2003–04 United States network television schedule

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List of American television programs currently in production

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The following is the 2003–04 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2003 through August 2004. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2002–03 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]

The 2003–2004 season marked the final time that the major networks scheduled substantial original scripted drama series on Saturdays. After years of declining ratings on that particular evening, beginning with the 2004–2005 season the networks ceased scheduling original dramas on Saturdays, choosing instead to fill the schedule with non-fiction programming and reruns.

  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.

From August 13 to 29, 2004, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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	America's Funniest Home Videos		10-8: Officers on Duty		Alias		The Practice
	Winter			Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
CBS		60 Minutes (#16/9.4)		Cold Case (#17/9.3)		CBS Sunday Movie (#23/7.8) (Tied with The West Wing and Navy: NCIS)
Fox	Fall	Futurama	King of the Hill	The Simpsons	The Bernie Mac Show	Malcolm in the Middle	Arrested Development	Local Programming
					King of the Hill
	Winter		Oliver Beene
	Spring		King of the Hill		The Simpsons (Repeats)
	Summer	Oliver Beene			Arrested Development
	Mid-Summer	King of the Hill	Malcolm in the Middle			The Simple Life	Quintuplets
	August					The Casino
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		American Dreams		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (#19/8.6) (Tied with Crossing Jordan)		The Lyon's Den
	Spring							Crossing Jordan (#19/8.6) (Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
The WB	Fall	Smallville (R)		Charmed		Tarzan		Local Programming
	Follow-up					One Tree Hill
	Winter					The Surreal Life
	Spring					High School Reunion
	Summer	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge			Charmed (Repeats)

NOTE: On Fox, The Ortegas was supposed to air at 8:30-9, but it was cancelled.

Monday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Primetime		Monday Night Football (#9/11.2) (Tied with Everybody Loves Raymond)
	Mid-season	The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	My Wife & Kids	George Lopez	According to Jim	Hope & Faith	Weddings Gone Wacky, Wonderful & Wild: Anything for Love
CBS		Yes, Dear	Still Standing (#26/7.7) (Tied with Judging Amy)	Everybody Loves Raymond (#9/11.2) (Tied with ESPN Monday Night Football)	Two and a Half Men (#14/9.9) (Tied with My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance)	CSI: Miami (#8/11.9)
Fox	Fall	The Next Joe Millionaire		Skin		Local Programming
	December	Fox Night at the Movies
	Winter	American Idol		My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance (#14/9.9) (Tied with Two and a Half Men)
	March	That '70s Show	Cracking Up	Forever Eden
	Follow Up	The Bernie Mac Show		That '70s Show	That '70s Show
	Spring		The Bernie Mac Show	The Swan
	Summer	North Shore		The Casino
NBC	Fall	Fear Factor (#22/7.9)		Las Vegas (#28/7.6)		Third Watch
	Follow Up					Average Joe (#29/7.4)
	Spring					The Restaurant
	Summer			For Love or Money		Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
UPN	Fall	The Parkers	Eve	Girlfriends	Half & Half	Local Programming
	Summer	One on One	Half & Half
The WB	Fall	7th Heaven		Everwood
	Summer			Superstar USA
	Follow Up			Summerland (Repeats)

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	I'm with Her	According to Jim	Less than Perfect	NYPD Blue
	Winter					Line of Fire
	Follow Up					NYPD Blue
	Spring				It's All Relative
	Follow Up				Less than Perfect
	Summer					NYPD 24/7
	Mid-Summer	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition				In the Jury Room
CBS	Fall	Navy: NCIS (#23/7.8) (Tied with The West Wing and the CBS Sunday Movie)		The Guardian		Judging Amy (#26/7.7) (Tied with Still Standing)
	Spring			Century City
	Follow Up			The Guardian
	Mid-Summer			Big Brother		The Amazing Race
Fox	Fall	MLB Post-Season Games / World Series
	November	That '70s Show	That '70s Show	24		Local Programming
	December		The Simple Life
	Winter	American Idol (#2/14.9)
	Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	Method & Red	The Jury
	Mid-Summer	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		That '70s Show	Quintuplets
NBC	Fall	Whoopi	Happy Family	Frasier (#30/7.3) (Tied with The King of Queens)	Good Morning, Miami	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#18/8.7)
	Winter	The Tracy Morgan Show	Whoopi		Happy Family
	Follow-up	Whoopi	Happy Family		Scrubs
	Spring	Fear Factor
	Summer	Next Action Star		Last Comic Standing
	Mid-Summer	Scrubs	Happy Family
UPN	Fall	One on One	All of Us	Rock Me Baby	The Mullets	Local Programming
	Follow-up				Girlfriends
	Winter			America's Next Top Model 2
	Spring			Rock Me Baby	One on One
	Summer	All of Us	Eve	America's Next Top Model
	August			The Player
The WB	Fall	Gilmore Girls		One Tree Hill
	Spring			High School Reunion
	Follow Up			One Tree Hill
	Summer			Summerland

NOTE: On The WB, Fearless was supposed to have started in the Fall at 9-10, but it was delayed to midseason, then it was cancelled both due to production difficulties.

