1983–84 United States network television schedule

The 1983–84 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1983 through August 1984. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1982–83 season.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1984 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

New series are highlighted in bold.

Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii–Aleutian times.

Legend

•   Gray indicates encore programming.
•   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
•   Light green indicates sporting events.
•   Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
•  highlight  Lime highlights indicates the number-one most watched program of the season.
•  highlight  Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
•  highlight  Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Sunday

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC		Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Hardcastle and McCormick (30/17.2)		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (12/20.4)
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (2/24.2)		Alice (28/17.2)	One Day at a Time	The Jeffersons (19/18.6)	Goodnight, Beantown	Trapper John, M.D.
	Winter			The Four Seasons (24/17.7)			Alice (28/17.2)
	Late winter			Maggie Briggs	The Four Seasons (24/17.7)
	Spring				Domestic Life
	Mid-spring			AfterMASH (15/20.1)	The Four Seasons (24/17.7)
	Summer
	Mid-summer			Goodnight, Beantown
	Late summer			One Day at a Time	Goodnight, Beantown
NBC	Fall	First Camera		Knight Rider (29/17.2)		NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
	Winter
	Spring
	Mid-spring	Father Murphy (R)
	Summer
	Mid-summer	Summer Sunday U.S.A.

• Note: On NBC, Father Murphy consisted entirely of reruns of the 1981–83 series.

Monday

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.
ABC	Fall	That's Incredible!		Monday Night Football (21/18.1)
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie (13/20.4)
	Spring	Automan
	Mid-spring	Special programming
	Summer
	Late summer	Call to Glory
CBS	Fall	Scarecrow and Mrs. King (20/18.3)		AfterMASH (15/20.1)	Newhart (23/18.0)	Emerald Point N.A.S.
	Winter
	Spring			Kate & Allie (8/21.9)		Cagney & Lacey (10/20.9)
	Mid-spring			One Day at a Time
	Summer
	Late summer			Kate & Allie (8/21.9)
NBC	Fall	Boone		NBC Monday Night at the Movies (22/18.1)
	Winter	TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (14/20.3)
	Spring
	Summer

Tuesday

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.
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
	Mid-spring		Happy Days		Oh Madeline
	Summer		Three's Company	Hotel (R)
	Late summer			The ABC Tuesday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	The Mississippi		The CBS Tuesday Night Movie (26/17.2)
	Winter
	Spring	The American Parade
	Summer	AfterMASH (R)	Domestic Life (R)
NBC	Fall	The A-Team (4/24.0)		Remington Steele		Bay City Blues
	Late fall					For Love and Honor
	Winter			Riptide (18/18.8)		Remington Steele
	Spring
	Summer

Wednesday

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.
ABC	Early fall	The Fall Guy (16/19.9)		Two Marriages		Hotel (9/21.1)
	Fall			Dynasty (3/24.1)
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer			The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
	Late summer			Dynasty (3/24.1)		Hotel (9/21.1)
CBS	Fall	Whiz Kids		The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Winter	Domestic Life	Empire
	Spring	One Day at a Time	Mama Malone
	Summer	The American Parade
NBC	Fall	Real People		The Facts of Life (25/17.3)	Family Ties	St. Elsewhere
	Winter				Night Court
	Spring				Double Trouble
	Summer	Double Trouble	Jennifer Slept Here (R)		The Duck Factory
	Mid-summer				Various programming

Thursday

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.
ABC	Fall	Trauma Center		9 to 5	It's Not Easy	20/20
	Winter	Automan		Masquerade
	Spring	Two Marriages		Lottery!
	Mid-spring	That's Incredible!		Two Marriages
	Summer	Happy Days	Various programming	Lottery!
	Late summer	20/20		Various programming
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
	Winter		Family Ties	Cheers	Buffalo Bill
	Spring				The Duck Factory
	Summer				Night Court (R)

