Daily Empress Indy Silverstone
Number of races televised: 13/18, or 72%
Number of races televised live: 9/18, or 50%
Changed from previous year:
- NBC started televising races. The Michigan 200, previously untelevised, was the first.
- The new races at Silverstone and Brands Hatch were televised by ABC and CBS, respectively.
- The new Machinists Union 150 was shown live on CBS.
- The Tony Bettenhausen 200, previously untelevised, was shown live on CBS.
- The Bobby Ball 150, previously untelevised, was shown live on CBS.
- The Schaefer 500, previously shown on CBS, was untelevised.