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The 1999–2000 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1999 through August 2000. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1998–99 season.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
New series highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract for 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
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray 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. | |
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ABC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | Snoops | The Practice (9/11.8) | |||||
November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||||
December | Snoops | ||||||||
Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (#3/17.1) | ||||||||
CBS | 60 Minutes (8/12.0) | Touched by an Angel (10/11.6) | CBS Sunday Movie (14/10.9) | ||||||
Fox | Fall | The World's Funniest! |
King of the Hill | The Simpsons | Futurama | The X-Files | Local programming | ||
Winter | Futurama | Malcolm in the Middle (28/8.9) (Tied with Dateline NBC) | |||||||
NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | Third Watch | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
Winter | Twenty-One | ||||||||
Spring | World's Most Amazing Videos | Dateline NBC | |||||||
The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven Beginnings (R) | Felicity | Jack & Jill | Local programming | ||||
December | Safe Harbor | ||||||||
Winter | 7th Heaven Beginnings (R) | ||||||||
Spring | D.C. | Movie Stars | Zoe... | ||||||
Follow-up | Charmed (R) | ||||||||
Summer | The Steve Harvey Show |
For Your Love | The Jamie Foxx Show |
Mission Hill | |||||
Follow-up | For Your Love |
Monday
Tuesday
Note: On Fox, Ally aired as re-edited half-hour repeats of the original hour-long Ally McBeal series. On CBS, Falcone premieres at 9:00 p.m. on April 4, 2000. On UPN, Secret Agent Man was supposed to premiere at 9:00pm, but however due to the show not getting the "buzz" before the fall premiere, The Strip was premiered instead, and the show aired later on in a different night.
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. | |
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ABC | Fall | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | The Drew Carey Show (21/9.5) | Oh, Grow Up | 20/20 Wednesday | |
November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Norm | |||||
December | It's Like, You Know... | ||||||
Winter | Norm | Spin City (24/9.1) (Tied with The West Wing and The ABC Monday Night Movie) | |||||
Spring | Then Came You | ||||||
May | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||
Summer | Clerks | ||||||
Follow-up | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | Spin City (R) | ||||
CBS | Fall | Cosby | Work with Me | CBS Wednesday Movie (30/8.8) (Tied with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) | |||
Follow-up | The King of Queens (R) | ||||||
Winter | City of Angels | ||||||
April | Various specials | ||||||
Summer | Survivor: Borneo | ||||||
Mid-summer | Big Brother | Various CBS News programming | |||||
Fox | Fall | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Get Real | Local programming | |||
February | Various specials | ||||||
March | Get Real | ||||||
April | Party of Five | ||||||
Summer | Various specials | Time of Your Life | |||||
Mid-summer | Various Animation Show Repeats | Guinness World Records Primetime | |||||
August | American High | American High | |||||
Follow-up | Various Animation Show Repeats | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | The West Wing (24/9.1) (Tied with The ABC Monday Night Movie and Spin City) |
Law & Order (11/11.5) | |||
Winter | Twenty-One | ||||||
Spring | Dateline NBC | ||||||
UPN | Seven Days | Star Trek: Voyager | Local programming | ||||
The WB | Fall | Dawson's Creek | Roswell | ||||
Spring | Felicity | ||||||
Summer | Young Americans |
Note: On ABC, Clerks premiered at 9:30 p.m. on May 31, 2000.
Thursday
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Daddio premiered on March 23, 2000, at 8:30. On Fox, Family Guy only had two airings and one special Sunday airing, and then on March 7, 2000, the show was moved to Tuesdays. On The WB, Popular premiered Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at 9:00 pm. On Fox, Manchester Prep was supposed to air at 8–9, but it was cancelled at the last minute. On ABC, Then Came You was scheduled to air at 8:30 PM EST, but due to the show not getting the "buzz" before the fall premiere, Whose Line Is It Anyway? was aired at the last minute, and the show aired later on in a different night.
Friday
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. | |
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ABC | Fall | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
December | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||||
Summer | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | NYPD Blue | |||||
Mid-summer | Various specials | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||
Winter | Winning Lines | Candid Camera | |||||
Follow-up | Early Edition | ||||||
Summer | 48 Hours | Walker, Texas Ranger | Falcone | ||||
Follow-up | Big Brother | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||||
Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back |
Local programming | |||
NBC | Fall | Freaks and Geeks | The Pretender | Profiler | |||
Winter | The Pretender | Profiler | World's Most Amazing Videos | ||||
Spring | The Others | Profiler | |||||
June | NBC Saturday Night Movie | The Others | |||||
July | Profiler | ||||||
August | The Pretender (R) |
By network
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The WB
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- ^ 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.