2002–03 United States network television schedule

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The following is the 2002–03 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2002 through August 2003. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2001–02 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.[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.

Other Legend

  •   Light grey 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.

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
ABC Fall The Wonderful World of Disney Alias The Practice
Winter L.A. Dragnet
Summer The Practice
CBS Fall 60 Minutes (#17/9.6) Becker Bram & Alice CBS Sunday Movie
Follow Up Becker
Spring My Big Fat Greek Life (#28/8.0) Becker
Summer Becker Charlie Lawrence
Follow Up The King of Queens Becker
Fox Fall MLB on FOX
Late Fall Futurama The Simpsons (Repeats) The Simpsons King of the Hill Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle (Repeats) Local Programming
December King of the Hill Andy Richter Controls the Universe
February The Simpsons (Repeats) Malcolm in the Middle (Repeats)
Spring Oliver Beene The Pitts
Follow Up King of the Hill (Repeats) The Simpsons (Repeats) Oliver Beene
Summer Futurama King of the Hill
Mid Summer Banzai Malcolm in the Middle
Follow Up Banzai King of the Hill
NBC Fall Dateline Sunday American Dreams Law & Order: Criminal Intent (#19/9.4)
(Tied with Still Standing) 		Boomtown
February Kingpin
Spring Boomtown
Summer Dateline Sunday Law & Order: Crime & Punishment
Mid-Summer The Restaurant
August Dateline Sunday American Dreams
The WB Fall Gilmore Girls: Beginnings Charmed Angel Local Programming
Winter High School Reunion
Spring Black Sash
Follow Up Charmed (Repeats)
Summer Boarding House: North Shore
Follow Up Charmed

NOTE: Fox was to have aired Oliver Beene and The Grubbs on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively, but instead made last-minute changes by postponing Oliver Beene to the following spring and canceling The Grubbs. In their places, reruns of King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle were slotted.

Monday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall The Drew Carey Show Whose Line Is It Anyway? NFL Monday Showcase Monday Night Football (#10/11.4)
Follow Up Various Specials
December Monk
January ABC Monday Night Movie
Follow Up Veritas: The Quest The Practice Miracles
Spring ABC News Specials
Follow Up The Practice
Summer 4 Back-to-Back Encore Episodes of Various ABC Comedies Primetime Live: Special Edition
August NFL Preseaon Football
CBS Fall The King of Queens (#25/8.5) Yes, Dear (#24/8.6) Everybody Loves Raymond (#7/11.9)
(Tied with Survivor) 		Still Standing (#19/9.4)
(Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent) 		CSI: Miami (#11/11.0)
(Tied with Will & Grace)
Mid-Summer Yes, Dear (#24/8.6) Still Standing (#19/9.4)
(Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent) 		The King of Queens (#25/8.5)
Fox Fall MLB on FOX
Mid-October Boston Public Girls Club Local Programming
Follow Up Various Specials
Winter Joe Millionaire (#3/13.3)
Spring Married by America
Follow Up Mr. Personality
June Anything for Love Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape Paradise Hotel
August The O.C.(Repeats)
NBC Fall Fear Factor (#30/7.7) Third Watch Crossing Jordan
Summer For Love or Money Meet My Folks
Follow Up Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
UPN The Parkers One on One Girlfriends Half & Half Local Programming
The WB Fall 7th Heaven Everwood
Mid-Summer 7th Heaven

Tuesday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter According to Jim Life with Bonnie Less than Perfect NYPD Blue (#29/7.8)
Spring According to Jim Lost at Home
Follow Up Less than Perfect
Summer 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Mid-Summer Life with Bonnie
CBS Fall JAG (#22/8.9) The Guardian (#27/8.3) Judging Amy (#18/9.5)
Mid-Summer Big Brother Cupid
Fox Fall That '70s Show Grounded for Life Various Specials Local Programming
Follow Up MLB on FOX
Late Fall That '70s Show That '70s Show (Repeats) 24 Local Programming
December Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Winter American Idol (#5/12.6)
Summer American Juniors Keen Eddie
Mid-Summer The O.C.
Late Summer Performing As...
NBC Fall Just Shoot Me! In-Laws Frasier (#26/8.4) Hidden Hills Dateline NBC
Winter In-Laws Just Shoot Me! A.U.S.A. Kingpin
March Let's Make a Deal Dateline NBC
Follow Up Just Shoot Me! Good Morning Miami Watching Ellie
Summer Dog Eat Dog Last Comic Standing
Mid-Summer Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
UPN Fall Buffy the Vampire Slayer Haunted Local Programming
November Girlfriends (Repeats) Various Comedy Encores
Winter Abby Girlfriends (Repeats)
March Various Comedy & Drama Encores
Spring Platinum
Follow Up America's Next Top Model
Summer America's Next Top Model (Repeats)
Mid-Summer One on One Abby Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The WB Gilmore Girls Smallville

NOTE: Grounded for Life was also originally scheduled to run on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on Fox, but it was pulled after two new episodes in September, and one in early December. The show moved to The WB in the spring in 2003.

