1984–85 United States network television schedule

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The 1984–85 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1984 through August 1985. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1983–84 season.

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 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.

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

Legend

  •   Gray indicates encore programming.
  •   Dark blue indicates news programming.
  •   Light green indicates sporting events.
  •   Light purple indicates movies.
  •   Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
  •   Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
  •   Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
  •   Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.

Sunday

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 Fall Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hardcastle and McCormick The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5)
Late fall The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5) / Specials / Miniseries
CBS Fall 60 Minutes (4/22.2) Murder, She Wrote (8/20.1) The Jeffersons Alice Trapper John, M.D. (29/16.8)
Winter Crazy Like a Fox (10/19.9)
(Tied with Falcon Crest)
NBC Silver Spoons Punky Brewster Knight Rider NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

Note: Beginning December 16, ABC's Sunday schedule between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. varied, consisting of three-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie, two-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 8:00 p.m. with specials airing at 10:00 p.m., specials airing at 8:00 p.m. followed by a two-hour broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 9:00 p.m., or miniseries or sports programming during the entire three-hour block.

Monday

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 Call to Glory Monday Night Football (25/17.0)
(Tied with Remington Steele and Webster)
Late fall Hardcastle and McCormick
Winter The ABC Monday Night Movie
Summer Monday Night Baseball
CBS Scarecrow and Mrs. King (22/17.1)
(Tied with TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes and The Fall Guy)
Kate & Allie (17/18.3) Newhart (16/18.4) Cagney & Lacey (28/16.9)
NBC TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (22/17.1)
(Tied with Scarecrow and Mrs. King and The Fall Guy)
NBC Monday Night at the Movies (18/18.2)

Note: On ABC, Street Hawk was supposed to air 8:00-9:00 p.m., but production problems delayed the series' premiere.[2]

Tuesday

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 Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders Three's a Crowd Paper Dolls Jessie
Late fall Three's a Crowd Who's the Boss? Glitter Paper Dolls
Winter MacGruder and Loud Call to Glory
Late winter Moonlighting
Summer Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders Hail to the Chief Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
CBS Fall AfterMASH E/R The CBS Tuesday Night Movie
Winter The Jeffersons Alice
Spring The Lucie Arnaz Show The Jeffersons
Summer The Jeffersons Alice (R)
NBC The A-Team (6/21.9) Riptide (14/19.2) Remington Steele (25/17.0)
(Tied with Monday Night Football and Webster)

Wednesday

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 The Fall Guy (22/17.1)
(Tied with Scarecrow and Mrs. King and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes)
Dynasty (1/25.0) Hotel (12/19.7)
(Tied with Cheers)
Summer Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action
CBS Fall Charles in Charge Dreams The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
Winter E/R
Spring Double Dare
Summer I Had Three Wives
NBC Fall Highway to Heaven (19/17.7) The Facts of Life It's Your Move St. Elsewhere
Winter Sara
Spring Double Trouble (R)

Thursday

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 People Do the Craziest Things Who's the Boss? Glitter 20/20
Winter The ABC Thursday Night Movie
Spring Wildside Eye to Eye
Mid-spring Who's the Boss? Mr. Belvedere Street Hawk
Summer The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS Magnum, P.I. (15/19.1) Simon & Simon (7/21.8) Knots Landing (9/20.0)
NBC The Cosby Show (3/24.2) Family Ties (5/22.1) Cheers (12/19.7)
(Tied with Hotel)
Night Court (20/17.6) Hill Street Blues (30/16.6)

Friday

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 (25/17.0)
(Tied with Monday Night Football and Remington Steele)
Hawaiian Heat Matt Houston
Winter Street Hawk
Late winter Webster (25/17.0)
(Tied with Monday Night Football and Remington Steele)
Mr. Belvedere Benson Off the Rack
Spring Me and Mom
Summer The Comedy Factory Webster (R)
CBS Fall The Dukes of Hazzard Dallas (2/24.7) Falcon Crest (10/19.9)
(Tied with Crazy Like a Fox)
Winter Detective in the House
Spring The Dukes of Hazzard (R)
NBC Fall V Hunter Miami Vice
Winter Code Name: Foxfire V
Spring The Best Times Half Nelson

Saturday

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 Finder of Lost Loves
CBS Fall Airwolf Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Cover Up
Winter Otherworld Airwolf
Spring Charles in Charge E/R (R)
Mid-spring Cover Up Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Summer Airwolf (R) Various programming
NBC Fall Diff'rent Strokes Gimme a Break! Partners in Crime Hot Pursuit
Mid-fall Double Trouble Gimme a Break! Spencer Partners in Crime
Winter It's Your Move Berrenger's
Spring Under One Roof Hunter
Summer Our Time It's Your Move (R) Mama's Family (R)
Mid-summer Diff'rent Strokes (R) Our Time
Late summer Gimme a Break! (R) The Facts of Life (R) Our Time

By network

ABC

CBS

NBC

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

  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.
  2. ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 3, 1984. p. 88. Retrieved November 20, 2023.