1982–83 United States network television schedule
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This was the schedule for the United States' three commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1982. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are highlighted in italics.
The highest-rated show for the year is highlighted in lime. The top ten rated programs are highlighted in yellow. The top 20 rated programs are highlighted in cyan. The top 30 rated programs are highlighted in magenta. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
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[edit] Fall Schedule
[edit] 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 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Matt Houston | The ABC Sunday Night Movie #26 17.6 rating | ||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes #1 25.5 rating | Archie Bunker's Place #23 18.3 rating | Gloria #18 18.7 rating | The Jeffersons #12 20.0 rating | One Day at a Time #16 19.1 rating | Trapper John, M.D. #19 18.7 rating | |||
| NBC | Voyagers! | CHiPs | NBC Sunday Night at the Movies | ||||||
[edit] Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | That's Incredible! #22 18.3 rating | The ABC Monday Night Movie (9/27-11/15) #24 18.0 rating/ABC NFL Monday Night Football (started 11/22 due to players' strike) #11 20.1 rating | |||||
| CBS | Square Pegs | Private Benjamin | M*A*S*H #3 22.6 rating | Newhart #13 20.0 rating | Cagney & Lacey | ||
| NBC | Little House: A New Beginning #29 17.4 rating | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | |||||
[edit] Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days #28 17.4 rating | Laverne and Shirley #25 17.8 rating | Three's Company #6 21.2 rating | 9 to 5 #15 19.3 rating | Hart to Hart #17 18.9 rating | ||
| CBS | Bring 'Em Back Alive | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies #27 17.5 rating | |||||
| NBC | Father Murphy | Gavilan | St. Elsewhere | ||||
[edit] Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Tales of the Gold Monkey | The Fall Guy #14 19.4 rating | Dynasty #5 22.4 rating | ||||
| CBS | official | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Alice | Filthy Rich | Tucker's Witch | ||
| follow-up (Nov. 17) | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | ||||||
| NBC | Real People #30 17.2 rating | The Facts of Life | Family Ties | Quincy, M.E. | |||
Note: On CBS, a sitcom called Mama Malone was supposed to have aired from 9:30–10 p.m., but was delayed when CBS decided to place Filthy Rich into the schedule. Mama Malone did not actually air until the spring of 1984.
[edit] Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Joanie Loves Chachi | Star of the Family | Too Close for Comfort | It Takes Two | 20/20 | ||
| CBS | Magnum, P.I. #4 22.6 rating | Simon and Simon #7 21.0 rating | Knots Landing #20 18.6 rating | ||||
| NBC | Fame | Cheers | Taxi | Hill Street Blues #21 18.4 rating | |||
Note: Mama's Family was supposed to have aired on NBC from 9:30–10 p.m., but was pushed back to January 22 when NBC picked up Taxi from ABC.
[edit] Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Benson | The New Odd Couple | The Greatest American Hero | The Quest | |||
| CBS | The Dukes of Hazzard | Dallas #2 24.6 rating | Falcon Crest #8 20.7 rating | ||||
| NBC | The Powers of Matthew Star | Knight Rider | Remington Steele | ||||
[edit] Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | T.J. Hooker | The Love Boat #9 20.3 rating | Fantasy Island | ||||
| CBS | Walt Disney | The CBS Saturday Night Movies | |||||
| NBC | Diff'rent Strokes | Silver Spoons | Gimme a Break! | Love, Sidney | The Devlin Connection | ||
[edit] Mid-Season Schedule
[edit] 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 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Matt Houston | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | official | 60 Minutes | Archie Bunker's Place | Gloria | The Jeffersons | One Day at a Time (to Mar. 6)/Newhart (from Mar. 13) | Trapper John, M.D. | ||
| follow-up (Apr. 3) | Goodnight, Beantown | Newhart | Alice (from Apr. 18) | ||||||
| NBC | official | Voyagers! | CHiPs | NBC Sunday Night at the Movies | |||||
| follow-up (March) | CHiPs | Specials | |||||||
On NBC, The A-Team premiered January 23, 1983 at 8:00 p.m.
