2001–02 United States network television schedule

List of American television shows currently in production

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2001. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

Note: The September 11 attacks hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. Although many series began their seasons in September and October, the television season officially did not begin until the month of November. From February 8 to 24, 2002, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Each of the 50 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

Lime indicates the #1 most watched program of the season.

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.

Orange indicates the programs in the top 40 for the season.

Silver indicates the programs in the top 50 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
ABC	The Wonderful World of Disney (#38/11.2 million)				Alias		The Practice (#26/12.9 million)
CBS	60 Minutes (17/14.9 million)		The Education of Max Bickford (22 eps.)		CBS Sunday Movie (#29/12.5 million)
Fox^[2]	Futurama	King of the Hill	The Simpsons (#30/12.4 million)	Malcolm in the Middle (#25/13.0 million)	The X-Files		Local
NBC	Dateline Sunday		Weakest Link (#49/10.3 million)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (#34/11.9 million)		UC: Undercover (13 eps.)
The WB	Ripley's Believe It or Not! (reruns)		The Steve Harvey Show	Men, Women & Dogs (9 eps.)	Nikki	Off Centre	Local

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (#48/10.5 million)		NFL Monday Showcase (#19/14.5 million)	Monday Night Football (#11/17.0 million)
	Winter	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (#48/10.5 million)		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Spring	Encore programming	The Wayne Brady Show	Encore programming		Once and Again
	Follow-up	America's Funniest Home Videos		The Bachelor		Once and Again
CBS	Fall	The King of Queens (#21/13.9 millions)	Yes, Dear (#22/13.9 millions)	Everybody Loves Raymond (#6/20.0 millions)	Becker (#13/16.3 millions)	Family Law (#45/10.7 million)
	Spring	Yes, Dear (#22/13.9 millions)	Baby Bob (#27/12.9 millions)			Family Law (#45/10.7 million)
	Follow-up	The King of Queens (#21/13.9 millions)	Yes, Dear (#22/13.9 millions)			Encore programming
Fox	Fall	Boston Public (#42/10.8 million)		Ally McBeal		Local
	Spring			The American Embassy
	Follow-up			Ally McBeal
NBC	Fall	Weakest Link		Dateline NBC		Crossing Jordan (#28/12.8 millions)
	Follow-up	Weakest Link		Third Watch (#40/11.2 million)
	Winter	Fear Factor (#24/13.7 millions)		Third Watch (#40/11.2 million)
	Summer	Encore programming		Dog Eat Dog		Encore programming
UPN		The Hughleys	One on One	The Parkers	Girlfriends	Local
The WB		7th Heaven		Angel		Local

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	Dharma & Greg	What About Joan? (19 eps.)	Bob Patterson	Spin City	Philly
	Follow-up	Dharma & Greg	Spin City	NYPD Blue (#31/12.3 million)
	Winter	The Chair
	Spring	Dharma & Greg	Spin City
	Follow-up					The Court
	Follow-up					Philly
CBS		JAG (#18/14.8 millions)		The Guardian (#33/12.2 million)		Judging Amy (#23/13.9 millions)
Fox	Fall	That 70s Show	Undeclared	Love Cruise		Local
	Follow-up		Undeclared	24
	Spring		Andy Richter Controls the Universe	24
NBC	Fall	Emeril (7 eps.)	Three Sisters	Frasier (#16/15.0 million)	Scrubs (#39/11.2 million)	Dateline Tuesday (#44/10.7 million)
	Winter	Imagine That (2 eps.)
	Follow-up	Encore programming
	Spring	Encore programming	Watching Ellie
UPN	Fall	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Roswell		Local
	Spring			As If (2 eps.)	The Random Years (4 eps.)
	Follow-up			Roswell
The WB		Gilmore Girls		Smallville		Local

Note: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Roswell moved to UPN from The WB this season.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	My Wife and Kids (#41/11.0 million)	According to Jim	The Drew Carey Show	Whose Line is it Anyway?	20/20 Downtown (#47/10.5 million)
	Winter		According to Jim		The Job
	Spring		George Lopez		Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)
	Follow-up		According to Jim		Encore programming
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes Wednesday (#43/10.8 million)		The Amazing Race		Wolf Lake (9 eps.)
	Winter			CBS Wednesday Movie
	Spring			The Amazing Race		48 Hours
Fox	Fall	Malcolm in the Middle	Grounded for Life	The Bernie Mac Show	Titus	Local
	Follow-up	Encore programming
	Winter	That '80s Show
	Spring	That '80s Show			Greg the Bunny
NBC		Ed		The West Wing (#10/17.2 millions)		Law & Order (#7/18.7 millions)
UPN		Star Trek: Enterprise		Special Unit 2		Local
The WB	Fall	Dawson's Creek		Felicity		Local
	Winter			Glory Days
	Spring			Felicity

NOTE: That '80s Show premiered midseason on January 23 on FOX in the 8:00pm timeslot.

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC		Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Primetime Thursday (#50/10.3 million)
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Africa (#5/20.7 million)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#2/23.7 million)		The Agency
CBS	Winter	Survivor: Marquesas (#4/20.8 million)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#2/23.7 million)		The Agency
Fox		Family Guy	The Tick (9 eps.)	Temptation Island		Local
NBC	Fall	Friends (#1/24.5 million)	Inside Schwartz (#15/15.1 million)	Will & Grace (#9/17.3 million)	Just Shoot Me (#20/14.4 million)	ER (#3/22.1 million)
	Winter		Leap of Faith (#12/16.5 million)
	Follow-up		Friends (repeats) (#8/18.6 million)
UPN		WWF SmackDown!				Local
The WB		Popstars	Elimidate Deluxe (3 eps.)	Charmed		Local

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
ABC	Fall	The Mole: The Next Betrayal		Thieves (8 eps.)		Once and Again
	Follow-up	Encore programming		Thieves (8 eps.)
	Follow-up	America's Funniest Home Videos		Encore programming
	Winter			Once and Again		Encore programming
	Follow-up			Encore programming		20/20
CBS	Fall	The Ellen Show	Danny (2 eps.)	That's Life		48 Hours
	Follow-up	The Ellen Show	Encore programming
	Follow-up	Encore programming	The Ellen Show
	Winter	Encore programming		First Monday
	Spring	AFP: American Fighter Pilot
	Midseason	Encore programming
Fox	Fall	Dark Angel		Pasadena		Local
	Follow-up	Dark Angel		Encore programming
	Winter	Encore programming		Dark Angel
NBC		Providence		Dateline Friday		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#14/15.2 million)
UPN	Fall	UPN Friday Movie				Local
	Spring	Under One Roof
	Follow-up	UPN Friday Movie
The WB	Fall	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Maybe It's Me (22 eps.)	Reba	Raising Dad (22 eps.)	Local
The WB	Winter	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Raising Dad	Reba	Maybe It's Me	Local

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
ABC		ABC Saturday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	Touched by an Angel		Citizen Baines (6 eps.)	The District
CBS	Follow-up	Touched by an Angel		Encore programming	The District
Fox		COPS	COPS 2	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back	Local
NBC		NBC Saturday Night Movie

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.
↑ http://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_2001.htm Archived December 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

United States network television schedules

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