2003–04 United States network television schedule

The following is the 2003–04 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2003 through August 2004. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2002–03 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]

  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 scheduled programs, including specials.

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.

The 2003–2004 season marked the final time that the major networks scheduled substantial original scripted drama series on Saturdays. After years of declining ratings on that particular evening, beginning with the 2004–2005 season the networks ceased scheduling original dramas on Saturdays, choosing instead to fill the schedule with non-fiction programming and reruns.

From August 13 to 29, 2004, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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	America's Funniest Home Videos		10-8: Officers on Duty		Alias		The Practice
	Winter			Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
	Spring
	Summer
CBS		60 Minutes (16/9.4)		Cold Case (17/9.3)		CBS Sunday Movie (#23/7.8) (Tied with The West Wing and Navy: NCIS)
Fox	Fall	King of the Hill (R)	King of the Hill	The Simpsons	The Bernie Mac Show	Malcolm in the Middle	Arrested Development	Local programming
	Winter	King of the Hill	Oliver Beene
	Spring	King of the Hill (R)	King of the Hill		The Simpsons (R)
	Late spring	Oliver Beene			Arrested Development (R)
	Summer	King of the Hill (R)	Malcolm in the Middle (R)			The Simple Life (R)	Quintuplets (R)
	Mid-summer					The Casino
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		American Dreams		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (19/8.6) (Tied with Crossing Jordan)		The Lyon's Den
	Winter							Crossing Jordan (19/8.6) (Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
	Spring
	Summer
The WB	Fall	Smallville (R)		Charmed		Tarzan		Local programming
	Late fall					One Tree Hill
	Winter					The Surreal Life
	Spring					High School Reunion
	Late spring	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge (R)		Charmed (R)
	Summer

NOTE: On Fox, The Ortegas was supposed to air at 8:30-9, but it was cancelled.

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Primetime Monday		Monday Night Football (#9/11.2) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond)
	Winter	The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	My Wife & Kids	George Lopez	According to Jim	Hope & Faith	Weddings Gone Wacky, Wonderful & Wild: Anything for Love
CBS		Yes, Dear	Still Standing (#26/7.7) (Tied with Judging Amy)	Everybody Loves Raymond (#9/11.2) (Tied with Monday Night Football)	Two and a Half Men (#14/9.9) (Tied with My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance)	CSI: Miami (#8/11.9)
Fox	Fall	The Next Joe Millionaire		Skin		Local Programming
	December	Fox Night at the Movies
	Winter	American Idol		My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance (#14/9.9) (Tied with Two and a Half Men)
	March	That '70s Show (R)	Cracking Up	Forever Eden
	Follow Up	The Bernie Mac Show		That '70s Show (R)
	Spring	The Bernie Mac Show		The Swan
	Summer	North Shore		The Casino
NBC	Fall	Fear Factor (#22/7.9)		Las Vegas (#28/7.6)		Third Watch
	Follow Up					Average Joe (#29/7.4)
	Winter
	Spring					The Restaurant
	Summer			For Love or Money		Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
UPN	Fall	The Parkers	Eve	Girlfriends	Half & Half	Local Programming
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	One on One	Half & Half
The WB	Fall	7th Heaven		Everwood
	Summer			Superstar USA
	Follow Up			Summerland (Repeats)

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	8 Simple Rules	I'm with Her	According to Jim	Less than Perfect	NYPD Blue
	Winter					Line of Fire
	Follow Up					NYPD Blue
	Spring				It's All Relative
	Follow Up				Less than Perfect
	Summer					NYPD 24/7
	Mid-Summer	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition				In the Jury Room
CBS	Fall	Navy: NCIS (#23/7.8) (Tied with The West Wing and the CBS Sunday Movie)		The Guardian		Judging Amy (#26/7.7) (Tied with Still Standing)
	Winter
	Spring			Century City
	Follow Up			The Guardian
	Summer
	Mid-Summer			Big Brother		The Amazing Race
Fox	Fall	MLB Post-Season Games / World Series
	November	Encore programming		24		Local Programming
	December	That '70s Show (R)	The Simple Life
	Winter	American Idol (#2/14.9)
	Spring
	Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	Method & Red (R)	The Jury
	Mid-Summer	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		That '70s Show (R)	Quintuplets (R)
NBC	Fall	Whoopi	Happy Family	Frasier (#30/7.3) (Tied with The King of Queens)	Good Morning, Miami	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#18/8.7)
	Winter	The Tracy Morgan Show	Whoopi		Happy Family
	Follow-up	Whoopi	Happy Family		Scrubs
	Spring	Fear Factor
	Summer	Next Action Star		Last Comic Standing
	Mid-Summer	Scrubs	Happy Family
UPN	Fall	One on One	All of Us	Rock Me Baby	The Mullets	Local Programming
	Follow-up				Girlfriends (Repeats)
	Winter			America's Next Top Model 2
	Spring			Rock Me Baby	One on One
	Summer	All of Us	Eve	America's Next Top Model
	August			The Player
The WB	Fall	Gilmore Girls		One Tree Hill
	Winter
	Spring			High School Reunion
	Follow Up			One Tree Hill
	Summer			Summerland

