1982–83 United States network television schedule

This was the schedule for the United States' three commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1982. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series are 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, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

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
ABC		Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Matt Houston		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (26/17.6)
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (1/25.5)		Archie Bunker's Place (22/18.3)	Gloria (18/18.7)	The Jeffersons (12/20.0)	One Day at a Time (16/19.1)	Trapper John, M.D. (18/18.7)
	Spring			Goodnight, Beantown			Newhart
	Follow-up						Alice
NBC		Voyagers!		CHiPs		NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	That's Incredible! (22/18.3)		ABC NFL Monday Night Football (September) (10/20.1)
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie (January) (24/18.0)
	Summer	Monday Night Baseball
CBS	Fall	Square Pegs	Private Benjamin	M*A*S*H (3/22.6)	Newhart (12/20.0)	Cagney & Lacey
	Spring		Small & Frye	Alice	One Day at a Time
	Follow-up	Various programming	Foot in the Door
NBC	Fall	Little House: A New Beginning (28/17.4)		NBC Monday Night at the Movies
	Spring	Love, Sidney	Family Ties

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		Happy Days (28/17.4)	Laverne & Shirley (25/17.8)	Three's Company (6/21.2)	9 to 5 (15/19.3)	Hart to Hart (17/18.9)
CBS	Fall	Bring 'Em Back Alive		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (27/17.5)
	Winter	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Spring	Ace Crawford, Private Eye	Gun Shy
	Summer	Bring 'Em Back Alive
NBC	Fall	Father Murphy		Gavilan		St. Elsewhere
	Winter	The A-Team (10/20.1)		Bare Essence

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Tales of the Gold Monkey		The Fall Guy (14/19.4)		Dynasty (5/22.4)
	Spring	High Performance
	Mid-season	The Fall Guy		Ryan's Four
CBS	Fall	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers		Alice	Filthy Rich	Tucker's Witch
	Follow-up			The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
	Spring	Zorro and Son	Various programming
NBC	Fall	Real People (30/17.2)		The Facts of Life	Family Ties	Quincy, M.E.
	Spring				Taxi
	Summer				Buffalo Bill	The News is the News	Taxi

Note: On CBS, a sitcom called Mama Malone was supposed to have aired 9:30-10 p.m., but was delayed when CBS decided to place Filthy Rich into the schedule. Mama Malone did not actually air until the spring of 1984.

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Joanie Loves Chachi	Star of the Family	Too Close for Comfort	It Takes Two	20/20
	Winter	The Greatest American Hero
	Follow-up	Condo	Amanda's
	Spring	Benson	Condo
CBS	Fall	Magnum, P.I. (3/22.6)		Simon & Simon (7/21.0)		Knots Landing (20/18.6)
	Spring					Tucker's Witch
NBC	Fall	Fame		Cheers	Taxi	Hill Street Blues (21/18.4)
	Winter			Gimme a Break	Cheers

Note : Mama's Family was supposed to have aired on NBC 9:30-10 p.m., but was pushed back to midseason when NBC picked up Taxi.

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Benson	The New Odd Couple	The Greatest American Hero		The Quest
	Follow-up			ABC Friday Night Movie
	Spring		At Ease	Renegades		Tales of the Gold Monkey
	Follow-up	Baby Makes Five
	Follow-up	The New Odd Couple	ABC Friday Night Movie
	Summer	Benson
CBS		The Dukes of Hazzard (30/17.2)		Dallas (2/24.6)		Falcon Crest (8/20.7)
NBC		The Powers of Matthew Star		Knight Rider		Remington Steele

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		T. J. Hooker		The Love Boat (9/20.3)		Fantasy Island
CBS	Fall	Walt Disney		The CBS Saturday Night Movies
	Spring	Wizards and Warriors
NBC	Fall	Diff'rent Strokes	Silver Spoons	Gimme a Break!	Love, Sidney	The Devlin Connection
	Winter			Mama's Family	Taxi	The Family Tree
	Follow-up				Teachers Only	Monitor
	Summer			Quincy, M.E.

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.