1992–93 United States network television schedule

The 1992–93 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the primetime hours from September 1992 through August 1993. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1991–92 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 by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

New series are highlighted in bold.

Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii–Aleutian times.

Legend

•   Light blue indicates local programming.
•   Gray indicates encore programming.
•   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
•   Light green indicates sporting events.
•   Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
•  highlight  Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

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	Fall	Life Goes On		America's Funniest Home Videos	America's Funniest People	The ABC Sunday Night Movie (28/13.3) (Tied with Matlock)
	Spring	America's Funniest Home Videos	America's Funniest People	Day One
	Follow-up		Dinosaurs
	Summer	Wild Palms		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 with Cheers)
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
	Follow-up								The Edge
	Spring	Parker Lewis Can't Lose
	Summer		Danger Theatre (The Searcher/Tropical Punch/357 Marina del Rey)					TriBeCa (R)
NBC	Fall	Secret Service		I Witness Video		NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Summer	Quantum Leap (R)

Monday

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
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)
	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 with Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and The Jackie Thomas Show)	Blossom (26/13.5) (Tied with 48 Hours)	The NBC Monday Movie (24/13.9)

Tuesday

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 with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Jackie Thomas Show)	Roseanne (2/20.7)	Coach (6/17.5)	Going to Extremes
	December				The Jackie Thomas Show (16/14.6) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper)
	Winter					Civil Wars
	Spring					Homefront
	April				Delta
	Follow-up (began May 4)		Where I Live (R)		Coach (6/17.5)	Covington Cross (R)
CBS		Rescue 911 (12/15.1) (Tied with 20/20)		CBS Tuesday Movie (14/14.8)
Fox	Winter (began January 19)	Class of '96		Key West		Local Programming
	Spring			TriBeCa
NBC	Fall	Quantum Leap		Reasonable Doubts		Dateline NBC
	Summer	Route 66		South Beach

Note: Fox added a Tuesday night lineup in January, giving it a schedule on all seven nights of the week for the first time.

Wednesday

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
	Summer		Street Match		Delta
CBS	Fall	The Hat Squad		In the Heat of the Night		48 Hours (26/13.5) (Tied with Blossom)
	Winter	Space Rangers
	Late winter	How'd They Do That?
	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

Thursday

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 the ABC Sunday Night Movie)		Jack's Place
	Late winter			Various programming
	Summer	Various programming
CBS	Early fall	Top Cops		Street Stories with Ed Bradley		Middle Ages
	Fall					Knots Landing
	Spring					Picket Fences
Fox	Fall	The Simpsons (30/13.0) (Tied with Wings)	Martin	The Heights		Local programming
	Late fall			In Living Color	Down the Shore
NBC	Fall	A Different World	Rhythm & Blues	Cheers (8/16.1) (Tied with the CBS Sunday Movie)	Wings (30/13.0) (Tied with The Simpsons)	L.A. Law
	Mid-fall	Out All Night	A Different World
	Winter	Cheers (R)	Wings (30/13.0) (Tied with The Simpsons)		Seinfeld (25/13.7)
	Late winter					Crime & Punishment
	Spring					L.A. Law
	Summer					Sisters
	Mid-summer	Mad About You (R)				Various programming

Friday

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 with Rescue 911)
	Spring			Getting By	Where I Live
	Summer			Dinosaurs	Home Free
	July				Perfect Strangers
	August		Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (16/14.6) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Jackie Thomas Show)	Step by Step	Dinosaurs
CBS	Fall	The Golden Palace	Major Dad	Designing Women	Bob	Picket Fences
	Spring				Good Advice	Bodies of Evidence
	April		Dudley
	Summer		Cutters	Street Stories		Johnny Bago
	July		Brooklyn Bridge
	Late August	How'd They Do That?		The Building	The Boys	Local Programming
Fox	Fall	America's Most Wanted		Sightings	Likely Suspects
	Winter				Sightings
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	Mancuso, F.B.I. (R)

Saturday

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	Various programming
	Winter	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (23/14.0)		Raven		The Hat Squad
	Spring			A League of Their Own	Brooklyn Bridge	Raven
	Follow-up					Walker, Texas Ranger
Fox	Fall	COPS	COPS (R)	Code 3	The Edge	Local programming
	Winter				Code 3 (R)
	Summer			Front Page
NBC	Fall	Here and Now	Out All Night	Empty Nest	Nurses	Sisters
	Follow-up		The Powers That Be
	Winter	Empty Nest (R)	Nurses
	Follow-up	Almost Home (*)			Mad About You
	Spring					Black Tie Affair
	Late spring					Sisters
	Summer	Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes			Nurses

