1990–91 United States network television schedule
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The 1990–91 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1990 through August 1991. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1989–90 season.
Beginning this season, Fox started their prime time expansion starting with Thursdays and Fridays.
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 Time 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.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}}.
Legend
{{Plainlist|
- {{Color box|#abbfff|border=darkgray}} Light blue indicates local programming.
- {{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} Gray indicates encore programming.
- {{Color box|#6699CC|border=darkgray}} Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- {{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Light green indicates sporting events.
- {{Color box|#bf8fef|border=darkgray}} Light purple indicates movies.
- {{Color box|#FA8072|border=darkgray}} Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
- {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
- {{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
- {{Color box|FF00FF|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.
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Sunday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|7:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|7:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| colspan="2"|ABC
| colspan="2"|Life Goes On | style="background:#FFFF00;"|America's Funniest Home Videos {{small|(7/16.7)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;"|America's Funniest People {{small|(13/16.3)}} | colspan="4" style="background-color:#bf8fef;"|The ABC Sunday Night Movie |
| rowspan="4"|CBS
! Fall | style="background:#6699CC;" rowspan="4" colspan="2"|{{highlight|60 Minutes {{small|(7/19.7)}}|#FFFF00}} | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Murder, She Wrote {{small|(12/16.4)}} | style="background:#bf8fef;" rowspan="3" colspan="4"|{{highlight|CBS Sunday Movie {{small|(19/15.0)}}|#00FFFF}} |
| Winter |
| Spring |
| Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|All in the Family {{small|(R)}} | style="background:#FFFF00;" colspan="2"|Murder, She Wrote {{small|(8/17.2)}} | colspan="2"|The Trials of Rosie O'Neill |
| rowspan="5"|Fox
! Fall | rowspan="5"|True Colors | rowspan="5"|Parker Lewis Can't Lose | rowspan="5"|In Living Color | rowspan="5"|Get a Life | rowspan="5"|Married... with Children | rowspan="3"|Good Grief | colspan="2"|Against the Law |
| Mid-fall
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Comic Strip: Live |
| Winter |
| Spring
| rowspan="2"|Top of the Heap | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|The Sunday Comics |
| Summer |
| rowspan="4"|NBC
! Fall | colspan="2"|Hull High | colspan="2"|Lifestories | rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|NBC Sunday Night Movie |
| Winter
| colspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|Sunday Best | style="background:#6699CC;"|Real Life with Jane Pauley | style="background:#6699CC;"|Expose |
| Spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | rowspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|Expose | rowspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|Real Life with Jane Pauley |
| Summer |
Monday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|ABC
! Fall | rowspan="4" colspan="2"|MacGyver | style="background:lightgreen;" colspan="4"|{{highlight|Monday Night Football {{small|(10/16.8)}}|#FFFF00;}} |
| Winter
| rowspan="3" colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|The ABC Monday Night Movie |
| Spring |
| Summer |
| rowspan="5"|CBS
! Fall | rowspan="4" style="background:#FF00FF;"|Major Dad {{small|(21/14.9)}} | rowspan="5" style="background:#FFFF00;"|Murphy Brown {{small|(6/16.9)}} | rowspan="5" style="background:#FFFF00;"|Designing Women {{small|(7/17.5)}} | rowspan="3" colspan="2"|The Trials of Rosie O'Neill |
| Mid-fall
| rowspan="3"|Evening Shade |
| Winter |
| Spring
| rowspan="2" colspan="3"|Northern Exposure |
| Summer
| style="background:#FF00FF;"|Major Dad {{small|(21/14.9)}} |
| colspan="2"|Fox
| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|Fox Night at the Movies | style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2"|Local programming |
