2002–03 United States network television schedule

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2002. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series are 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.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Sunday

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	The Wonderful World of Disney				Alias		The Practice
ABC	Winter	The Wonderful World of Disney				Alias		L.A. Dragnet
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (#17/9.6)		Becker	Bram & Alice	CBS Sunday Movie
	Follow-up			Becker	Becker
	Spring			My Big Fat Greek Life (#28/8.0)	Becker
	Summer			Becker	Charlie Lawrence
Fox	Fall	Futurama	King of the Hill (Repeats)	The Simpsons	King of the Hill	Malcolm in the Middle	King of the Hill	Local Programming
	Winter^[2]		King of the Hill		King of the Hill		Andy Richter Controls the Universe
	Spring				Oliver Beene		The Pitts
	Summer				King of the Hill		Oliver Beene
	Mid Summer				Banzai		The Bernie Mac Show
	Follow Up		Banzai		King of the Hill		The Bernie Mac Show
NBC	Fall	Dateline Sunday		American Dreams		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (#19/9.4) (Tied with Still Standing)		Boomtown
	Winter							Kingpin
	Spring							Boomtown
	Summer							Law & Order: Crime & Punishment
	Mid-Summer							The Restaurant
The WB	Fall	Gilmore Girls: Beginnings		Charmed		Angel		Local Programming
	Winter					High School Reunion
	Spring					Black Sash
	Follow Up					Charmed (Repeats)
	Summer					Boarding House: North Shore
	Follow Up					Charmed (Repeats)

NOTE: Fox was to have aired Oliver Beene and The Grubbs on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively, but instead made last-minute changes by postponing Oliver Beene to the following spring and canceling The Grubbs. In their places, reruns of King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle were slotted.

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	The Drew Carey Show	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	NFL Monday Showcase	ESPN Monday Night Football (#10/11.4)
	Follow-up	The Practice
	December	Monk
	Winter	Veritas: The Quest		The Practice		Miracles
	Spring	NYPD Blue				Miracles
	Follow Up	NYPD Blue				The Practice
	Summer	4 Back-to-Back Episodes of Various ABC Comedies				Primetime Live: Special Edition
CBS		The King of Queens (#25/8.5)	Yes, Dear (#24/8.6)	Everybody Loves Raymond (#7/11.9) (Tied with Survivor)	Still Standing (#19/9.4) (Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent)	CSI: Miami (#11/11.0) (Tied with Will & Grace)
Fox	Fall	Boston Public		Girls Club		Local Programming
	Follow-up			John Doe
	Winter			Joe Millionaire (#3/13.3)
	Spring			Married by America
	Mid-season			Mr. Personality
	Summer	Anything for Love	Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape	Paradise Hotel
NBC	Fall	Fear Factor (#30/7.7)		Third Watch		Crossing Jordan
	Summer			For Love or Money		Meet My Folks
	Follow-up			For Love or Money		Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
UPN		The Parkers	One on One	Girlfriends	Half & Half	Local Programming
The WB		7th Heaven		Everwood		Local Programming

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter	According to Jim	Life with Bonnie	Less than Perfect	NYPD Blue (#29/7.8)
	Spring			According to Jim	Lost at Home
	Follow Up				Less than Perfect
	Summer		8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
	Mid-Summer		Life with Bonnie
CBS	Fall	JAG (#22/8.9)		The Guardian (#27/8.3)		Judging Amy (#18/9.5)
CBS	Mid-Summer	Big Brother		Cupid		Judging Amy (#18/9.5)
Fox	Fall	That '70s Show	Grounded for Life	24		Local Programming
	Follow Up		That '70s Show
	December		Andy Richter Controls the Universe
	Winter	American Idol (#5/12.6)
	Summer	American Juniors		Keen Eddie
	Mid-Summer	American Juniors		The O.C.
	Late Summer	Performing As...		The O.C.
NBC	Fall	Just Shoot Me!	In-Laws	Frasier (#26/8.4)	Hidden Hills	Dateline NBC
	Winter	NBC Special Presentations			A.U.S.A.	Kingpin
	March	Let's Make a Deal			A.U.S.A.	Dateline NBC
	Follow Up	NBC Specials and Reruns			Watching Ellie
	Summer	Dog Eat Dog		Last Comic Standing
	Mid-Summer	Dog Eat Dog		Last Comic Standing		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
UPN	Fall	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Haunted		Local Programming
	November			Star Trek: Enterprise
	Winter			Abby	Girlfriends
	Spring			Platinum
	Follow Up			America's Next Top Model
	Summer	America's Next Top Model
	Mid-Summer	One on One	Abby	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The WB		Gilmore Girls		Smallville