NOTE: On The WB, Fearless was supposed to have started in the Fall at 9–10, but it was delayed to midseason, then it was cancelled both due to production difficulties.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	My Wife & Kids	It's All Relative	The Bachelor (#21/8.3) / The Bachelorette		Karen Sisco
	Winter					Celebrity Mole: Yucatán
	Spring		My Wife & Kids	Extreme Makeover		Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
	Follow-up			The Bachelor (#21/8.3)		Extreme Makeover
	Summer			The Drew Carey Show	The Drew Carey Show	The Ultimate Love Test
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes II		The King of Queens (#30/7.3) (Tied with Frasier)	Becker	The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
	Winter					48 Hours Investigates
	Spring				The Stones
	Follow Up				Yes, Dear
	Summer
Fox	Fall	That '70s Show	A Minute with Stan Hooper	The O.C.		Local Programming
	December		The Simple Life
	Winter
	February		American Idol (#3/14.1)
	Spring
	Summer		Quintuplets	The Simple Life	Method & Red
NBC	Fall	Ed		The West Wing (#23/7.8) (Tied with the CBS Sunday Movie and Navy: NCIS)		Law & Order (#12/10.8)
	Winter	The Apprentice (Repeats)
	Spring	Third Watch
	Summer	Next Action Star		Law & Order
UPN	Fall	Star Trek: Enterprise		Jake 2.0		Local Programming
	Winter			America's Next Top Model (Repeats)
	March	Game Over	The Mullets	Star Trek: Enterprise
	Spring
	April	Star Trek: Enterprise		I'm Still Alive
	Summer			Star Trek: Enterprise
	Mid-Summer	Amish in the City		The Player
The WB	Fall	Smallville		Angel
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	Flix from the Frog
	Mid-Summer	Smallville		Smallville

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Threat Matrix		Extreme Makeover		Primetime
	Winter
	February	Extreme Makeover
	Spring	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Repeats)		Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
	Summer	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
	Mid-Summer	Extreme Makeover		Extreme Makeover
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Pearl Islands (#7/12.3)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#1/15.9)		Without a Trace (#11/11.1)
	Winter	CSI: Miami (Repeats)
	Spring	Survivor: All-Stars (#7/12.3)
	Summer	Joan of Arcadia
	Mid-Summer	Big Brother
Fox	Fall	MLB Post-Season Games / World Series
	November	Tru Calling		Various Encore Programming		Local Programming
	December			The Simple Life (Repeats)	The Simple Life (Repeats)
	Winter
	Mid-January			My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance (Repeats)
	Spring			Various Encore Programming
	Summer	North Shore		Tru Calling
	Mid-Summer	Fox Night at the Movies
NBC	Fall	Friends (#4/13.6)	Scrubs	Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	Coupling	ER (#6/12.9)
	November		Good Morning, Miami		Scrubs
	Winter		Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	The Apprentice (#5/13.0)
	Spring		Frasier	Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	Scrubs
	Summer		Come to Papa
	Mid-Summer	Will & Grace	Scrubs	Last Comic Standing
UPN		WWE Thursday Night SmackDown				Local Programming
The WB	Fall	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	What I Like About You	Run of the House
	Winter		All About the Andersons	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Follow Up			The Surreal Life
	Spring		Like Family	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Follow Up	Flix from the Frog
	Summer	Pepsi Smash		The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Reba
	Mid-Summer	Blue Collar TV	Reba	Blue Collar TV

NOTE: On Fox, The O.C. was supposed to air at 9-10 after Tru Calling, but at the last minute stick with repeats.

