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1998–99 United States network television schedule

Television schedule for the fall of 1998


Television schedule for the fall of 1998

The following is the 1998–99 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1998 through August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1997–98 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

: 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. Other Legend

  • Light blue indicates local programming.
  • Gray indicates encore programming.
  • Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  • Light green indicates sporting events.
  • Light Purple indicates movies.
  • Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included is Pax TV (now Ion), a venture of Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.

Sunday

Network7:00 PM7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringSummerAugustCBSFoxFallFollow UpWinterSpringFollow UpSummerNBCFallWinterSpringSummerAugustThe WBFallWinterSpringSummerFollow Up
The Wonderful World of Disney20/20The Practice
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*
60 Minutes (#7/13.2)Touched by an Angel (#8/13.1)CBS Sunday Movie (#9/12.0)
The World's Funniest!*Holding the Baby*The Simpsons*That '70s Show*The X-Files (#28/9.1)
(Tied with the NBC Sunday Night Movie)Local Programming
The World's Funniest! / The Simpsons (Repeats)
The World's Funniest!
*Futurama*
*Family Guy*
The World's Funniest!King of the Hill (Repeats)*Futurama* (Repeats)
Dateline NBCDateline NBCNBC Sunday Night Movie (#28/9.1)
(Tied with The X-Files)
NBA on NBC
*World's Most Amazing Videos*
Dateline NBC*You Asked For It*
7th Heaven Beginnings (Repeats)Sister, SisterSmart GuyUnhappily Ever After*The Army Show*Local Programming
*Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane*Unhappily Ever After
The Parent 'Hood (Repeats)The Parent 'Hood
The Parent 'HoodSmart Guy*Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane**Movie Stars*

Monday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringSummerCBSFallNovemberWinterSpringSummerAugustFoxFallWinterSpringSummerNBCFallFollow UpWinterSpringFollow UpSummerMid-SummerUPNFallFollow UpWinterMarchAprilJuneFollow UpJulyAugustThe WBFallFollow UpWinterSpringMaySummerMid-Summer
Monday Night Football (#4/14.9)
20/20*ABC Big Picture Show*
Cosby*The King of Queens*Everybody Loves Raymond (#11/10.6)*The Brian Benben Show**L.A. Doctors*
*Becker* (#19/9.7)
(Tied with Dateline NBC and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
48 Hours
*The King of Queens**Thanks*
Melrose PlaceAlly McBeal (#23/9.6)Local Programming
*That '70s Show**That '70s Show* (Repeats)
Suddenly Susan*Conrad Bloom*Caroline in the City*Will & Grace*Dateline NBC (#19/9.7)
(Tied with Becker and The CBS Tuesday Movie)
Caroline in the CityMad About You*Conrad Bloom*
Working
Law & Order (Repeats)
Mad About YouThe NBC Monday Movie
Suddenly SusanMad About YouMad About YouDateline NBC (#19/9.7)
(Tied with Becker and The CBS Tuesday Movie)
Veronica's ClosetLaw & Order
*Guys Like Us**DiResta**The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer*Malcolm & EddieLocal Programming
Malcolm & Eddie*Guys Like Us*Malcolm & Eddie*DiResta*
*Dilbert**DiResta*The Sentinel
*Redhanded*
*Home Movies*
*Power Play*
*Dilbert**Redhanded**Redhanded*
The Sentinel*Seven Days*
MoeshaMalcolm & EddieMoeshaBetween Brothers
7th Heaven*Hyperion Bay*
Various Drama Repeats
*Hyperion Bay*
*Rescue 77*
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
*Rescue 77*
*Movie Stars**Katie Joplin*

Note: UPN only broadcast the first two episodes of Power Play. On August 16, 1999, ABC aired the series premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 8:30pm EDT. It was the only 30 minute episode to air on a Monday night.

