1999–2000 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 1999. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 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.
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 | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | Snoops | The Practice (8/17.9 million) | |||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Sunday (3/27.1 million) | ||||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (10/17.1 million) | Touched by an Angel (9/17.1 million) | CBS Sunday Movie (16/15.8 million) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | The World's Funniest! | King of the Hill | The Simpsons | Futurama | The X-Files | Local Programming | ||
| Winter/Spring | Futurama | Malcolm in the Middle (22/15.2 million) | |||||||
| NBC | Dateline Sunday | Third Watch | NBC Sunday Night Movie | ||||||
| The WB | 7th Heaven Beginnings | Felicity | Jack & Jill | Local Programming | |||||
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | 20/20 Monday | Monday Night Football (7/19.5 million) | ||||
| Winter | ABC Monday Night Movie (29/13.1 million) | Once and Again | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The King of Queens | Ladies Man | Everybody Loves Raymond (12/17.0 million) | Becker (21/15.2 million) | Family Law | |
| Winter | Grapevine | ||||||
| Spring | Ladies Man | ||||||
| Fox | Time of Your Life | Ally McBeal | Local Programming | ||||
| NBC | Suddenly Susan | Veronica's Closet | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dateline Monday | |||
| UPN | Moesha | The Parkers | Grown Ups | Malcolm & Eddie | Local Programming | ||
| The WB | 7th Heaven | Safe Harbor | |||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Spin City (27/13.4 million) | It's Like, You Know... | Dharma & Greg (17/15.7 million) | Sports Night | Once and Again | |
| Follow-up | Oh, Grow Up | ||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Tuesday (1/28.5 million) | NYPD Blue (18/15.5 million) | |||||
| Spring | Talk to Me | ||||||
| Follow-up | Sports Night | ||||||
| CBS | JAG (25/14.0 million) | 60 Minutes II (30/12.9 million) | Judging Amy (24/14.0 million) | ||||
| Fox | Ally | That '70s Show | Party of Five | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | Just Shoot Me! | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Will & Grace | The Mike O'Malley Show | Dateline Tuesday | ||
| UPN | Shasta McNasty | Dilbert | The Strip | Local Programming | |||
| The WB | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Angel | |||||
Note: On Fox, Ally aired as re-edited half-hour repeats of the original hour-long Ally McBeal series.
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | The Drew Carey Show (23/14.5 million) | Oh, Grow Up | 20/20 Wednesday | |
| Follow-up | It's Like, You Know... | Norm | |||||
| Winter | Norm | Spin City (28/13.1 million) | |||||
| Spring | Then Came You | ||||||
| Follow-up | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Wednesday | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Cosby | Work with Me | CBS Wednesday Movie | |||
| Winter | City of Angels | ||||||
| Fox | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Get Real | Local Programming | ||||
| NBC | Dateline Wednesday | The West Wing | Law & Order (15/16.2 million) | ||||
| UPN | Seven Days | Star Trek: Voyager | Local Programming | ||||
| The WB | Dawson's Creek | Roswell | |||||
Note: On ABC, Clerks premiered at 9:30 on May 31, 2000.
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Wasteland | 20/20 Downtown | ||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Thursday (2/27.9 million) | ||||||
| Spring | Wonderland | ||||||
| Follow-up | 20/20 Downtown | ||||||
| CBS | Diagnosis: Murder | Chicago Hope | 48 Hours | ||||
| Fox | World's Wildest Police Videos | Family Guy | Action | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | Friends (5/20.7 million) | Jesse (14/16.6 million) | Frasier (6/20.0 million) | Stark Raving Mad (19/15.5 million) | ER (4/24.9 million) | ||
| UPN | WWF SmackDown! | Local Programming | |||||
| The WB | Popular | Charmed | |||||
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Daddio premiered on March 23, 2000 at 8:30. On Fox, Family Guy only had two airings and one special Sunday airing, and then on March 7, 2000, the show was moved to Tuesdays.
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Hughleys | Boy Meets World | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Odd Man Out | 20/20 Friday | |
| Follow-up | Boy Meets World | Odd Man Out | The Hughleys | ||||
| Winter | Various programming | ||||||
| Spring | The Hughleys | Making the Band | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Love & Money | Now and Again | Nash Bridges | ||
| Follow-up | Candid Camera | ||||||
| Winter | Cosby | ||||||
| Fox | Ryan Caulfield: Year One | Harsh Realm | Local Programming | ||||
| NBC | Providence (28/13.1 million) | Dateline Friday | Cold Feet | ||||
| UPN | Blockbuster Video Shockwave Cinema | Local Programming | |||||
| The WB | Mission Hill | The Jamie Foxx Show | The Steve Harvey Show | For Your Love | |||
Note: On Fox, the game show Greed aired at 9:00 in midseason.
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ABC Big Picture Show | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||
| Winter | Winning Lines | Various programming | |||||
| Follow-up | Early Edition | ||||||
| Spring | Various programming | ||||||
| Follow-up | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger | ||||
| Fox | COPS | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Local Programming | ||||
| NBC | Freaks and Geeks | The Pretender | Profiler | ||||
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.