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	George Lopez	Married to the Kellys	Hope & Faith	Life with Bonnie	20/20
	Winter
	Spring		The Big House			The D.A.
	Follow-up				Married to the Kellys	20/20
	Summer		Married to the Kellys		Life with Bonnie
	Mid-Summer		8 Simple Rules		Less than Perfect
CBS	Fall	Joan of Arcadia		JAG		The Handler
	Winter
	Spring					CSI: Miami (Repeats)
	Summer					48 Hours
Fox	Fall	Wanda at Large	Luis	Boston Public		Local Programming
	Follow-up	Fox Night at the Movies
	Winter	Totally Outrageous Behavior	World's Craziest Videos	Boston Public
	Spring	Boston Public		Wonderfalls
	Mid-spring	Playing It Straight
	Follow-up	Totally Outrageous Behavior	World's Craziest Videos	Forever Eden
	May	Fox Night at the Movies
	Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	Method & Red	The Jury
NBC	Fall	Miss Match		Dateline NBC		Boomtown
	Follow-up	Dateline NBC		Miss Match		Third Watch
	Winter			Ed
	Spring	Dateline NBC
	Summer					Las Vegas
UPN	Fall	UPN's Night at the Movies				Local Programming
	Winter
	Spring	Game Over	All of Us	Star Trek: Enterprise
	Follow-up	UPN's Night at the Movies
	Mid-Summer	Star Trek: Enterprise		Amish in the City
The WB	Fall	Reba	Like Family	Grounded for Life	All About the Andersons
	Winter		What I Like About You		Like Family
	Spring				The Help
	Follow-up				Run of the House
	Summer	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Reba
	Mid-Summer				Blue Collar TV

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	Fall	The Wonderful World of Disney				L.A. Dragnet
	Winter					America's Funniest Home Videos (R)
	Spring
	Summer					Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)
CBS	Fall	48 Hours Investigates		Hack		The District
	Winter	Star Search
	Spring	CBS Saturday Night Movie
	Summer	The Amazing Race (R)		Big Brother		Various programming
Fox		COPS	COPS (R)	America's Most Wanted		Local programming
NBC	Fall	NBC Saturday Night Movie				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Winter	The Tracy Morgan Show	Whoopi (R)	Law & Order (R)
	Spring	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Summer					Law & Order: Crime & Punishment

By network

ABC

Returning series 8 Simple Rules 20/20 The ABC Monday Night Movie According to Jim Alias America's Funniest Home Videos The Bachelor The Bachelorette L.A. Dragnet The Drew Carey Show Extreme Makeover George Lopez Less than Perfect Life with Bonnie The Mole Monday Night Football My Wife and Kids NYPD Blue The Practice Primetime Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Wonderful World of Disney

New series 10-8: Officers on Duty * The Big House * The D.A. * Extreme Makeover: Home Edition * Hope & Faith I'm with Her In the Jury Room * It's All Relative Karen Sisco Kingdom Hospital * Line of Fire * Married to the Kellys NYPD 24/7 * Primetime Monday Threat Matrix The Ultimate Love Test * Weddings Gone Wacky, Wonderful & Wild: Anything for Love *

Not returning from 2002-03 ABC Saturday Movie of the Week ABC Thursday Night Movie The Family Lost at Home MDs Miracles Push, Nevada Regular Joe That Was Then Veritas: The Quest

CBS

Returning series 48 Hours 60 Minutes 60 Minutes II The Amazing Race Becker Big Brother CBS Sunday Movie CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Miami The District Everybody Loves Raymond The Guardian Hack JAG Judging Amy The King of Queens Still Standing Star Search Survivor Without a Trace Yes, Dear

New series The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Century City * Cold Case The Handler Joan of Arcadia NCIS The Stones * Two and a Half Men

Not returning from 2002-03 The Agency Baby Bob Bram & Alice Charlie Lawrence My Big Fat Greek Life Presidio Med Queens Supreme Robbery Homicide Division Touched by an Angel

Fox

Returning series: 24 American Idol America's Most Wanted The Bernie Mac Show Boston Public Cops Fox Night at the Movies Joe Millionaire King of the Hill Malcolm in the Middle Oliver Beene The Simpsons That '70s Show Wanda at Large

New series: Arrested Development The Casino * Cracking Up * Forever Eden * The Jury * Luis Method & Red * A Minute with Stan Hooper My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance * The O.C. Playing It Straight * Quintuplets * The Simple Life * Skin The Swan * Totally Outrageous Behavior Tru Calling Wonderfalls *

Not returning from 2002-03: 30 Seconds to Fame Andy Richter Controls the Universe Anything for Love American Juniors Cedric the Entertainer Presents Fastlane Firefly Futurama (revived and moved to Comedy Central in 2008) Girls Club The Grubbs John Doe Keen Eddie Married by America Mr. Personality Paradise Hotel (revived in 2018–19) The Pitts Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape Temptation Island (revived in 2019 on USA)

NBC

Returning series: American Dreams Boomtown Crime & Punishment Crossing Jordan Dateline NBC Ed ER Fear Factor Frasier For Love or Money Friends Good Morning, Miami Last Comic Standing Law & Order Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Restaurant Scrubs Third Watch The West Wing Who Wants to Marry My Dad? Will & Grace

New series: The Apprentice * Average Joe Come to Papa * Coupling Happy Family Las Vegas The Lyon's Den Miss Match Next Action Star * The Tracy Morgan Show * Whoopi

