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The1990–91 network television schedule for the four major English language commercialbroadcast networks in the United States coversprimetime hours from September 1990 through August 1991. The schedule is followed by alist per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the1989–90 season.
Beginning this season,Fox began broadcasting on Thursdays and Fridays.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
New series are highlighted inbold.
All times areU.S. Eastern Time andPacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour forCentral,Mountain,Alaska andHawaii–Aleutian times.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined byNielsen Media Research.[1]
| Network | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Life Goes On | America's Funniest Home Videos(7/16.7) (Tied withEmpty Nest) | America's Funniest People(13/16.3) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes(2/20.6) | Murder, She Wrote(12/16.4) | CBS Sunday Movie(19/15.0) (Tied withWho's the Boss?) | |||||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | |||||||||
| Late spring | All in the Family(R) | Sunday Dinner | Murder, She Wrote(12/16.4) | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | |||||
| Summer | Murder, She Wrote(12/16.4) | CBS Sunday Movie(19/15.0) (Tied withWho's the Boss?) | |||||||
| Fox | Fall | True Colors | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | In Living Color | Get a Life | Married... with Children | Good Grief | Against the Law | |
| Mid-fall | Comic Strip: Live | ||||||||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | Top of the Heap | The Sunday Comics | |||||||
| Summer | Married... with Children(R) | ||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Hull High | Lifestories | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| Winter | Sunday Best | Real Life with Jane Pauley | Expose | ||||||
| Spring | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Expose | Real Life with Jane Pauley | ||||||
| Summer | C. Everett Koop, M.D. | ||||||||
| Mid-summer | Special programming | ||||||||
Note:All in the Family consisted in assorted episodes of the 1970s series.
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | MacGyver | Monday Night Football(9/16.6) | ||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | |||||||
| CBS | Fall | Uncle Buck | Major Dad(21/14.9) (Tied withIn the Heat of the Night) | Murphy Brown(6/16.9) | Designing Women(10/16.5) (Tied withThe Golden Girls) | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | |
| Mid-fall | Evening Shade | ||||||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Northern Exposure | ||||||
| Summer | Major Dad(21/14.9) (Tied withIn the Heat of the Night) | The Family Man | Evening Shade | ||||
| Mid-summer | Evening Shade | Major Dad(21/14.9) (Tied withIn the Heat of the Night) | Designing Women(10/16.5) (Tied withThe Golden Girls) | ||||
| Fox | Fox Night at the Movies | Local programming | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Ferris Bueller | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | |||
| Winter | Blossom | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | |||||||
Note: On CBS,Face to Face with Connie Chung was to have aired 10-11 p.m., but it was replaced byThe Trials of Rosie O'Neill at the last minute due toConnie Chung's personal health commitments.[2]
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Who's the Boss?(19/15.0) (Tied with theCBS Sunday Movie) | Head of the Class(26/14.5) | Roseanne(3/18.1) | Coach(18/15.3) | Thirtysomething | |
| Winter | Davis Rules(27/14.3) (Tied withGrowing Pains andBaby Talk) | ||||||
| Spring | Eddie Dodd | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Baby Talk(27/14.3) (Tied withGrowing Pains andDavis Rules) | Who's the Boss?(19/15.0) (Tied with theCBS Sunday Movie) | Stat | Thirtysomething | |||
| Summer | Who's the Boss?(19/15.0) (Tied with theCBS Sunday Movie) | Head of the Class | Coach(18/15.3) | ||||
| Mid-summer | Full House(R) | Who's the Boss?(19/15.0) (Tied with theCBS Sunday Movie) | |||||
| CBS | Rescue 911 | CBS Tuesday Night Movie | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Matlock(17/15.5) | In the Heat of the Night(21/14.9) (Tied withMajor Dad) | Law & Order | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Shannon's Deal | ||||||
