View Full Version : Monday Nights at 9: CBS Goes From Lucy to Maude in the 1970s


Episode 30
08-05-2025, 03:18 PM
CBS replaced Lucille Ball's Here's Lucy with her Mame co-star Bea Arthur's Maude. See how this jarring change worked out for the network.

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icecream
08-05-2025, 03:37 PM
Wouldn't it be five hours a week, not four, that was returned to the affiliates with the access hour at 7:00 Monday-Friday?

Episode 30
08-05-2025, 04:06 PM
Thanks for reading! In 1971 the networks gave back an hour on Sunday and a half hour on Monday through Saturday, for a total of 4 hours. They were not programming 7-7:30 on Monday through Saturday, so that doesn't count.