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1983–84 United States network television schedule

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The 1983–84 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1983 through August 1984. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1982–83 season.

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

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1984 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]

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.

Legend

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  •   Gray indicates encore programming.
  •   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  •   Light green indicates sporting events.
  •   Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
  •  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.

Sunday

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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 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hardcastle and McCormick (30/17.2) The ABC Sunday Night Movie (12/20.4)
CBS Fall 60 Minutes (2/24.2) Alice (28/17.2) One Day at a Time The Jeffersons (19/18.6) Goodnight, Beantown Trapper John, M.D.
Winter The Four Seasons (24/17.7) Alice (28/17.2)
Spring Maggie Briggs The Four Seasons (24/17.7)
Summer AfterMASH (15/20.1)
Mid-summer One Day at a Time Goodnight, Beantown
NBC Fall First Camera Knight Rider (29/17.2) NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
Summer Summer Sunday U.S.A.

Monday

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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 That's Incredible! Monday Night Football (21/18.1)
Winter The ABC Monday Night Movie (13/20.4)
Spring Automan
Summer Monday Night Baseball
CBS Fall Scarecrow and Mrs. King (20/18.3) AfterMASH (15/20.1) Newhart (23/18.0) Emerald Point N.A.S.
Spring Kate & Allie (8/21.9) Cagney & Lacey (10/20.9)
Summer One Day at a Time
NBC Fall Boone NBC Monday Night at the Movies (22/18.1)
Winter TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (14/20.3)

Tuesday

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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 Just Our Luck Happy Days Three's Company Oh Madeline Hart to Hart
Winter Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders
Spring a.k.a. Pablo Shaping Up
Mid-spring Happy Days Oh Madeline
Summer Three's Company Hotel (9/21.1)
CBS Fall The Mississippi The CBS Tuesday Night Movie (26/17.2)
Spring The American Parade
Summer AfterMASH (15/20.1) Domestic Life
NBC Fall The A-Team (4/24.0) Remington Steele Bay City Blues
Late fall For Love and Honor
Winter Riptide (18/18.8) Remington Steele

Wednesday

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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 Early fall The Fall Guy (16/19.9) Two Marriages Hotel (9/21.1)
Fall Dynasty (3/24.1)
Summer The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
Late summer Dynasty (R) Hotel (R)
CBS Fall Whiz Kids The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
Winter Domestic Life Empire
Spring One Day at a Time Mama Malone
Summer The American Parade
NBC Fall Real People The Facts of Life (25/17.3) Family Ties St. Elsewhere
Winter Night Court
Spring Double Trouble
Summer Double Trouble Jennifer Slept Here The Duck Factory

Thursday

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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 Trauma Center 9 to 5 It's Not Easy 20/20
Winter Automan Masquerade
Spring Lottery!
Mid-spring That's Incredible! Two Marriages
Summer Happy Days Various programming Lottery!
Mid-summer 1984 Summer Olympics
CBS Magnum, P.I. (6/22.4) Simon & Simon (5/23.8) Knots Landing (11/20.8)
NBC Fall Gimme a Break! Mama's Family We Got It Made Cheers Hill Street Blues
Winter Family Ties Cheers Buffalo Bill
Spring The Duck Factory
Summer Night Court

Friday

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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 (27/17.2) Lottery! Matt Houston
Winter Blue Thunder
Spring Masquerade
CBS The Dukes of Hazzard Dallas (1/25.7) Falcon Crest (7/22.0)
NBC Fall Mr. Smith Jennifer Slept Here Manimal For Love and Honor
Winter Legmen The Master The New Show
Late winter The Master Legmen
Summer NBC Friday Night at the Movies

Saturday

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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 (17/19.0) Fantasy Island
CBS Fall Cutter to Houston The CBS Saturday Night Movie
Winter Whiz Kids Airwolf Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
NBC Fall Diff'rent Strokes Silver Spoons The Rousters The Yellow Rose
Winter We Got It Made Mama's Family
Spring Jennifer Slept Here People Are Funny
Summer Silver Spoons Mama's Family People Are Funny The Rousters
Mid-summer Bosom Buddies (R) Mama's Family Boone

Note: Starting January 7, 1984, Whiz Kids replaced Cutter to Houston at 8:00/7:00 CST due to the latter's cancellation. After airing the two-hour pilot episode of Airwolf on January 22, 1984, following Super Bowl XVIII, CBS ran Airwolf in its first season at 9:00 EST/8:00 CST Saturdays starting with the episode "Daddy's Gone A Hunt'n" on January 28, 1984. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer starring Stacy Keach as Mike Hammer also premiered on CBS on January 28, 1984, at 10:00 EST/9:00 CST. On NBC, Bosom Buddies consisted of reruns of the 1980–1982 series.

By network

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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. An ^ indicates a show that came back in first-run syndication after a network cancellation.

References

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  1. ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.