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1991–92 United States network television schedule
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Television schedule for the fall of 1991
March 2025
1991
The 1991–92 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1991 through August 1992. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1990–91 season. 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.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. 978-0-345-49773-4.
lime darkgray Lime indicates the number-one most-watched program of the season.
yellow darkgray Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
cyan darkgray Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
#FF22FF darkgray 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. 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 (20/14.5) America's Funniest People (25/13.8)(Tied with the ABC Monday Night Movie) The ABC Sunday Night Movie CBS60 Minutes (1/21.9) lime Murder, She Wrote (8/16.9)CBS Sunday Movie (14/15.9) #00FFFF Fox FallTrue ColorsParker Lewis Can't LoseIn Living Color RocMarried... with ChildrenHerman's Head The Sunday Comics Winter Spring Roc In Living Color Stand By Your Man Get a Life Summer Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventuresTrue Colors In Living Color Rachel Gunn, R.N. Down the ShoreStand By Your Man NBC Fall The Adventures of Mark & Brian Eerie, Indiana Man of the People Pacific Station NBC Sunday Night Movie Late fall Eerie, Indiana The Torkelsons Hot Country Nights Spring Against All Odds Mann & Machine Summer The Adventures of Mark & Brian In the Heat of the Night (R) Late summer Secret Service I Witness Video
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 (12/16.6) #00FFFF WinterFBI: The Untold StoriesAmerican DetectiveThe ABC Monday Night Movie (25/13.8)(Tied with America's Funniest People) #FF66FF Spring Summer CBS Fall Evening Shade (15/15.6) Major Dad (9/16.8) Murphy Brown (3/18.6) Designing Women (6/17.3) Northern Exposure (16/15.5) Winter Spring Summer Grapevine Mid-summer Designing Women (6/17.3) Fox Fox Night at the Movies Local programming NBC The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (22/14.3)(Tied with Empty Nest) Blossom The NBC Monday Movie (24/13.9) #FF66FF
Tuesday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall Full House (7/17.0) Home Improvement (4/17.5)(Tied with Cheers) Roseanne (2/19.9) Coach (10/16.7)(Tied with Room for Two) Homefront Winter Spring Room for Two (10/16.7)(Tied with Coach) Civil Wars Mid-spring Coach (10/16.7)(Tied with Room for Two) Summer Jack's Place CBS Rescue 911 The CBS Tuesday Movie NBC Fall I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night (30/13.1)(Tied with The Golden Girls) Law & Order Winter Spring In the Heat of the Night (30/13.1)(Tied with The Golden Girls) Law & Order Reasonable Doubts Mid-spring Dateline NBC Summer Mann & Machine Mid-summerQuantum Leap (R) Late summerQuantum Leap (R) Reasonable Doubts
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 Doogie Howser, M.D. Sibs Anything but Love Good & Evil Late fall Anything but LoveCivil Wars Winter Spring The Wonder Years Doogie Howser, M.D.The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Homefront Mid-spring Room for Two (10/16.7)(Tied with Coach) Sibs The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Summer Growing Pains (R) Doogie Howser, M.D. Anything but LoveCivil Wars Mid-summer Who's the Boss? (R) Late summer Doogie Howser, M.D. Home Improvement (R) Arresting Behavior CBS Fall The Royal Family Teech Jake and the Fatman 48 Hours (29/13.2) #FF66FF Late fall Brooklyn Bridge The Royal Family Winter Davis Rules Brooklyn Bridge Spring The Royal Family Davis Rules Late spring Davis Rules Brooklyn Bridge Summer Howie Davis Rules Raven Late summer Freshman Dorm 2000 Malibu Road Fox Summer (starting July 8, 1992) Beverly Hills, 90210 Melrose Place Local programming NBC Fall Unsolved Mysteries (13/16.5) Night Court Seinfeld Quantum Leap Winter Seinfeld Night Court Spring Dear John Mid-spring Night Court Summer Mid-summer Dear John Late summerWings (R) Law & Order (R)
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 StoriesAmerican Detective Primetime Live Winter Spring The ABC Thursday Night Movie SummerThe Young RidersMacGyver (R) Late summer Who's the Boss? (R) Growing Pains (R)Homefront (R) CBS Fall Top Cops The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Knots Landing Winter Street Stories with Ed Bradley SpringThe Human Factor SummerBodies of Evidence Fox Fall The SimpsonsDrexell's Class Beverly Hills, 90210 Local programming Winter Spring Summer Parker Lewis Can't Lose (R) NBC Fall The Cosby Show (18/15.0) A Different World (17/15.2) Cheers (4/17.5)(Tied with Home Improvement) Wings (19/14.6) L.A. Law (28/13.3) Winter Spring Summer A Different World (17/15.2) The Cosby Show (18/15.0)
(*) Formerly known as Gabriel's Fire
