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1991–92 United States network television schedule
Television schedule for the fall of 1991
Television schedule for the fall of 1991
The 1991–92 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1991 through August 1992. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1990–91 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are highlighted in italics.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
: Lime indicates the number-one most-watched program of the season. : 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. From February 8 to 24, 1992, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, and from July 25 to August 9, 1992, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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 | CBS | Fox | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | NBC | Fall | Late fall | Spring | Summer | Late summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Life Goes On* | *America's Funniest Home Videos* (20/14.5) | *America's Funniest People* (25/13.8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with the *ABC Monday Night Movie*) | *The ABC Sunday Night Movie* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Murder, She Wrote* (8/16.9) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *True Colors* | *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* | *In Living Color* | ***Roc*** | *Married... with Children* | ***Herman's Head*** | *The Sunday Comics* | |||||||||||||||
| ***Roc*** | *In Living Color* | ***Stand By Your Man*** | *Get a Life* | ||||||||||||||||||
| ***Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures*** | *True Colors* | *In Living Color* | ***Rachel Gunn, R.N.*** | ***Down the Shore*** | ***Stand By Your Man*** | ||||||||||||||||
| ***The Adventures of Mark & Brian*** | ***Eerie, Indiana*** | ***Man of the People*** | ***Pacific Station*** | *NBC Sunday Night Movie* | |||||||||||||||||
| ***Eerie, Indiana*** | ***The Torkelsons*** | ***Hot Country Nights*** | |||||||||||||||||||
| ***Against All Odds*** | ***Mann & Machine*** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Adventures of Mark & Brian*** | *In the Heat of the Night* (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Secret Service*** | ***I Witness Video*** |
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Winter | Mid-winter | Spring | Summer | CBS | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | Mid-summer | Fox | NBC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *MacGyver* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ***FBI: The Untold Stories*** | ***American Detective*** | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Evening Shade* (15/15.6) | *Major Dad* (9/16.8) | *Murphy Brown* (3/18.6) | *Designing Women* (6/17.3) | *Northern Exposure* (16/15.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| ***Grapevine*** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Designing Women* (6/17.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Fox Night at the Movies* | Local programming | |||||||||||||||||||
| *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (22/14.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Empty Nest*) | *Blossom* |
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | CBS | NBC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | Mid-summer | Late summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Full House* (7/17.0) | ***Home Improvement*** (4/17.5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Cheers*) | *Roseanne* (2/19.9) | *Coach* (10/16.7) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Room for Two*) | ***Homefront*** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Room for Two*** (10/16.7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Coach*) | ***Civil Wars*** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Coach* (10/16.7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Room for Two*) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Jack's Place*** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Rescue 911* | *The CBS Tuesday Movie* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ***I'll Fly Away*** | *In the Heat of the Night* (30/13.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *The Golden Girls*) | *Law & Order* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *In the Heat of the Night* (30/13.1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *The Golden Girls*) | *Law & Order* | ***Reasonable Doubts*** | |||||||||||||||||||
| ***Dateline NBC*** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Mann & Machine*** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Quantum Leap* (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Quantum Leap* (R) | ***Reasonable Doubts*** |
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Late Fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | Mid-summer | CBS | Fall | Late fall | Winter | Spring | Late spring | Summer | Late summer | Fox | Summer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (starting July 8, 1992) | NBC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | Mid-summer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Dinosaurs* | *The Wonder Years* | *Doogie Howser, M.D.* | ***Sibs*** | *Anything but Love* | ***Good & Evil*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Anything but Love* | ***Civil Wars*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Wonder Years* | *Doogie Howser, M.D.* | ***The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles*** | ***Homefront*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Room for Two*** (10/16.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Coach*) | ***Sibs*** | ***The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Growing Pains* (R) | *Doogie Howser, M.D.* | *Who's the Boss?* (R) | ***Civil Wars*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Doogie Howser, M.D.* | ***Home Improvement*** (R) | ***Arresting Behavior*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Royal Family*** | ***Teech*** | *Jake and the Fatman* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Brooklyn Bridge*** | ***The Royal Family*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Davis Rules* | ***Brooklyn Bridge*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Royal Family*** | *Davis Rules* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Davis Rules* | ***Brooklyn Bridge*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Howie*** | *Davis Rules* | ***Raven*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Freshman Dorm*** | ***[2000 Malibu Road](2000-malibu-road)*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Beverly Hills, 90210* | ***Melrose Place*** | Local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Unsolved Mysteries* (13/16.5) | *Night Court* | *Seinfeld* | *Quantum Leap* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Seinfeld* | *Night Court* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Dear John* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Wings* (R) | *Law & Order* (R) |
Note: Melrose Place premiered on Fox on Wednesday July 8, 1992.