NOTE: Grounded for Life was also originally scheduled to run on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on Fox, but it was pulled after two new episodes in September, and one in early December. The show moved to The WB in the spring in 2003.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	My Wife & Kids	George Lopez	The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9)		MDs
	December			Extreme Makeover		MDs
	January			The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9)		The Mole
	Mid-February			I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!		NYPD Blue
	Spring			The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9)		All American Girl
	Late April			The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9)		Extreme Makeover
	Summer			The Drew Carey Show	The Drew Carey Show	The Dating Experiment
	Mid-Summer			George Lopez	The Drew Carey Show	The Family
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes II		The Amazing Race		Presidio Med
	Winter	Star Search		60 Minutes II		48 Hours Investigates
	Summer	CBS Special Presentations		60 Minutes II
	Mid-Summer	60 Minutes II		Big Brother
Fox	Fall	The Bernie Mac Show	Cedric the Entertainer Presents	Fastlane		Local Programming
	Winter	That '70s Show	American Idol (#6/12.5)	The Bernie Mac Show	Cedric the Entertainer Presents
	Spring		American Idol (#6/12.5)		Wanda at Large
	Follow Up		American Idol (#6/12.5)	The Bernie Mac Show	Wanda at Large
	Summer		American Juniors	Paradise Hotel
NBC	Fall	Ed		The West Wing (#21/9.0)		Law & Order (#9/11.7)
	Spring	Dateline NBC		The West Wing (#21/9.0)
	Summer	Fame		Law & Order
	Mid-Summer	Race to the Altar		The West Wing (#21/9.0)
UPN		Star Trek: Enterprise		The Twilight Zone		Local Programming
The WB	Fall	Dawson's Creek		Birds of Prey
	Winter	Dawson's Creek		Angel
	Summer	Boarding House: North Shore		The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Mid-Summer	Smallville		Pepsi Smash

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	Monk		Push, Nevada		Primetime Thursday
	December	Dinotopia		NYPD Blue
	January	ABC Specials, Movies and Repeats
	Mid-February	Profiles from the Front Line		Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People
	Spring	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The Practice
	Follow Up	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	Survivor (#7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#1/16.3)		Without a Trace (#15/10.0)
	January	Star Search
	Mid-February	Survivor (#7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond)
	Summer	The Amazing Race
Fox	Fall	30 Seconds to Fame	30 Seconds to Fame	Boston Public		Local Programming
	December	Fox Thursday Night Movie
	January	Joe Millionaire repeats		The Pulse
	Spring	Boston Public		The Pulse
NBC		Friends (#2/13.9)	Scrubs (#13/10.3)	Will & Grace (#11/11.0) (Tied with CSI: Miami)	Good Morning Miami (#23/8.7)	ER (#4/13.1)
UPN		WWE SmackDown				Local Programming
The WB	Fall	Family Affair	Do Over	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Off Centre
	Follow Up	Family Affair	Do Over	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Do Over
	Winter	High School Reunion		Surreal Life	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Spring	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Reba	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	On the Spot
	Summer	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	The O'Keefes	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Follow Up	WB Thursday Night Movie

NOTE: Movies, baseball games, reruns, and specials comprised most of the programming Thursday nights on FOX. Septuplets was supposed to air at 9-10, but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos		That Was Then		20/20
	Follow-up			America's Funniest Home Videos
	November			Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The Drew Carey Show
	Spring			8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter	Regular Joe
	Follow-up			America's Funniest Home Videos
	Summer			Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
CBS	Fall	48 Hours		Hack		Robbery Homicide Division
	January	Presidio Med				Queens Supreme
	Follow Up	Star Search				48 Hours
	Spring	Star Search				CSI: Miami
	Summer	Baby Bob	Yes, Dear			48 Hours
	Mid-Summer	Big Brother		JAG		48 Hours
Fox	Fall	Firefly		John Doe		Local Programming
	Winter	Fastlane		John Doe
	Mid-Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	The Bernie Mac Show	Boston Public
	Follow Up	The Bernie Mac Show	Wanda at Large	Boston Public
NBC	Fall	Providence		Dateline Friday		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#14/10.1)
	Winter	Mister Sterling		Dateline Friday
	Spring	America's Most Talented Kid		Ed
	Follow-up	Dateline Friday
UPN		UPN's Night at the Movies				Local Programming
The WB	Fall	What I Like About You	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Reba	Greetings from Tucson
	March		Sabrina the Teenage Witch		Grounded for Life
	April		Greetings from Tucson		Grounded for Life

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
ABC		ABC Saturday Movie of the Week / Various Specials
CBS		Touched by an Angel		The District	The Agency
Fox		COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted	Local Programming
NBC	Fall	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Winter	Law & Order (Repeats)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Repeats)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
	Spring	Hunter		Law & Order (Repeats)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
	Summer	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Mid-Summer	Just Shoot Me!	Just Shoot Me!	Various NBC Specials and Repeats

By network

ABC

Returning series

New series

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
All American Girl
Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People
The Bachelorette
The Dating Experiment
Dinotopia
Extreme Makeover
The Family
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here
L.A. Dragnet
Less than Perfect
Life with Bonnie
Lost at Home
MDs
Miracles
Profiles from the Front Line
Push, Nevada
Regular Joe
That Was Then
Veritas: The Quest

Canceled/Ended

CBS

Returning series

New series

Canceled/Ended

Fox

Returning series

New series

Canceled/Ended

NBC

Returning series

New series

Canceled/Ended

Emeril
Imagine That
Inside Schwartz
Leap of Faith
Lost
The Rerun Show
Spy TV
Three Sisters
UC: Undercover
The Weakest Link (returning for 2020-21)

UPN

Returning series

New series

Canceled/Ended

The WB

Returning series

New series

Birds of Prey
Black Sash
Boarding House: North Shore
Do Over
Everwood
Family Affair
Greetings from Tucson
High School Reunion
The O'Keefes
On the Spot
Pepsi Smash
The Surreal Life
What I Like About You

Canceled/Ended

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.
^ http://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_2002.htm

[BM2-1] 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.

[fox_03-2] ttp://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_2002.htm

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