1989-90 United States network television schedule
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The following is the 1989–90 United States network television schedule, the broadcast television
schedule of the four United States
television network
s—ABC
, CBS
, Fox
, and NBC
—for the fall season beginning in September 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service
, was in operation, but its schedule varied by local station.
New series are highlighted in bold. 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 programs are highlighted in orange. The top 50 programs are highlighted in silver.
Note: On ABC
, America's Funniest Home Videos
(#4, 20.95 rating) premiered as a series at 8:00 on January 14, 1990 and the first episode of Twin Peaks
aired at 8:30 on April 8, 1990.
On Fox
, The Simpsons
(#27, 14.87 rating) premiered as a series at 8:30 on January 14, 1990 after airing its Christmas special
on December 17, 1989 in the same time slot. On March 25, 1990, The Outsiders
(4.38 rating) premiered at 9:30, before moving to 7:00 the following week.
Note: City
(#88, 9.14 rating) premiered on CBS on January 29 at 8:30. The ABC Monday Night Movie
(#36, 13.90 rating) premiered at 9:00 on January 8. On CBS, Doctor, Doctor (#64, 11.18 rating) premiered its second season at 10:30 on November 13, 1989, while its replacement His & Hers (#100, 7.98 rating) premiered in the same slot on March 5, 1990.
Note: On ABC
, Coach
(#18, 17.08 rating) aired its second season at 9:30 beginning on November 21, 1989 as a replacement for Chicken Soup
(#11, 18.16 rating), which declined in audience numbers each week and lost much of the lead-in audience of the #1 hit, Roseanne
.
Note: On NBC
, the sitcom Dear John (#20, 16.45 rating) moved to 9:30 on January 17, 1990, and on March 28, 1990, FM
(#61, 11.38 rating) aired the rest of its run at 9:30. On July 5, 1989, Seinfeld
premiered at 9:30 p.m. On CBS
, Beauty and the Beast
(#93, 8.87 rating) premiered its final season at 8:00 on December 13, 1989, while Grand Slam (#91, 9.07 rating) premiered at 8:00 on January 31, 1990, and on March 21, 1990, two shows, Normal Life
(#112, 5.39 rating) and Sydney
(#97, 8.17 rating) premiered at 8:00 and 8:30 respectively. On March 28, 1990, Equal Justice (#69, 10.59 rating) premiered its first season at 10:00 on ABC
.
Note: Father Dowling Mysteries
(#63, 11.32 rating) premiered its second season on ABC
at 8:00 on January 4, 1990. On NBC
, the sitcom Grand
(#16, 17.56 rating) premiered at 9:30 on January 18, 1990. ABC premiered the Twin Peaks pilot on April 8, 1990 in the Sunday 9pm time slot for The ABC Sunday Night Movie
; regular episodes of Twin Peaks
(#42, 13.61 rating) began airing on Thursdays starting April 12, 1990, replacing The Young Riders
for the rest of the season. On NBC, the first season of Seinfeld
aired at 9:30 p.m. over the summer.
Note: On CBS, The Bradys
(#80, 9.92 rating) premiered at 8:00 on February 9, Bagdad Cafe
(#58, 11.75 rating) premiered at 9:00, and Sugar & Spice
(#89, 9.13 rating) at 9:30, both on March 30. On NBC, Nasty Boys
(#72, 10.54 rating) debuted on March 2 at 9:00, and True Blue
(#62, 11.38 rating) premiered at 9:00 on December 8.
Note: A Family for Joe
(#87, 9.21 rating) premiered at 8:00 on March 24. Carol and Company (#24, 15.32 rating) premiered at 9:30 on March 31. Down Home (#50, 12.68 rating) premiered at 10:30 on April 7. 13 East (#95, 8.40 rating) premiered its second season on April 14, all on NBC. On ABC, H.E.L.P.
(#108, 6.48 rating) premiered at 8:00 on March 3, 1990.
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Television
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schedule of the four United States
United States
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television network
Television network
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s—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...
, 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...
, 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...
, and 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...
—for the fall season beginning in September 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. PBS, 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 its schedule varied by local station.
New series are highlighted in bold. 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 programs are highlighted in orange. The top 50 programs are highlighted in silver.
