1990–91 United States network television schedule

The following is the **1990–91 network television schedule** for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule 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. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as *Monday Night Football*.

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

## By network

### ABC

**Returning series**

* *20/20*
* *The ABC Sunday Night Movie*
* *The ABC Monday 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*
* *Books & Rights*
* *The Buchanan Show*
* *Perfect Strangers*
* *Primetime Live*
* *Roseanne*
* *Pennsylvania PD Blue*
* *Thirtysomething*
* *Twin Peaks*
* *Who's the Boss?*
* *The Wonder Years*
* *The Young Riders*

**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*** \*

**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*

### CBS

**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*

**New series**

* ***The Antagonists*** \*
* ***Broken Badges*** \*
* ***E.A.R.T.H. Force***
* ***Evening Shade***
* ***The Family Man***
* ***The Flash***
* ***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*** \*

**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*
* *Room for Romance*
* *Saturday Night with Connie Chung*
* *Small Talk*
* *Snoops*
* *Sugar and Spice*
* *Sydney*
* *Top of the Hill*
* *Tour of Duty*
* *Wolf*

### Fox

**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*

**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***

**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*

### NBC

**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*

**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***

**Not returning from 1989–90:**

* *3 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*

### Network/Warner

**Returning series**

* American Freeland
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Too Annoyed Much
* Ryan's Lane
* Business Legal
* Success
* Living with the Platts
* Blue & Green
* Different Strangers
* That's Our Business
* Hellstorm's Files
* Book & Rights
* Fenmore's Isle
* Diner General: Busted
* AfterM\*A\*S\*H
* T\*R\*A\*S\*HTink
* Z-Cars
* The Colenel's Project
* RackTrack
* Full Time
* The Men-Team
* Boston P.I.
* Blackadder
* Boston Med
* K.O. Nineteen
* Moved to the Hill
* Jason Riggs: The P.I. Version
* We Got it Made
* Living with the Platts
* Just MacIntyre
* Night Job
* According To Matt
* Blackadder
* RackTrack
* Break House
* Only Fools for Horses
* Five's Company
* *Birds of a Feather*

* Hellstorm M.D.
* Different Strangers: The Law-Team People
* Welcome to the Chancellors
* The Young Ones
* *One Foot in the Grave*
* The Adventures of Dragnet
* Adam-12
* America's Hill of the Streetland
* A\*B\*B\*O\*T\*T

**New series**

* We Got No Made: Enterpresies
* *Drop the Dead Donkey*
* *Red Dwarf*

**Not returning for 1989-90:**

* *Whiz Kids*
* *The Colenel's Project*
* *Blackadder*
* *We Got No Made*