The following is the 1982–83 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1982 through August 1983. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1981–82 season. 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.

: 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

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | ABC

| colspan="2" | Ripley's Believe It or Not!

| colspan="2" | Matt Houston

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="4" |

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="6" | CBS

! Fall

| bgcolor="6699CC" rowspan="6" colspan="2" |

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" rowspan="3"| Archie Bunker's Place

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3"| Gloria

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="6"| The Jeffersons

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2"| One Day at a Time

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="6" colspan="2"| Trapper John, M.D.

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | Newhart

|-

! Mid-spring

| Goodnight, Beantown

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | Newhart

| Alice

|-

! Summer

| rowspan="2" | Alice

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | One Day at a Time

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | Newhart

|-

! Late summer

| Goodnight, Beantown

|-

! rowspan="5" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|NBC

! Fall

| colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Voyagers!

| colspan="2" rowspan="4"| CHiPs

| colspan="4" rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FA8072"| NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| colspan="2"| Casablanca

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2"| Voyagers!

|-

! Late summer

| style="background:#C0C0C0;" colspan="2"|The Powers of Matthew Star

| style="background:#C0C0C0;" colspan="2"|Knight Rider

|}

Monday

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | ABC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | That's Incredible!

| bgcolor="lightgreen" colspan="4" |

|-

! Winter

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="4" rowspan="2"|

|-

! Spring

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="lightgreen" colspan="6" | Monday Night Baseball

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="8" | CBS

! Fall

| rowspan="3" | Square Pegs

| Private Benjamin

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | M*A*S*H

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | Newhart

| colspan="2" rowspan="8" | Cagney & Lacey

|-

! Winter

| Filthy Rich

|-

! Late winter

| Small & Frye

| rowspan="2" | Alice

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3"| One Day at a Time

|-

! Spring

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF77FF" | Archie Bunker's Place

| rowspan="2" | Foot in the Door

|-

! Mid-spring

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | M*A*S*H

|-

! Summer

| rowspan="3" | Square Pegs

| rowspan="3" | Private Benjamin

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" | Archie Bunker's Place

|-

! Mid-summer

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | Tucker's Witch

|-

! Late summer

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" | M*A*S*H

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | Newhart

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | NBC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Little House: A New Beginning

| bgcolor="#FA8072" rowspan="4" colspan="4" | NBC Monday Night at the Movies

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| rowspan="2" | Love, Sidney

| rowspan="2" | Family Ties

|-

! Summer

|}

Tuesday

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="7" | ABC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" rowspan="5" | Happy Days

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" rowspan="3" | Laverne & Shirley

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="7" | Three's Company

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="7" | 9 to 5

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="7" | Hart to Hart

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

|-

! Mid-spring

| rowspan="4" | Joanie Loves Chachi

|-

! Summer

|-

! Mid-summer

| The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour

|-

! Late summer

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" | Happy Days

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="6" | CBS

! Fall

| colspan="2" | Bring 'Em Back Alive

| bgcolor="#FA8072" rowspan="6" colspan="4" |

|-

! Winter

| colspan="2" | Walt Disney

|-

! Spring

| Ace Crawford, Private Eye

| Gun Shy

|-

! Mid-spring

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" |

|-

! Summer

| colspan="2" | Bring 'Em Back Alive

|-

! Mid-summer

| On the Road with Charles Kuralt

| Our Times with Bill Moyers

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | NBC

! Fall

| colspan="2" | Father Murphy

| colspan="2" | Gavilan

| colspan="2" rowspan="4" | St. Elsewhere

|-

! Winter

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | The A-Team

| colspan="2" | Bare Essence

|-

! Spring

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Remington Steele

|-

! Summer

|-

|}

Wednesday

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="8" | ABC

! Fall

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Tales of the Gold Monkey

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | The Fall Guy

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Dynasty

|-

! Winter

|-

! Late winter

| colspan="2" | High Performance

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="5" | The Fall Guy

| colspan="2" | Ryan's Four

|-

! Mid-spring

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="4"| The ABC Wednesday Night Movie