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 | |
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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... |
official | Life Goes On Life Goes On (TV series) Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989 to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thacher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky... #84 9.49 rating |
Free Spirit Free Spirit (TV series) Free Spirit is an American fantasy sitcom series that ran on ABC during the 1989-1990 television season. The series was originally produced by ELP Communications. It ran from September 22, 1989 to January 14, 1990.-Overview:... #86 9.29 rating |
Homeroom #106 7.20 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... #49 13.1 rating |
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follow-up (Jan. 14) | America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps... #4 20.95 rating |
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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.... #7 19.7 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,... #10 18.59 rating |
The CBS Sunday Movie #29 14.8 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... |
official | Booker Booker (TV series) Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street... #111 5.67 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... #85 9.35 rating |
Totally Hidden Video Totally Hidden Video Totally Hidden Video was an American television show that aired on the Fox Network from 1989 to 1992, with Steve Skrovan as host for the first two years and Mark Pitta taking over in 1991... #98 8.06 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... #40 13.69 rating |
Open House Open House (TV series) Open House is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The series was a spin-off of the Fox series Duet... #104 7.71 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... #113 4.70 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... #115 3.31 rating |
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follow-up (Dec. 17) | The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... #27 14.87 rating |
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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 #90 9.09 rating | Sister Kate #75 10.43 rating | 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... #65 11.07 rating |
NBC Sunday Night Movie #35 14.1 rating |
Note: On 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...
, America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
(#4, 20.95 rating) premiered as a series at 8:00 on January 14, 1990 and the first episode of Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
aired at 8:30 on April 8, 1990.
On 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 Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
(#27, 14.87 rating) premiered as a series at 8:30 on January 14, 1990 after airing its Christmas special
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", also known as "The Simpsons Christmas Special", is the first full-length episode of The Simpsons to air despite originally being the eighth episode produced for season one. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 17, 1989...
on December 17, 1989 in the same time slot. On March 25, 1990, The Outsiders
The Outsiders (TV series)
The Outsiders is an American drama series that aired in 1990 on Fox. Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series was executive produced by the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.-Synopsis:...
(4.38 rating) premiered at 9:30, before moving to 7:00 the following week.
Monday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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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... #53 12.55 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... #12 18.05 rating |
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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... |
Major Dad Major Dad Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly... #46 13.45 rating |
The People Next Door The People Next Door The People Next Door is an American situation comedy which aired briefly on CBS as part of its Fall 1989 schedule.-Synopsis:Set in Covington, Ohio, The People Next Door stars Jeffrey Jones, previously regarded as a character actor, as cartoonist Walter Kellogg, a man whose imagination was so vivid... #56 12.22 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... #25 15.16 rating |
The Famous Teddy Z The Famous Teddy Z The Famous Teddy Z is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and inspired by the true story of Jay Kantor, who was a mailroom clerk at MCA and later became Marlon Brando's agent.-Synopsis:... #67 10.79 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... #21 15.68 rating |
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... #39 13.73 rating |
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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,... #109 5.77 rating |
Alien Nation Alien Nation (TV series) Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco , played by Eric Pierpoint... #110 5.67 rating |
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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... #37 13.84 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... #43 13.52 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... #33 14.4 rating |
Note: City
City (TV Series)
City was an American sitcom which aired for 13 episodes, on CBS, during the latter half of the 1989-1990 season. It was a new starring vehicle for Valerie Harper, which went into development not long after she and husband Tony Cacciotti won their lawsuit against Lorimar Telepictures over her...
(#88, 9.14 rating) premiered on CBS on January 29 at 8:30. The ABC Monday Night Movie
The ABC Monday Night Movie
The ABC Monday Night Movie is an anthology series on the ABC television network. It is part of ABC's Movie of the Week format. It began as an extension of The ABC Sunday Night Movie. Airing from 1981 until 2004 as a series, it has since run as a series of specials styled ABC Monday Movie of the...
(#36, 13.90 rating) premiered at 9:00 on January 8. On CBS, Doctor, Doctor (#64, 11.18 rating) premiered its second season at 10:30 on November 13, 1989, while its replacement His & Hers (#100, 7.98 rating) premiered in the same slot on March 5, 1990.
Tuesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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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... |
official | 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... #13 18.05 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.... #9 19.17 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... #1 23.73 rating |
Chicken Soup Chicken Soup (TV series) Chicken Soup is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave.-Overview:The series focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie , and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie... #11 18.16 rating |
thirtysomething #51 12.58 rating | |
follow-up (Nov. 21) | Coach Coach (TV series) Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles... #18 17.08 rating |
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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... |
Rescue 911 Rescue 911 Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series, hosted by William Shatner. Originally intended to be only a set of three TV specials, Rescue 911 was picked up by CBS for the 1989 fall season after two specials aired on April 18, 1989 and May 9, 1989... #54 12.44 rating |
Wolf Wolf (TV series) Wolf was a 1989 CBS television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy. It featured Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former San Francisco cop turned private detective and Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force... #82 9.65 rating |
Island Son Island Son Island Son was a CBS television medical drama during its 1989-90 schedule.Island Son marked the return to regular weekly series television of Richard Chamberlain, who had not so appeared since his Dr. Kildare series almost 25 years earlier... #74 10.48 rating |
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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 Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar... #19 16.78 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... #17 17.15 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... #41 13.68 rating |
Note: On 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...
