1991–92 United States network television schedule

The 1991–92 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1991 through August 1992. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1990–91 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their original runs are highlighted in italics.

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

  Lime indicates the number-one most-watched program of the season.

  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. From February 8 to 24, 1992, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, and from July 25 to August 9, 1992, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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		Life Goes On		America's Funniest Home Videos (20/14.5)	America's Funniest People (25/13.8) (Tied with the ABC Monday Night Movie)	The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS		60 Minutes (1/21.9)		Murder, She Wrote (8/16.9)		CBS Sunday Movie (14/15.9)
Fox	Fall	True Colors	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	In Living Color	Roc	Married... with Children	Herman's Head	The Sunday Comics
	Winter
	Spring			Roc	In Living Color			Stand By Your Man	Get a Life
	Summer	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures	True Colors	In Living Color	Rachel Gunn, R.N.			Down the Shore	Stand By Your Man
NBC	Fall	The Adventures of Mark & Brian	Eerie, Indiana	Man of the People	Pacific Station	NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Late fall	Eerie, Indiana	The Torkelsons	Hot Country Nights
	Spring		Against All Odds	Mann & Machine
	Summer	The Adventures of Mark & Brian		In the Heat of the Night (R)
	Late summer	Secret Service		I Witness Video

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	MacGyver		Monday Night Football (12/16.6)
	Winter
	Mid-winter	FBI: The Untold Stories	American Detective	The ABC Monday Night Movie (25/13.8) (Tied with America's Funniest People)
	Spring
	Summer
CBS		Evening Shade (15/15.6)	Major Dad (9/16.8)	Murphy Brown (3/18.6)	Designing Women (6/17.3)	Northern Exposure (16/15.5)
Fox		Fox Night at the Movies				Local programming
NBC		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (22/14.3) (Tied with Empty Nest)	Blossom	The NBC Monday Movie (24/13.9)

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Full House (7/17.0)	Home Improvement (4/17.5) (Tied with Cheers)	Roseanne (2/19.9)	Coach (10/16.7) (Tied with Room for Two)	Homefront
	Winter
	Spring				Room for Two (10/16.7) (Tied with Coach)	Civil Wars
	Mid-spring				Coach (10/16.7) (Tied with Room for Two)
	Summer					Jack's Place
CBS		Rescue 911		The CBS Tuesday Movie
NBC	Fall	I'll Fly Away		In the Heat of the Night (30/13.1) (Tied with The Golden Girls)		Law & Order
	Winter
	Spring	In the Heat of the Night (30/13.1) (Tied with The Golden Girls)		Law & Order		Reasonable Doubts
	Mid-spring					Dateline NBC
	Summer	Mann & Machine
	Mid-summer			Quantum Leap (R)
	Late summer	Quantum Leap (R)		Reasonable Doubts

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Dinosaurs	The Wonder Years	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Sibs	Anything but Love	Good & Evil
	Late Fall				Anything but Love	Civil Wars
	Winter
	Spring	The Wonder Years	Doogie Howser, M.D.	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles		Homefront
	Mid-spring			Room for Two (10/16.7) (Tied with Coach)	Sibs	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
	Summer		Growing Pains (R)	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Who's the Boss? (R)	Civil Wars
	Mid-summer		Doogie Howser, M.D.	Home Improvement (R)	Arresting Behavior
CBS	Fall	The Royal Family	Teech	Jake and the Fatman		48 Hours (29/13.2)
	Late fall	Brooklyn Bridge	The Royal Family
	Winter	Davis Rules	Brooklyn Bridge
	Spring	The Royal Family	Davis Rules
	Late spring	Davis Rules	Brooklyn Bridge
	Summer	Howie	Davis Rules	Raven
	Late summer	Freshman Dorm		2000 Malibu Road
Fox	Summer (starting July 8, 1992)	Beverly Hills, 90210		Melrose Place		Local programming
NBC	Fall	Unsolved Mysteries (13/16.5)		Night Court	Seinfeld	Quantum Leap
	Winter			Seinfeld	Night Court
	Spring
	Summer				Dear John
	Mid-summer				Wings (R)	Law & Order (R)

Note: Melrose Place premiered on Fox on Wednesday July 8, 1992.