|-

! Summer

| colspan="2" | Tales of the Gold Monkey

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Dynasty

|-

! Mid-summer

| colspan="2" | The Hamptons

|-

! Late summer

| colspan="2" | Two Marriages

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="6" | CBS

! Fall

| rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

| Alice

| Filthy Rich

| colspan="2" | Tucker's Witch

|-

! Mid-fall

| bgcolor="#FA8072" rowspan="5" colspan="4" | The CBS Wednesday Night Movie

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| Zorro and Son

| style="background:#C0C0C0;" | Square Pegs

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#FA8072" | Small & Frye

| bgcolor="#FA8072" | Filthy Rich

|-

! Mid-summer

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | Archie Bunker's Place

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | Gloria

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="7" | NBC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FF77FF" colspan="2" rowspan="7" | Real People

| rowspan="7" | The Facts of Life

| rowspan="2" | Family Ties

| colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Quincy, M.E.

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| Taxi

|-

! Early summer

| rowspan="3" | Buffalo Bill

|-

! Summer

| The News Is the News

| Taxi

|-

! Mid-summer

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | The Family Tree

|-

! Late summer

| Family Ties

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | St. Elsewhere

|}

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 air until the spring of 1984.

Thursday

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="8" | ABC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Joanie Loves Chachi

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Star of the Family

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="6" | Too Close for Comfort

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | It Takes Two

| bgcolor="#6699CC" colspan="2" rowspan="8" | 20/20

|-

! Winter

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | The Greatest American Hero

|-

! Follow Up

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Condo

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Amanda's

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Benson

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Condo

|-

! Follow Up

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="2"|Special programming

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Amanda's

|-

! Late Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Condo

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | The New Odd Couple

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | It Takes Two

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#bf8fef" colspan="4" | The ABC Thursday Night Movie

|-

! Mid-Summer

| bgcolor="#6699CC" | Eye On Hollywood

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Too Close for Comfort

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Reggie

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | It Takes Two

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | CBS

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Magnum, P.I. (3/22.6)<br/><small>(Tied with M*A*S*H)</small>

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Simon & Simon (7/21.0)

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Knots Landing (20/18.6)

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | Tucker's Witch

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" | Knots Landing (20/18.6)

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="5" | NBC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Fame

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Cheers

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Taxi

| bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="2" rowspan="5" | Hill Street Blues (21/18.4)

|-

! Winter

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | Gimme a Break!

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | Cheers

|-

! Spring

|-

! Summer

|-

! Late summer

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Gimme a Break!

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Mama's Family

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Taxi

|}

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

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="7" | ABC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | Benson

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | The New Odd Couple

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | The Greatest American Hero

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | The Quest

|-

! Follow-up

| bgcolor="#bf8fef" colspan="4" rowspan="2" | ABC Friday Night Movie

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | At Ease

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Renegades

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Tales of the Gold Monkey

|-

! April

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Baby Makes Five

|-

! Follow-up

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | The New Odd Couple

| bgcolor="#bf8fef" colspan="4" rowspan="2" | ABC Friday Night Movie

|-

! Late Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Benson

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | CBS

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="4" colspan="2" | The Dukes of Hazzard (30/17.2)<br/><small>(Tied with Real People)</small>

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="4" colspan="2" | Dallas (2/24.6)

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Falcon Crest (8/20.7)

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | The Mississippi

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" | Falcon Crest (8/20.7)

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | NBC

! Fall

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | The Powers of Matthew Star

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | Knight Rider

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Remington Steele

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | Bare Essence

|-

! Summer

| style="background:#C0C0C0;" colspan="2" | Eischied

|}

Note: On NBC, Eischied consisted of reruns of the network's 1979-80 crime drama series.