[edit] Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | That's Incredible! | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | official | Square Pegs | Filthy Rich/Small & Frye (Mar. 7-21) | M*A*S*H/Alice (Mar. 7-Apr. 11) | Newhart | Cagney & Lacey | |
| follow-up (Mar. 28) | Archie Bunker's Place | Foot in the Door | One Day at a Time | ||||
| NBC | official | Little House: A New Beginning | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
| follow-up (Mar. 28) | Love, Sidney | Family Ties | |||||
Note: February 28, 1983 was the final episode of M*A*S*H. It is still the highest-rated single program in U.S. history.
[edit] Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | Laverne and Shirley | Three's Company | 9 to 5 | Hart to Hart | ||
| CBS | official | Walt Disney | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||
| follow-up (Mar. 15) | Ace Crawford, Private Eye | Gun Shy | |||||
| follow-up (Apr. 26) | Bring 'Em Back Alive | ||||||
| NBC | The A-Team #10 20.1 rating | Bare Essence (to Mar. 8)/Remington Steele (from Mar. 15) | St. Elsewhere | ||||
[edit] Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | official | Tales of the Gold Monkey/High Performance (Mar. 2-23) | The Fall Guy | Dynasty | |||
| follow-up (Apr. 6) | The Fall Guy | Ryan's Four (to Apr. 27)/Tales of the Gold Monkey (from May 3) | |||||
| CBS | official | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | ||||
| follow-up (Apr. 6) | Zorro and Son | Square Pegs | |||||
| NBC | Real People | The Facts of Life | Family Ties (to Mar. 16)/Taxi (Mar. 23-May 24) | Quincy, M.E. | |||
[edit] Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | official | The Greatest American Hero | Too Close for Comfort | It Takes Two | 20/20 | ||
| follow-up (Feb. 10) | Condo | Amanda's | |||||
| follow-up (Mar. 31) | Benson | Condo | |||||
| follow-up (May) | Condo | The New Odd Couple | |||||
| CBS | Magnum, P.I. | Simon and Simon | Knots Landing | ||||
| NBC | Fame | Gimme a Break! | Cheers | Hill Street Blues | |||
[edit] Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | official | Benson | The New Odd Couple (to Feb. 25)/At Ease (debut March 4) | The ABC Friday Night Movie | |||
| follow-up (Apr. 1) | Baby Makes Five | At Ease | Renegades | Tales of the Gold Monkey | |||
| CBS | The Dukes of Hazzard | Dallas | Falcon Crest
The Mississippi (Mar. 25-May 6) |
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| NBC | The Powers of Matthew Star | Knight Rider | Remington Steele (to Mar. 11)/Gavilan (Mar. 18)/Bare Essence (from Mar. 25) | ||||
[edit] Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | T.J. Hooker | The Love Boat | Fantasy Island | ||||
| CBS | Bring 'Em Back Alive/Wizards and Warriors (debut February 26) | The CBS Saturday Night Movies | |||||
| NBC | official | Diff'rent Strokes | Silver Spoons | Mama's Family | Taxi | The Family Tree | |
| follow-up (Feb. 12) | Teachers Only | The Family Tree (to Mar. 5)/Monitor (debut March 12) | |||||
[edit] Summer Schedule
[edit] 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 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Matt Houston | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | official | 60 Minutes | Alice | One Day at a Time | The Jeffersons | Newhart | Trapper John, M.D. | ||
| follow-up (Aug.) | Goodnight, Beantown | ||||||||
| NBC | official | Voyagers! | CHiPs | NBC Sunday Night at the Movies | |||||
| follow-up (Aug. 7) | The Powers of Matthew Star | Knight Rider | |||||||
[edit] Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | That's Incredible! | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | official | Square Pegs | Private Benjamin | M*A*S*H | Archie Bunker's Place | Cagney & Lacey | |
| follow-up (Aug.) | Newhart | ||||||
| NBC | Love, Sidney | Family Ties | NBC Monday Night at the Movies | ||||
Note: CBS aired Archie Bunker's Place twice a week in June and July.
