1983–84 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1983. 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
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 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hardcastle and McCormick (25/17.2)
(Tied with The CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Webster, Alice and Knight Rider)		 The ABC Sunday Night Movie (12/20.4)
(Tied with The ABC Monday Night Movie)
CBS Fall 60 Minutes (2/24.2) Alice (25/17.2)
(Tied with The CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Webster, Knight Rider and Hardcastle and McCormick)		 One Day at a Time The Jeffersons (19/18.6) Goodnight, Beantown Trapper John, M.D. (30/17.0)
Winter The Four Seasons Alice
Spring Maggie Briggs The Four Seasons
Summer AfterMASH
Follow-up One Day at a Time Goodnight, Beantown
NBC Fall First Camera Knight Rider (25/17.2)
(Tied with The CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Webster, Alice and Hardcastle and McCormick)		 NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
Summer Summer Sunday U.S.A.

Monday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall That's Incredible! Monday Night Football (21/18.1)
(Tied with The NBC Monday Movie)
Winter The ABC Monday Night Movie (12/20.4)
(Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie)
Spring Automan
Summer Monday Night Baseball
CBS Fall Scarecrow and Mrs. King (20/18.3) AfterMASH (15/20.1) Newhart (23/18.0) Emerald Point N.A.S.
Spring Kate & Allie (8/21.9) Cagney & Lacey (10/20.9)
Summer One Day at a Time
NBC Fall Boone NBC Monday Night at the Movies (21/18.1)
(Tied with Monday Night Football)
Winter TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (14/20.3)

Tuesday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Just Our Luck Happy Days Three's Company Oh Madeline Hart to Hart
Winter Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders
Spring a.k.a. Pablo Shaping Up
Follow-up Happy Days Oh Madeline
Summer Hotel
CBS Fall The Mississippi The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (25/17.2)
(Tied with Webster, Alice, Knight Rider and Hardcastle and McCormick)
Spring The American Parade
Summer AfterMASH Domestic Life
NBC Fall The A-Team (4/24.0) Remington Steele Bay City Blues
Follow-up For Love and Honor
Winter Riptide (18/18.8) Remington Steele

Wednesday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall The Fall Guy (16/19.9) Dynasty (3/24.1) Hotel (9/21.1)
Summer The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
Follow-up Dynasty Hotel
CBS Fall Whiz Kids The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
Winter Domestic Life Empire
Spring One Day at a Time Mama Malone
Summer The American Parade
NBC Fall Real People The Facts of Life (24/17.3) Family Ties St. Elsewhere
Winter Night Court
Spring Double Trouble
Summer Double Trouble Jennifer Slept Here The Duck Factory

Thursday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Trauma Center 9 to 5 It's Not Easy 20/20
Winter Automan Masquerade
Spring Lottery!
Follow-up That's Incredible! Two Marriages
Summer Happy Days Happy Days Lottery!
CBS Magnum, P.I. (6/22.4) Simon & Simon (5/23.8) Knots Landing (11/20.8)
NBC Fall Gimme a Break! Mama's Family We Got It Made Cheers Hill Street Blues
Follow-up
Winter Family Ties Cheers Buffalo Bill
Spring The Duck Factory
Summer Night Court

Friday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Benson Webster (25/17.2)
(Tied with The CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Alice, Knight Rider and Hardcastle and McCormick)		 Lottery! Matt Houston
Winter Blue Thunder
Spring Masquerade
CBS The Dukes of Hazzard Dallas (1/25.7) Falcon Crest (7/22.0)
NBC Fall Mr. Smith Jennifer Slept Here Manimal For Love and Honor
Winter Legmen The Master The New Show
Follow-up The Master Legmen
Summer NBC Friday Night at the Movies

Saturday
Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC T. J. Hooker The Love Boat (17/19.0) Fantasy Island
CBS Fall Cutter to Houston The CBS Saturday Night Movies
Winter Whiz Kids Airwolf Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
NBC Fall Diff'rent Strokes Silver Spoons The Rousters The Yellow Rose
Winter We Got It Made Mama's Family
Spring Jennifer Slept Here
Summer Silver Spoons Mama's Family Mr. Smith The Rousters
Follow-up Bosom Buddies Mama's Family Boone

Note: Starting January 7, 1984, Whiz Kids replaced Cutter to Houston at 8:00/7:00 CST due to the latter's cancellation. After airing the two-hour pilot episode of Airwolf on January 22, 1984, following Super Bowl XVIII, CBS ran Airwolf in its first season at 9:00 EST/8:00 CST Saturdays starting with the episode "Daddy's Gone A Hunt'n" on January 28, 1984. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer starring Stacy Keach as Mike Hammer also premiered on CBS on January 28, 1984, at 10:00 EST/9:00 CST.

By network

ABC

CBS

NBC

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. An ^ indicates a show that came back in first-run syndication after a network cancellation.

References
  1. 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.
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