Tuesday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringFollow UpSummerMid-SummerAugustCBSFallWinterSpringSummerFoxFallNovemberDecemberWinterSpringSummerNBCFallWinterSpringMid-SpringSummerMid-SummerUPNFallNovemberWinterSpringFollow UpSummerThe WB
Home Improvement (#10/11.0)*The Hughleys*Spin City (#25/9.2)
(Tied with Walker, Texas Ranger and Dateline NBC)*Sports Night*NYPD Blue (#12/10.5)
*Strange World*
NYPD Blue (#12/10.5)
Spin City (Repeats)*It's Like, You Know...* (Repeats)Dharma & Greg (Repeats)
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*
JAG (#16/9.8)
(Tied with Providence and 20/20)CBS Tuesday Movie (#19/9.7)
(Tied with Dateline NBC and Becker)
*60 Minutes II*48 Hours
King of the Hill*Costello*Guinness World Records PrimetimeLocal Programming
King of the Hill (Repeats)
*Holding the Baby*
*The PJs*
*Futurama**The PJs*King of the Hill (Repeats)
Guinness World Records PrimetimeFox Files
Mad About You*Encore! Encore!*Just Shoot Me!WorkingDateline NBC (#19/9.7)
(Tied with Becker and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
3rd Rock from the SunNewsRadio*Will & Grace*
NewsRadio3rd Rock from the Sun*Everything's Relative*
3rd Rock from the SunNewsRadio3rd Rock from the Sun
*Will & Grace*
Just Shoot Me!3rd Rock from the Sun
MoeshaClueless*Mercy Point*Local Programming
*America's Greatest Pets**Reunited*
Malcolm & EddieBetween Brothers
*Family Rules*
Clueless
Buffy the Vampire Slayer*Felicity*

NOTE: On Fox, Brimstone was supposed to premiere 9-10, but it was moved up to Friday.

Wednesday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringSummerMid-SummerAugustCBSFallWinterSpringSummerMid-SummerFoxFallWinterSpringSummerNBCFallFollow UpWinterSpringSummerUPNThe WB
Dharma & Greg (#24/9.3)Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza PlaceThe Drew Carey Show (#14/9.9)
(Tied with 20/20)*The Secret Lives of Men*20/20 (#16/9.8)
(Tied with Providence and JAG)
*Whose Line Is It Anyway?*
*It's Like, You Know...**The Norm Show*
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place*Whose Line Is It Anyway?*
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place*The Norm Show*
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
The Nanny*Maggie Winters**To Have & to Hold*Chicago Hope
*60 Minutes II* (#30/9.0)
(Tied with Diagnosis: Murder)
Cosby*Payne*
The NannyThe NannyCBS Wednesday Movie
CosbyCosby
Beverly Hills, 90210Party of FiveLocal Programming
Fox Wednesday Night Movie
Dateline NBC3rd Rock from the SunNewsRadioLaw & Order (#13/10.1)
*Encore! Encore!*
LateLine
*World's Most Amazing Videos*
*Seven Days*Star Trek: VoyagerLocal Programming
Dawson's Creek*Charmed*

Thursday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallFollow UpWinterFollow UpSpringSummerAugustCBSFallWinterSpringFollow UpMid-SummerFoxFallFollow UpDecemberFebruaryMarchMayLate JuneNBCFallWinterSpringSummerUPNFallWinterSpringSummerMid-SummerAugustThe WBFallWinterSpringFollow UpSummer
*Vengeance Unlimited*ABC Thursday Night Movie
Various Specials
*Vengeance Unlimited*
*Cupid*ABC News Specials
America's Funniest Home VideosThe Drew Carey Show (Repeats)Spin City (Repeats)
ABC Thursday Night Movie*Vanished*
*Whose Line Is It Anyway?**Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*Various SpecialsNightline in Primetime
Promised LandDiagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0)
(Tied with 60 Minutes II)48 Hours
Diagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0)
(Tied with 60 Minutes II)*Turks*
Promised Land
Diagnosis: Murder (#30/9.0)
(Tied with 60 Minutes II)
Diagnosis: Murder
World's Wildest Police VideosFox FilesLocal programming
Various Specials
Fox Files
Various Specials
Fox Files
Various Specials
*Family Guy* (Repeats)*The PJs* (Repeats)
Friends (#2/15.7)*Jesse* (#5/13.7)
(Tied with Veronica's Closet)Frasier (#3/15.6)Veronica's Closet (#5/13.7)
(Tied with Jesse)ER (#1/17.8)
*Will & Grace*
*Jesse* (Repeats)*Will & Grace* (Repeats)
*UPN Thursday Night at the Movies*Local programming
*Mercy Point**Mercy Point*
Various Specials
The Wayans Bros.The Jamie Foxx ShowThe Steve Harvey ShowFor Your Love
Smart Guy
The Wayans Bros.

Note: On Fox, Hollyweird was supposed to premiere 9:00-10:00 but it was canceled due to a conflict with Shaun Cassidy.

Friday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringFollow UpSummerMid-SummerAugustCBSFallWinterSpringFollow UpJuneSummerMid-SummerFoxFallOctoberWinterSpringSummerNBCFallNovemberWinterSpringJuneSummerMid-SummerUPNFallWinterSpringSummerMid-SummerAugust
*Two of a Kind*Boy Meets WorldSabrina the Teenage Witch*Brother's Keeper*20/20 (#14/9.9)
(Tied with The Drew Carey Show)
Sabrina the Teenage WitchTwo Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
Home Improvement (Repeats)Sabrina the Teenage Witch
*Two of a Kind*
Home Improvement*The Hughleys*America's Funniest Home Videos
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
Kids Say the Darndest ThingsCandid Camera*Buddy Faro*Nash Bridges
The Magnificent Seven
Unsolved Mysteries
Various Specials
Unsolved Mysteries
The Magnificent Seven
*Living in Captivity*Getting PersonalMillenniumLocal programming
*Brimstone*
Guinness World Records Primetime
The World's Funniest!MADtv Primetime
Dateline Friday (#25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Walker, Texas Ranger)*Trinity*Homicide: Life on the Street
Law & Order (Repeats)
*Providence* (#16/9.8)
(Tied with 20/20 and JAG)Dateline Friday (#25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Walker, Texas Ranger)
Dateline Friday (#25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Walker, Texas Ranger)NBA on NBC
*Providence* (#16/9.8)
(Tied with 20/20 and JAG)Dateline Friday (#25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Walker, Texas Ranger)Homicide: Life on the Street
*Legacy*Love Boat: The Next WaveLocal Programming
*America's Greatest Pets**America's Greatest Pets*
*Legacy*
*UPN's Night at the Movies*

Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.

Saturday

Network8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.ABCFallWinterFollow UpSpringMayJuneJulyAugustCBSFallWinterSpringSummerFoxNBCFallFollow UpWinterSpringSummer
America's Funniest Home Videos*Fantasy Island**Cupid*
*ABC Big Picture Show**Fantasy Island*
Various programming / The ABC Saturday Night Movie
America's Funniest Home Videos*The Big Moment**ABC Big Picture Show*
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos*The Big Moment*
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*
Early Edition*Martial Law*Walker, Texas Ranger (25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Dateline NBC)
*Sons of Thunder*
Walker, Texas Ranger (25/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City and Dateline NBC)
COPSCOPS (R)*America's Most Wanted:
America Fights Back*Local programming
*Wind on Water*The PretenderProfiler
The Pretender (Repeats) / Best of SNL Specials / Various Specials
The PretenderNBC Saturday Night At The Movies

By network

[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]

;Returning series

  • 20/20
  • The ABC Monday Night Movie
  • ABC Thursday Night Movie
  • America's Funniest Home Videos
  • Boy Meets World
  • Dharma & Greg
  • The Drew Carey Show
  • Home Improvement
  • Monday Night Football
  • NYPD Blue
  • The Practice
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • Spin City
  • Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

;New series

  • ABC Big Picture Show
  • The Big Moment *
  • Brother's Keeper
  • Cupid
  • Fantasy Island
  • The Hughleys
  • It's Like, You Know... *
  • The Norm Show *
  • The Secret Lives of Men
  • Sports Night
  • Strange World *
  • Two of a Kind
  • Vengeance Unlimited
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Not returning from 1997–98:

  • ABC News Saturday Night
  • The ABC Sunday Night Movie
  • C-16: FBI
  • Cracker
  • Ellen
  • Grace Under Fire
  • Hiller and Diller
  • Maximum Bob
  • Nothing Sacred
  • Over the Top
  • Prey
  • Primetime Live
  • Push
  • Soul Man
  • Something So Right
  • Teen Angel
  • That's Life
  • Timecop
  • Total Security
  • You Wish

[[CBS]]

;Returning series

  • 48 Hours
  • 60 Minutes
  • Candid Camera
  • CBS Sunday Movie
  • Chicago Hope
  • Cosby
  • Diagnosis: Murder
  • Early Edition
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
  • JAG
  • Kids Say the Darndest Things
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • The Nanny
  • Nash Bridges
  • Promised Land
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Unsolved Mysteries
  • Walker, Texas Ranger

;New series

  • 60 Minutes II
  • Becker *
  • The Brian Benben Show
  • Buddy Faro
  • The King of Queens
  • L.A. Doctors
  • Maggie Winters
  • Martial Law
  • Payne *
  • Sons of Thunder *
  • Thanks *
  • To Have & to Hold
  • Turks *

Not returning from 1997–98:

  • Brooklyn South
  • The Closer
  • Cybill
  • Dellaventura
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  • Family Matters
  • Four Corners
  • George and Leo
  • The Gregory Hines Show
  • Meego
  • Michael Hayes
  • Murphy Brown (revived in 2018–19)
  • Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel
  • The Simple Life
  • Step by Step
  • Style & Substance

[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]

;Returning series

  • Ally McBeal
  • America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
  • Beverly Hills, 90210
  • COPS
  • Fox Files
  • FOX Night at the Movies
  • Guinness World Records Primetime
  • Getting Personal
  • King of the Hill
  • Melrose Place
  • Millennium
  • Party of Five
  • The Simpsons
  • The World's Funniest!
  • World's Wildest Police Videos
  • The X-Files

New series

  • Brimstone
  • Costello
  • Family Guy *
  • Futurama *
  • Holding the Baby *
  • Living in Captivity
  • The PJs *
  • That '70s Show

Not returning from 1997–98:

  • 413 Hope St.
  • Ask Harriet
  • Between Brothers (moved to UPN)
  • Damon
  • Living Single
  • New York Undercover
  • Significant Others
  • The Visitor

[[NBC]]

;Returning series

  • 3rd Rock from the Sun
  • Caroline in the City
  • Dateline NBC
  • ER
  • Frasier
  • Friends
  • Homicide: Life on the Street
  • Just Shoot Me!
  • LateLine
  • Law & Order
  • Mad About You
  • NBC Sunday Night Movie
  • NBC Saturday Night At The Movies
  • The NBC Monday Movie
  • NewsRadio
  • The Pretender
  • Profiler
  • Suddenly Susan
  • Veronica's Closet
  • Working

;New series

  • Conrad Bloom
  • Encore! Encore!
  • Everything's Relative *
  • Jesse
  • Providence *
  • Trinity
  • Will & Grace
  • Wind on Water
  • World's Most Amazing Videos *

Not returning from 1997–98:

  • Built to Last
  • Fired Up
  • For Your Love (moved to The WB)
  • House Rules
  • Jenny
  • Men Behaving Badly
  • The Naked Truth
  • Players
  • Seinfeld
  • Sleepwalkers
  • Stressed Eric
  • The Tony Danza Show
  • Union Square

[[UPN]]

;Returning series

  • Between Brothers (moved from Fox)
  • Clueless
  • Love Boat: The Next Wave
  • Malcolm & Eddie
  • Moesha
  • The Sentinel
  • Star Trek: Voyager

;New series

  • America's Greatest Pets *
  • Dilbert *
  • DiResta
  • Family Rules *
  • Guys Like Us
  • Home Movies *
  • Legacy
  • Mercy Point
  • Power Play (originally aired on CTV)
  • Redhanded *
  • Reunited *
  • The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  • Seven Days
  • UPN's Night at the Movies Not returning from 1997–98:
  • Good News
  • Head Over Heels
  • Hitz
  • In the House
  • Sparks

[[The WB]]

;Returning series

  • 7th Heaven
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Dawson's Creek
  • For Your Love (moved from NBC)
  • The Jamie Foxx Show
  • The Parent 'Hood
  • Sister, Sister
  • Smart Guy
  • The Steve Harvey Show
  • Unhappily Ever After
  • The Wayans Bros.

;New series

  • The Army Show
  • Charmed
  • Felicity
  • Hyperion Bay
  • Katie Joplin *
  • Movie Stars *
  • Rescue 77 *
  • Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane *

Not returning from 1997–98:

  • Alright Already
  • Invasion America
  • Kelly Kelly
  • Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
  • Three
  • The Tom Show
  • You're the One

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

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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