[edit] Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Happy Days | Joanie Loves Chachi | Three's Company | 9 to 5 | Hart to Hart | ||
| CBS | On the Road with Charles Kuralt | Our Times with Bill Moyers | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | The A-Team | Remington Steele | St. Elsewhere | ||||
[edit] Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | official | Tales of the Gold Monkey/High Performance (Mar. 2-23) | The Fall Guy | Dynasty | |||
| follow-up (Apr. 6) | The Fall Guy | Tales of the Gold Monkey (to Jul. 20)/The Hamptons (debuts July 27) | |||||
| CBS | Archie Bunker's Place | Gloria | The CBS Wednesday Night Movies | ||||
| NBC | official | Real People | The Facts of Life | Buffalo Bill | The News is the News | Taxi | |
| follow-up (Aug. 3) | The Family Tree | ||||||
[edit] Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | official | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | It Takes Two | 20/20 | |||
| follow-up (Aug. 4) | Eye On Hollywood | Too Close for Comfort | Reggie | ||||
| CBS | Magnum, P.I. | Simon and Simon | Knots Landing | ||||
| NBC | Fame | Gimme a Break! | Cheers | Hill Street Blues | |||
[edit] Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Benson | At Ease | The ABC Friday Night Movie | ||||
| CBS | The Dukes of Hazzard | Dallas | Falcon Crest | ||||
| NBC | The Powers of Matthew Star | Knight Rider | Eischied (repeats) | ||||
[edit] Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | T.J. Hooker | The Love Boat | Fantasy Island | ||||
| CBS | Walt Disney | The CBS Saturday Night Movies | |||||
| NBC | Diff'rent Strokes | Silver Spoons | Quincy, M.E. | Monitor/Casablanca (Aug.) | |||
[edit] Pickups and Cancellations
[edit] Full-Season Pickups
ABC
- 9 to 5
- 20/20
- Benson
- The Fall Guy
- Fantasy Island
- Happy Days
- Hart to Hart
- The Love Boat
- Monday Night Football
- Matt Houston
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
- T.J. Hooker
- Three's Company
CBS
- 60 Minutes
- Alice
- Cagney & Lacey (originally cancelled, but after protests it was brought back in mid-season)
- Dallas
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Falcon Crest
- Goodnight, Beantown
- The Jeffersons
- Knots Landing
- Magnum, P.I.
- The Mississippi
- Newhart
- One Day at a Time
- Simon & Simon
- Trapper John, M.D.
NBC
- Buffalo Bill
- Cheers
- Diff'rent Strokes
- The Facts of Life
- Family Ties
- Gimme A Break!
- Hill Street Blues
- Knight Rider
- Mama's Family
- Monitor (re-named First Camera)
- Real People
- Remington Steele
- St. Elsewhere
- Silver Spoons
[edit] Cancellations and Endings
ABC
- At Ease
- Baby Makes Five
- The Greatest American Hero
- The Hamptons
- High Performance
- It Takes Two
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Laverne and Shirley
- The New Odd Couple
- The Quest
- Reggie
- Renegades
- Ryan's Four
- Star of the Family
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
CBS
- Ace Crawford, Private Eye
- Archie Bunker's Place
- Bring 'Em Back Alive
- Filthy Rich
- Foot in the Door
- Gloria
- Gun Shy
- M*A*S*H
- On the Road with Charles Kuralt
- Our Times with Bill Moyers
- Private Benjamin
- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
- Small & Frye
- Square Pegs
- Tucker's Witch
- Walt Disney (to return on ABC in 1986 as The Disney Sunday Movie)
- Zorro and Son
NBC
- Bare Essence
- Casablanca
- CHiPs
- The Devlin Connection
- The Family Tree
- Father Murphy
- Gavilan
- Little House: A New Beginning
- Love, Sidney
- The Powers of Matthew Star
- Quincy, M.E.
- Taxi
- Teachers Only
- Voyagers!
[edit] Changes of Network Affiliation
- Fame: from NBC to first-run syndication
- Too Close For Comfort: from ABC to first-run syndication
[edit] References
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