2001–02 United States network television schedule
The 2001–2002 United States network television schedule is for United States broadcast television on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2001. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
Note: The September 11 attacks hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. Although many series began their seasons in September and October, the television season officially did not begin until the month of November. From February 8 to 24, 2002, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- 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
NOTE: FOX aired 2 episodes of The Chamber in mid-January 2002. During the fall, Futurama and King of the Hill were preempted by overruns of NFL games.
Monday
Tuesday
Note: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Roswell moved to UPN from The WB this season.
Wednesday
NOTES: 1. When ABC announced their 2001 Fall Schedule, originally the plan was for The Job to air after The Drew Carey Show starting in mid-September and NYPD Blue would air in the 10pm ET timeslot after 20/20 Downtown returned to Friday nights in late December.[2] However, after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, ABC decided to not air The Job until mid-season because the show was set in New York City. In October, when the sitcom Bob Patterson was not doing well in the ratings on Tuesday nights, they moved the show to the Wednesday 9:30pm ET timeslot and put NYPD Blue in the Tuesday 9pm ET timeslot.
2. That '80s Show premiered midseason on January 23 on FOX in the 8:00pm ET timeslot.
Thursday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Primetime Thursday | ||
Mid-Summer | ABC Big Picture Show | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Survivor (#6/11.8) | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#2/14.5) | The Agency | |||
Winter | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation repeats and CBS Special Presentations | ||||||
Spring | Survivor (#6/11.8) | ||||||
Summer | The Price is Right Salutes | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Big Brother | ||||||
Fox | Fall | Family Guy | The Tick | Temptation Island | Local Programming | ||
February | Family Guy repeats | ||||||
Spring | Various Repeats | Various Repeats | |||||
Follow-Up | FOX Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Beyond Belief:Fact or Fiction | The Pulse | |||||
NBC | Fall | Friends (#1/15.0) | Inside Schwartz (#16/9.8) (Tied with Judging Amy) |
Will & Grace (#9/11.0) (Tied with Leap of Faith) |
Just Shoot Me! (#18/9.3) | ER (#3/14.2) | |
Winter | Leap of Faith (#9/11.0) (Tied with Will & Grace) | ||||||
Follow-up | Friends repeats | ||||||
Summer | Scrubs | ||||||
August | The Rerun Show | ||||||
UPN | WWF SmackDown! | Local Programming | |||||
The WB | Fall | Popstars | Elimidate Deluxe | Charmed | |||
Follow-Up | Popstars | ||||||
Winter | Various Repeats | ||||||
March | My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | |||||
Spring | Various Repeats and Specials |
Friday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
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ABC | Fall | The Mole II: The Next Betrayal | Thieves | Once and Again | ||||||
Follow-up | America's Funniest Home Videos | |||||||||
December | ABC Specials | |||||||||
Winter | Once and Again | Vanished | ||||||||
Follow-up | Various programming | 20/20 | ||||||||
Mid-Summer | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ||||||||
CBS | Fall | The Ellen Show | Danny | That's Life | 48 Hours | |||||
Follow-up | CBS Comedy Repeats | |||||||||
November | CBS Comedy Repeats and CBS Specials | The Ellen Show | ||||||||
January | JAG repeats | First Monday | ||||||||
Spring | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | |||||||||
Follow Up | Various programming | |||||||||
Summer | 48 Hours | CBS Friday Night Movie | ||||||||
Fox | Fall | Dark Angel | Pasadena | Local Programming | ||||||
November | 24 repeats | |||||||||
Winter | Various programming | Dark Angel | ||||||||
Summer | Dark Angel | The X-Files | ||||||||
Mid-Summer | Invasion of the Hidden Cameras | Invasion of the Hidden Cameras | ||||||||
NBC | Fall | Providence (#27/7.9) (Tied with Fear Factor and Law & Order: Criminal Intent) |
Dateline Friday (#25/8.1) (Tied with Baby Bob) |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#12/10.4) | ||||||
Summer | Dateline Friday | |||||||||
UPN | Fall | UPN's Night at the Movies | Local Programming | |||||||
Spring | Under One Roof | The Amazing Race repeats | ||||||||
Follow-up | UPN's Night at the Movies | |||||||||
The WB | Fall | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Maybe It's Me | Reba | Raising Dad | |||||
Winter | Raising Dad | Maybe It's Me |
NOTE: FOX aired The Chamber on January 25th, 2002 after two preview airings on past Sunday nights. The show was cancelled after its Friday night airing.
Saturday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | ABC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Touched by an Angel | Citizen Baines | The District | |||
Follow-up | Various Drama Repeats and CBS Specials | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Big Brother | The District | The Agency | ||||
Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Local Programming | |||
NBC | NBC Saturday Night Movie |
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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.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/16/arts/tv-notes-20-20-bouncing-and-vanishing.html