1987–88 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all four United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1987. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as *Monday Night Football*.

*Note: This is the first fall season for Fox, and the first year since 1958-59 that a fourth commercial television network (NTA) was broadcasting. Fox would air only two days a week until 1989.*

*PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.*

New series are highlighted in **bold**.

All times given are in U.S. Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for some live events or specials). Subtract one hour for Central and Mountain times. From February 13 to 28, 1988, all of ABC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

### ABC

* *The ABC Sunday Night Movie*
* *The ABC Monday Night Movie*
* *The Charmings*
* *The Disney Sunday Movie*
* *Dynasty*
* *Growing Pains*
* *Head of the Class*
* *Hotel*
* *MacGyver*
* *Max Headroom*
* *Mr. Belvedere* \* +
* *Monday Night Baseball*
* *Monday Night Football*
* *Moonlighting*
* *Ohara*
* *Book & Rights*
* *The Buchanan Show*
* *Perfect Strangers*
* *Pennsylania PD Blue*
* *Sledge Hammer!*
* *Spenser: For Hire*
* *Who's the Boss?*
* ***China Beach*** \*
* ***Dolly***
* ***Family Man*** \*
* ***Full House***
* ***HeartBeat*** \*
* ***Hooperman***
* ***Hothouse*** \*
* ***I Married Dora***
* ***Just in Time*** \*
* ***Just the Ten of Us*** \*
* ***Once a Hero*** \*
* ***Probe*** \*
* ***Pursuit of Happiness***
* ***Sable***
* ***The "Slap" Maxwell Story***
* ***Supercarrier*** \*
* ***The Thorns*** \*
* ***The Wonder Years*** \*
* ***thirtysomething***
* *Dads*
* *The Ellen Burstyn Show*
* *Gung Ho*
* *Harry*
* *Heart of the City*
* *Jack & Mike*
* *Life with Lucy*
* *Mariah*
* *Our World*
* *Sidekicks*
* *Starman*
* *Webster* ^

### CBS

* *Cagney & Lacey*
* *Candid Camera*
* *The Cavanaughs* \*
* *CBS Summer Playhouse*
* *CBS Sunday Movie*
* *Dallas*
* *Designing Women*
* *The Equalizer*
* *Falcon Crest*
* *Houston Knights*
* *Kate & Allie*
* *Knots Landing*
* *Magnum, P.I.*
* *Murder, She Wrote*
* *My Sister Sam*
* *Newhart*
* *Simon & Simon* \* +
* *West 57th*
* ***Beauty and the Beast***
* ***Blue Skies***
* ***Coming of Age*** \*
* ***Eisenhower and Lutz*** \*
* ***Everything's Relative***
* ***Frank's Place***
* ***High Mountain Rangers*** \*
* ***Jake and the Fatman***
* ***The Law & Harry McGraw***
* ***The Oldest Rookie***
* ***The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour*** \*
* ***Tour of Duty***
* ***Trial and Error*** \*
* ***Wiseguy***
* *Downtown*
* *Hard Copy*
* *Kay O'Brien*
* *The New Mike Hammer*
* *Outlaws*
* *The Popcorn Kid*
* *Roxie*
* *Scarecrow and Mrs. King*
* *Shell Game*
* *Spies*
* *Take Five*
* *Together We Stand*/*Nothing Is Easy*
* *The Twilight Zone*
* *The Wizard*

### Fox

* *Duet*
* *It's Garry Shandling's Show*
* *Married... with Children*
* *Mr. President*
* *The New Adventures of Beans Baxter*
* *The Tracey Ullman Show*
* *Werewolf*
* ***Dirty Dozen: The Series***
* ***Family Double Dare***
* ***Second Chance***
* ***Women in Prison***
* *Karen's Song*

### NBC

* *ALF*
* *Amen*
* *The Bronx Zoo* \*
* *The Cosby Show*
* *Cheers*
* *Crime Story*
* *The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd* \*
* *The Facts of Life*
* *Family Ties*
* *The Golden Girls*
* *Highway to Heaven*
* *Hunter*
* *L.A. Law*
* *Matlock*
* *Miami Vice*
* *NBC Sunday Night Movie*
* *NBC Monday Night at the Movies*
* *Night Court*
* *Our House*
* *Rags to Riches*
* *St. Elsewhere*
* *Valerie's Family* @
* ***Day by Day***
* ***A Different World***
* ***The Highwayman*** \*
* ***In the Heat of the Night*** \*
* ***J.J. Starbuck***
* ***My Two Dads***
* ***Private Eye***
* ***Sonny Spoon*** \*
* ***A Year in the Life***
* *The A-Team*
* *Amazing Stories*
* *Easy Street*
* *Gimme a Break!*
* *Hill Street Blues*
* *Me & Mrs. C*
* *Nothing in Common*
* *Remington Steele*
* *Roomies*
* *Stingray*
* *Sweet Surrender*
* *The Tortellis*
* *You Again?*

## Network/Warner

* Business Legal
* Success
* Living with the Platts
* Blue & Green
* Different Strangers
* That's Our Business
* Book & Rights
* T\*R\*A\*S\*HTink
* Ryan's Lane
* The Lex Fenelli Show
* Fenmore's Isle
* Diner General: Busted
* Just MacIntyre
* Magnum P.I.
* Edge
* AfterM\*A\*S\*H
* Z-Cars
* The Colenel's Project
* RackTrack
* Full Time
* Boston P.I.
* Blackadder
* Break House
* Boston Med
* Webster (moved from ABC)
* We Got it Made
* Living with the Platts
* Night Job
* According To Matt
* Only Fools for Horses
* Five's Company
* Whiz Kids
* The Lex Fenelli Show
* We Got No Made
* The Young Ones
* Adam-12
* America's Hill of the Streetland
* A\*B\*B\*OT\*T

* American Freeland
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* K.O. Nineteen
* Moved to the Hill
* The Men-Team
* Jason Riggs: The P.I. Version
* The Adventures of Dragnet
* Some Night
* Major of America
* Hellstorm's Files
* Rage