Not returning from 2002-03: America's Most Talented Kid A.U.S.A. Dog Eat Dog Fame Hidden Hills Hunter In-Laws Just Shoot Me! Kingpin Meet My Folks Mister Sterling Providence Race to the Altar Watching Ellie

UPN

Returning series America's Next Top Model Girlfriends Half & Half One on One The Parkers Star Trek: Enterprise UPN's Night at the Movies WWE SmackDown

New series All of Us Amish in the City * Eve Game Over * I'm Still Alive * Jake 2.0 The Mullets The Player * Rock Me Baby

Not returning from 2002-03 Abby Buffy the Vampire Slayer Haunted Platinum The Twilight Zone

The WB

Returning series 7th Heaven Angel Charmed Everwood Flix from the Frog Gilmore Girls Grounded for Life High School Reunion The Jamie Kennedy Experiment Reba Smallville The Surreal Life What I Like About You

New series All About the Andersons Blue Collar TV The Help One Tree Hill Run of the House Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge Studio 7 * Summerland * Superstar USA * Tarzan

Not returning from 2002-03 Birds of Prey Black Sash Dawson's Creek Do Over Family Affair Greetings from Tucson The O'Keefes On the Spot Off Centre Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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

Renewals and cancellations

Renewals

ABC

• 8 Simple Rules—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• According to Jim—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Alias—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• George Lopez—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Hope & Faith—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Less than Perfect—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• My Wife and Kids—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• NYPD Blue—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

CBS

• Cold Case—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• CSI: Miami—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Everybody Loves Raymond—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• JAG—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Joan of Arcadia—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Judging Amy—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• The King of Queens—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• NCIS—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Still Standing—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Two and a Half Men—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Without a Trace—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Yes, Dear—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

Fox

• 24—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Arrested Development—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• The Bernie Mac Show—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• King of the Hill—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Malcolm in the Middle—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• The O.C.—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• The Simpsons—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• That '70s Show—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Tru Calling—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

NBC

• American Dreams—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Crossing Jordan—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• ER—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Las Vegas—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Law & Order—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Scrubs—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Third Watch—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• The West Wing—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Will & Grace—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

UPN

• All of Us—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Eve—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Girlfriends—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Half & Half—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• One on One—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Star Trek: Enterprise—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

The WB

• 7th Heaven—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Charmed—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Everwood—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Gilmore Girls—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Grounded for Life—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• One Tree Hill—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Reba—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Smallville—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• Summerland—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.
• What I Like About You—Renewed for the 2004–2005 season.

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

• 10-8: Officers on Duty—Canceled after one season.
• The Big House—Canceled after one season.
• The D.A.—Canceled after one season.
• The Drew Carey Show—Ended after nine seasons.
• I'm with Her—Canceled after one season.
• It's All Relative—Canceled after one season.
• Karen Sisco—Canceled after one season.
• Kingdom Hospital—Canceled after one season.
• Life with Bonnie—Canceled after two seasons.
• Line of Fire—Canceled after one season.
• Married to the Kellys—Canceled after one season.
• The Practice—Ended after eight seasons.
• Threat Matrix—Canceled after one season.

CBS

• Becker—Ended after six seasons.
• The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire—Canceled after one season.
• Century City—Canceled after one season.
• The District—Ended after four seasons.
• The Guardian—Ended after three seasons.
• Hack—Canceled after two seasons.
• The Handler—Canceled after one season.
• The Stones—Canceled after one season.

Fox

• A Minute with Stan Hooper—Canceled after one season.
• Boston Public—Ended after four seasons.
• Cracking Up—Canceled after one season.
• Futurama—Moved to Comedy Central in 2008.
• Luis—Canceled after one season.
• Method & Red—Canceled after one season.
• Oliver Beene—Canceled after two seasons.
• Skin—Canceled after one season.
• Wonderfalls—Canceled after one season.

NBC

• Boomtown—Canceled after two seasons.
• Come to Papa—Canceled after one season.
• Coupling—Canceled after one season.
• Ed—Ended after four seasons.
• Frasier—Ended after eleven seasons.
• Friends—Ended after ten seasons.
• Good Morning Miami—Canceled after two seasons.
• Happy Family—Canceled after one season.
• The Lyon's Den—Canceled after one season.
• Miss Match—Canceled after one season.
• The Tracy Morgan Show—Canceled after one season.
• Whoopi—Canceled after one season.

UPN

• Game Over—Canceled after one season.
• Jake 2.0—Canceled after one season.
• The Mullets—Canceled after one season.
• The Parkers—Ended after five seasons.
• Rock Me Baby—Canceled after one season.

The WB

• All About the Andersons—Canceled after one season.
• Angel—Ended after five seasons.
• The Help—Canceled after one season.
• Like Family—Canceled after one season.
• Run of the House—Canceled after one season.
• Tarzan—Canceled after one season.