Wednesday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall My Wife & Kids George Lopez The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9) MDs
Follow Up Various ABC News Programs
December Extreme Makeover
January The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9) The Mole
Mid-February I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Various Specials
Spring The Bachelor / The Bachelorette (#16/9.9) All American Girl
Late April Extreme Makeover
Summer The Drew Carey Show The Drew Carey Show The Dating Experiment
August The Real Roseanne Show The Family
Follow Up George Lopez The Drew Carey Show
CBS Fall 60 Minutes II The Amazing Race Presidio Med
Winter Star Search 60 Minutes II 48 Hours Investigates
June Various Specials
Mid-Summer 60 Minutes II Big Brother Cupid
Fox Fall The Bernie Mac Show Cedric the Entertainer Presents Fastlane Local Programming
Winter That '70s Show American Idol (#6/12.5) The Bernie Mac Show Cedric the Entertainer Presents
Spring American Idol (#6/12.5) Wanda at Large
Follow Up American Idol (#6/12.5) The Bernie Mac Show
Summer American Juniors Paradise Hotel
NBC Fall Ed The West Wing (#21/9.0) Law & Order (#9/11.7)
Spring Dateline NBC
Summer Fame Law & Order
Mid-Summer Race to the Altar The West Wing (#21/9.0)
UPN Star Trek: Enterprise The Twilight Zone Local Programming
The WB Fall Dawson's Creek Birds of Prey
Winter Angel
Summer Boarding House: North Shore The Jamie Kennedy Experiment The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
Mid-Summer Smallville Pepsi Smash

Thursday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Monk Push, Nevada Primetime Thursday
December Dinotopia Various Specials
January ABC Thursday Night Movie
Mid-February Profiles from the Front Line Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People
March Whose Line Is It Anyway? Whose Line Is It Anyway? Various Specials
Mid-April Various Specials
Mid-May NBA Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals
Summer ABC Thursday Night Movie Primetime Thursday
August Various Specials Extreme Makeover
CBS Fall Survivor: Thailand (#7/11.9)
(Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond) 		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#1/16.3) Without a Trace (#15/10.0)
January Star Search
Mid-February Survivor: The Amazon (#7/11.9)
(Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond)
Summer The Amazing Race
Fox Fall MLB on FOX
Late Fall 30 Seconds to Fame 30 Seconds to Fame Various Specials Local Programming
December FOX Thursday Night Movie
January Joe Millionaire(Repeats) Various Specials
Follow Up The Pulse
Spring Various Specials and Encore Presentations
Summer Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape 30 Seconds to Fame
August NFL Preseason Football
Follow Up Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape Temptation Island Local Programming
NBC Fall Friends (#2/13.9) Scrubs (#13/10.3) Will & Grace (#11/11.0)
(Tied with CSI: Miami) 		Good Morning Miami (#23/8.7) ER (#4/13.1)
Summer Frasier (#26/8.4)
UPN WWE SmackDown Local Programming
The WB Fall Family Affair Do Over The Jamie Kennedy Experiment Off Centre
December The Jamie Kennedy Experiment(Repeats)
Winter High School Reunion(Repeats) Surreal Life The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
March Sabrina the Teenage Witch Family Affair The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
Follow Up Various Comedy Repeats On the Spot
May The WB Thursday Night Movie
Summer Sabrina the Teenage Witch The O'Keefes The Jamie Kennedy Experiment The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
Follow Up The WB Thursday Night Movie
August The Jamie Kennedy Experiment The Jamie Kennedy Experiment What I Like About You What I Like About You

NOTE: Movies, baseball games, reruns, and specials comprised most of the programming Thursday nights on FOX. Septuplets was supposed to air at 9-10, but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Friday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall America's Funniest Home Videos That Was Then 20/20
Follow Up America's Funniest Home Videos
November Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Drew Carey Show
Spring 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter Regular Joe
Follow Up America's Funniest Home Videos
Summer George Lopez Whose Line Is It Anyway?
CBS Fall 48 Hours Hack Robbery Homicide Division
January Presidio Med Queens Supreme
Follow Up Star Search 48 Hours
Spring CSI: Miami
Summer Baby Bob Yes, Dear 48 Hours
Mid-Summer Big Brother JAG
Fox Fall Firefly John Doe Local Programming
Winter Fastlane
Mid-Summer The Bernie Mac Show Malcolm in the Middle Boston Public
Follow Up Wanda at Large
NBC Fall Providence Dateline Friday Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#14/10.1)
Winter Mister Sterling
Spring America's Most Talented Kid Ed
Follow Up Dateline Friday
UPN UPN's Night at the Movies Local Programming
The WB Fall What I Like About You Sabrina the Teenage Witch Reba Greetings from Tucson
March Grounded for Life
April Greetings from Tucson

Saturday[]

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC ABC Saturday Movie of the Week / Various Specials
CBS Touched by an Angel The District The Agency
Fox COPS COPS America's Most Wanted Local Programming
NBC Fall NBC Saturday Night Movie
Winter Law & Order (Repeats) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Repeats) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
Spring Hunter Law & Order (Repeats) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
Summer NBC Saturday Night Movie
Mid-Summer Just Shoot Me! Watching Ellie NBC Saturday Night Movie

By network[]

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The WB[]

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

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.
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