2002–03 United States network television schedule
This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2002. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series are highlighted in bold.
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: The Fox network was to have aired Oliver Beene and The Grubbs on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively, but instead made last-minute changes by postponing Oliver Beene to the following spring and canceling The Grubbs. In their places, reruns of King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle were slotted.
Monday
Tuesday
NOTE: Grounded for Life was also originally scheduled to run on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on FOX, but it was pulled after two new episodes in September, and one in early December. The show moved to The WB network in the spring in 2003.
Wednesday
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 | Monk | Push, Nevada | Primetime Thursday | |||
December | Dinotopia | ABC Specials | |||||
January | ABC Specials, Movies and Repeats | ||||||
Mid-February | Profiles from the Front Line | Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People | |||||
Spring | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Various Programming | ||||
Follow Up | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Survivor (#7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond) |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#1/16.3) | Without a Trace (#15/10.0) | |||
January | Star Search | ||||||
Mid-February | Survivor (#7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond) | ||||||
Summer | The Amazing Race | ||||||
Fox | Fall | 30 Seconds to Fame | 30 Seconds to Fame | Various FOX Specials | Local Programming | ||
December | FOX Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
January | Joe Millionaire repeats | The Pulse | |||||
Spring | Various FOX Specials | ||||||
NBC | Friends (#2/13.9) | Scrubs (#13/10.3) | Will & Grace (#11/11.0) (Tied with CSI: Miami) |
Good Morning, Miami (#23/8.7) | ER (#4/13.1) | ||
UPN | WWE SmackDown! | Local Programming | |||||
The WB | Fall | Family Affair | Do Over | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Off Centre | ||
Follow Up | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | ||||||
Winter | High School Reunion | Surreal Life | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | ||||
Spring | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Various Repeats | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | On the Spot | |||
Summer | The O'Keefes | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | |||||
Follow Up | WB Thursday Night Movie |
NOTE: Movies, baseball games, reruns, and specials comprised most of the programming Thursday nights on FOX.
Friday
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 Movie of the Week / Various Specials | ||||||
CBS | Touched by an Angel | The District | The Agency | ||||
Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local Programming | |||
NBC | Fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
Winter | Law & Order repeats | Law & Order: Criminal Intent repeats | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit repeats | ||||
Spring | Hunter | Law & Order repeats | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit repeats | ||||
Summer | NBC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Just Shoot Me! | Just Shoot Me! | Various NBC Specials and Repeats | ||||
By network
ABC
CBS
Returning series
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New series:
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Not returning from 2001-02:
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Fox
Returning series
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New series:
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Not returning from 2001-02:
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NBC
Returning series
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New series:
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Not returning from 2001-02:
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UPN
Returning series:
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New series:
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Not returning from 2001-02:
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The WB
Returning series:
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New series:
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Not returning from 2001-02:
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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.
- ↑ http://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_2002.htm