1992–93 United States network television schedule
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The 1992–93 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial
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. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football
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New series are highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
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 | 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
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Spring | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | ||||||||
Summer | 357 Marina del Rey )
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TriBeCa (R) | |||||||
NBC | Fall | Secret Service | I Witness Video | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
Summer | Quantum Leap (R) |
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 | Fall | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Monday Night Football (7/16.7) | ||||||
Follow-up | 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 | ||||||||
Summer | Major Dad | ||||||||
Follow-up | 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 | |
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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 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | The Wonder Years | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Home Improvement (3/19.4) | Laurie Hill | Civil Wars | |
Follow-up | Coach (6/17.5) | ||||||
Winter | Going to Extremes | ||||||
Spring | Sirens | ||||||
Follow-up | 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 | ||||||
Spring | How'd They Do That? | ||||||
Summer | Family Dog | Family Dog | |||||
Mid 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 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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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 | |||||
Spring | The Commish (R) | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Top Cops | Street Stories with Ed Bradley | Middle Ages | |||
October | Knots Landing | ||||||
Spring | Picket Fences | ||||||
Fox | Fall | The Simpsons (30/13.0) (Tied with Wings) |
Martin | The Heights | Local Programming | ||
December | 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 | |
October | Out All Night | A Different World | |||||
Winter | Cheers (R) | Wings (30/13.0) (Tied with The Simpsons) |
Seinfeld (25/13.7) | ||||
Spring | Crime & Punishment | ||||||
Follow-up | Mad About You | L.A. Law |
Friday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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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
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What Happened? | The Round Table | I'll Fly Away | ||
Follow-up | NBC Friday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | Out All Night | A Different World | NBC Friday Night Movie | ||||
Follow-up | NBC Friday Night Movie |
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. | |||
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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
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The Hat Squad | ||||||
Spring | A League of Their Own | Brooklyn Bridge | Raven
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Follow-up | Walker, Texas Ranger | ||||||||
Fox | Fall | COPS | COPS (R) | Code 3 | The Edge
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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
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CBS
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Fox
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NBC
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.