This was the television schedule on all four networks for the fall season beginning in September 1988. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in blue.

The highest-rated show for the year is highlighted in lime. The top ten rated programs are highlighted in yellow. The top 20 rated programs are highlighted in cyan. The top 30 rated programs are highlighted in magenta. The top 40 rated programs are highlighted in orange. The top 50 rated programs are highlighted in silver. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Media Research is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre films and newspapers...

.

Note: A writers' strike

1988 Writers Guild of America strike

The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike was a strike action taken by members of both the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West against major United States television and film studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers...

 and the Seoul Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 hindered the networks' ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. New shows intended for a regular fall launch saw their debuts spread out between September and December. The debut month for each new series is noted as to when it actually premiered.

PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

, the Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Ratings data from TVTango.com

Sunday

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Incredible Sunday That's Incredible! That's Incredible! was an American reality television show that aired on the ABC television network from 1980 to 1984.-Synopsis:In the tradition of You Asked For It, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and Real People, the show featured people performing stunts and reenactments of allegedly paranormal events... (Oct.) #89 7.27 rating		Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name... (Oct.) #68 9.99 rating		The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Sunday Night Movie is a television program that aired on Sunday nights, first for a brief time in 1962 under the title Hollywood Special . It then began airing regularly under its more commonly known title from 1964 to 1998, on ABC...  #32 15.04 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		60 Minutes 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....  #6 21.7 rating		Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...  #7 20.71 rating		The CBS Sunday Night Movies #27 16.1 rating
Fox Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...		21 Jump Street 21 Jump Street 21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...  #90 7.17 rating		America's Most Wanted America's Most Wanted America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...  #74 9.13 rating	Married... with Children Married... with Children Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...  #63 10.45 rating	It's Garry Shandling's Show It's Garry Shandling's Show It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom which was initially broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The show is notable for its frequent use of breaking the fourth wall to allow characters to speak directly to the audience...  #101 4.97 rating	The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show was an American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children, and ran until May 26, 1990. The show blended sketch comedy shorts...  #102 4.21 rating	Duet Duet (TV series) Duet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987 to August 20, 1989...  #104 3.56 rating	Local
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		The Magical World of Disney (Oct.) #69 9.86 rating		Family Ties Family Ties Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...  #36 14.46 rating	Day by Day #49 12.87 rating	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies #24 16.3 rating

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...  #42 13.61 rating		Monday Night Football Monday Night Football Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...  #22 16.93 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		Newhart Newhart Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...  #47 13.10 rating	Coming of Age #78 8.39 rating	Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television... (Nov.) #34 14.60 rating	Designing Women Designing Women Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by head writer...  #33 14.98 rating	Almost Grown (Nov.) #62 10.59 rating
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		ALF ALF (TV series) ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...  #15 17.74 rating	The Hogan Family The Hogan Family The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired from March 1, 1986 to July 20, 1991...  #30 15.30 rating	NBC Monday Night at the Movies The NBC Monday Movie The NBC Monday Movie was a television anthology series of films scheduled every Monday night from 1963 to 1999 on NBC. It was referred to as NBC Monday Night at the Movies prior to the mid-1980s...  #26 16.20 rating

Note: CBS aired local and paid political programming in September and October. On December 12, the final season of Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984 to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS...

 (#48, 12.90 rating) premiered at 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Who's the Boss? Who's the Boss? Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992...  #8 20.33 rating	Roseanne Roseanne (TV series) Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family... (Oct.) #2 23.78 rating	Moonlighting Moonlighting (TV series) Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...  #56 11.25 rating		thirtysomething #41 13.91 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...	official	High Risk #73 9.16 rating		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies #53 12.39 rating
	follow-up (Oct.)	Local and paid political programming
	follow-up (Nov. 29)	TV 101 TV 101 TV 101 is an American drama series that aired on CBS from 1988 until 1989. The series starred Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc... #96 6.12 rating
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		Matlock #16 17.54 rating		In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night (TV series) In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...  #18 17.32 rating		Midnight Caller Midnight Caller Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio... (Nov.) #37 14.42 rating