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Pros and Cons (*)		FBI: The Untold Stories	American Detective	Primetime Live
	Winter
	Spring	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
Summer	Who's the Boss? (R)	Growing Pains (R)	Homefront (R)
CBS	Fall	Top Cops		The Trials of Rosie O'Neill		Knots Landing
	Winter			Street Stories with Ed Bradley
	Spring					The Human Factor
	Summer					Bodies of Evidence
Fox	Fall	The Simpsons	Drexell's Class	Beverly Hills, 90210		Local programming
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer		Parker Lewis Can't Lose
NBC	Fall	The Cosby Show (18/15.0)	A Different World (17/15.2)	Cheers (4/17.5) (Tied with Home Improvement)	Wings (19/14.6)	L.A. Law (28/13.3)
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	A Different World (17/15.2)	The Cosby Show (18/15.0)

(*) Formerly known as Gabriel's Fire

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Family Matters (27/13.5)	Step by Step	Perfect Strangers	Baby Talk	20/20 (21/14.4)
	Winter			Baby Talk	Perfect Strangers
	Mid-winter				Billy
	Spring			Dinosaurs	Baby Talk
	Summer				Perfect Strangers
CBS	Fall	Princesses	Brooklyn Bridge	CBS Friday Night Movie
	Mid-fall	Brooklyn Bridge	Princesses	Various programming		Palace Guard
	Late fall	Various programming		The Carol Burnett Show		Various programming
	Winter			Tequila and Bonetti		Hearts Are Wild
	Spring	Scorch	Fish Police
	Mid-spring	Tequila and Bonetti		CBS Friday Night Movie
	Late spring	Various programming
	Summer
Fox	Fall	America's Most Wanted		The Ultimate Challenge		Local programming
	Mid-fall			Best of the Worst	Totally Hidden Video
	Winter			Totally Hidden Video	Best of the Worst
	Mid-winter			Various programming
	Spring			Totally Hidden Video	Totally Hidden Video
	Mid-spring			Sightings
	Summer
NBC	Fall	Real Life with Jane Pauley	Expose	Dear John	Flesh 'n' Blood	Reasonable Doubts
	Mid-fall	Matlock		Flesh 'n' Blood	Dear John
	Late fall			Pacific Station
	Winter			Various programming
	Spring			I'll Fly Away		Nightmare Cafe
	Mid-spring					The Fifth Corner
	Summer			Reasonable Doubts		Law & Order (R)
	Late summer			Various programming		I'll Fly Away

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Who's the Boss?	Growing Pains	The Young Riders		The Commish
	Winter	Capitol Critters	Who's the Boss?	Perfect Strangers	Growing Pains
	Spring	Who's the Boss?	Billy
	Late spring		Julie	Billy	Perfect Strangers
	Summer	Billy		Perfect Strangers	On the Air
	Mid-summer	MacGyver (R)		Human Target
CBS	Fall	CBS Saturday Movie				P.S. I Luv U
	Winter					Rescue 911
	Mid-winter					The Boys of Twilight
	Spring					The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Fox	Fall	COPS	COPS (R)	Totally Hidden Video	Best of the Worst	Local programming
	Mid-fall			Charlie Hoover	Get a Life
	Winter			Special programming
	Spring			Code 3	Totally Hidden Video
	Summer				Vinnie & Bobby
NBC	Fall	The Golden Girls (30/13.1) (Tied with In the Heat of the Night)	The Torkelsons	Empty Nest (22/14.3) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)	Nurses	Sisters
	Winter		Walter & Emily
	Spring		The Powers That Be
	Mid-spring		The Torkelsons
	Summer		Home Fires
	Late summer		The Powers That Be