Friday

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.
ABC	Fall	Benson	Webster (27/17.2)	Lottery!		Matt Houston
	Winter			Blue Thunder
	Spring			Masquerade
	Mid-spring			Blue Thunder
	Summer
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
	Late winter	The Master		Legmen
	Spring			NBC Friday Night at the Movies
	Summer

Saturday

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.
ABC		T. J. Hooker		The Love Boat (17/19.0)		Fantasy Island
CBS	Fall	Cutter to Houston		The CBS Saturday Night Movie
	Winter	Whiz Kids		Airwolf		Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
	Spring
	Summer	Mama Malone	The CBS Saturday Night Movie
	Late summer	Airwolf		Various programming
NBC	Fall	Diff'rent Strokes	Silver Spoons	The Rousters		The Yellow Rose
	Winter			We Got It Made	Mama's Family
	Spring		Jennifer Slept Here	People Are Funny
	Summer		Silver Spoons	Mama's Family	People Are Funny	The Rousters
	Mid-summer			Bosom Buddies (R)	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. On NBC, Bosom Buddies consisted of reruns of the 1980–1982 series.

By network

ABC

Returning Series 20/20 9 to 5 The ABC Monday Night Movie The ABC Sunday Night Movie Benson Dynasty The Fall Guy Fantasy Island Happy Days Hart to Hart Life's Most Embarrassing Moments The Love Boat Matt Houston Monday Night Baseball Monday Night Football Ripley's Believe It or Not! T. J. Hooker That's Incredible! Three's Company

New Series The ABC Wednesday Night Movie a.k.a. Pablo * Automan * Blue Thunder * Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders * Hardcastle and McCormick Hotel It's Not Easy Just Our Luck Lottery! Masquerade * Oh Madeline Shaping Up * Trauma Center Two Marriages Webster

Not returning from 1982–83: The ABC Friday Night Movie Amanda's At Ease Baby Makes Five Condo The Greatest American Hero High Performance It Takes Two Joanie Loves Chachi Laverne & Shirley The New Odd Couple The Quest The Renegades Ryan's Four Star of the Family Tales of the Gold Monkey Too Close for Comfort ^

CBS

Returning Series 60 Minutes Alice Cagney & Lacey * Dallas The Dukes of Hazzard Falcon Crest Goodnight, Beantown The Jeffersons Knots Landing Magnum, P.I. The Mississippi Newhart One Day at a Time Simon & Simon Trapper John, M.D.

New Series Airwolf * The American Parade * AfterMASH Cutter to Houston Domestic Life * Emerald Point N.A.S. Empire * The Four Seasons * Kate & Allie * Maggie Briggs Mama Malone * Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer * Scarecrow and Mrs. King Whiz Kids

Not returning from 1982–83: Ace Crawford, Private Eye Archie Bunker's Place Bring 'Em Back Alive Filthy Rich Foot in the Door Gloria Gun Shy M*A*S*H Private Benjamin Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Small & Frye Square Pegs Tucker's Witch Walt Disney Wizards and Warriors Zorro and Son

NBC

Returning Series The A-Team Buffalo Bill * Cheers Diff'rent Strokes The Facts of Life Family Ties Gimme a Break! Hill Street Blues Knight Rider Mama's Family NBC Monday Night at the Movies Real People Remington Steele St. Elsewhere Silver Spoons

New Series Bay City Blues Boone Comedy Zone * Double Trouble * The Duck Factory * First Camera For Love and Honor Jennifer Slept Here Legmen * Manimal The Master * Mr. Smith The New Show * Night Court * People Are Funny * Riptide * The Rousters Summer Sunday U.S.A. * TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes * We Got It Made The Yellow Rose

Not returning from 1982–83: Bare Essence CHiPs The Devlin Connection Fame ^ The Family Tree Father Murphy Gavilan Little House: A New Beginning Love, Sidney Monitor The News is the News The Powers of Matthew Star Quincy, M.E. Taxi Teachers Only Voyagers!

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.