Saturday

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | ABC

| colspan="2" | T. J. Hooker

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" | The Love Boat

| colspan="2" | Fantasy Island

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | CBS

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Walt Disney

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="4" rowspan="4" | The CBS Saturday Night Movie

|-

! Winter

|-

! Spring

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Wizards and Warriors

|-

! Summer

|-

! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="5" | NBC

! Fall

| rowspan="5" | Diff'rent Strokes

| rowspan="5" | Silver Spoons

| Gimme a Break!

| Love, Sidney

| colspan="2" | The Devlin Connection

|-

! Winter

| rowspan="2" | Mama's Family

| Taxi

| colspan="2" | The Family Tree

|-

! Spring

| Teachers Only

| bgcolor="#6699CC" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Monitor

|-

! Summer

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Quincy, M.E.

|-

! Late summer

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" | Casablanca

|}

By network

ABC

Returning Series

  • 20/20
  • 9 to 5
  • The ABC Friday Night Movie
  • The ABC Monday Night Movie
  • ABC NFL Monday Night Football
  • The ABC Sunday Night Movie
  • Benson
  • Dynasty
  • The Fall Guy
  • Fantasy Island
  • The Greatest American Hero
  • Happy Days
  • Hart to Hart
  • Joanie Loves Chachi
  • Laverne & Shirley
  • The Love Boat
  • Monday Night Baseball
  • T. J. Hooker
  • That's Incredible!
  • Three's Company
  • Too Close for Comfort

New Series

  • The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour *
  • Amanda's *
  • At Ease *
  • Baby Makes Five *
  • Condo *
  • High Performance *
  • It Takes Two
  • Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
  • Matt Houston
  • The New Odd Couple
  • The Quest
  • The Renegades *
  • Reggie
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  • Ryan's Four *
  • Star of the Family
  • Tales of the Gold Monkey

Not returning from 1981–82:

  • Barney Miller
  • Best of the West
  • Bosom Buddies
  • Code Red
  • Darkroom
  • King's Crossing
  • Maggie
  • Making a Living
  • Mork & Mindy
  • No Soap, Radio
  • Open All Night
  • The Phoenix
  • Police Squad!
  • Strike Force
  • Taxi (moved to NBC)
  • Today's FBI

CBS

Returning Series

  • 60 Minutes
  • Alice
  • Archie Bunker's Place
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Dallas
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Falcon Crest
  • Filthy Rich
  • The Jeffersons
  • Knots Landing
  • M*A*S*H
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • One Day at a Time
  • Private Benjamin
  • Simon & Simon
  • Trapper John, M.D.
  • Walt Disney

New Series

  • Ace Crawford, Private Eye *
  • Bring 'Em Back Alive
  • Foot in the Door *
  • Gloria
  • Goodnight, Beantown *
  • Gun Shy *
  • The Mississippi *
  • Newhart
  • On the Road with Charles Kuralt
  • Our Times with Bill Moyers
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Small & Frye *
  • Square Pegs
  • Tucker's Witch
  • Wizards and Warriors *
  • Zorro and Son *

Not returning from 1981–82:

  • Baker's Dozen
  • Herbie, the Love Bug
  • House Calls
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Jessica Novak
  • Lou Grant
  • Making the Grade
  • Mr. Merlin
  • Nurse
  • Q.E.D.
  • Report to Murphy
  • The Two of Us
  • WKRP in Cincinnati

NBC

Returning Series

  • CHiPs
  • Diff'rent Strokes
  • The Facts of Life
  • Fame
  • Father Murphy
  • Gimme a Break!
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Little House: A New Beginning @
  • Love, Sidney
  • NBC Monday Night at the Movies
  • Quincy, M.E.
  • Real People
  • Taxi (moved from ABC)
  • Teachers Only *

New Series

  • The A-Team *
  • Bare Essence *
  • Buffalo Bill *
  • Casablanca *
  • Cheers
  • The Devlin Connection
  • Family Ties
  • The Family Tree *
  • Gavilan
  • Knight Rider
  • Mama's Family *
  • Monitor *
  • The News Is the News *
  • The Powers of Matthew Star
  • Remington Steele
  • St. Elsewhere
  • Silver Spoons
  • Voyagers!

Not returning from 1981–82:

  • Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
  • The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
  • Bret Maverick
  • Cassie & Co.
  • Chicago Story
  • Fitz and Bones
  • Flamingo Road
  • Harper Valley
  • Jokebook
  • Lewis & Clark
  • McClain's Law
  • Nashville Palace
  • NBC Magazine
  • One of the Boys
  • Television: Inside and Out

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

@ Formerly Little House on the Prairie.

References