, Coach
Coach (TV series)
Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
(#18, 17.08 rating) aired its second season at 9:30 beginning on November 21, 1989 as a replacement for Chicken Soup
Chicken Soup (TV series)
Chicken Soup is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave.-Overview:The series focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie , and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie...
(#11, 18.16 rating), which declined in audience numbers each week and lost much of the lead-in audience of the #1 hit, 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...
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Wednesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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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... #22 15.64 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... #30 14.80 rating |
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... #57 11.91 rating |
Doogie Howser, M.D. Doogie Howser, M.D. Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr.... #28 14.85 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... #59 11.58 rating |
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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... |
A Peaceable Kingdom A Peaceable Kingdom A Peaceable Kingdom is an American television drama series that aired in 1989. The series was short-lived and was cancelled after only seven episodes .-Series history:... #96 8.31 rating |
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... #45 13.50 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... #66 10.84 rating |
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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... #14 18.0 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... #31 14.55 rating |
Nutt House #48 13.22 rating | Quantum Leap #71 10.55 rating | ||
follow-up (Jan. 17) | Dear John #20 16.45 rating |
Note: On 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 sitcom Dear John (#20, 16.45 rating) moved to 9:30 on January 17, 1990, and on March 28, 1990, FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
(#61, 11.38 rating) aired the rest of its run at 9:30. On July 5, 1989, Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
premiered at 9:30 p.m. On 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...
(#93, 8.87 rating) premiered its final season at 8:00 on December 13, 1989, while Grand Slam (#91, 9.07 rating) premiered at 8:00 on January 31, 1990, and on March 21, 1990, two shows, Normal Life
Normal Life
Normal Life is a 1996 crime drama film based on the real lives of husband and wife bank robbers, Jeffrey and Jill Erickson. The film stars Ashley Judd and Luke Perry and was directed by John McNaughton.- Plot :...
(#112, 5.39 rating) and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
(#97, 8.17 rating) premiered at 8:00 and 8:30 respectively. On March 28, 1990, Equal Justice (#69, 10.59 rating) premiered its first season at 10:00 on 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...
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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... |
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... #94 8.41 rating |
The Young Riders The Young Riders The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War... #70 10.57 rating |
Primetime Live #92 9.05 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... |
48 Hours #76 10.35 rating | Top of the Hill Top of the Hill Top of the Hill is a short-lived political drama series aired by CBS as part of its 1989 fall lineup.-Synopsis:Top of the Hill starred William Katt as U.S... #78 9.95 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... #34 14.36 rating |
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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 | 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... #2 23.60 rating |
A Different World #5 20.48 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... #3 23.09 rating |
Dear John #20 16.45 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,... #15 17.99 rating |
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follow-up | Grand Grand (TV series) Grand was a half-hour situation comedy that aired on the NBC network in 1990. The series featured an ensemble cast including Pamela Reed, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McKean, John Randolph, Andrew Lauer, John Neville, Joel Murray and Sara Rue. It was created by Michael Leeson, executive produced by... #16 17.56 rating |
Note: 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...
(#63, 11.32 rating) premiered its second season on 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...
at 8:00 on January 4, 1990. On 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 sitcom Grand
Grand (TV series)
Grand was a half-hour situation comedy that aired on the NBC network in 1990. The series featured an ensemble cast including Pamela Reed, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McKean, John Randolph, Andrew Lauer, John Neville, Joel Murray and Sara Rue. It was created by Michael Leeson, executive produced by...
(#16, 17.56 rating) premiered at 9:30 on January 18, 1990. ABC premiered the Twin Peaks pilot on April 8, 1990 in the Sunday 9pm time slot for 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...
; regular episodes of Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
(#42, 13.61 rating) began airing on Thursdays starting April 12, 1990, replacing The Young Riders
The Young Riders
The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War...
for the rest of the season. On NBC, the first season of Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
aired at 9:30 p.m. over the summer.