| rowspan="4"|NBC
! Fall | rowspan="4"|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|NBC Monday Night at the Movies |
| Winter
| rowspan="3"|Blossom |
| Spring |
| Summer |
Note: On CBS, Face to Face with Connie Chung was to have aired 10-11 p.m., but it was replaced by The Trials of Rosie O'Neill at the last minute due to Connie Chung's personal health commitments.{{Cite news |last=Rosenfeld |first=Megan |date=1990-07-31 |title=A PREGNANT PAUSE FOR CHUNG? |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/07/31/a-pregnant-pause-for-chung/0faaf6f0-16a4-4c81-bc1a-cde8e151d504/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |issn=0190-8286}}
Tuesday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="6"|ABC
! Fall | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="3"|Who's the Boss? {{small|(19/15.0)}} | style="background:#FF00FF;"|Head of the Class {{small|(26/14.5)}} | style="background:#FFFF00;" rowspan="6"|Roseanne {{small|(3/18.1)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="3"|Coach {{small|(18/15.3)}} | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Thirtysomething |
| Winter
| style="background:#FF00FF;" rowspan="2"|Davis Rules {{small|(27/14.3)}} |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|Eddie Dodd |
| Follow-up
| style="background:#FF00FF;"|Baby Talk {{small|(27/14.3)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;" |Who's the Boss? {{small|(19/15.0)}} | Stat | rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Thirtysomething |
| Summer
| style="background:#00FFFF;"|Who's the Boss? {{small|(19/15.0)}} | style="background:#FF00FF;"|Head of the Class {{small|(26/14.5)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="2"|Coach {{small|(18/15.3)}} |
| Mid-summer
| style="background:#00FFFF;"|Full House {{small|(14/15.9)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;"|Who's the Boss? {{small|(19/15.0)}} |
| colspan="2"|CBS
| colspan="2"|Rescue 911 | colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|CBS Tuesday Night Movie |
| rowspan="4" |NBC
! Fall | style="background:#00FFFF;" colspan="2" rowspan="4" |Matlock {{small|(17/15.5)}} | style="background:#FF66FF;" colspan="2" rowspan="4" |In the Heat of the Night {{small|(21/14.9)}} | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Law & Order |
| Winter |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|Shannon's Deal |
| Summer
| colspan="2"|Law & Order |
Wednesday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="8"|ABC
! Fall | style="background:#FF66FF;" rowspan="7"|The Wonder Years {{small|(30/14.2)}} | style="background:#FF66FF;" rowspan="7"|Growing Pains {{small|(27/14.3)}} | style="background:#FF66FF;" rowspan="8"|Doogie Howser, M.D. {{small|(24/14.7)}} | rowspan="2"|Married People | colspan="2"|Cop Rock |
| Winter
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Equal Justice |
| Mid-winter |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|Gabriel's Fire |
| Mid-spring
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|American Detective |
| Summer |
| Mid-summer
| style="background:#FF66FF;" rowspan="2"|Davis Rules {{small|(27/14.3)}} |
| Late summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Wonder Years {{small|(R)}} |
| rowspan="6"|CBS
! Fall | Lenny | rowspan="6" colspan="2"|Jake and the Fatman | rowspan="2" colspan="2"|WIOU |
| Late fall
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background:#77AACC;"|48 Hours |
| Winter
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Northern Exposure |
| Spring |
| Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#77AACC;"|48 Hours |
| Mid-summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Police Squad! {{small|(R)}} | colspan="2"|Top Cops |
| rowspan="6"|NBC
! Fall | style="background:#00FFFF;" colspan="2" rowspan="6"|Unsolved Mysteries {{small|(16/15.7)}} | colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Hunter |
| Mid-fall
| rowspan="2"|Dear John |
| Late fall |
| Winter
| rowspan="3"|Night Court | Seinfeld |
| Spring
| rowspan="2"|Dear John | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Quantum Leap |
| Summer |
Note: Top Cops aired at 10:00 PM on CBS from July to October 1990. Police Squad! on CBS consisted of reruns of the 1982 ABC series.
Thursday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|ABC
! Fall | colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Father Dowling Mysteries | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Gabriel's Fire | colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:#6699CC;"|Primetime Live |
| Winter |
| Spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Twin Peaks |
| Summer |
| rowspan="6"|CBS
! Fall | rowspan="2"|Top Cops | rowspan="2" colspan="2"|The Flash | style="background:#FF00FF;" rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Knots Landing {{small|(30/13.7) |
| Winter |
| Mid-winter
| rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Top Cops | colspan="2"|The Flash |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|The Antagonists |
| Summer
| colspan="2"|Over My Dead Body | colspan="2"|Broken Badges |
| Late summer
| colspan="2"|The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | colspan="2"|Golden Years |
| rowspan="4"|Fox
! Fall | rowspan="4" |The Simpsons | rowspan="3"|Babes | rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Beverly Hills, 90210 | style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Local programming |
| Winter |
| Spring |
| Summer |
| rowspan="4"|NBC
! Fall | style="background:#FFFF00" rowspan="4"|The Cosby Show {{small|(5/17.1)}} | style="background:#FFFF00" rowspan="4"|A Different World {{small|(4/17.5)}} | style="background:#FFFF00" rowspan="4"|Cheers {{small|(1/21.3)}} | style="background:#FF00FF"|Grand {{small|(25/14.6)}} | style="background:#FF00FF" rowspan="4" colspan="2"|L.A. Law {{small|(23/14.8)}} |
| Winter
| Wings |
| Spring
| rowspan="2"|Seinfeld |
| Summer |
On CBS, Sons and Daughters was supposed to premiere on October 25, 1990, while The Flash is supposed to start at 8:00-9:00 p.m., but the show was shelved.{{Cite news|date=1990-10-08|title=Top of the Week|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-10-08-OCR-Page-0036.pdf|access-date=2021-09-12}}
Friday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="7"|ABC
! Fall | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="6"|Full House {{small|(14/15.9)}} | style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="3"|Family Matters {{small|(15/15.8)}} | rowspan="3"|Perfect Strangers | rowspan="2"|Going Places | rowspan="7" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6699CC;"|20/20 |
| Winter |
| Spring |
| Mid-spring
| style="background:#00FFFF;"|Family Matters {{small|(15/15.8)}} |
| Summer
| style="background:#00FFFF;" rowspan="2"|Family Matters {{small|(15/15.8)}} | rowspan="3"|Perfect Strangers |
| Mid-summer
| rowspan="2"|Hi Honey, I'm Home! |
| Late summer
| style="background:#00FFFF;"|Family Matters {{small|(15/15.8)}} |
| rowspan="5"|CBS
! Fall | rowspan="2"|Bagdad Café | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Over My Dead Body | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Dallas |
| Mid-fall |
| Winter
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Guns of Paradise | colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Dallas | colspan="2"|Sons and Daughters |
| Spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|True Detectives |
| Summer |
| rowspan="5"|Fox
! Fall | rowspan="5" colspan="2"|America's Most Wanted | colspan="2"|DEA | style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="5" colspan="2"|Local programming |
| Mid-fall
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Against the Law |
| Winter |
| Spring
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|DEA |
| Summer |
| rowspan="5"|NBC
! Fall | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Quantum Leap | Wings | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Midnight Caller |
| Winter
| colspan="2" |Dark Shadows |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|Hull High | colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Hunter | colspan="2"|Dark Shadows |
| Mid-spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Midnight Caller |
| Summer |
Saturday
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m. ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m. |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|ABC
! Fall | rowspan="3" colspan="2"|The Young Riders | colspan="2"|China Beach | rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Twin Peaks |
| Winter
| colspan="2"|Under Cover |
| Spring
| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|The ABC Saturday Night Movie |
| rowspan="5"|CBS
! Fall | colspan="2"|E.A.R.T.H. Force | colspan="2" style="background:#77AACC;"|48 Hours |
| Late fall
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Northern Exposure {{small|(R)}} | colspan="2"|Broken Badges | colspan="2"|Wiseguy |
| Early winter
| rowspan="2"|Lenny | rowspan="3" colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|CBS Saturday Movie |
| Winter |
| Spring
| colspan="2"|The Flash |
| rowspan="5"|Fox
! Fall | rowspan="4"|Totally Hidden Video | rowspan="2"|Haywire | rowspan="4"|COPS | style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="5" colspan="2"|Local programming |
| Winter
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|COPS {{small|(R)}} |
| Mid-winter |
| Spring
| Yearbook |
| Summer
| COPS | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|COPS {{small|(R)}} | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Babes {{Small|(R)}} |
| rowspan="5"|NBC
! Fall | style="background:#FFFF00;" rowspan="5"|The Golden Girls {{small|(9/17.1)}} | style="background:#FFFF00;" rowspan="5"|Empty Nest {{small|(7/16.7)}} | rowspan="4"|Carol & Company | rowspan="2"|American Dreamer |
| Winter
| rowspan="4"|Amen | rowspan="2"|The Fanelli Boys |
| Mid-winter
| rowspan="2"|Dear John |
| Spring |
| Summer
| colspan="2"|Sisters |
By network
= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Returning series
- 20/20
- The ABC Monday Night Movie
- The ABC Saturday Night Movie
- The ABC Sunday Night Movie
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Anything but Love
- China Beach
- Coach
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Equal Justice
- Family Matters
- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Full House
- Growing Pains
- Head of the Class
- Life Goes On
- MacGyver
- Monday Night Football
- Perfect Strangers
- Primetime Live
- Roseanne
- Thirtysomething
- Twin Peaks
- Who's the Boss?
