (NBC), One Life to Live (ABC), and The Bold & The Beautiful (CBS)

Stuart Damon - General Hospital (ABC), As the World Turns (CBS), and Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Beverlee McKinsey - Another World and Texas (NBC), Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Guiding Light (CBS), and General Hospital (ABC)

Jacqueline Courtney - The Edge of Night (CBS), Another World (NBC), and One Life to Live and Loving (ABC)

George Reinholt - The Secret Storm (CBS), Another World (NBC), and One Life to Live (ABC)

Maeve McGuire - The Edge of Night (CBS/ABC), Another World (NBC), All My Children (ABC)

Donald May - The Edge of Night (CBS/ABC) and Texas (NBC)

Louise Shaffer - Where the Heart Is (CBS), The Edge of Night and Ryan's Hope (ABC), and Search For Tomorrow (NBC)

Justin Deas - Ryan's Hope (ABC), Santa Barbara (NBC), and As the World Turns and Guiding Light (CBS)

...and that's just a sampling!! :eek: :crazy: :lol:

John Loprieno's another soap actor who has been on all three networks: Search For Tomorrow (NBC), One Life to Live (ABC), and As the World Turns (CBS). I was just reminded of him now!!!

Linda Lavin - Barney Miller and Room for Two (ABC), Conrad Bain (NBC), and Alice (CBS)

Allen Ludden - Password (CBS) Password and Password All Stars (ABC) and Password Plus and Stumpers (NBC)

Another soap actor, Rodney Van Johnson - The Young & The Restless, Port Charles (ABC), and Passions (NBC).

Elinor Donahue: Father Knows Best (NBC and CBS), The Andy Griffith Show (CBS), and The Odd Couple (ABC). Also, Please Stand By (NBC).

John Forsythe - Bachelor Father (CBS); Dynasty (ABC); The Powers That Be (NBC)

Since Bachelor Father ran on each of the three networks in succession (ABC, CBS, NBC), Forsythe's co-stars Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong also qualify as actors who appeared on all three.

Judd Hirsch - Taxi (ABC); Taxi (NBC); George & Leo (CBS)

Jean Smart - Designing Women (CBS); Teachers Only (NBC); Samantha Who? (ABC)

John Forsythe - Bachelor Father (CBS); Dynasty (ABC); The Powers That Be (NBC)
Judd Hirsch was on Dear John (NBC)

Also, one person mentioned Father Knows Best was on NBC. Wasn't it on CBS?

Oops, my mistake on FKB. But among other roles, Elinor Donahue starred in the shortlived NBC series Please Stand By, so the mistake makes no difference as far as her being on all 3 nets.

Jeffrey Tambor:
ABC - Max Headroom, The Ropers, Mr Sunshine
CBS - Welcome to the Captain
Fox - Arrested Development
NBC - American Dreamer, Bent, Everything's Relative, Twenty Good Years, Next Caller (unaired)

Out of 10 series, 4 of them reached a second season and only one reached a third (Arrested Development). Of course, he found success on The Larry Sanders Show on HBO.

Brian Keith: Family Affair on CBS (1966-71), The Brian Keith Show on NBC (1972-74), and Hardcastle and McCormick on ABC (1983-86)

Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsly, Hugh Beaumont, Ken Osmond and the rest of the LEAVE IT TO BEAVER cast, since the show was on NBC, ABC, & CBS.

Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsly, Hugh Beaumont, Ken Osmond and the rest of the LEAVE IT TO BEAVER cast, since the show was on NBC, ABC, & CBS.

Are you sure that Beaver was on NBC? Where did you find that? I thought that Beaver was only on CBS and ABC.

Are you sure that Beaver was on NBC? Where did you find that? I thought that Beaver was only on CBS and ABC.
I remember reading that somewhere once.

Leave it to Beaver never aired on NBC, actually.

Len Lesser

Seinfeld- NBC
Everybody Loves Raymond- CBS

Courteney Cox has been on five networks in series NBC The Misfits of Science, Family Ties, and of couirse Friends
CBS The Trouble With Larry
ABC Cougar Town now on TBS
FX Dirt

Matthew Perry has also been on all three networks and Fox

George Clooney has been on all three networks as well


Michael J Fox has been on all three networks

Here's another one for ya:

Kate Jackson

Dark Shadows, The Rookies & The Original Charlies Angels (abc)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King (CBS)

Baby Boom: The Series (NBC)