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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... |
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... #23 15.35 rating |
Family Matters Family Matters (TV series) Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago, Illinois, which ran on national television for nine full seasons. The series was a spin-off of Perfect Strangers, but revolves around the Winslow family... #38 13.73 rating |
Perfect Strangers #47 13.27 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... #52 12.57 rating |
20/20 #44 13.5 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... |
Snoops Snoops (1989) Snoops is an American crime-solving themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on CBS... #102 7.86 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... #55 12.38 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.... #81 9.89 rating |
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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... |
Baywatch Baywatch Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production... #73 10.53 rating |
Hardball Hardball (1989 TV series) Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.-Synopsis:Hardball is a variation of the buddy cop genre that focused on two cops, Charlie "C.B." Battles and Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski . Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who... #79 9.94 rating |
Mancuso, F.B.I. Mancuso, F.B.I. Mancuso, F.B.I. was a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule.Mancuso, F.B.I. starred veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a... #68 10.78 rating |
Note: On CBS, The Bradys
The Bradys
The Bradys is a six-episode American drama series that aired on CBS in 1990. It was a revival of the early 1970s sitcom, The Brady Bunch , and was about the trials and tribulations of the extended Brady family some 15 years after the end of the earlier series...
(#80, 9.92 rating) premiered at 8:00 on February 9, Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe (TV series)
Bagdad Cafe is an American television sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton. The series premiered March 30, 1990 on CBS. The show is based on the 1987 Percy Adlon film Bagdad Cafe.-Cast:*Whoopi Goldberg as Brenda...
(#58, 11.75 rating) premiered at 9:00, and Sugar & Spice
Sugar and Spice (US TV series)
Sugar and Spice was a short-lived American sitcom that premiered on March 30, 1990 on CBS.-Premise:The small town of Ponca City, Oklahoma, was the setting for this blue collar series about two middle-aged African American sisters. Loretta and Vickilyn had very different personalities...
(#89, 9.13 rating) at 9:30, both on March 30. On NBC, Nasty Boys
Nasty Boys (TV series)
The Nasty Boys was a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las vegas Police Department.-Background:...
(#72, 10.54 rating) debuted on March 2 at 9:00, and True Blue
True Blue (TV series)
True Blue was a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings in 1989 and 1990. The hour-long drama followed the exploits of a squad of uniformed officers assigned to the specialized trucks of the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit.-Starring:* John Bolger as...
(#62, 11.38 rating) premiered at 9:00 on December 8.
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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... |
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... #105 7.29 rating |
Living Dolls Living Dolls Living Dolls is an American situation comedy featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from Who's the Boss? and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The show is notable as the acting debut of Halle Berry... #99 8.04 rating |
The ABC Saturday Mystery: B.L. Stryker B.L. Stryker B.L Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 1990 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie along with Gideon Oliver, Columbo and Kojak. The series was executive produced by Tom Selleck.-Premise:... , Columbo, Kojak Kojak Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier... , Christine Cromwell #83 9.57 rating |
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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... |
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... #77 10.13 rating |
Tour of Duty Tour of Duty (TV series) Tour of Duty is an American drama television series on CBS. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one–hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark, and produced by Zev Braun.... #101 7.94 rating |
Saturday Night with Connie Chung #103 7.79 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... |
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... #107 6.78 rating |
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... #114 4.64 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... #116 3.14 rating |
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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... #60 11.53 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... #32 14.45 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 20.30 rating |
Empty Nest #8 19.18 rating | Hunter #26 15.06 rating |
Note: A Family for Joe
A Family for Joe
A Family for Joe is an American television movie and subsequent series, both starring Robert Mitchum in the title role. The half-hour show premiered on NBC on March 24, 1990...
(#87, 9.21 rating) premiered at 8:00 on March 24. Carol and Company (#24, 15.32 rating) premiered at 9:30 on March 31. Down Home (#50, 12.68 rating) premiered at 10:30 on April 7. 13 East (#95, 8.40 rating) premiered its second season on April 14, all on NBC. On ABC, H.E.L.P.
H.E.L.P.
H.E.L.P. was a United States ABC television drama series which appeared for only one season, as a mid-season replacement in March 1990. John Mahoney starred as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department...
(#108, 6.48 rating) premiered at 8:00 on March 3, 1990.
ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe 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:
- 20/20
- Anything Buy Love
- China Beach
- Coach
- Full House
- Growing Pains
- Head of The Class
- Just The Ten of Us
- MacGyver
- Mission: Impossible
- Monday Night Football
- Mr. Belvedere
- Perfect Strangers
- Roseanne
- thirtysomething
- Who's The Boss
- The Wonder Years
New Series:
- The ABC Saturday Mystery
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- B.L. Stryker
- Chicken Soup
- Christine Cromwell
- Colombo
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Equal Justice
- Family Matters
- Free Spirit
- Homeroom
- Kojak
- Life Goes On
- Living Dolls
- Primetime Live
- Twin Peaks (as of April 1990)
- The Young Riders
Not Returning From Last Season
- Dynasty
- Hooperman
- Incredible Sunday
- Knightwatch
- Moonlighting
- Murphy's Law
- Police Story
CBSCBSCBS 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:
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- Beauty and the Beast
- Dallas
- Designing Women
- Doctor, Doctor
- Falcon Crest
- Jake and The Fatman
- Knots Landing
- Murphy Brown
- Murder, She Wrote
- Newhart
- Paradise
- Tour of Duty
- Wiseguy
New Series:
- Bagdad Cafe
- City
- The Famous Teddy Z
- His and Hers
- Island Son
- Major Dad'
- A Peaceable Kingdom
- The People Next Door
- Rescue 911
- Saturday Night with Connie Chung
- Small Talk
- Snoops
- Sugar & Spice
- Top of The Hill
- Wolf
Not Returning From Last Season
- Almost Grown
- Annie McGuire
- The Cavanaughs
- Coming of Age
- Dirty Dancing
- The Equalizer
- High Risk
- Kate and Allie
- Live with Dick Clark! (Dick Clark Presents)
- Raising Miranda
- Simon & Simon
- This Is America, Charlie Brown
- TV 101
- The Van Dyke Show
- West 57th
FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox 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:
- 21 Jump Street
- America's Most Wanted
- Beyond Tomorrow
- COPS
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Married... with Children
- The Reporters
- Totally Hidden Video
- The Tracy Ullman Show
New Series:
- Alien Nation
- Booker
- In Living Color
- Molloy
- Open House
- The Simpsons
Not Returning From Last Season
- Duet
NBCNBCThe 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:
- 227
- ALF
- Amen
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
- Dear John
- A Different World
- Empty Nest
- The Golden Girls
- The Hogan Family
- Hunter
- In The Heat of The Night
- L.A. Law
- The Magical World of Disney
- Matlock
- Midnight Caller
- My Two Dads
- Night Court
- Nutt House
- Unsolved Mysteries
New Series:
- Baywatch
- Carol and Company
- Down Home
- A Family for Joe
- FM
- Grand
- Hardball
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- Nasty Boys
- Normal Life
- Seinfeld
- Sister Kate
- Sydney
- True Blue
- Wings
Not Returning From Last Season
- Baby Boom
- Day By Day
- Family Ties
- Highway to Heaven
- The Jim Henson Hour
- Miami Vice
- Nearly Departed
- Something Is Out There
- Tattinger's (Nick and Hillary)
Full season shows
ABC- 20/20
- The ABC Saturday Mystery
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Anything Buy Love
- B.L. Stryker
- Chicken Soup
- China Beach
- Christine Cromwell
- Coach
- Columbo
- Doogie Howser, MD
- Equal Justice
- Family Matters
- Father Downling Mysteries
- Free Spirit
- Full House
- Growing Pains
- H.E.L.P.
- Head of the Class
- Homeroom
- Just The Ten Of Us
- Kojak
- Living Dolls
- MacGyver
- Mission: Impossible
- Monday Night Football
- Mr. Belvedere
- Perfect Strangers
- Primetime Live
- Roseanne
- thirtysomething
- Twin Peaks
- Who's The Boss?
- The Wonder Years
- The Young Riders
CBS
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Bradys
- City
- Dallas
- Designing Women
- Doctor, Doctor
- Falcon Crest
- The Famous Teddy Z
- His and Hers
- Island Son
- Jake and the Fatman
- Knots Landing
- Major Dad
- Murphy Brown
- Murder, She Wrote
- Newhart
- Paradise
- A Peaceable Kingdom
- The People Next Door
- Rescue 911
- Saturday Night With Connie Chung
- Small Talk
- Snoops
- Sugar & Spice
- Top Of The Hill
- Tour of Duty
- Wiseguy
- Wolf
Fox
- 21 Jump Street
- Alien Nation
- America's Most Wanted
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Booker
- Cops
- In Living Color
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Married… With Children
- Molloy
- Open House
- The Outsiders
- The Reporters
- The Simpsons
- Totally Hidden Video
- The Tracey Ullman Show
NBC
- 227
- ALF
- Amen
- Baywatch
- Carol and Company
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
- Dear John
- A Different World
- Down Home
- Empty Nest
- A Family for Joe
- FM
- The Golden Girls
- Grand
- Hardball
- The Hogan Family
- Hunter
- In The Heat Of The Night
- L.A. Law
- The Magical World of Disney
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- Matlock
- Midnight Caller
- My Two Dads
- Nasty Boys
- Night Court
- Normal Life
- Nutt House
- Quantum Leap
- Seinfeld
- Sister Kate
- Sydney
- True Blue
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Wings