| Summer | Law & Order | ||||||
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Wonder Years(30/14.2) | Growing Pains(27/14.3) (Tied withDavis Rules andBaby Talk) | Doogie Howser, M.D.(24/14.7) | Married People | Cop Rock | |
| Winter | Equal Justice | ||||||
| Mid-winter | Anything but Love | ||||||
| Spring | My Life and Times | Gabriel's Fire | |||||
| Mid-spring | Anything but Love | American Detective | |||||
| Summer | The Man in the Family | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Davis Rules(R) | ||||||
| Late summer | Dinosaurs(R) | The Wonder Years(30/14.2) | Anything but Love | Married People | |||
| CBS | Fall | Lenny | Doctor Doctor | Jake and the Fatman | WIOU | ||
| Mid-fall | 48 Hours | ||||||
| Winter | |||||||
| Mid-spring | Special programming | 48 Hours | |||||
| Summer | Rescue 911(R) | The Family Man | |||||
| Mid-summer | The Hogan Family | ||||||
| Late summer | Police Squad!(R) | Morton & Hayes | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Unsolved Mysteries(16/15.7) | The Fanelli Boys | Dear John | Hunter | ||
| Mid-fall | Dear John | The Fanelli Boys | |||||
| Late fall | Working It Out | ||||||
| Winter | Night Court | Seinfeld | |||||
| Spring | Dear John | Quantum Leap | |||||
| Summer | |||||||
| Mid-summer | Seinfeld | ||||||
Note:Top Cops aired at 10:00 PM on CBS from July to October 1990.Police Squad! on CBS consisted of reruns of the 1982 ABC series.
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | Father Dowling Mysteries | Gabriel's Fire | Primetime Live | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Twin Peaks | ||||||
| Summer | |||||||
| CBS | Fall | Top Cops | The Flash | Doctor Doctor | Knots Landing | ||
| Winter | Good Sports | ||||||
| Mid-winter | Top Cops | The Flash | |||||
| Spring | The Antagonists | ||||||
| Summer | Over My Dead Body | Broken Badges | |||||
| Late summer | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill(R) | Golden Years | |||||
| Fox | Fall | The Simpsons | Babes | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Local programming | ||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | True Colors(R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Cosby Show(5/17.1) | A Different World(4/17.5) | Cheers(1/21.3) | Grand(25/14.6) | L.A. Law(23/14.8) | |
| Winter | Wings | ||||||
| Spring | Seinfeld | ||||||
| Summer | |||||||
| Mid-summer | Wings | ||||||
On CBS,Sons and Daughters was supposed to premiere on October 25, 1990, whileThe Flash is supposed to start at 8:00-9:00 p.m., but the show was shelved.[3]
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | Full House(14/15.9) | Family Matters(15/15.8) | Perfect Strangers | Going Places | 20/20 | |
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Baby Talk(27/14.3) (Tied withGrowing Pains andDavis Rules) | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Dinosaurs | Family Matters(15/15.8) | Perfect Strangers | ||||
| Summer | Family Matters(15/15.8) | Perfect Strangers | Going Places | ||||
| Mid-summer | Hi Honey, I'm Home! | ||||||
| Late summer | Family Matters(15/15.8) | Growing Pains(R) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Evening Shade | Bagdad Café | Over My Dead Body | Dallas | ||
| Mid-fall | Uncle Buck | ||||||
| Winter | Guns of Paradise | Dallas | Sons and Daughters | ||||
| Spring | True Detectives | ||||||
| Late spring | CBS Friday Movie | ||||||
| Summer | Verdict | True Detectives | |||||
| Mid-summer | The Flash(R) | Sweating Bullets | |||||
| Late summer | Fantastic Facts | Prime Time Pets | CBS Friday Movie | ||||
| Fox | Fall | America's Most Wanted | DEA | Local programming | |||
| Mid-fall | Against the Law | ||||||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | DEA | ||||||
| Summer | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | Quantum Leap | Night Court | Wings | Midnight Caller | ||
| Winter | Special programming | Dark Shadows | |||||
| Spring | Hunter | Dark Shadows | |||||
| Mid-spring | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Midnight Caller | |||||
| Late spring | Special programming | ||||||
| Summer | NBC Friday Night Movie | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Hunter | ||||||
| Late summer | Real Life with Jane Pauley | Expose | NBC Friday Night Movie | ||||
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.