Must See TV
NBC Thursday night lineup history
Lime indicates the #1 most-watched program of the season. Yellow indicates the top-10 most-watched programs of the season.

Must See TV

Section Title: NBC Thursday night lineup history
Table Section Text: Lime indicates the #1 most-watched program of the season. Yellow indicates the top-10 most-watched programs of the season.

Year(s) / Season	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM

Pre-Must See TV (1979–1982)

1979–1980	Fall	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Quincy M.E.	Kate Loves a Mystery

Winter	Skag

Spring	The Rockford Files

1980–1981	Fall	Games People Play	NBC Thursday Night Movie

Winter	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Spring

1981–1982	Fall	Harper Valley	Lewis & Clark	Diff'rent Strokes	Gimme a Break!	Hill Street Blues

Winter	Fame

Spring

"The Best Night of Television on Television" (1982–1993)

1982–1983	Fall	Fame	Cheers	Taxi	Hill Street Blues

Winter	Gimme a Break!	Cheers

Spring

1983–1984	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

1984–1985	Fall	The Cosby Show	Family Ties	Cheers	Night Court	Hill Street Blues

Winter

Spring

1985–1986	Fall	The Cosby Show	Family Ties	Cheers	Night Court	Hill Street Blues

Winter

Spring	All Is Forgiven / Night Court

1986–1987	Fall	The Cosby Show	Family Ties	Cheers	Night Court	Hill Street Blues

Winter	L.A. Law

Spring	Nothing in Common

1987–1988	Fall	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Night Court	L.A. Law

Winter

Spring	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1988–1989	Fall	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Dear John	L.A. Law

Winter

Spring

1989–1990	Fall	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Dear John	L.A. Law

Winter	Grand

Spring	Wings

1990–1991	Fall	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Grand	Law & Order / L.A. Law

Winter	Wings	L.A. Law

Spring	Seinfeld

1991–1992	Fall	The Cosby Show	A Different World	Cheers	Wings	L.A. Law

Winter

Spring

1992–1993	Fall	A Different World	Rhythm & Blues	Cheers	Wings	L.A. Law

Follow-up	Out All Night	A Different World

Winter	Cheers (R)	Wings	Seinfeld

Spring	Crime and Punishment / L.A. Law

Must See TV (1993–2006)

1993–1994	Fall	Mad About You	Wings	Seinfeld	Frasier	L.A. Law

Winter	Homicide: Life on the Street

Spring	L.A. Law

1994–1995	Fall	Mad About You	Friends	Seinfeld	Madman of the People	ER

Winter

Spring	Hope & Gloria	Friends

1995–1996	Fall	Friends	The Single Guy	Seinfeld	Caroline in the City	ER

Winter

Spring	Boston Common

1996–1997	Fall	Friends	The Single Guy	Seinfeld	Suddenly Susan	ER

Winter	Suddenly Susan	The Naked Truth

Spring	Fired Up

1997–1998	Fall	Friends	Union Square	Seinfeld	Veronica's Closet	ER

Winter	Just Shoot Me

Spring

1998–1999	Fall	Friends	Jesse	Frasier	Veronica's Closet	ER

Winter

Spring	Will & Grace

1999–2000	Fall	Friends	Jesse	Frasier	Stark Raving Mad	ER

Winter

Spring	Daddio	Battery Park

2000–2001	Fall	Friends	Cursed	Will & Grace	Just Shoot Me	ER

Winter

Spring

2001–2002	Fall	Friends	Inside Schwartz	Will & Grace	Just Shoot Me	ER

Winter	Leap of Faith

Spring

2002–2003	Fall	Friends	Scrubs	Will & Grace	Good Morning, Miami	ER

Winter

Spring

2003–2004	Fall	Friends	Scrubs and Friends	Will & Grace	Coupling and Scrubs	ER

Winter	Will & Grace	The Apprentice

Spring	Will & Grace	Scrubs

2004–2005	Fall	Joey	Will & Grace	The Apprentice	ER

Winter

Spring

2005–2006	Fall	Joey	Will & Grace	The Apprentice	ER

Winter	Will & Grace	Four Kings	My Name Is Earl	The Office

Spring

Comedy Night Done Right (2006–2013)

2006–2007	Fall	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Deal or No Deal	ER

Winter	Scrubs	30 Rock

Spring	Scrubs and 30 Rock	Andy Barker, P.I. and Scrubs

2007–2008	Fall	My Name Is Earl	30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs	ER

Winter	My Name Is Earl (R) and The Office (R) / Deal or No Deal	Celebrity Apprentice	Lipstick Jungle

Spring	My Name Is Earl	30 Rock and Scrubs	The Office	Scrubs and 30 Rock	ER

2008–2009	Fall	My Name Is Earl	Kath & Kim	The Office	SNL Weekend Update Thursday and 30 Rock	ER

Winter	30 Rock

Spring	Parks and Recreation	Southland

2009–2010	Fall	SNL Weekend Update Thursday and Community	Parks and Recreation	The Office	Community and 30 Rock	The Jay Leno Show

Winter	Community	30 Rock

Spring	The Marriage Ref

2010–2011	Fall	Community	30 Rock	The Office	Outsourced	The Apprentice

Winter	Perfect Couples	Parks and Recreation	30 Rock	Outsourced

Spring	The Paul Reiser Show

The Office (R)

2011–2012	Fall	Community	Parks and Recreation	The Office	Whitney	Prime Suspect

Mid-season	30 Rock	Up All Night	The Firm

Spring	Awake

Follow-up	Community	30 Rock

Follow-up	Parks and Recreation

2012–2013	Fall	SNL Primetime: Election Special and 30 Rock	Up All Night	The Office	Parks and Recreation	Rock Center with Brian Williams

Spring	Community	Parks and Recreation and The Office (R)	1600 Penn / Go On / Parks and Recreation	Do No Harm

Follow-up	Hannibal

NBC's Family of Comedies (2013–2014)

2013–2014	Fall	Parks and Recreation	Welcome to the Family / Parks and Recreation	Sean Saves the World	The Michael J. Fox Show	Parenthood

Mid-season	Community	Parks and Recreation

Spring	Hollywood Game Night

Post-Must See TV (2014–2016)

2014–2015	Fall	The Biggest Loser	Bad Judge	A to Z	Parenthood

Mid-season	The Slap / Dateline: The Real Blacklist	The Blacklist	Allegiance / The Slap

2015–2016	Fall	Heroes Reborn	The Blacklist	The Player

Winter	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Shades of Blue

Spring	Strong	Game of Silence

"Super Good" Thursdays (2016–2017)

2016–2017	Fall	Superstore	The Good Place	Chicago Med	The Blacklist

Winter	Powerless	The Blacklist: Redemption

Spring	The Blacklist

Must See TV (second era, 2017–present)

2017–2018	Fall	Superstore	The Good Place	Will & Grace	Great News	Chicago Fire

Late Winter	A.P. Bio	Champions

2018–2019	Fall	Superstore	The Good Place	Will & Grace	I Feel Bad	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Winter	The Titan Games	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	The Good Place

Spring	Superstore	A.P. Bio	Will & Grace

Sentence(s)

In the 2016-17 season, the Must See TV branding set to air on Thursdays is the Superstore and The Good Place.

final_sentence: In the 2016-17 season, the Must See TV branding set to air on Thursdays is the Superstore and The Good Place.