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | Late summer | CBS | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fox | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | NBC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Pros and Cons* (*) | ***FBI: The Untold Stories*** | ***American Detective*** | *Primetime Live* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The ABC Thursday Night Movie* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Young Riders* | *MacGyver* (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Who's the Boss?* (R) | *Growing Pains* (R) | ***Homefront*** (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Top Cops* | *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* | *Knots Landing* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Street Stories with Ed Bradley*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Human Factor*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Bodies of Evidence*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Simpsons* | ***Drexell's Class*** | *Beverly Hills, 90210* | Local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Cosby Show* (18/15.0) | *A Different World* (17/15.2) | *Cheers* (4/17.5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *Home Improvement*) | *Wings* (19/14.6) | *L.A. Law* (28/13.3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *A Different World* (17/15.2) | *The Cosby Show* (18/15.0) |
(*) Formerly known as Gabriel's Fire
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Winter | Mid-winter | Spring | Summer | CBS | Fall | Mid-fall | Late fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Late spring | Summer | Fox | Fall | Mid-fall | Winter | Mid-winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | NBC | Fall | Mid-fall | Late fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | Late summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Family Matters* (27/13.5) | ***Step by Step*** | *Perfect Strangers* | *Baby Talk* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Baby Talk* | *Perfect Strangers* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Billy*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Dinosaurs* | *Baby Talk* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Perfect Strangers* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Princesses*** | ***Brooklyn Bridge*** | *CBS Friday Night Movie* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Brooklyn Bridge*** | ***Princesses*** | Various programming | ***Palace Guard*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Various programming | ***The Carol Burnett Show*** | Various programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Tequila and Bonetti*** | ***Hearts Are Wild*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Scorch*** | ***Fish Police*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Tequila and Bonetti*** | *CBS Friday Night Movie* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Various programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *America's Most Wanted* | ***The Ultimate Challenge*** | Local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Best of the Worst*** | *Totally Hidden Video* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Totally Hidden Video* | ***Best of the Worst*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Various programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Totally Hidden Video* | *Totally Hidden Video* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Sightings*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Real Life with Jane Pauley* | *Expose* | *Dear John* | ***Flesh 'n' Blood*** | ***Reasonable Doubts*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Matlock* | ***Flesh 'n' Blood*** | *Dear John* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Pacific Station*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Various programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***I'll Fly Away*** | ***Nightmare Cafe*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Fifth Corner*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Reasonable Doubts*** | *Law & Order* (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Various programming | ***I'll Fly Away*** |
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ABC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Late spring | Summer | Mid-summer | CBS | Fall | Winter | Mid-winter | Spring | Summer | Fox | Fall | Mid-fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | NBC | Fall | Winter | Spring | Mid-spring | Summer | Late summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Who's the Boss?* | *Growing Pains* | *The Young Riders* | ***The Commish*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Capitol Critters*** | *Who's the Boss?* | *Perfect Strangers* | *Growing Pains* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Who's the Boss?* | ***Billy*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Julie*** | ***Billy*** | *Perfect Strangers* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Billy*** | *Perfect Strangers* | ***On the Air*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *MacGyver* (R) | ***Human Target*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *CBS Saturday Movie* | ***P.S. I Luv U*** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Rescue 911* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Boys of Twilight*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Jake and the Fatman* (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *COPS* | *COPS* (R) | *Totally Hidden Video* | ***Best of the Worst*** | Local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Charlie Hoover*** | *Get a Life* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Code 3*** | *Totally Hidden Video* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Vinnie & Bobby*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Golden Girls* (30/13.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *In the Heat of the Night*) | ***The Torkelsons*** | *Empty Nest* (22/14.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Tied with *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air*) | ***Nurses*** | *Sisters* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Walter & Emily*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Powers That Be*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Torkelsons*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Home Fires*** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***The Powers That Be*** |
By network
[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
;Returning series
- 20/20
- The ABC Monday Night Movie
- The ABC Sunday Night Movie
- The ABC Thursday Night Movie
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- America's Funniest People
- Anything But Love
- Baby Talk
- Coach
- Dinosaurs
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Family Matters
- Full House
- Growing Pains
- Life Goes On
- MacGyver
- Monday Night Football
- Perfect Strangers
- Primetime Live
- Pros and Cons (formerly known as Gabriel's Fire)
- Roseanne
- Who's the Boss?