Friday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall Family Matters (27/13.5) Step by Step Perfect Strangers Baby Talk20/20 (21/14.4) #FF66FF Winter Baby Talk Perfect Strangers Mid-winterBilly SpringDinosaurs Baby Talk Summer Perfect Strangers CBS Fall Princesses Brooklyn Bridge CBS Friday Night Movie Mid-fall Brooklyn Bridge Princesses Various programmingPalace Guard Late fall Various programmingThe Carol Burnett Show Various programming Winter Tequila and Bonetti Hearts Are Wild Spring Scorch Fish Police Mid-spring Tequila and Bonetti CBS Friday Night Movie Late spring Various programming Summer Fox Fall America's Most WantedThe Ultimate Challenge Local programming Mid-fall Best of the Worst Totally Hidden Video Winter Totally Hidden Video Best of the Worst Mid-winter Various programming Spring Totally Hidden VideoTotally Hidden Video Mid-springSightings Summer NBC Fall Real Life with Jane Pauley Expose Dear John Flesh 'n' Blood Reasonable Doubts Mid-fall Matlock Flesh 'n' Blood Dear John Late fall Pacific Station Winter Various programming SpringI'll Fly AwayNightmare Cafe Mid-springThe Fifth Corner Summer Reasonable Doubts Law & Order (R) Late summer Various programmingI'll Fly Away
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 Late spring Julie Billy Perfect Strangers Summer Billy Perfect Strangers On the Air Mid-summer MacGyver (R) Human Target CBS Fall CBS Saturday Movie P.S. I Luv U Winter Rescue 911 Mid-winterThe Boys of Twilight Spring The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Summer Jake and the Fatman (R) Fox Fall COPS COPS (R) Totally Hidden Video Best of the Worst Local programming Mid-fall Charlie Hoover Get a Life WinterSpecial programming SpringCode 3 Totally Hidden Video Summer Vinnie & Bobby NBC Fall The Golden Girls (30/13.1)(Tied with In the Heat of the Night) The Torkelsons Empty Nest (22/14.3)(Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) Nurses Sisters WinterWalter & Emily Spring The Powers That Be Mid-springThe Torkelsons SummerHome Fires Late summer The Powers That Be
By network
ABC
Returning series
20/20
The ABC Monday Night Movie
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
The ABC Thursday Night Movie
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest People
Anything But Love
Baby Talk
Coach
Dinosaurs
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Family Matters
Full House
Growing Pains
Life Goes On
MacGyver
Monday Night Football
Perfect Strangers
Primetime Live
Pros and Cons (formerly known as Gabriel's Fire)
Roseanne
Who's the Boss?
The Wonder Years
The Young Riders
New series
American Detective *
Arresting Behavior *
Billy *
Capitol Critters *
Civil Wars *
The Commish
FBI: The Untold Stories
Good & Evil
Home Improvement
Homefront
Human Target *
Jack's Place *
Julie *
On the Air *
Room for Two *
Sibs
Step by Step
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles *
Not returning from 1990–91:
The ABC Saturday Night Movie
China Beach
Cop Rock
Davis Rules (moved to CBS)
Eddie Dodd
Equal Justice
Father Dowling Mysteries
Going Places
Head of the Class
Hi Honey, I'm Home!
The Man in the Family
Married People
My Life and Times
Stat
Thirtysomething
Twin Peaks
Under Cover
CBS
Returning series
48 Hours
60 Minutes
CBS Sunday Movie
Davis Rules (moved from ABC)
Designing Women
Evening Shade
Jake and the Fatman
Knots Landing
Major Dad
Murder, She Wrote
Murphy Brown
Northern Exposure
Rescue 911
Top Cops
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
New series
2000 Malibu Road *
Bodies of Evidence *
The Boys of Twilight *
Brooklyn Bridge
The Carol Burnett Show
Fish Police *
Freshman Dorm *
Grapevine *
Hearts Are Wild *
Howie *
The Human Factor *
P.S. I Luv U
Palace Guard
Princesses
Raven
The Royal Family
Scorch *
Street Stories with Ed Bradley *
Teech
Tequila and Bonetti *
Not returning from 1990–91:
The Antangonists
Bagdad Café
Broken Badges
Dallas
Doctor Doctor
E.A.R.T.H. Force
The Family Man
The Flash
Good Sports
The Hogan Family
Lenny
Over My Dead Body
Paradise
Sons & Daughters
True Detectives
Uncle Buck
WIOU
Wiseguy
You Take the Kids
Fox
Returning series
America's Most Wanted
Beverly Hills, 90210
Comic Strip Live
COPS
FOX Night at the Movies
Get a Life
In Living Color
Married... with Children
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
The Simpsons
The Sunday Comics
Totally Hidden Video
True Colors
New series
Best of the Worst
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures *
Charlie Hoover *
Code 3 *
Down the Shore *
Drexell's Class
Freshman Dorm *
Herman's Head
Melrose Place *
Rachel Gunn, R.N. *
Roc
Sightings
Stand By Your Man *
The Ultimate Challenge *
Vinnie & Bobby *
Not returning from 1990–91:
Against the Law
American Chronicles
Babes
DEA
Good Grief
Haywire
Top of the Heap
Yearbook
NBC
Returning series
Blossom
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Dear John
A Different World
Empty Nest
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
In the Heat of the Night
L.A. Law
Law & Order
Matlock
NBC Sunday Night Movie
The NBC Monday Movie
Night Court
Quantum Leap
Seinfeld
Sisters
Unsolved Mysteries
Wings
New series
Against All Odds *
Dateline NBC *
Eerie, Indiana
Flesh 'n' Blood
Home Fires *
Hot Country Nights *
I Witness Video *
I'll Fly Away
Man of the People *
Mann & Machine *
Nightmare Cafe *
Nurses
Pacific Station
Reasonable Doubts
Secret Service *
The Adventures of Mark & Brian
The Fifth Corner *
The Powers That Be *
The Torkelsons
Walter & Emily *
Not returning from 1990–91:
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
Amen
American Dreamer
Dark Shadows
Down Home
The Fanelli Boys
Ferris Bueller
Grand
Hull High
Hunter
Lifestories
Midnight Caller
Parenthood
Real Life with Jane Pauley
Shannon's Deal
Sunday Best
Working It Out
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
Category:United States primetime network television schedules
United States Network Television Schedule, 1991-92
United States Network Television Schedule, 1991-92