1984–85 United States network television schedule

The 1984–85 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1984 through August 1985. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1983–84 season.

Halfway through the season, NBC began airing some of its prime-time programming in MTS stereo sound. The network had aired The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and some specials in this format since the summer of 1984.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1985 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

Legend

•   Light blue indicates local programming.
•   Gray indicates encore programming.
•   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
•   Light green indicates sporting events.
•   Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
•   Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.
•  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.

Schedule

• 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.

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	Fall	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Hardcastle and McCormick		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5)
	Late fall			The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5) / Specials / Miniseries[a]
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (4/22.2)		Murder, She Wrote (8/20.1)		The Jeffersons	Alice	Trapper John, M.D. (29/16.8)
	Winter					Crazy Like a Fox (10/19.9) (Tied with Falcon Crest)
	Spring
	Summer
NBC	Fall	Silver Spoons	Punky Brewster	Knight Rider		NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
	Winter	Punky Brewster	Silver Spoons
	Spring
	Summer		Various programming[b]
	Late summer		Various programming[b]	OceanQuest

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	Call to Glory		Monday Night Football (25/17.0) (Tied with Remington Steele and Webster)
	Late fall	Hardcastle and McCormick
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Spring
	Summer	Monday Night Baseball
	Late summer	Hardcastle and McCormick (R)		The ABC Monday Night Movie
CBS		Scarecrow and Mrs. King (22/17.1) (Tied with TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes and The Fall Guy)		Kate & Allie (17/18.3)	Newhart (16/18.4)	Cagney & Lacey (26/16.9)
NBC		TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (22/17.1) (Tied with Scarecrow and Mrs. King and The Fall Guy)		NBC Monday Night at the Movies (18/18.2)

Note:

• On ABC, Street Hawk was supposed to air 8:00-9:00 p.m., but production problems delayed the series' premiere.^[2]

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	Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Three's a Crowd	Paper Dolls		Jessie
	Mid-Fall	Three's a Crowd	Who's the Boss?
	Late fall			Glitter		Paper Dolls
	Winter			MacGruder and Loud		Call to Glory
	Late winter					Moonlighting
	Spring		Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Who's the Boss?	Hail to the Chief	MacGruder and Loud
	Summer	Who's the Boss? (R)	Three's a Crowd (R)	Moonlighting (R)
CBS	Fall	AfterMASH	E/R	The CBS Tuesday Night Movie
	Mid-fall	Special programming
	Winter	The Jeffersons	Alice
	Spring	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Mid-spring	Special programming
	Summer	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Mid-summer	The Jeffersons (R)	Alice (R)
	Late summer	The CBS Tuesday Night Movie				West 57th
NBC		The A-Team (6/21.9)		Riptide (14/19.2)		Remington Steele (25/17.0) (Tied with Monday Night Football and Webster)

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	Fall	The Fall Guy (22/17.1) (Tied with Scarecrow and Mrs. King and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes)		Dynasty (1/25.0)		Hotel (12/19.7) (Tied with Cheers)
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action
CBS	Fall	Charles in Charge	Dreams	The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Mid-fall		E/R
	Spring	Double Dare
	Summer	Charles in Charge (R)	E/R (R)
	Mid-summer	I Had Three Wives
NBC	Fall	Highway to Heaven (18/17.7)		The Facts of Life	It's Your Move	St. Elsewhere
	Winter				Sara
	Spring				Double Trouble (R)
	Summer

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	People Do the Craziest Things	Who's the Boss?	Glitter		20/20
	Mid-Fall	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Spring	Wildside		Eye to Eye
	Mid-spring	Street Hawk		Various programming[c]
	Summer	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS		Magnum, P.I. (15/19.1)		Simon & Simon (7/21.8)		Knots Landing (9/20.0)
NBC		The Cosby Show (3/24.2)	Family Ties (5/22.1)	Cheers (12/19.7) (Tied with Hotel)	Night Court (20/17.6)	Hill Street Blues (30/16.6)

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 (25/17.0) (Tied with Monday Night Football and Remington Steele)	Hawaiian Heat		Matt Houston
	Winter			Street Hawk
	Late winter	Webster (25/17.0) (Tied with Monday Night Football and Remington Steele)	Mr. Belvedere	Benson	Off the Rack
	Spring					Me and Mom
	Summer		The Comedy Factory		People Do the Craziest Things	Matt Houston
	Mid-summer		Mr. Belvedere (R)		Off the Rack (R)	Various programming[c]
CBS	Fall	The Dukes of Hazzard		Dallas (2/24.7)		Falcon Crest (10/19.9) (Tied with Crazy Like a Fox)
	Spring	Detective in the House
	May	The Dukes of Hazzard (R)
	Summer
NBC	Fall	V		Hunter		Miami Vice
	Late fall			Miami Vice		Hot Pursuit
	Winter			Hunter		Miami Vice
	Mid-winter	Code Name: Foxfire		V
	Spring	The Best Times		Half Nelson
	Summer	Television Parts	Under One Roof (R)	V (R)
	Mid-summer	NBC Friday Night at the Movies
	Late summer	Knight Rider (R)		Motown Revue

