This list includes all known appearances by the Carpenters on American television from 1966 through 1983. Since many of the programs were syndicated, occasional discrepancies between air dates exist. Other inconsistencies have been found in past publications (notably the Carpenters Fan Club’s Decade publication from 1979), which have not always distinguished between the taping and broadcast dates. Whenever possible, corrections have been made here to reflect the earliest-known air dates.
| 1966 | |
| 07/03 | Battle of the Bands! (Richard Carpenter Trio, KNBC-TV, Los Angeles) |
| 1968 | |
| 06/22 | Your All-American College Show (Richard Carpenter Trio) |
| 06/29 | Your All-American College Show (Richard Carpenter Trio) |
| 1969 | |
| 09/09 | Your All-American College Show (Karen Carpenter) |
| 11/23 | Your All-American College Show (Karen Carpenter) |
| 12/01 | Your All-American College Show (Carpenters) |
| 12/04 | The Della Reese Show |
| 1971 | |
| 01/24 | Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley |
| 02/13 | The Andy Williams Show |
| 02/18 | This Is Your Life |
| 03/16 | The Grammy Awards |
| 03/24 | The Johnny Cash Show |
| 06/30 | The Tonight Show |
| 07/13 | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 07/20 | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 07/27 | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 07/29 | The Mike Douglas Show |
| 08/03 | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 08/10 | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 08/18 | The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show |
| 08/24 08/31 | Make Your Own Kind of Music Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 09/22 | The Carol Burnett Show |
| 11/05 | The Tonight Show |
| 1972 | |
| 01/14 | The Ed Sullivan Show |
| 01/19 | The Carol Burnett Show |
| 02/21 | Jerry Visits (Jerry Dunphy) |
| 03/14 | The Grammy Awards |
| 04/10 | The Academy Awards |
| 05/07 | The Special London Bridge Special |
| 10/05 | The Bob Hope Special |
| 1973 | |
| 06/01 | Robert Young with the Young |
| 11/05 | The Tonight Show |
| 11/13 | The Bob Hope Special |
| 1974 | |
| 03/02 | The Grammy Awards |
| 08/04 | Evening at Pops |
| 12/17 | The Perry Como Christmas Show |
| 1975 | |
| 02/18 | The American Music Awards |
| 19/6 | |
| 05/22 | The Midnight Special |
| 12/08 | The Carpenters’ Very First Television Special |
| 1977 | |
| 01/27 | The Tonight Show (Steve Martin, host) |
| 03/02 | The Dorothy Hamill Winter Carnival Special |
| 12/09 | The Carpenters at Christmas |
| 1978 | |
| 02/05 | The ABC Silver Anniversary Celebration |
| 03/16 | Thank You, Rock and Roll |
| 05/17 | The Carpenters: Space Encounters |
| 06/27 | The Tonight Show (John Davidson, host) |
| 11/19 | Wonderful World of Disney: Mickey’s 50 |
| 12/19 | The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait |
| 1980 | |
| 03/13 | 20/20 |
| 04/14 | Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights |
| 05/16 | The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music |
| 1981 | |
| 07/11 | America’s Top Ten |
| 10/02 | The Merv Griffin Show |
| 10/12 | Good Morning America |
| 1983 | |
| 01/11 | Entertainment Tonight |