THE MONKEES ON ABC SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Interesting note: during the 1972-73 season, ABC had 2 made-for-TV rock groups on its schedule: The Partridge Family
(at the time in its 3rd season) on Friday nights (before it moved to Saturday nights in June '73), and The Monkees on Saturday afternoons.

Preceded By:

8:00-8:30 AM	H.R. Pufnstuf
8:30-9:00 AM	Jackson 5ive
9:00-9:30 AM	The Osmonds
9:30-10:30 AM	The ABC Saturday Superstar Movies
10:30-11:00 AM	The Brady Kids
11:00-11:30 AM	Bewitched
11:30-Noon	Kid Power
Noon-12:30 PM	The Funky Phantom
12:30-1:00 PM	Liddsville

Followed By:

1:30-2:00 PM

American Bandstand '72

Other Networks:

CBS:	CBS Children's Film Festival	1:00-1:30 PM
NBC:	local programming	1:00-1:30 PM

1972-1973 SEASON
ABC Saturdays, 1:00-1:30 P.M.

Airdate	Episode
9/9/72	�The Case Of The Missing Monkee�
9/16/72	"The Monkees Marooned"
9/23/72	"The Monkees Marooned" Obviously a TV Guide typo!
9/30/72	�Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers�
10/7/72	�The Spy Who Came In From The Cool�
10/14/72	�One Man Shy� (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante")
10/21/72	�Monkee Versus Machine�
10/28/72	PREEMPTION: NCAA Football Pre-Game Show
11/4/72	�The Monkees Get Out More Dirt�
11/11-12/2/72	PREEMPTION: NCAA Football
12/9/72	�Find The Monkees� (a.k.a. "The Audition")
12/16/72	�Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth�
12/23/72	�The Royal Flush�
12/30/72	"The Monkees On The Wheel"
1/6/73	�The Chaperone�
1/13/73	�The Success Story�
1/20/73	PREEMPTION: Inauguration '73 (President Richard Milhous Nixon)
1/27/73	"The Card-Carrying Red Shoes"
2/3/73	"The Monstrous Monkee Mash"
2/10/73	"I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture")
2/17/73	�Monkee See, Monkee Die�
2/24/73	�I've Got A Little Song Here�
3/3/73	"The Devil And Peter Tork"
3/10/73	PREEMPTION: Soul Unlimited
3/17/73	"Monkee Mayor"
3/24/73	PREEMPTION: Soul Unlimited
3/31/73	�Monkee Mother�
4/7/73	PREEMPTION: American Bandstand
4/14/73	PREEMPTION: Soul Unlimited
4/21/73	�Captain Crocodile�
4/28/73	�The Case Of The Missing Monkee�
5/5/73	"The Monkees Marooned"
5/12/73	�Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers�
5/19/73	�The Spy Who Came In From The Cool�
5/26/73	�One Man Shy� (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante")
6/2/73	PREEMPTION: Rockin' The Place
6/9/73	�Monkee Versus Machine�
6/16/73	�The Monkees At The Movies�
6/23/73	PREEMPTION: American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show
6/30/73	�The Monkees Get Out More Dirt�
7/7/73	PREEMPTION: Action '73
7/14/73	�Find The Monkees� (a.k.a. "The Audition")
7/21/73	�Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth�
7/28/73	�The Royal Flush�
8/4/73	PREEMPTION: Action '73
8/11/73	"The Monkees On The Wheel"
8/18/73	�The Chaperone�
8/25/73	�The Success Story�

This concludes the Saturday Afternoon run of The Monkees, as well as its 6-year run on network television overall. Its 58 episodes will be sold to local markets for syndication in September 1975.

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