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		Finder of Lost Loves
CBS	Fall	Airwolf		Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer		Cover Up
	Winter	Otherworld		Airwolf
	Spring	Charles in Charge	E/R (R)
	Mid-spring	Cover Up				Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (R)
	Summer
	Mid-summer	Airwolf (R)		CBS Saturday Movie
NBC	Fall	Diff'rent Strokes	Gimme a Break!	Partners in Crime		Hot Pursuit
	Mid-fall		Double Trouble	Gimme a Break!	Spencer	Partners in Crime
	Winter				It's Your Move	Berrenger's
	Spring				Under One Roof	Hunter
	Summer		It's Your Move (R)		Mama's Family (R)	Various programming[c]
	Mid-summer	Our Time
	Late summer	Diff'rent Strokes (R)	Our Time		Various programming[d]

Notes:

• Spencer was put on hiatus upon the departure of two main cast members (including the lead) and retooled as Under One Roof.
• Mama's Family consisted of reruns of the series' 1983–84 network run.

By network

ABC

Returning Series 20/20 The ABC Monday Night Movie ABC NFL Monday Night Football The ABC Sunday Night Movie Benson Dynasty The Fall Guy Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders Hardcastle and McCormick Hotel 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 Webster

New Series The ABC Thursday Night Movie Call to Glory The Comedy Factory * Eye to Eye * Finder of Lost Loves Glitter Hail to the Chief * Hawaiian Heat Jessie MacGruder and Loud * Me and Mom * Mr. Belvedere * Moonlighting * Off the Rack * Paper Dolls People Do the Craziest Things Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action * Street Hawk * Three's a Crowd Who's the Boss? Wildside *

Not returning from 1983–84: 9 to 5 The ABC Wednesday Night Movie a.k.a. Pablo Automan Blue Thunder Fantasy Island Happy Days Hart to Hart It's Not Easy Just Our Luck Lottery! Masquerade Oh Madeline Shaping Up That's Incredible! Three's Company Trauma Center Two Marriages

CBS

Returning Series 60 Minutes Airwolf AfterMASH Alice Cagney & Lacey Dallas The Dukes of Hazzard Falcon Crest The Jeffersons Kate & Allie Knots Landing Magnum, P.I. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Newhart Scarecrow and Mrs. King Simon & Simon Trapper John, M.D.

New Series Charles in Charge Cover Up Crazy Like a Fox * Detective in the House * Double Dare * Dreams E/R I Had Three Wives * The Lucie Arnaz Show * Murder, She Wrote Otherworld *

Not returning from 1983–84: The American Parade Cutter to Houston Domestic Life Double Dare Empire Emerald Point N.A.S. The Four Seasons Maggie Briggs Mama Malone The Mississippi One Day at a Time Whiz Kids

NBC

Returning Series The A-Team Cheers Diff'rent Strokes Double Trouble * The Facts of Life Family Ties Gimme a Break! Hill Street Blues Knight Rider NBC Sunday Night Movie NBC Monday Night at the Movies Night Court Remington Steele Riptide St. Elsewhere Silver Spoons TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

New Series Berrenger's * The Best Times * Code Name: Foxfire * The Cosby Show Highway to Heaven Half Nelson * Hot Pursuit Hunter It's Your Move Miami Vice Motown Revue OceanQuest Our Time Partners in Crime Punky Brewster Sara * Spencer/Under One Roof * Television Parts V: The Series

Not returning from 1983–84: Bay City Blues Boone Buffalo Bill Comedy Zone The Duck Factory First Camera For Love and Honor Jennifer Slept Here Legmen Mama's Family Manimal The Master Mr. Smith The New Show People Are Funny Real People The Rousters Summer Sunday U.S.A. We Got It Made The Yellow Rose

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

See also

• 1984–85 United States network television schedule (daytime)
• 1984–85 United States network television schedule (late night)

Notes

1. Beginning December 16, ABC's Sunday schedule between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. varied, consisting of three-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie, 2 1/2 hour broadcasts of the ABC Sunday Night Movie airing at 8:00 p.m., followed by sitcom repeats at 10:30 p.m., two-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 8:00 p.m. with various repeats or specials airing at 10:00 p.m., specials airing at 8:00 p.m. followed by a miniseries or a two-hour broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 9:00 p.m., or miniseries, specials or sports programming during the entire three-hour block.
2. Sitcom repeats and specials
3. Various repeats and specials
4. Sitcom repeats, specials and unsold sitcom pilots