1989–90 United States network television schedule

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:USTV The 1989–90 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1989 through August 1990. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1988–89 season.

Beginning this season, Fox started their prime time expansion starting with Mondays.

This is the first season to feature entirely closed captioning programs on the Big Four networks.

This was the first time that two programs were tied for the no. 1 spot in the Nielsen ratings.

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

New series are highlighted in bold.

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.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows 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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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	Life Goes On		Free Spirit	Homeroom	The ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Winter			America's Funniest Home Videos Template:Small	Free Spirit
	Mid-winter				Elvis
	Spring				America's Funniest Home Videos Template:Small
	Summer				The ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Mid-summer				Mr. Belvedere	The ABC Sunday Night Movie
	Late summer				Tim Conway's Funny America	The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS		Template:Highlight		Murder, She Wrote Template:Small		Template:Highlight
Fox	Fall	Booker		America's Most Wanted	Totally Hidden Video	Married... with Children	Open House	The Tracey Ullman Show	It's Garry Shandling's Show
	Winter	Booker			The Simpsons Template:Small			The Tracey Ullman Show	It's Garry Shandling's Show
	Spring	The Outsiders						Booker
	Summer	The Outsiders					In Living Color	Booker
NBC	Fall	Brand New Life		Sister Kate	My Two Dads	NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Late fall	The Magical World of Disney		Sister Kate	My Two Dads
	Winter	The Magical World of Disney		Ann Jillian	Sister Kate
	Spring	The Magical World of Disney
	Mid-spring	The Magical World of Disney		ALF Template:Small	227
	Summer	The Magical World of Disney
	Late summer	Ann Jillian	A Family for Joe	The Magical World of Disney

Note: In Living Color premiered Sunday, April 15, 1990 at 9:30 PM on Fox.

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	MacGyver		Template:Highlight
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Spring			China Beach		Capital News
	Mid-spring	The Young Riders		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	MacGyver		The ABC Monday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	Major Dad	The People Next Door	Murphy Brown Template:Small	The Famous Teddy Z	Designing Women Template:Small	Newhart
	Mid-fall		The Famous Teddy Z		Designing Women Template:Small	Newhart	Doctor Doctor
	Winter		City				Doctor Doctor
	Spring		City				His & Hers
	Mid-spring		Newhart			Template:Small
	Summer		Sydney			Newhart	The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
	Mid-summer		Doctor Doctor			Saturday Night with Connie Chung
Fox		21 Jump Street		Alien Nation		Template:Small
NBC	Fall	ALF	The Hogan Family	NBC Monday Night at the Movies
	Winter	ALF
	Spring	My Two Dads
	Mid-spring	My Two Dads	Working Girl	Hunter Template:Small		Shannon's Deal
	Summer	ALF	The Hogan Family	NBC Monday Night at the Movies
	Mid-summer	Sister Kate	Working Girl	NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Who's the Boss? Template:Small	The Wonder Years Template:Small	Roseanne Template:Small	Chicken Soup Template:Small	Thirtysomething
	Mid-fall				Coach Template:Small
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer
CBS	Fall	Rescue 911		Wolf		Island Son
	Winter			CBS Tuesday Night Movie
	Spring
	Summer
NBC	Fall	Matlock Template:Small		In the Heat of the Night Template:Small		Midnight Caller
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer					Real Life with Jane Pauley

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Growing Pains Template:Small	Head of the Class Template:Small	Doogie Howser, M.D. Template:Small	Anything but Love	China Beach
	Winter				Anything but Love	China Beach
	Spring				The Marshall Chronicles	Equal Justice
	Mid-spring				Brewster Place	Equal Justice
	Summer				Anything but Love	China Beach
CBS	Fall	Peaceable Kingdom		Jake and the Fatman		Wiseguy
	Mid-fall	Beauty and the Beast
	Winter	Grand Slam
	Spring	Normal Life	Sydney
	Mid-spring	Sydney	Normal Life			Special programming
	Summer	This Is America, Charlie Brown Template:Small	Normal Life			Special programming
	Mid-summer	Newhart Template:Small	His & Hers			Top Cops
Fox Template:Small	Mid-summer	Glory Days		Molloy	Various pilots	Local programming
Fox Template:Small	Late Summer	21 Jump Street Template:Small		Molloy	Various pilots	Local programming
NBC	Fall	Unsolved Mysteries Template:Small		Night Court Template:Small	The Nutt House	Quantum Leap
	Mid-fall				My Two Dads
	Winter				Dear John Template:Small
	Spring				FM
	Late spring				Dear John Template:Small
	Summer			Singer & Sons
	Mid-summer			Night Court Template:Small

Notes: Molloy aired at 9:00 p.m. on Fox from July 25 until August 15, 1990. Fox aired movies at 8:00 p.m. on an irregular basis.