- The Wonder Years
- The Young Riders
{{col-3}}
;New series
- America's Funniest People *
- Baby Talk *
- Cop Rock
- Davis Rules
- Dinosaurs *
- Eddie Dodd *
- Gabriel's Fire
- Going Places
- Hi Honey, I'm Home! *
- The Man in the Family *
- Married People
- My Life and Times *
- Stat *
- Under Cover *
{{col-3}}
Not returning from 1989–90:
- The ABC Mystery Movie
- Brewster Place
- Capital News
- Chicken Soup
- Elvis
- Free Spirit
- H.E.L.P.
- Homeroom
- Just the Ten of Us
- Living Dolls
- The Marshall Chronicles
- Mission: Impossible
- Mr. Belvedere
- Monopoly
- Sunset Beat
- Super Jeopardy!
- Tim Conway's Funny America
{{col-end}}
= [[CBS]] =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Returning series
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- Bagdad Café
- CBS Sunday Movie
- Dallas
- Designing Women
- Doctor Doctor
- Guns of Paradise (formerly known as Paradise)
- The Hogan Family (moved from NBC)
- Jake and the Fatman
- Knots Landing
- Major Dad
- Murder, She Wrote
- Murphy Brown
- Northern Exposure
- Rescue 911
- Wiseguy
{{col-3}}
;New series
- The Antagonists *
- Broken Badges *
- E.A.R.T.H. Force
- Evening Shade
- The Family Man
- The Flash
- Golden Years
- Good Sports *
- Lenny
- Morton & Hayes *
- Over My Dead Body
- Sons and Daughters *
- Sunday Dinner *
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
- True Detectives *
- Uncle Buck
- WIOU
- You Take the Kids *
{{col-3}}
Not returning from 1989–90:
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Bradys
- City
- Falcon Crest
- The Famous Teddy Z
- Grand Slam
- His & Hers
- Island Son
- Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
- Newhart
- Normal Life
- A Peaceable Kingdom
- The People Next Door
- Prime Time Pets
- Room for Romance
- Saturday Night with Connie Chung
- Small Talk
- Snoops
- Sugar and Spice
- Sydney
- Top of the Hill
- Tour of Duty
- Wolf
{{col-end}}
= [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Returning series
- America's Most Wanted
- Comic Strip Live
- Cops
- FOX Night at the Movies
- In Living Color
- Married... with Children
- The Simpsons
- Totally Hidden Video
{{col-3}}
;New series
- Against the Law
- American Chronicles
- Babes
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- DEA
- Get a Life
- Good Grief
- Haywire
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- The Sunday Comics *
- Top of the Heap *
- True Colors
- Yearbook
{{col-3}}
Not returning from 1989–90:
- 21 Jump Street (moved to syndication)
- Alien Nation
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Booker
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Glory Days
- Molloy
- Open House
- The Outsiders
- The Reporters
- The Tracey Ullman Show
{{col-end}}
= [[NBC]] =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Returning series
- Amen
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
- Dear John
- A Different World
- Down Home
- Empty Nest
- The Golden Girls
- Grand
- Hunter
- In the Heat of the Night
- L.A. Law
- Matlock
- Midnight Caller
- NBC Sunday Night Movie
- NBC Monday Night at the Movies
- Night Court
- Quantum Leap
- Real Life with Jane Pauley
- Seinfeld
- Shannon's Deal
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Wings
{{col-3}}
;New series
- The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage *
- American Dreamer
- Blossom *
- Dark Shadows *
- Expose *
- The Fanelli Boys
- Ferris Bueller
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Hull High
- Lifestories
- Law & Order
- Parenthood
- Sisters *
- Sunday Best *
- Working It Out
{{col-3}}
Not returning from 1989–90:
- 13 East
- 227
- ALF
- Ann Jillian
- Baywatch (moved to syndication in September 1991)
- Brand New Life
- Carol and Company
- A Family for Joe
- FM
- Hardball
- The Hogan Family (moved to CBS)
- The Magical World of Disney (moved to ABC)
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- My Two Dads
- Nasty Boys
- The Nutt House
- Singer & Sons
- Sister Kate
- True Blue
- Working Girl
{{col-end}}
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
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