1991–92 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all four United States commercial broadcast television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1991. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are highlighted in italics.
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.
- 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. From February 8 to 24, 1992, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, and from July 25 to August 9, 1992, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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 | Life Goes On | America's Funniest Home Videos (#21 14.5/22) | America's Funniest People (#25 13.8/20) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (#36 13.0/21) | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (#1 21.9/36) | Murder, She Wrote (#10 16.9/25) | CBS Sunday Movie (#14 15.9/26) | ||||||
| Fox | True Colors | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | In Living Color (#49 12.2/18) | Roc (#72/8.9) | Married... with Children (#29/13.3) | Herman's Head | The Sunday Comics | ||
| NBC | Fall | The Adventures of Mark & Brian | Eerie, Indiana | Man of the People | Pacific Station | NBC Sunday Night Movie (#41 12.6/21) | |||
| Follow-up | Hot Country Nights | ||||||||
| Spring | Mann & Machine | ||||||||
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | MacGyver | Monday Night Football (#13 16.6/28) | ||||
| Mid-season | FBI: The Untold Stories | American Detective | The ABC Monday Movie (#26 13.8/21) | ||||
| CBS | Evening Shade (#15 15.8/25) | Major Dad (#11 16.8/25) | Murphy Brown (#3 18.6/27) | Designing Women (#6 17.3/26) | Northern Exposure (#16 15.5/25) | ||
| Fox | Fox Night at the Movies | Local Programming | |||||
| NBC | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (#22 14.3/23) | Blossom (#37 12.9/20) | The NBC Monday Movie (#24 13.9/23) | ||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Full House (#8 17.0/27) | Home Improvement (#5 17.5/27) | Roseanne (#2 20.2/31) | Coach (#7 17.2/27) | Homefront | |
| Spring | Room for Two (#12 16.7/25) | Civil Wars | |||||
| Follow-up | Coach (#7 17.2/27) | ||||||
| CBS | Rescue 911 (#27 13.5/22) | The CBS Tuesday Movie (#44 12.5/20) | |||||
| NBC | Fall | I'll Fly Away | In the Heat of the Night (#30 13.3/21) | Law & Order (#46 12.3/20) | |||
| Spring | In the Heat of the Night | Law & Order | Dateline NBC | ||||
| Summer | Mann & Machine | ||||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Dinosaurs | The Wonder Years (#38 12.9/21) | Doogie Howser, M.D. (#39 12.9/21) | Sibs | Anything But Love | Good & Evil |
| Follow-up | Anything But Love | Civil Wars | |||||
| Spring | The Wonder Years (#38 12.9/21) | Doogie Howser, M.D. (#39 12.9/21) | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (#34 13.0/21) | Homefront | |||
| Follow-up | Room for Two (#12 16.7/25) | Sibs | Various programming | ||||
| CBS | Fall | The Royal Family | Teech | Jake and the Fatman (#50 12.1/19) | 48 Hours (#32 13.1/23)) | ||
| Follow-up | Brooklyn Bridge | The Royal Family | |||||
| Follow-up | Various | Brooklyn Bridge | |||||
| Winter | Davis Rules | ||||||
| Spring | The Royal Family | Davis Rules | |||||
| Follow-up | Davis Rules | Brooklyn Bridge | |||||
| Summer | Various | Raven | |||||
| Follow-up | Howie | ||||||
| NBC | Unsolved Mysteries (#9 16.9/27.0) | Night Court (#48 12.2/19) | Seinfeld (#42 12.5/20) | Quantum Leap | |||
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Pros and Cons | FBI: The Untold Stories | American Detective | Primetime Live | ||
| Spring | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Top Cops | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Knots Landing (#47 12.3/21) | |||
| Winter | Street Stories with Ed Bradley | ||||||
| Spring | The Human Factor | ||||||
| Fox | The Simpsons (#33 13.0/21) | Drexell's Class | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | The Cosby Show (#18 14.8/24) | A Different World (#17 15.2/24) | Cheers (#4 17.6/27) | Wings (#19 14.6/23) | L.A. Law (#29 13.3/23) | ||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Family Matters (#28 13.5/24) | Step by Step (#35 13.0/23) | Perfect Strangers | Baby Talk | 20/20 (#22 14.4/26) | |
| Winter | Baby Talk | Perfect Strangers | |||||
| Follow-up | Billy | ||||||
| Spring | Dinosaurs | Baby Talk | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Princesses | Brooklyn Bridge | The Carol Burnett Show | Palace Guard | ||
| Winter | Various programming | Tequila and Bonetti | Hearts Are Wild | ||||
| Spring | Scorch | Fish Police | |||||
| Follow-up | Various programming | CBS Friday Night Movie | |||||
| Fox | America's Most Wanted | The Ultimate Challenge | Local Programming | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Matlock (#45 12.4/22) | Dear John | Flesh 'n' Blood | Reasonable Doubts | ||
| Follow-up | Pacific Station | ||||||
| Spring | The Fifth Corner | ||||||
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Who's the Boss? | Growing Pains | The Young Riders | The Commish | ||
| Winter | Capitol Critters | Who's the Boss? | Perfect Strangers | Growing Pains | |||
| Spring | Who's the Boss? | Billy | |||||
| Summer | Julie | Billy | Perfect Strangers | ||||
| Follow-up | Billy | Perfect Strangers | On the Air | ||||
| Follow-up | MacGyver | Human Target | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The CBS Saturday Movie | P.S. I Luv U | ||||
| Winter | Various programming | ||||||
| Spring | The Boys of Twilight | ||||||
| Follow-up | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | ||||||
| Fox | COPS | Totally Hidden Video | Best of the Worst | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | The Golden Girls (#31 13.1/23) | The Torkelsons | Empty Nest (#23 14.3/25) | Nurses (#40 12.8/23) | Sisters | ||
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.