(*) Formerly known as The Torkelsons

By network

ABC

Returning series 20/20 The ABC Monday Night Movie The ABC Saturday Night Movie The ABC Sunday Night Movie America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest People American Detective Civil Wars Coach The Commish Dinosaurs Doogie Howser, M.D. Family Matters FBI: The Untold Stories Full House Home Improvement Homefront Jack's Place Life Goes On Matlock (moved from NBC) Monday Night Football Perfect Strangers Primetime Live Room for Two Roseanne Step by Step The Wonder Years The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

New series Camp Wilder Covington Cross Crossroads Day One Delta Getting By * Going to Extremes Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Home Free * The Jackie Thomas Show * Laurie Hill Sirens * Street Match * Where I Live * Wild Palms *

Not returning from 1991–92: The ABC Thursday Night Movie Anything But Love Arresting Behavior Baby Talk Billy Capitol Critters Good & Evil Growing Pains Human Target Julie MacGyver On the Air Pros and Cons Sibs Who's the Boss? The Young Riders

CBS

Returning series 48 Hours 60 Minutes Bodies of Evidence Brooklyn Bridge CBS Sunday Movie Designing Women Evening Shade In the Heat of the Night (moved from NBC) Knots Landing Major Dad Murder, She Wrote Murphy Brown Northern Exposure Raven Rescue 911 Street Stories with Ed Bradley Top Cops

New series Angel Street Big Wave Dave's * Bob The Boys * The Building * Cutters * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman * Dudley * Family Dog * Frannie's Turn The Golden Palace Good Advice * The Hat Squad Hearts Afire How'd They Do That? * Johnny Bago * A League of Their Own * Love & War Middle Ages Picket Fences Space Rangers * Tall Hopes The Trouble with Larry Walker, Texas Ranger *

Not returning from 1991–92: 2000 Malibu Road The Boys of Twilight The Carol Burnett Show Davis Rules Fish Police Freshman Dorm Grapevine Hearts Are Wild Howie The Human Factor Jake and the Fatman P.S. I Luv U Palace Guard Princesses The Royal Family Scorch Teech Tequila and Bonetti The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Fox

Returning series America's Most Wanted Beverly Hills, 90210 Code 3 Comic Strip Live Cops Down the Shore Fox Night at the Movies Herman's Head In Living Color Melrose Place Married... with Children Parker Lewis Can't Lose Roc Sightings The Simpsons

New series Batman: The Animated Series (original aired in daytime) The Ben Stiller Show Class of '96 * Danger Theatre * The Edge Flying Blind The Front Page * Great Scott! The Heights Key West * Likely Suspects Martin Shaky Ground * TriBeCa * Woops!

Not returning from 1991–92: Best of the Worst Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Charlie Hoover Drexell's Class Get a Life Rachel Gunn, R.N. Stand By Your Man The Sunday Comics Totally Hidden Video The Ultimate Challenge True Colors Vinnie & Bobby

NBC

Returning series Almost Home (formerly known as The Torkelsons) Blossom Cheers Dateline NBC A Different World Empty Nest The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air I'll Fly Away L.A. Law Law & Order NBC Sunday Night Movie The NBC Monday Movie Nurses The Powers That Be Quantum Leap Reasonable Doubts Seinfeld Sisters Unsolved Mysteries Wings

New series Black Tie Affair * Crime & Punishment * Final Appeal Here and Now Homicide: Life on the Street * I Witness Video Mad About You Out All Night Rhythm & Blues The Round Table Route 66 * Secret Service South Beach * Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes * What Happened?

Not returning from 1991–92: The Adventures of Mark & Brian The Cosby Show Dear John Eerie, Indiana Exposé The Fifth Corner Flesh 'n' Blood The Golden Girls Hot Country Nights In the Heat of the Night (moved to CBS) Man of the People Mann & Machine Matlock (moved to ABC) Night Court Nightmare Cafe Pacific Station Walter & Emily

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

1. Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported on TimBrooks.net/Ratings Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine