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Television schedule for the fall of 2002 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is the 2002–03 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2002 through June 2003. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2001–02 season. 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]
Other Legend
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Pax TV, as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns although it also carried a limited schedule of first-run programs.
NOTE: Fox 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, King of the Hill and reruns of Malcolm in the Middle were slotted.
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 in the spring in 2003.
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | Monk (R)[lower-alpha 1] | Push, Nevada | Primetime Thursday | |||
Late fall | Dinotopia | Special programming | |||||
Winter | Special programming | ||||||
Mid-winter | Profiles from the Front Line | Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People | |||||
Spring | Special programming | ||||||
Mid-spring | NBA on ABC | ||||||
Late spring | ABC Thursday Night Movie | Primetime Thursday | |||||
Summer | Various programming | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Survivor (7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond) |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1/16.3) | Without a Trace (15/10.0) | |||
Winter | Star Search | ||||||
Mid-winter | Survivor (7/11.9) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond) | ||||||
Spring | The Amazing Race | ||||||
Fox | Fall | MLB on Fox | |||||
Mid-fall | 30 Seconds to Fame | Special programming | Local programming | ||||
Late fall | Fox Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | Joe Millionaire (R) | The Pulse | |||||
Spring | Various programming | ||||||
Late spring | Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape | 30 Seconds to Fame | |||||
Summer | Various programming | Temptation Island | |||||
NBC | Fall | 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) | |
Spring | Frasier (R) | ||||||
UPN | WWE Thursday Night SmackDown! | Local programming | |||||
The WB | Fall | Family Affair | Do Over | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Off Centre | ||
Late fall | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (R) | ||||||
Winter | High School Reunion (Repeats) | The Surreal Life | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | ||||
Late winter | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Family Affair | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (R) | ||||
Spring | Various programming | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | On the Spot | ||||
Mid-spring | The WB Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Late spring | Various programming | The O'Keefes | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (R) | ||||
Summer | The WB Thursday Night Movie |
NOTE: Movies, baseball games, reruns, and specials comprised most of the programming Thursday nights on Fox. Septuplets was supposed to air at 9-10, but it was cancelled at the last minute.
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 | America's Funniest Home Videos | Various programming | 20/20 | |||
Mid-fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | The Drew Carey Show | |||||
Spring | 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter (R) | Regular Joe | |||||
Mid-spring | America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | ||||||
Summer | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ||||||
CBS | Fall | 48 Hours | Hack | Robbery Homicide Division | |||
Late fall | Special programming | ||||||
Winter | Star Search | 48 Hours | |||||
Spring | Baby Bob | Yes, Dear (R) | |||||
Summer | Big Brother | JAG (R) | |||||
Fox | Fall | Firefly | John Doe | Local programming | |||
Winter | Fastlane | ||||||
Summer | The Bernie Mac Show (R) | Wanda at Large (R) | Boston Public (R) | ||||
NBC | Fall | Providence | Dateline Friday | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (14/10.1) | |||
Winter | Mister Sterling | ||||||
Spring | America's Most Talented Kid | Ed | |||||
Mid-spring | Dateline Friday | ||||||
UPN | UPN's Night at the Movies | Local programming | |||||
The WB | Fall | What I Like About You | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Reba | Greetings from Tucson | ||
Winter | Grounded for Life | ||||||
Spring | Greetings from Tucson |
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | ||||||
CBS | Touched by an Angel | The District | The Agency | ||||
Fox | COPS | COPS (R) | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back |
Local programming | |||
NBC | Fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
Winter | Law & Order (R) | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | ||||
Spring | Hunter | Law & Order (R) | |||||
Late spring | NBC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
Summer | Just Shoot Me! | NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
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