1998–99 United States network television schedule
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The following is the 1998–99 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial
New series 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.
Other Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Light Purple indicates movies.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included is Pax TV (now Ion), a venture of Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.
Sunday
Monday
Note: UPN only broadcast the first two episodes of Power Play. On August 16, 1999, ABC aired the series episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 8:30pm EDT. It was the only 30 minute episode to air on a Monday night.
Tuesday
NOTE: On Fox, Brimstone was supposed to premiere 9-10, but it was moved up to Friday.
Wednesday
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 | Vengeance Unlimited | ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||
Follow Up | Various Specials | ||||||
Winter | Vengeance Unlimited | ||||||
Follow Up | Cupid | ABC News Specials | |||||
Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos | The Drew Carey Show (Repeats) | Spin City (Repeats) | ||||
Summer | ABC Thursday Night Movie | Vanished | |||||
August | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Various Specials | Nightline in Primetime | |||
CBS | Fall | Promised Land | Diagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0) (Tied with 60 Minutes II) |
48 Hours | |||
Winter | Diagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0) (Tied with 60 Minutes II) |
Turks | |||||
Spring | Promised Land | ||||||
Follow Up | Diagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0) (Tied with 60 Minutes II) | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Diagnosis: Murder | ||||||
Fox | Fall | World's Wildest Police Videos | Fox Files | Local Programming | |||
Follow Up | Various Specials | ||||||
December | Fox Files | ||||||
February | Various Specials | ||||||
March | Fox Files | ||||||
May | Various Specials | ||||||
Late June | Family Guy | The PJs | |||||
NBC | Fall | Friends (#2/15.7) | Jesse (#5/13.7) (Tied with Veronica's Closet) |
Frasier (#3/15.6) | Veronica's Closet (#5/13.7) (Tied with Jesse) |
ER (#1/17.8) | |
Spring | Will & Grace | ||||||
Summer | Jesse (#5/13.7) (Tied with Veronica's Closet) |
Will & Grace | |||||
UPN | Fall | UPN Thursday Night at the Movies | Local Programming | ||||
Mid-Summer | Mercy Point | Mercy Point | |||||
August | Various Specials | ||||||
The WB | Fall | The Wayans Bros. | The Jamie Foxx Show | The Steve Harvey Show | For Your Love | ||
Spring | Smart Guy | ||||||
Follow Up | The Wayans Bros. |
Note: On Fox, Hollyweird was supposed to premiere 9:00-10:00 but it was canceled due to a conflict with Shaun Cassidy.
Friday
Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.
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 | America's Funniest Home Videos | Fantasy Island | Cupid | |||
Winter | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | Fantasy Island | |||||
Follow Up | Various programming and The ABC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos | The Big Moment | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | ||||
May | America's Funniest Home Videos | ||||||
June | America's Funniest Home Videos | The Big Moment | |||||
July | America's Funniest Home Videos | ||||||
August | America's Funniest Home Videos | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | |||||
CBS | Fall | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger (25/9.2) (Tied with Spin City and Dateline NBC) | |||
Winter | Sons of Thunder | ||||||
Spring | Walker, Texas Ranger (25/9.2) (Tied with Spin City and Dateline NBC) | ||||||
Fox | COPS | COPS (R) | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back |
Local programming | |||
NBC | Fall | Wind on Water | The Pretender | Profiler | |||
Follow Up | The Pretender (Repeats) / Best of SNL Specials / Various Specials | ||||||
Summer | The Pretender | NBC Saturday Night Movie |
By network
ABC
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Not returning from 1997–98:
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CBS
Fox
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New series
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Not returning from 1997–98:
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NBC
UPN
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Not returning from 1997–98:
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The WB
- Returning series
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.