Note: On NBC, NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies (#29, 15.52 rating) often aired from 8–10 p.m. or 9–11 p.m. from September through November. Moonlighting went on hiatus in February 1989 and returned on Sundays in April.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Growing Pains Growing Pains Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...  #13 18.20 rating	Head of the Class Head of the Class Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore...  #21 17.09 rating	The Wonder Years The Wonder Years The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....  #14 17.76 rating	Hooperman Hooperman Hooperman is a U.S. television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989. A comedy-drama, the series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law....  #60 10.66 rating	China Beach China Beach China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans... #55 11.91 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show is a short-lived 1988 U.S. situation comedy, starring Dick Van Dyke. It was cancelled after one season due to low ratings, possibly due to competition from the Top 20 hits Growing Pains on ABC and the first half of Unsolved Mysteries on NBC.The series marked the first time... (Oct.) #88 7.30 rating	Annie McGuire (Oct.) #86 7.39 rating	The Equalizer The Equalizer The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...  #61 10.65 rating		Wiseguy Wiseguy Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...  #54 12.24 rating
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	official	Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008... (Sep.) #19 17.21 rating		Night Court Night Court Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984, to May 20, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone...  #20 17.17 rating	Baby Boom Baby Boom (film) Baby Boom is a 1987 comedy film starring Diane Keaton. The film also launched a subsequent television show starring Kate Jackson, running from 1988 to 1989. The original music score was composed by Bill Conti and the cinematography was by William A. Fraker.... #44 13.46 rating	Tattingers Tattingers Tattingers is a comedy-drama aired by the NBC television network as part of its 1988 fall lineup. After failing in the Nielsen ratings as an hour-long program, the plot and characters were briefly revived in the spring of 1989 as the half-hour situation comedy Nick & Hillary.Tattingers is the... (Oct.) #70 9.85 rating
	follow-up (Jan.)				My Two Dads My Two Dads My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television and distributed by TeleVentures.-Show synopsis:The show begins when Marcy Bradford , the... #46 13.19 rating

Note: On CBS, Live! With Dick Clark (#85, 7.63 rating) aired from 8–9 p.m. in September. On NBC, various specials aired from 9:30–10 p.m. from September to November. Then on January 11, the second season of My Two Dads

My Two Dads

My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television and distributed by TeleVentures.-Show synopsis:The show begins when Marcy Bradford , the...

 (#46, 13.19 rating) premiered. On ABC, Anything But Love

Anything but Love

Anything But Love was an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes. The show starred Richard Lewis as Marty Gold and Jamie Lee Curtis as Hannah Miller, coworkers at a Chicago magazine with a mutual romantic attraction to...

(#11, 18.98 rating) premiered at 9:30 in March 1989

1989 in television

For the American TV schedule, see: 1989–90 United States network television schedule.The year 1989 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1989.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...

. On March 15, Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series...

 (#38, 14.31 rating) premiered an 11 episode second season on CBS at 9:00 p.m. On March 1, Hard Time on Planet Earth

Hard Time on Planet Earth

Hard Time on Planet Earth is a short-lived American science fiction series that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in 1989. Airing for 13 episodes, the series starred Martin Kove and was created by Jim and John Thomas....

(#81, 7.97 rating) premiered at 8:00 p.m. on CBS. On January 25, the American version of Nightingales

Nightingales

Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards working the night shift. It was produced by Alomo Productions for Channel 4 in 1990.-Outline:...

(#50, 12.86 rating) premiered on NBC at 10:00 p.m. On April 5, The Robert Guillaume Show

The Robert Guillaume Show

The Robert Guillaume Show is a short-lived sitcom vehicle for Robert Guillaume, the former star of the ABC hit series Benson and of the popular Soap...

(#83, 7.96 rating) premiered on ABC at 9:30.

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Knightwatch Knightwatch Knightwatch was a television drama aired by ABC as part of its fall 1988 lineup. It had been promoted as an original series in light of summer reruns continuing into the fall due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America Strike.... (Nov.) #95 6.59 rating		Dynasty Dynasty (TV series) Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado...  #64 10.40 rating		W5
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		48 Hours 48 Hours (TV series) 48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period, and is credited as one of the first to air a "reality show"...  #67 10.13 rating		Paradise Paradise (TV series) Paradise is an American Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from 1988 to 1991. Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter, the series presents the adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.-Synopsis:Paradise...  (Oct) #66 10.16 rating		Knots Landing Knots Landing Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...  #25 16.26 rating
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		The Cosby Show The Cosby Show The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...  #1 25.81 rating	A Different World #3 23.59 rating	Cheers Cheers Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...  #4 23.00 rating	Dear John Dear John (US TV series) Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was originally based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on... (Oct.) #12 18.73 rating	L.A. Law L.A. Law L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...  #10 19.05 rating

Note: On ABC, various specials and The ABC Thursday Night Movie (#71, 9.82 rating) aired from 8–11 p.m. from September to early November. On CBS, the CBS Special Movie (#57, 11.16 rating) aired from 9–11 p.m. in September till mid-October. On January 26, the American version of A Fine Romance

A Fine Romance (TV series)

A Fine Romance was a British situation comedy starring husband-and-wife team Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Dench's sister was played by Susan Penhaligon. It was produced by London Weekend Television and written by Bob Larbey. It was first broadcast on 8 November 1981. It lasted for 26 episodes...

(#97, 6.03 rating) premiered at 8:00 on ABC, while on January 5, HeartBeat

HeartBeat (U.S. TV series)

HeartBeat is an American television series in the medical drama genre. The series followed the staff of Women's Medical Arts, a medical center founded by three women who are frustrated with how women's health concerns are addressed in the male-dominated medical field. The fictional WMA was based on...

 (#91, 7.09 rating) premiered its second and last season at 10:00 p.m. also on ABC.

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Perfect Strangers Perfect Strangers (TV series) Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean...  #39 14.29 rating	Full House Full House Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...  #28 15.52 rating	Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...  #43 13.54 rating	Just the Ten of Us Just the Ten of Us Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...  #51 12.54 rating	20/20 #40 14.07 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (TV series) Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a...  #65 10.38 rating		Dallas Dallas (TV series) Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...  #31 15.17 rating		Falcon Crest Falcon Crest Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....  #52 12.42 rating
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		Something is Out There Something is Out There Something Is Out There is the title of a 1988 American science fiction television miniseries that aired on NBC, and a short-lived weekly series that followed in the fall of 1988.... (Oct.) #75 8.77 rating		Miami Vice Miami Vice Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...  #58 11.14 rating		Dream Street Dream Street (TV series) Dream Street was a British children's TV series of the late 1990s. It featured the antics of a variety of toy vehicles in a child's playroom. Unusually for this type of show, the vehicles were not conventionally animated but were radio-controlled in real-time. The storyline was largely narrated,... (Apr. 1989) #87 7.35 rating

Note: On March 26, Quantum Leap (#72, 9.23 rating) premiered in a Tuesday night slot before moving to Fridays at 9:00 on March 31. On April 14, The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour was a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes produced managed to air on NBC before the low-rated...

(#100, 5.29 rating) premiered at 8:00. On June 2, Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...

 (#80, 8.06 rating) moved to Friday to air its final 9 episodes. On January 20, Father Dowling Mysteries

Father Dowling Mysteries

Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that appeared between November 30, 1987 and May 2, 1991. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC network for its last two seasons...

(#45, 13.29 rating) premiered at 8:00 on NBC. On February 3, Unsub

Unsub (TV series)

Unsub was an American television series that aired on NBC from February 3, 1989 to April 14, 1989. The series centered around an elite FBI forensic team that investigates serial murderers and other violent crimes. Unsub is an abbreviation for the unknown subject of an...

(#59, 10.93 rating) premiered on NBC at 10:00 pm

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...		Murphy's Law Murphy's Law (TV series) Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four... (Dec.) #94 6.71 rating		Police Story (Oct.) #79 8.16 rating
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...		Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series) Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It was based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It starred Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby... (Oct.) #93 6.94 rating	Raising Miranda Raising Miranda Raising Miranda was a television series aired on CBS in 1988 as part of its fall lineup.Raising Miranda was the story of Donald Marshack , a Racine, Wisconsin contractor who suddenly found himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie had abandoned him and their 15 year old daughter, Miranda , in... (Nov.) #98 5.97 rating	Simon & Simon Simon & Simon Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.-History:The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida...  #92 6.95 rating		West 57th West 57th (TV series) West 57th was a newsmagazine series which aired on CBS from August 13, 1985, through September 9, 1989. Thought by Don Hewitt to be the younger rival of 60 Minutes, he campaigned internally against the show. West 57th originally premiered as a summer series, and took its name from the New York...  #84 7.78 rating
Fox Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...		The Reporters The Reporters The Reporters was a newsmagazine show aired by FOX Television in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons.The Reporters was much in the style of the syndicated show A Current Affair, except that there was no regular "host" role...  #103 4.08 rating		COPS COPS (TV series) Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities... (Mar. 1989) #99 5.54 rating	Beyond Tomorrow Beyond Tomorrow (TV series) Beyond Tomorrow is an Australian television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. It began airing in 1981 as Towards 2000, then in 1985 was renamed Beyond 2000, a name the show kept until its cancellation in 1999...  #105 3.12 rating	Local
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...		227 227 (TV series) 227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins...  #35 14.47 rating	Amen Amen (TV series) Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s...  #23 16.36 rating	The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...  #6 21.76 rating	Empty Nest (Oct.) #9 19.67 rating	Hunter #17 17.46 rating

Note: On ABC, the limited-run series Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century is the third album by the progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1974. The album was Supertramp's first to feature its classic lineup and co-producer Ken Scott ....

aired in October and W5 in November, both from 8–9 p.m. On CBS, Live! With Dick Clark, retitled Dick Clark Presents, moved from Wednesday in September to Saturday in October and aired from 8–9 p.m. On January 28, A Man Called Hawk

A Man Called Hawk

A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series was a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in...

(#77, 8.46 rating) premiered on ABC at 9 p.m, and CBS's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.-History:...

 (#82, 7.97 rating) moved to Saturday at 9 p.m. On January 21, Dolphin Cove (#76, 8.71 rating) premiered on CBS at 8 p.m.

ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

Returning Series:

1. 20/20
2. Dynasty
3. Full House
4. Growing Pains
5. Head of the Class
6. Heartbeat
7. Hooperman
8. Just The Ten of Us
9. MacGyver
10. Monday Night Football
11. Moonlighting
12. Mr. Belvedere
13. Perfect Strangers
14. thirtysomething
15. Who's The Boss?
16. The Wonder Years

New Series:

1. Anything But Love
2. China Beach
3. Coach
4. Crime of the Century
5. A Fine Romance
6. Incredible Sunday
7. Knightwatch
8. A Man Called Hawk
9. Mission: Impossible
10. Murphy's Law
11. Police Story
12. The Robert Guillaume Show
13. Roseanne
14. War and Remembrance
15. W5

Not Returning From Last Season

1. Buck James
2. The Charmings
3. Dolly
4. Family Man
5. Hotel
6. Hothouse
7. I Married Dora
8. Just In Time
9. Max Headroom
10. Once A Hero
11. Ohara
12. Probe
13. Pursuit of Happiness
14. Sable
15. The Slap Maxwell Story
16. Sledge Hammer!
17. Spenser: For Hire
18. Supercarrier
19. The Thorns

CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

Returning Series:

1. 48 Hours
2. 60 Minutes
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Blue Skies
5. The Cavanaughs
6. Coming of Age
7. Dallas
8. Designing Women
9. The Equalizer
10. Falcon Crest
11. Jake and the Fatman
12. Kate and Allie
13. Knots Landing
14. Murder, She Wrote
15. Newhart
16. Simon & Simon
17. The Smothers Brothers Show
18. Tour of Duty
19. West 57th
20. Wiseguy

New Series:

1. Almost Grown
2. Annie McGuire
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Dolphin Cove
5. Hard Time on Planet Earth
6. High Risk
7. Live! With Dick Clark
8. Murphy Brown
9. Paradise
10. Raising Miranda
11. TV 101
12. The Van Dyke Show

Not Returning From Last Season

1. Blue Skies
2. Cagney & Lacey
3. Eisenhower and Lutz
4. Everything's Relative
5. Frank's Place
6. High Mountain Rangers
7. Houston Knights
8. The Law and Harry McGraw
9. Leg Work
10. Magnum, P.I.
11. My Sister Sam
12. The Oldest Rookie
13. Trial and Error

Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

Returning Series:

1. 21 Jump Street
2. America's Most Wanted
3. Duet
4. It's Garry Shandling's Show
5. Married…With Children
6. The Reporters
7. The Tracey Ullman Show

New Series:

1. Beyond Tomorrow
2. COPS
3. Totally Hidden Video

Not Returning From Last Season

1. The Dirty Dozen
2. Family Double Dare
3. Mr. President
4. The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
5. Second Chance (Boys Will Be Boys)
6. Werewolf
7. Women In Prison

NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

Returning Series:

1. 227
2. ALF
3. Amen
4. Cheers
5. The Cosby Show
6. Day By Day
7. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
8. A Different World
9. Family Ties
10. The Golden Girls
11. Hunter
12. In The Heat Of The Night
13. L.A. Law
14. Matlock
15. Miami Vice
16. My Two Dads
17. Night Court
18. Sonny Spoon
19. Valerie

New Series:

1. Baby Boom
2. Dear John
3. Empty Nest
4. Father Dowling Mysteries
5. The Jim Henson Hour
6. The Magical World of Disney
7. Midnight Caller
8. Nightingales
9. Quantum Leap
10. Rage Hard
11. Something is Out There
12. Tattingers
13. Unsolved Mysteries
14. Unsub

Not Returning From Last Season

1. Aaron's Way
2. Beverly Hills Buntz
3. The Bronx Zoo
4. Crime Story
5. The Facts of Life
6. George Schlatter's Funny People
7. The Highwayman
8. J.J. Starbuck
9. Our House
10. Private Eye
11. Rags To Riches
12. St. Elsewhere
13. TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
14. A Year In The Life

Full Season Shows

ABC

1. 20/20
2. Anything But Love
3. China Beach
4. Crime of the Century
5. Dynasty
6. A Fine Romance
7. Full House
8. Growing Pains
9. Head of the Class
10. HeartBeat
11. Hooperman
12. Incredible Sunday
13. Just The Ten Of Us
14. Knightwatch
15. MacGyver
16. A Man Called Hawk
17. Mission: Impossible
18. Mr. Belvedere
19. Monday Night Football
20. Moonlighting
21. Murphy's Law
22. Perfect Strangers
23. Police Story
24. The Robert Guillaume Show
25. Roseanne
26. thirtysomething
27. War and Remembrance
28. Who's The Boss?
29. The Wonder Years

CBS

1. 48 Hours
2. 60 Minutes
3. Almost Grown
4. Annie McGuire
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. The Cavanaughs
7. Coming of Age
8. Dallas
9. Designing Women
10. Dirty Dancing
11. Dolphin Cove
12. The Equalizer
13. Falcon Crest
14. Hard Time on Planet Earth
15. High Risk
16. Kate and Allie
17. Knots Landing
18. Live with Dick Clark!
19. Murder, She Wrote
20. Murphy Brown
21. Newhart
22. Paradise
23. Raising Miranda
24. Simon & Simon
25. This Is America, Charlie Brown
26. TV 101
27. The Van Dyke Show
28. West 57th
29. Wiseguy

Fox

1. 21 Jump Street
2. America's Most Wanted
3. Cops
4. Duet
5. It's Garry Shandling's Show
6. Married… With Children
7. The Reporters
8. Totally Hidden Video
9. The Tracey Ullman Show

NBC

1. 227
2. ALF
3. Amen
4. Baby Boom
5. Cheers
6. The Cosby Show
7. Day By Day
8. Dear John
9. A Different World
10. Empty Nest
11. Family Ties
12. Father Dowling Mysteries
13. The Golden Girls
14. The Hogan Family
15. Highway to Heaven
16. Hunter
17. In The Heat Of The Night
18. The Jim Henson Hour
19. L.A. Law
20. The Magical World Of Disney
21. Matlock
22. Miami Vice
23. Midnight Caller
24. Nearly Departed
25. Night Court
26. Nightingales
27. Quantum Leap
28. Rage Hard
29. Something Is Out There
30. Tattinger's
31. Unsolved Mysteries
32. Unsub