By network

ABC

Returning series 20/20 The ABC Monday Night Movie The ABC Sunday Night Movie The ABC Thursday Night Movie America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest People Anything But Love Baby Talk Coach Dinosaurs Doogie Howser, M.D. Family Matters Full House Growing Pains Life Goes On MacGyver Monday Night Football Perfect Strangers Primetime Live Pros and Cons (formerly known as Gabriel's Fire) Roseanne Who's the Boss? The Wonder Years The Young Riders

New series American Detective * Arresting Behavior * Billy * Capitol Critters * Civil Wars * The Commish FBI: The Untold Stories Good & Evil Home Improvement Homefront Human Target * Jack's Place * Julie * On the Air * Room for Two * Sibs Step by Step The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles *

Not returning from 1990–91: The ABC Saturday Night Movie China Beach Cop Rock Davis Rules (moved to CBS) Eddie Dodd Equal Justice Father Dowling Mysteries Going Places Head of the Class Hi Honey, I'm Home! The Man in the Family Married People My Life and Times Stat Thirtysomething Twin Peaks Under Cover

CBS

Returning series 48 Hours 60 Minutes CBS Sunday Movie Davis Rules (moved from ABC) Designing Women Evening Shade Jake and the Fatman Knots Landing Major Dad Murder, She Wrote Murphy Brown Northern Exposure Rescue 911 Top Cops The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

New series 2000 Malibu Road * Bodies of Evidence * The Boys of Twilight * Brooklyn Bridge The Carol Burnett Show Fish Police * Freshman Dorm * Grapevine * Hearts Are Wild * Howie * The Human Factor * P.S. I Luv U Palace Guard Princesses Raven The Royal Family Scorch * Street Stories with Ed Bradley * Teech Tequila and Bonetti *

Not returning from 1990–91: The Antangonists Bagdad Café Broken Badges Dallas Doctor Doctor E.A.R.T.H. Force The Family Man The Flash Good Sports The Hogan Family Lenny Over My Dead Body Paradise Sons & Daughters True Detectives Uncle Buck WIOU Wiseguy You Take the Kids

Fox

Returning series America's Most Wanted Beverly Hills, 90210 Comic Strip Live COPS FOX Night at the Movies Get a Life In Living Color Married... with Children Parker Lewis Can't Lose The Simpsons The Sunday Comics Totally Hidden Video True Colors

New series 2000 Malibu Road * Best of the Worst Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures * Charlie Hoover * Code 3 * Down the Shore * Drexell's Class Freshman Dorm * Herman's Head Melrose Place * Rachel Gunn, R.N. * Roc Sightings Stand By Your Man * The Ultimate Challenge * Vinnie & Bobby *

Not returning from 1990–91: Against the Law American Chronicles Babes DEA Good Grief Haywire Top of the Heap Yearbook

NBC

Returning series Blossom Cheers The Cosby Show Dear John A Different World Empty Nest The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Golden Girls In the Heat of the Night L.A. Law Law & Order Matlock NBC Sunday Night Movie The NBC Monday Movie Night Court Quantum Leap Seinfeld Sisters Unsolved Mysteries Wings

New series Against All Odds * Dateline NBC * Eerie, Indiana * Flesh 'n' Blood Home Fires * Hot Country Nights * I Witness Video * I'll Fly Away Man of the People * Mann & Machine * Nightmare Cafe * Nurses Pacific Station Reasonable Doubts Secret Service * The Adventures of Mark & Brian The Fifth Corner * The Powers That Be * The Torkelsons Walter & Emily *

Not returning from 1990–91: The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage Amen American Dreamer Dark Shadows Down Home The Fanelli Boys Ferris Bueller Grand Hull High Hunter Lifestories Midnight Caller Parenthood Real Life with Jane Pauley Shannon's Deal Sunday Best Working It Out

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