1999–2000 United States network television schedule
The 1999–2000 United States network television schedule is for the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1999. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
Sunday
| Network | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |||
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| ABC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | Snoops | The Practice (#9/11.8) | |||||||
| 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 | Felicity | Jack & Jill | Local Programming | ||||||
| December | Safe Harbor | ||||||||||
| Winter | 7th Heaven Beginnings | ||||||||||
| Spring | D.C. | Movie Stars | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | ||||||||
| Follow-up | Charmed (Repeats) | ||||||||||
| 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
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | Fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Wasteland | 20/20 Downtown | ||
| Follow-up | The Practice | ||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (#2/17.5) | ||||||
| Spring | Wonderland | ||||||
| Follow-up | 20/20 Downtown | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Diagnosis: Murder | Chicago Hope | 48 Hours | |||
| Summer | Big Brother | City of Angels | |||||
| Fox | Fall | World's Wildest Police Videos | Family Guy | Action | Local Programming | ||
| Follow-up | Party of Five | Greed | |||||
| December | Guinness World Records Primetime | ||||||
| Winter | Fox Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Friends (#5/14.0) | Jesse (#13/11.3) | Frasier (#6/13.6) | Stark Raving Mad (#15/10.7) (Tied with NYPD Blue) |
ER (#4/16.9) | |
| Spring | Daddio | Battery Park | |||||
| Follow-Up | Friends (#5/14.0) | Frasier (#6/13.6) | |||||
| Summer | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Just Shoot Me! | |||||
| Follow-Up | Will & Grace | ||||||
| Follow-Up | Frasier | ||||||
| UPN | WWF SmackDown | Local Programming | |||||
| The WB | Popular | Charmed | |||||
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 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | Fall | ESPN College Football | |||||
| Winter | ABC Big Picture Show | ||||||
| Spring | ABC Big Picture Show | NYPD Blue | |||||
| Summer | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| Summer | NBC Saturday Night Movie | Freaks and Geeks | |||||
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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.