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Mission: Impossible		The Young Riders		Primetime Live
	Winter	Father Dowling Mysteries		The Young Riders
	Spring			Twin Peaks
	Summer			Twin Peaks
CBS	Fall	48 Hours		Top of the Hill		Knots Landing
	Winter			Island Son
	Spring			Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
	Mid-spring			Falcon Crest
	Summer			Wiseguy		Wolf
	Mid-summer			Northern Exposure		The Eddie Capra Mysteries Template:Small
Fox	Late Summer Template:Small	The Simpsons Template:Small	Various Programming	Glory Days		Local programming
NBC	Fall	The Cosby Show Template:Small	A Different World Template:Small	Cheers Template:Small	Dear John Template:Small	L.A. Law Template:Small
	Winter				Grand Template:Small
	Spring				Wings
	Summer				Seinfeld
	Mid-summer				Grand Template:Small

Notes: The Eddie Capra Mysteries, which CBS aired from July 26 to August 30, consisted of reruns of episodes from the 1978-79 NBC series.

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Full House Template:Small	Family Matters	Perfect Strangers	Just the Ten of Us	20/20
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer				New Attitude
CBS	Fall	Snoops		Dallas		Falcon Crest
	Winter	Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
	Mid-winter	The Bradys
	Spring	Template:Small		Bagdad Cafe	Sugar and Spice	Dallas
	Mid-spring	Small Talk	City	Bagdad Cafe	Sugar and Spice	Dallas
	Summer	Falcon Crest		CBS Friday Movie
	Mid-summer	Candid Camera	Bagdad Cafe	Newhart Template:Small	Wish You Were Here	Room for Romance
	Late summer	Prime Time Pets	Candid Camera	Newhart Template:Small	Wish You Were Here	Room for Romance
NBC	Early fall	Baywatch		NBC Friday Night at the Movies
	Fall			Hardball		Mancuso, F.B.I.
	Winter			True Blue
	Mid-winter			Nasty Boys
	Spring					Hardball
	Mid-spring	Mancuso, F.B.I.
	Late spring	Baywatch
	Summer	Bret Maverick Template:Small		The Yellow Rose Template:Small		Midnight Caller Template:Small
	Mid-summer	Quantum Leap Template:Small		Shannon's Deal Template:Small
	Late summer	Quantum Leap Template:Small		Night Court Template:Small	Wings Template:Small

Notes: Bret Maverick, which aired on NBC, consisted of reruns of the series' 1981–82 network run. The Yellow Rose, which also aired on NBC, consisted of reruns of the series' 1983–84 network run.

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	Mr. Belvedere	Living Dolls	The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie
	Winter	Mission: Impossible
	Spring	H.E.L.P.
	Late spring	Sunset Beat
	Early summer	Elvis	Template:Small
	Summer	Super Jeopardy!	Monopoly
	Late summer	Super Jeopardy!	Monopoly	China Beach Template:Small		Twin Peaks Template:Small
CBS	Fall	Paradise		Tour of Duty		Saturday Night with Connie Chung
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer			Beauty and the Beast		Tour of Duty
Fox	Fall	COPS	The Reporters		Beyond Tomorrow	Template:Small
	Winter		Totally Hidden Video	The Reporters
	Spring			In Living Color	The Tracey Ullman Show
	Summer			In Living Color	The Tracey Ullman Show
NBC	Fall	227	Amen	The Golden Girls Template:Small	Empty Nest Template:Small	Hunter Template:Small
	Winter	227
	Spring	ALF
	Mid-spring	A Family for Joe	13 East			Carol and Company	Down Home
	Late spring	13 East	Amen			Carol and Company	Down Home
	Summer	227	Amen			Hunter Template:Small
	Mid-summer	Amen	13 East			Hunter Template:Small
	Late summer	Amen	13 East			Carol and Company	Template:Small