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The1992–93 network television schedule for the four major English language commercialbroadcast networks in the United States covers theprimetime hours from September 1992 through August 1993. The schedule is followed by alist per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the1991–92 season.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcasts times for network shows may vary.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1993 is listed with its rank and rating as determined byNielsen Media Research.[1]
New series are highlighted inbold.
Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by(R).
All times areU.S. Eastern andPacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour forCentral,Mountain,Alaska andHawaii–Aleutian times.
| 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 | Fall | Life Goes On | America's Funniest Home Videos | America's Funniest People | The ABC Sunday Night Movie(28/13.3) (Tied withMatlock) | ||||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos | America's Funniest People | Day One | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Dinosaurs | ||||||||
| Summer | Life Goes On | America's Funniest Home Videos | America's Funniest People | ||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes(1/21.9) | Murder, She Wrote(5/17.7) | CBS Sunday Movie(8/16.1) (Tied withCheers) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Great Scott! | The Ben Stiller Show | In Living Color | Roc | Married... with Children | Herman's Head | Flying Blind | Woops! |
| Winter | Batman: The Animated Series | Shaky Ground | The Ben Stiller Show | ||||||
| Mid-winter | The Edge | ||||||||
| Spring | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | ||||||||
| Summer | Danger Theatre | TriBeCa(R) | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | Secret Service | I Witness Video | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | |||||||||
| Summer | Quantum Leap(R) | ||||||||
| 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 Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Monday Night Football(7/16.7) | ||||||
| Mid-fall | FBI: The Untold Stories | American Detective | |||||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||||||
| Spring | |||||||||
| Summer | |||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Evening Shade(19/14.5) | Hearts Afire(20/14.3) | Murphy Brown(4/17.9) | Love & War(15/14.7) | Northern Exposure(11/15.2) | |||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | Bob | ||||||||
| Mid-spring | Major Dad(R) | ||||||||
| Summer | Big Wave Dave's | ||||||||
| Fox | Fox Night at the Movies | Local programming | |||||||
| NBC | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(16/14.6) (Tied withHangin' with Mr. Cooper andThe Jackie Thomas Show) | Blossom(26/13.5) (Tied with48 Hours) | The NBC Monday Movie(24/13.9) | ||||||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Full House(10/15.8) | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper(16/14.6) (Tied withThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air andThe Jackie Thomas Show) | Roseanne(2/20.7) | Coach(6/17.5) | Going to Extremes | |
| Late fall | The Jackie Thomas Show(16/14.6) (Tied withThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air andHangin' with Mr. Cooper) | ||||||
| Winter | Civil Wars | ||||||
| Spring | Homefront | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Delta | ||||||
| Late spring | Special programming | ||||||
| Summer | Room for Two | Jack's Place | |||||
| Mid-summer | Where I Live | Coach(6/17.5) | Special programming | ||||
| CBS | Rescue 911(12/15.1) (Tied with20/20) | CBS Tuesday Movie(14/14.8) | |||||
| Fox | Winter (began January 19, 1993) | Class of '96 | Key West | Local programming | |||
| Spring | TriBeCa | ||||||
| Late spring | Beverly Hills, 90210(R) | Key West | |||||
| Summer | America's Most Wanted | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Quantum Leap | Reasonable Doubts | Dateline NBC | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Route 66 | South Beach | |||||
| Mid-summer | NBC Tuesday Night Movie | ||||||
Note: Fox added a Tuesday night lineup in January, giving it a schedule on all seven nights of the week for the first time.
