1988-89 United States network television schedule

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This was the television schedule on all four networks for the fall season beginning in September 1988. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in blue.

The highest-rated show for the year is highlighted in lime. The top 10 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]

Note: A writers' strike hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. The writers' strike coincided with the Seoul Olympics. New shows intended for a regular fall launch saw their debuts spread out between September and December. The debut month for each new series is noted as to when it actually premiered.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

1 Sunday
2 Monday
3 Tuesday
4 Wednesday
5 Thursday
6 Friday
7 Saturday
8 References

[edit] Sunday

PM	7:00	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Incredible Sunday (Oct.)	Mission: Impossible (Oct.)		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	60 Minutes	Murder, She Wrote		The CBS Sunday Comedy Show
FOX	21 Jump Street	America's Most Wanted	Married... with Children	It's Garry Shandling's Show	The Tracey Ullman Show	Duet	Local
NBC	The Magical World of Disney (Oct.)	Family Ties	Day by Day	NBC Sunday Night Movie

[edit] Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	MacGyver		Monday Night Football
CBS	Newhart	Coming of Age	Murphy Brown (Nov.)	Designing Women	Almost Grown (Nov.)
NBC	ALF	The Hogan Family	NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Note: CBS Special Movie aired 9-11 p.m. September and October.

[edit] Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	Who's the Boss?	Roseanne (Oct.)	Moonlighting	thirtysomething
CBS	TV 101 (Nov.)		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
NBC	Matlock		In the Heat of the Night	Midnight Caller (Oct./Dec.)

Note: On CBS, a new limited-run interim series, High Risk, aired 8-9 p.m. from October through to mid-November. On NBC, NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies often aired 8-10 p.m. or 9-11 p.m. from September till end of November. Moonlighting went on hiatus in February of 1989, and returned on Sundays in April.

[edit] Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Growing Pains	Head of the Class	The Wonder Years	Hooperman	China Beach
CBS	The Van Dyke Show (Oct.)	Annie McGuire (Oct.)	The Equalizer		Wiseguy
NBC	Unsolved Mysteries (Sep.)		Night Court	Baby Boom (Sep./Nov.)	Tattingers (Oct.)

Note: On CBS, Live! With Dick Clark aired 8-9 p.m. in September. On NBC, various specials aired 9:30-10 p.m. from September till November. On ABC, Anything But Love premiered at 9:30 in March 1989.

[edit] Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Knightwatch (Nov.)		Dynasty		ABC News Specials/Burning Question (Nov.)
CBS	48 Hours		Paradise (Oct)		Knots Landing
NBC	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Dear John (Oct.)	L.A. Law

Note: On ABC, various specials and The ABC Thursday Night Movie aired 8-11 p.m. from September till early November. On CBS, CBS Special Movie aired 9-11 p.m. in September till mid-October.

[edit] Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Perfect Strangers	Full House	Mr. Belvedere	Just the Ten of Us	20/20
CBS	Beauty and the Beast		Dallas		Falcon Crest
NBC	Something is Out There (Oct.)		TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes		Miami Vice

[edit] Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Murphy's Law (Dec.)		Police Story (Oct.)
CBS	Dirty Dancing (Oct.)	Raising Miranda (Nov.)	Simon & Simon		West 57th
FOX	The Reporters		COPS		Local
NBC	227	Amen	The Golden Girls	Empty Nest (Oct.)	Hunter

Note: On ABC, the limited-run series Crime of the Century aired in October and Trackdown in November, both 8-9 p.m. On CBS, Live! With Dick Clark, retitled to Dick Clark Presents, moved from Wednesday in September to Saturday for October and aired at 8-9 p.m.