- The Wonder Years
- The Young Riders
;New series
- American Detective *
- Arresting Behavior *
- Billy *
- Capitol Critters *
- Civil Wars *
- The Commish
- FBI: The Untold Stories
- Good & Evil
- Home Improvement
- Homefront
- Human Target *
- Jack's Place *
- Julie *
- On the Air *
- Room for Two *
- Sibs
- Step by Step
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles *
Not returning from 1990–91:
- The ABC Saturday Night Movie
- China Beach
- Cop Rock
- Davis Rules (moved to CBS)
- Eddie Dodd
- Equal Justice
- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Going Places
- Head of the Class
- Hi Honey, I'm Home!
- The Man in the Family
- Married People
- My Life and Times
- Stat
- Thirtysomething
- Twin Peaks
- Under Cover
[[CBS]]
;Returning series
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- CBS Sunday Movie
- Davis Rules (moved from ABC)
- Designing Women
- Evening Shade
- Jake and the Fatman
- Knots Landing
- Major Dad
- Murder, She Wrote
- Murphy Brown
- Northern Exposure
- Rescue 911
- Top Cops
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
;New series
- 2000 Malibu Road *
- Bodies of Evidence *
- The Boys of Twilight *
- Brooklyn Bridge
- The Carol Burnett Show
- Fish Police *
- Freshman Dorm *
- Grapevine *
- Hearts Are Wild *
- Howie *
- The Human Factor *
- P.S. I Luv U
- Palace Guard
- Princesses
- Raven
- The Royal Family
- Scorch *
- Street Stories with Ed Bradley *
- Teech
- Tequila and Bonetti *
Not returning from 1990–91:
- The Antangonists
- Bagdad Café
- Broken Badges
- Dallas
- Doctor Doctor
- E.A.R.T.H. Force
- The Family Man
- The Flash
- Good Sports
- The Hogan Family
- Lenny
- Over My Dead Body
- Paradise
- Sons & Daughters
- True Detectives
- Uncle Buck
- WIOU
- Wiseguy
- You Take the Kids
[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
;Returning series
- America's Most Wanted
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Comic Strip Live
- COPS
- FOX Night at the Movies
- Get a Life
- In Living Color
- Married... with Children
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- The Simpsons
- The Sunday Comics
- Totally Hidden Video
- True Colors
;New series
- Best of the Worst
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures *
- Charlie Hoover *
- Code 3 *
- Down the Shore *
- Drexell's Class
- Freshman Dorm *
- Herman's Head
- Melrose Place *
- Rachel Gunn, R.N. *
- Roc
- Sightings
- Stand By Your Man *
- The Ultimate Challenge *
- Vinnie & Bobby *
Not returning from 1990–91:
- Against the Law
- American Chronicles
- Babes
- DEA
- Good Grief
- Haywire
- Top of the Heap
- Yearbook
[[NBC]]
;Returning series
- Blossom
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
- Dear John
- A Different World
- Empty Nest
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- The Golden Girls
- In the Heat of the Night
- L.A. Law
- Law & Order
- Matlock
- NBC Sunday Night Movie
- The NBC Monday Movie
- Night Court
- Quantum Leap
- Seinfeld
- Sisters
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Wings
;New series
- Against All Odds *
- Dateline NBC *
- Eerie, Indiana
- Flesh 'n' Blood
- Home Fires *
- Hot Country Nights *
- I Witness Video *
- I'll Fly Away
- Man of the People *
- Mann & Machine *
- Nightmare Cafe *
- Nurses
- Pacific Station
- Reasonable Doubts
- Secret Service *
- The Adventures of Mark & Brian
- The Fifth Corner *
- The Powers That Be *
- The Torkelsons
- Walter & Emily *
Not returning from 1990–91:
- The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
- Amen
- American Dreamer
- Dark Shadows
- Down Home
- The Fanelli Boys
- Ferris Bueller
- Grand
- Hull High
- Hunter
- Lifestories
- Midnight Caller
- Parenthood
- Real Life with Jane Pauley
- Shannon's Deal
- Sunday Best
- Working It Out
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
References
- Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by [[Nielsen Media Research]] and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. {{ISBN. 978-0-345-49773-4.
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