| 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 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Home Improvement(3/19.4) | Laurie Hill | Civil Wars | |
| Mid-fall | Coach(6/17.5) | ||||||
| Winter | Going to Extremes | ||||||
| Late winter | Sirens | ||||||
| Spring | Home Free | ||||||
| Late spring | Doogie Howser, M.D. | ||||||
| Summer | Street Match | Delta | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Hat Squad | In the Heat of the Night | 48 Hours(26/13.5) (Tied withBlossom) | |||
| Winter | Space Rangers | ||||||
| Late winter | How'd They Do That? | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Family Dog | ||||||
| Late summer | The Trouble with Larry | Tall Hopes | |||||
| Fox | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Melrose Place | Local programming | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Unsolved Mysteries(21/14.2) | Seinfeld(25/13.7) | Mad About You | Law & Order | ||
| Winter | Homicide: Life on the Street | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Various programming | ||||||
| Late summer | Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric | ||||||
| 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 | Delta | Room for Two | Homefront | Primetime Live(22/14.1) | ||
| Winter | Matlock(28/13.3) (Tied with theABC Sunday Night Movie) | Jack's Place | |||||
| Late winter | Various programming | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Various programming | ||||||
| CBS | Early fall | Top Cops | Street Stories with Ed Bradley | Middle Ages | |||
| Fall | Knots Landing | ||||||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Various programming | Picket Fences | |||||
| Fox | Fall | The Simpsons(30/13.0) (Tied withWings) | Martin | The Heights | Local programming | ||
| Late fall | In Living Color | Down the Shore | |||||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Herman's Head(R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | A Different World | Rhythm & Blues | Cheers(8/16.1) (Tied with theCBS Sunday Movie) | Wings(30/13.0) (Tied withThe Simpsons) | L.A. Law | |
| Mid-fall | Out All Night | A Different World | |||||
| Winter | Cheers(R) | Wings(30/13.0) (Tied withThe Simpsons) | Seinfeld(25/13.7) | ||||
| Late winter | Crime & Punishment | ||||||
| Spring | L.A. Law | ||||||
| Summer | A Different World | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Mad About You(R) | Sisters(R) | |||||
| Late summer | Various programming | ||||||
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Family Matters | Step by Step | Dinosaurs | Camp Wilder | 20/20(12/15.1) (Tied withRescue 911) | |
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Getting By | Where I Live | |||||
| Summer | Dinosaurs | Home Free | |||||
| Mid-summer | Perfect Strangers | ||||||
| Late summer | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper(R) | Step by Step | Dinosaurs | ||||
| CBS | Fall | The Golden Palace | Major Dad | Designing Women | Bob | Picket Fences | |
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Good Advice | Bodies of Evidence | |||||
| Mid-spring | Dudley | ||||||
| Summer | Cutters | Street Stories | Johnny Bago | ||||
| Mid-summer | Brooklyn Bridge | ||||||
| Late summer | How'd They Do That? | The Building | The Boys | Picket Fences | |||
| Fox | Fall | America's Most Wanted | Sightings | Likely Suspects | Local programming | ||
| Winter | Sightings(R) | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Various programming | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Final Appeal | What Happened? | The Round Table | I'll Fly Away | ||
| Winter | NBC Friday Night Movie | ||||||
| Spring | Secret Service | NBC Friday Night Movie | |||||
| Summer | Various programming | Out All Night | |||||
| Mid-summer | Mancuso, F.B.I.(R) | ||||||
Notes: On NBC,Mancuso, F.B.I. consisted on reruns of the 1989-90 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 | Covington Cross | Crossroads | The Commish | |||
| Mid-fall | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| Winter | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Various programming | |||||
| Spring | Various programming | ||||||
| Summer | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Frannie's Turn | Brooklyn Bridge | Raven | Angel Street | ||
| Mid-fall | Specials andThe CBS Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| Winter | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman(23/14.0) | Raven | The Hat Squad | ||||
| Spring | A League of Their Own | Brooklyn Bridge | Raven | ||||
| Mid-spring | Walker, Texas Ranger | ||||||
| Summer | The CBS Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | COPS | COPS(R) | Code 3 | The Edge | Local programming | |
| Winter | Code 3(R) | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Front Page | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Here and Now | Out All Night | Empty Nest | Nurses | Sisters | |
| Mid-fall | The Powers That Be | ||||||
| Winter | Empty Nest(R) | Nurses(R) | |||||
| Mid-winter | Almost Home(*) | Nurses | Mad About You | ||||
| Spring | Black Tie Affair | ||||||
| Summer | Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes | Nurses | Sisters | ||||
(*) Formerly known asThe Torkelsons
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.