1984–85 United States network television schedule

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:USTV 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.<ref name="BM2">Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. Template:ISBN.</ref>

Legend

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Schedule

The fall schedule runs from September to November 1984, the winter schedule runs from December 1984 to February 1985, the spring schedule runs from March to May 1985 and the summer schedule runs from June to August 1985.
New series are highlighted in bold.
Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by Template:Small.
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.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Hardcastle and McCormick	Template:Highlight
ABC	Late fall	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Template:Highlight / Specials / MiniseriesTemplate:Efn
CBS	Fall	Template:Highlight		Murder, She Wrote Template:Small	The Jeffersons	Alice	Trapper John, M.D. Template:Small
CBS	Winter	Template:Highlight		Murder, She Wrote Template:Small	Crazy Like a Fox Template:Small		Trapper John, M.D. Template:Small
NBC	Fall	Silver Spoons	Punky Brewster	Knight Rider	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
	Winter	Punky Brewster	Silver Spoons	Knight Rider
	Summer		Template:Small Template:Efn
	Late summer		Template:Small Template:Efn	OceanQuest

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Call to Glory	Template:Highlight
	Late fall	Hardcastle and McCormick	Template:Highlight
	Winter	Hardcastle and McCormick	The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Monday Night Baseball
	Late summer	Hardcastle and McCormick Template:Small	The ABC Monday Night Movie
CBS		Scarecrow and Mrs. King Template:Small	Kate & Allie Template:Small	Newhart Template:Small	Cagney & Lacey Template:Small
NBC		TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes Template:Small	Template:Highlight

Note:

On ABC, Street Hawk was supposed to air 8:00-9:00 p.m., but production problems delayed the series' premiere.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 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?	Paper Dolls		Jessie
	Late fall			Glitter		Paper Dolls
	Winter			MacGruder and Loud		Call to Glory
	Late winter			MacGruder and Loud		Moonlighting
	Spring		Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Who's the Boss?	Hail to the Chief	MacGruder and Loud
	Summer	Who's the Boss? Template:Small	Three's a Crowd Template:Small	Moonlighting Template:Small		MacGruder and Loud
CBS	Fall	AfterMASH	E/R	The CBS Tuesday Night Movie
	Mid-fall	Template:Small
	Winter	The Jeffersons	Alice
	Spring	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Mid-spring	Template:Small
	Summer	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Mid-summer	The Jeffersons Template:Small	Alice Template:Small
	Late summer	The CBS Tuesday Night Movie				West 57th
NBC		The A-Team Template:Small		Riptide Template:Small		Remington Steele Template:Small

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The Fall Guy Template:Small		Dynasty Template:Small		Hotel Template:Small
ABC	Summer	Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action		Dynasty Template:Small		Hotel Template:Small
CBS	Fall	Charles in Charge	Dreams	The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Mid-fall	Charles in Charge	E/R
	Spring	Double Dare
	Summer	Charles in Charge Template:Small	E/R Template:Small
	Mid-summer	I Had Three Wives
NBC	Fall	Highway to Heaven Template:Small		The Facts of Life	It's Your Move	St. Elsewhere
	Mid-winter				Sara
	Summer				Double Trouble Template:Small

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 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		Template:Small Template:Efn
	Summer	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS		Magnum, P.I. Template:Small		Simon & Simon Template:Small		Knots Landing Template:Small
NBC		The Cosby Show Template:Small	Family Ties Template:Small	Cheers Template:Small	Night Court Template:Small	Hill Street Blues Template:Small

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Benson	Webster Template:Small	Hawaiian Heat		Matt Houston
	Winter	Benson	Webster Template:Small	Street Hawk
	Late winter	Webster Template:Small	Mr. Belvedere	Benson	Off the Rack
	Spring		Mr. Belvedere		Off the Rack	Me and Mom
	Summer		The Comedy Factory		People Do the Craziest Things	Matt Houston
	Mid-summer		Mr. Belvedere Template:Small		Off the Rack Template:Small	Template:Small Template:Efn
CBS	Fall	The Dukes of Hazzard		Dallas Template:Small		Falcon Crest Template:Small
	Spring	Detective in the House
	May	The Dukes of Hazzard Template:Small
	Summer	The Dukes of Hazzard Template:Small
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 Template:Small	V Template:Small
	Mid-summer	NBC Friday Night at the Movies
	Late summer	Knight Rider Template:Small		Motown Revue

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 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 Template:Small
	Mid-spring	Cover Up				Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Template:Small
	Mid-summer	Airwolf Template:Small		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 Template:Small		Mama's Family Template:Small	Template:Small Template:Efn
	Mid-summer	Our Time	It's Your Move Template:Small		Mama's Family Template:Small
	Late summer	Diff'rent Strokes Template:Small	Our Time		Template:Small Template:Efn

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.