1991–92 United States network television schedule

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This was the television schedule on all four United States commercial broadcast television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1991. 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.

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.

Contents

[edit] Fall Schedule

[edit] Sunday

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Life Goes On Joey's World America's Funniest Home Videos The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS 60 Minutes Murder, She Wrote The CBS Sunday Movie
Fox True Colors Parker Lewis Can't Lose In Living Color Roc Married... with Children Herman's Head The Sunday Comics
NBC The Adventures of Mark & Brian Eerie, Indiana Man of the People Pacific Station The NBC Sunday Movie

[edit] Monday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC MacGyver Monday Night Football
CBS Evening Shade Major Dad Murphy Brown Designing Women Northern Exposure
Fox Fox Night at the Movies Local Programming
NBC The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Blossom The NBC Monday Movie

[edit] Tuesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Full House Home Improvement Roseanne Coach Homefront
CBS Rescue 911 The CBS Tuesday Movie
NBC I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night Law & Order

[edit] Wednesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Dinosaurs The Wonder Years Doogie Howser, M.D. Sibs Anything But Love Good & Evil
CBS The Royal Family Teech Jake and the Fatman 48 Hours
NBC Unsolved Mysteries Night Court Seinfeld Quantum Leap

[edit] Thursday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Pros and Cons FBI: The Untold Stories American Detective Primetime
CBS Top Cops The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Knots Landing
Fox The Simpsons Drexell's Class Beverly Hills, 90210 Local Programming
NBC The Cosby Show A Different World Cheers Wings L.A. Law

[edit] Friday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Family Matters Step by Step Perfect Strangers Baby Talk 20/20
CBS Princesses Brooklyn Bridge The Carol Burnett Show Palace Guard
Fox America's Most Wanted The Ultimate Challenge Local Programming
NBC Matlock Dear John Flesh 'n' Blood Reasonable Doubts

[edit] Saturday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Who's the Boss? Growing Pains The Young Riders The Commish
CBS The CBS Saturday Movie P.S. I Luv U
Fox COPS Totally Hidden Video Best of the Worst Local Programming
NBC The Golden Girls The Torkelsons Empty Nest Nurses Sisters

[edit] Mid-Season Schedule

[edit] Summer Schedule

[edit] Pickups and Cancellations

[edit] Full Season Pickups

ABC

  • 20/20
  • America's Funniest Home Videos
  • America's Funniest People
  • Coach
  • The Commish
  • Dinosaurs
  • Doogie Howser, M.D.
  • Family Matters
  • Full House
  • Home Improvement
  • Life Goes On
  • Perfect Strangers (next summer)
  • Primetime Live
  • Roseanne
  • Step By Step
  • The Wonder Years

CBS

  • 48 Hours
  • 60 Minutes
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Designing Women
  • Evening Shade
  • Knots Landing
  • Major Dad
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Murphy Brown
  • Northern Exposure
  • Rescue 911
  • Top Cops

Fox

  • America's Most Wanted
  • Beverly Hills 90210
  • Cops
  • Herman's Head
  • In Living Color
  • Married…With Children
  • Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  • Roc
  • The Simpsons

NBC

  • Blossom
  • Cheers
  • A Different World
  • Empty Nest
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • I'll Fly Away
  • L.A. Law
  • Law and Order
  • Reasonable Doubts
  • Seinfeld
  • Unsolved Mysteries
  • Wings

[edit] Cancellations and Endings

ABC

  • American Detective
  • Anything But Love
  • Baby Talk
  • FBI: The Untold Stories
  • Good and Evil
  • Growing Pains
  • MacGyver
  • Pros and Cons
  • Sibs
  • Who's The Boss?
  • The Young Riders

CBS

  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • Jake and the Fatman
  • P.S. I Luv U
  • Palace Guard
  • Princesses
  • The Royal Family
  • Teech
  • The Trials Of Rosie O'Neill

Fox

  • Best of the Worst
  • Drexell's Class
  • Get A Life
  • The Sunday Comics
  • Totally Hidden Video
  • True Colors
  • The Ultimate Challenge

NBC

  • The Adventures of Mark & Brian
  • The Cosby Show
  • Dear John
  • Eerie, Indiana
  • Flesh 'N' Blood
  • The Golden Girls (would transform into The Golden Palace on CBS the following season)
  • Man of the People
  • Night Court
  • Pacific Station
  • The Torkelsons
  • Walter and Emily

[edit] Changes of Network Affiliation

  • In The Heat Of The Night: From NBC to CBS
  • Matlock: From NBC to ABC

[edit] References