1998–99 United States network television schedule
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This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1998. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series highlighted in bold.
Each of the 50 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Lime indicates the #1 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.
- Orange indicates the programs in the top 40 for the season.
- Silver indicates the programs in the top 50 for the season.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
Sunday [2]
| 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 | The Wonderful World of Disney (#45/11.9 million) | 20/20 Sunday (#46/11.8 million) | The Practice (#34/12.7 million) | ||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (#8/18.7 million) | Touched by an Angel (#6/19.5 million) | CBS Sunday Movie (#9/17.3 million) | ||||||
| FOX | Fall | The World's Funniest! | The Simpsons (#26/13.5 million) | That '70s Show (#49/11.7 million) | The X-Files (#12/15.3 million) | Local | |||
| Spring | Futurama | ||||||||
| Follow-up | Family Guy | ||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline Sunday | NBC Sunday Night Movie (#24/13.6 million) | ||||||
| Mid-Season | Dateline Sunday | Basketball | |||||||
| The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Sister, Sister | Smart Guy | Unhappily Ever After | The Army Show | Local | ||
| Winter | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Unhappily Ever After | |||||||
Monday [2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | NFL Monday Blast | NFL Monday Showcase | Monday Night Football (#5/19.6 million) | |||
| Winter | 20/20 | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Cosby (#35/12.5 million) | The King of Queens (#36/12.5 million) | Everybody Loves Raymond (#10/15.6 million) | The Brian Benben Show | L.A. Doctors | |
| Follow-up | Becker (#18/13.9 million) | ||||||
| FOX | Melrose Place | Ally McBeal (#20/13.8 million) | Local | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Suddenly Susan | Conrad Bloom | Caroline in the City | Will & Grace (#40/12.3 million) | Dateline Monday (#30/13.0 million) | |
| Follow-up | Caroline in the City | Mad About You | Conrad Bloom | ||||
| Winter | Working | ||||||
| Spring | Repeats | ||||||
| UPN | Fall | Guys Like Us | DiResta | The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer | Malcolm & Eddie | Local | |
| Follow-up | Malcolm & Eddie | Guys Like Us | Malcolm & Eddie | DiResta | |||
| Winter | Dilbert | DiResta | The Sentinel | ||||
| Spring | Redhanded | ||||||
| Follow-up | Home Movies | ||||||
| The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Hyperion Bay | Local | |||
| Spring | Rescue 77 | ||||||
Tuesday [2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Home Improvement (#14/14.8 million) | The Hughleys (#38/12.4 million) | Spin City (#28/13.1 million) | Sports Night | NYPD Blue (#15/14.4 million) | |
| Spring | Strange World | ||||||
| Follow-up | NYPD Blue (#15/14.4 million) | ||||||
| CBS | JAG (#17/14.2 million) | CBS Tuesday Movie (#27/13.4 million) | |||||
| FOX | Fall | King of the Hill | Costello | Guinness World Records Primetime | Local | ||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | The PJs | ||||||
| Spring | Futurama | The PJs | Various programming | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Mad About You | Encore! Encore! | Just Shoot Me! (#37/12.4 million) | Working | Dateline Tuesday (#31/13.0 million) | |
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | 3rd Rock from the Sun | NewsRadio | Will & Grace | ||||
| Spring | Various programming | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Everything's Relative | ||||
| UPN | Fall | Moesha | Clueless | Mercy Point | Local | ||
| Follow-up | America's Greatest Pets | Reunited | |||||
| Winter | Malcolm & Eddie | Between Brothers | |||||
| Spring | Family Rules | ||||||
| The WB | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Felicity | Local | ||||
Wednesday [2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Dharma & Greg (#25/13.5 million) | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (#44/12.0 million) | The Drew Carey Show (#13/14.9 million) | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (#29/13.1 million) | 20/20 Wednesday (#11/15.4 million) | |
| Follow-up | The Secret Lives of Men | ||||||
| Winter | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ||||||
| Spring | It's Like, You Know... | The Norm Show (#47/11.8 million) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Nanny | Maggie Winters | To Have & to Hold | Chicago Hope | ||
| Winter | 60 Minutes II (#43/12.1 million) | ||||||
| Spring | Various programming | Payne | |||||
| FOX | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Party of Five | Local | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline Wednesday (#41/12.2 million) | 3rd Rock from the Sun | NewsRadio | Law & Order (#21/13.8 million) | ||
| Follow-up | Encore! Encore! | ||||||
| Winter | LateLine | ||||||
| Spring | World's Most Amazing Videos | ||||||
| UPN | Seven Days | Star Trek: Voyager | Local | ||||
| The WB | Dawson's Creek | Charmed | Local | ||||
Thursday[2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Vengeance Unlimited | ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | Vengeance Unlimited | ||||||
| Follow-up | Cupid | Various programming | |||||
| Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos | The Drew Carey Show repeats | Spin City repeats | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Promised Land | Diagnosis: Murder (#32/12.9 million) | 48 Hours | |||
| Winter | Diagnosis: Murder (#32/12.9 million) | Turks | |||||
| Spring | Promised Land | ||||||
| Follow-up | Diagnosis: Murder (#32/12.9 million) | ||||||
| FOX | World's Wildest Police Videos | Fox Files | Local | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Friends (#2/23.5 million) | Jesse (#4/20.1 million) | Frasier (#3/22.5 million) | Veronica's Closet (#7/19.3 million) | ER (#1/25.4 million) | |
| Spring | Will & Grace (#40/12.3 million) | ||||||
| UPN | UPN Thursday Night at the Movies | Local | |||||
| The WB | The Wayans Bros. | The Jamie Foxx Show | The Steve Harvey Show | For Your Love | Local | ||
Friday [2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Two of a Kind | Boy Meets World (#58/11.1) | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (#42/12.2 million) | Brother's Keeper | 20/20 Friday (22/13.7 million) | |
| Spring | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (#42/12.2 million) | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | |||||
| Follow-up | Home Improvement repeats | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (#42/12.2 million) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Candid Camera | Buddy Faro | Nash Bridges | ||
| Winter | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||
| Spring | Unsolved Mysteries | ||||||
| FOX | Fall | Living in Captivity | Getting Personal | Millennium | Local | ||
| Follow-up | Brimstone | ||||||
| Spring | Guinness World Records Primetime | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline Friday (#23/13.6 million) | Trinity | Homicide: Life on the Street | |||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | Providence (#19/13.9 million) | Dateline Friday (#23/13.6 million) | |||||
| UPN | Fall | Legacy | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Local | |||
| Spring | America's Greatest Pets | America's Greatest Pets | |||||
Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.
Saturday [2]
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | America's Funniest Home Videos | Fantasy Island | Cupid | |||
| Winter | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | Fantasy Island | |||||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Spring | The Big Moment | The ABC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger (#16/14.4 million) | |||
| Spring | Sons of Thunder (#47/11.8 million) | ||||||
| Follow-up | Walker, Texas Ranger (#16/14.4 million) | ||||||
| FOX | COPS | COPS 2 | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Local | |||
| NBC | Wind on Water | The Pretender | Profiler | ||||
Pickups and Shows
Full Season Shows
ABC
- 20/20
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Boy Meets World
- Brother's Keeper
- Cupid
- Dharma & Greg
- The Drew Carey Show
- Fantasy Island
- Home Improvement
- The Hughleys
- Monday Night Football
- The Norm Show
- NYPD Blue
- The Practice
- Primetime
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- The Secret Lives of Men
- Spin City
- Sports Night
- Strange World
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
- Two of a Kind
- Vengeance Unlimited
- Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
- The Wonderful World of Disney
CBS
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- 60 Minutes II
- Becker
- The Brian Benben Show
- Buddy Faro
- Candid Camera
- Chicago Hope
- Cosby
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Early Edition
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Kids Say the Darndest Things
- The King of Queens
- L.A. Doctors
- Maggie Winters
- Martial Law
- Nash Bridges
- The Nanny
- Promised Land
- To Have & to Hold
- Touched by an Angel
- Walker, Texas, Ranger
Fox
- Ally McBeal
- America's Most Wanted
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction
- Brimstone
- COPS
- Costello
- Family Guy
- Fox Files
- Futurama
- Getting Personal
- Guinness World Records Primetime
- King of the Hill
- Living in Captivity
- Melrose Place
- Millennium
- Party of Five
- The PJ's
- Significant Others
- The Simpsons
- Thats '70s Show
- The World's Funniest!
- World's Wildest Police Videos
- The X-Files
NBC
- 3rd Rock From The Sun
- Caroline in the City
- Conrad Bloom
- Dateline NBC
- Encore! Encore!
- ER
- Frasier
- Friends
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Jesse
- Just Shoot Me
- Law and Order
- Mad About You
- NewsRadio
- The Pretender
- Profiler
- Providence
- Suddenly Susan
- Trinity
- Veronica's Closet
- Will & Grace
- Wind on Water
- Working
UPN
- America's Greatest Pets
- Between Brothers
- Clueless
- DiResta
- Guys Like Us
- In The House
- Legacy
- Lost Souls
- Love and Boat: The Next Wave
- Malcolm & Eddie
- Mercy Point
- Moesha
- Power Play
- The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
- The Sentinel
- Seven Days
- Star Trek: Voyager
The WB
- 7th Heaven
- The Army Show
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Charmed
- Dawson's Creek
- Felicity
- For Your Love
- Hyperion Bay
- The Jamie Foxx Show
- The Parent 'Hood
- Sister, Sister
- Smart Guy
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Unhappily Ever After
- The Wayans Bros.
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.
- ^ a b c d e f g http://web.archive.org/web/20091029011819/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html