1983–84 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1983. 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. The top 40 rated programs are highlighted in orange. The top 50 rated programs are highlighted in silver. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

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

All ratings data courtesy of TVTango.com's ratings database

Fall Schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Mid-season Schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Summer Schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Pickups and Cancellations

Full-Season Pickups

ABC

• 20/20
• Benson
• Dynasty
• The Fall Guy
• Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders"
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• Hotel
• The Love Boat
• Matt Houston
• Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
• T.J. Hooker
• Webster

CBS

• 60 Minutes
• AfterMASH
• Alice
• Cagney & Lacey
• Dallas
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• Falcon Crest
• The Jeffersons
• Kate & Allie
• Knots Landing
• Magnum, P.I.
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
• Newhart
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• Simon and Simon
• Trapper John, M.D.

NBC

• The A-Team
• Cheers
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Double Trouble
• The Facts of Life
• Family Ties
• Gimme A Break!
• Hill Street Blues
• Knight Rider
• Night Court
• Remington Steele
• Riptide
• St. Elsewhere
• Silver Spoons

Cancellations and Endings

ABC

• 9 to 5 (to return in first-run syndication in 1986)
• A.K.A. Pablo
• Automan
• Blue Thunder
• Fantasy Island
• Happy Days
• Hart to Hart
• It's Not Easy
• Just Our Luck
• Lottery!
• Oh, Madeline
• Shaping Up
• That's Incredible!
• Three's Company (would transform into Three's A Crowd the following season)
• Trauma Center

CBS

• The American Parade (Crossroads)
• Comedy Zone
• Cutter to Houston
• Domestic Life
• Empire
• The Four Seasons
• Goodnight, Beantown
• Mama Malone
• The Mississippi
• One Day at a Time
• Suzanne Pleshette is Maggie Briggs
• Whiz Kids
• Woman To Woman

NBC

• Bay City Blues
• Boone
• Buffalo Bill
• The Duck Factory
• First Camera
• For Love and Honor
• Jennifer Slept Here
• Mama's Family (to return in first-run syndication in 1986)
• Manimal
• Mr. Smith
• People Are Funny
• Real People
• The Rousters
• Summer Sunday USA
• We Got It Made (to return in first-run syndication in 1987)
• The Yellow Rose

References

• Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
• McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
• Shapiro, Mitchell E (1989). "Television Network Prime-Time Programming, 1948-1988". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-89950-412-4.