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	It's All Relative	The Bachelor/The Bachelorette (#21/8.3)		Karen Sisco
	Winter					Celebrity Mole: Yucatán
	Spring		My Wife & Kids	Extreme Makeover		Kingdom Hospital
	Follow-up			The Bachelor (#21/8.3)		Extreme Makeover
	Summer			The Drew Carey Show	The Drew Carey Show	The Ultimate Love Test
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes II		The King of Queens (#30/7.3) (Tied with Frasier)	Becker	The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
	Winter					48 Hours Investigates
	Spring				The Stones
	Follow Up				Yes Dear
Fox	Fall	That '70s Show	A Minute with Stan Hooper	The O.C.		Local Programming
	December		The Simple Life
	February		American Idol (#3/14.1)
	Summer		Quintuplets	The Simple Life	Method & Red
NBC	Fall	Ed		The West Wing (#23/7.8) (Tied with the CBS Sunday Movie and Navy: NCIS)		Law & Order (#12/10.8)
	Winter	The Apprentice (Repeats)
	Spring	Third Watch
	Summer	Next Action Star		Law & Order
UPN	Fall	Star Trek: Enterprise		Jake 2.0		Local Programming
	Winter			America's Next Top Model (Repeats)
	March	Game Over	The Mullets	Star Trek: Enterprise
	April	Star Trek: Enterprise		I'm Still Alive
	Summer			Star Trek: Enterprise
	Mid-Summer	Amish in the City		The Player
The WB	Fall	Smallville		Angel
	Summer	Flix from the Frog
	Mid-Summer	Smallville		Smallville

NOTE: On Fox, The Bernie Mac Show and Cedric the Entertainer Presents were both supposed to air at 9-10, but at the last minute placed The O.C. instead, and The Bernie Mac Show was placed on Sundays, and Cedric the Entertainer Presents were cancelled. On NBC, original episodes of The Apprentice were supposed to air at 8–9 in 2004, but at the last minute, repeats were at it instead.

Thursday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Threat Matrix		Extreme Makeover		Primetime
	February	Extreme Makeover
	Spring	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)		Kingdom Hospital
	Summer	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
	Mid-Summer	Extreme Makeover		Extreme Makeover
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Pearl Islands (#7/12.3)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#1/15.9)		Without a Trace (#11/11.1)
	Winter	CSI: Miami
	Spring	Survivor: All-Stars (#7/12.3)
	Summer	Joan of Arcadia
	Mid-Summer	Big Brother
Fox	Fall	Tru Calling		24		Local Programming
	Summer	North Shore		Tru Calling
	Mid-Summer	Fox Night at the Movies
NBC	Fall	Friends (#4/13.6)	Scrubs	Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	Coupling	ER (#6/12.9)
	Follow-up		Good Morning Miami		Scrubs
	Winter		Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	The Apprentice (#5/13.0)
	Spring		Frasier	Will & Grace (#13/10.4)	Scrubs
	Summer		Come to Papa
	Mid-Summer	Will & Grace	Scrubs	Last Comic Standing
UPN		WWE SmackDown				Local Programming
The WB	Fall	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	What I Like About You	Run of the House
	Winter		All About the Andersons	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Follow Up			Surreal Life
	Spring		Like Family	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
	Follow Up	Flix from the Frog
	Summer	Pepsi Smash		The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Reba
	Mid-Summer	Blue Collar TV	Reba	Blue Collar TV	Reba

NOTE: On Fox, The O.C. was supposed to air at 9-10 after Tru Calling, but at the last minute stick with repeats. On NBC, Good Morning, Miami was supposed to have moved to Thursdays 9:30-10 starting January 2004, but at the last minute pulled and replaced with original episodes of The Apprentice.

Friday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	George Lopez	Married to the Kellys	Hope & Faith	Life with Bonnie	20/20
	Spring		The Big House			The D.A.
	Follow-up				Married to the Kellys	20/20
	Summer		Married to the Kellys		Life with Bonnie
	Mid-Summer		8 Simple Rules		Less than Perfect
CBS	Fall	Joan of Arcadia		JAG		The Handler
	Spring					CSI: Miami
	Summer					48 Hours
Fox	Fall	Wanda at Large	Luis	Boston Public		Local Programming
	Follow-up	A Minute With Stan Hooper	Wanda at Large
	Winter	Totally Outrageous Behavior	World's Craziest Videos
	Spring	Boston Public		Wonderfalls
	Follow-up	Totally Outrageous Behavior	World's Craziest Videos	Forever Eden
	May	Fox Night at the Movies
	Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	Method & Red	The Jury
NBC	Fall	Miss Match		Dateline NBC		Boomtown
	Follow-up	Dateline NBC		Miss Match		Third Watch
	Winter			Ed
	Spring	Dateline NBC
	Summer					Las Vegas
UPN	Fall	UPN's Night at the Movies				Local Programming
	Spring	Game Over	All of Us	Star Trek: Enterprise
	Follow-up	UPN's Night at the Movies
	Mid-Summer	Star Trek: Enterprise		Amish in the City
The WB	Fall	Reba	Like Family	Grounded for Life	All About the Andersons
	Winter		What I Like About You		Like Family
	Spring				The Help
	Follow-up				Run of the House
	Summer	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Reba
	Mid-Summer				Blue Collar TV

Saturday[]

UPN and The WB do not show any original programming on Saturday nights, other than movies and encore programming.

Network		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				LA Dragnet
	Winter					America's Funniest Home Videos
	Mid-Summer					Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
CBS	Fall	48 Hours Investigates		Hack		The District
	Winter	Star Search
	Spring	CBS Saturday Night Movie
	Mid-Summer	The Amazing Race		Big Brother		Various CBS Dramas
Fox		COPS		America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	Fall	NBC Saturday Night Movie / Repeats of Various NBC Programs				Life to Race
	Winter	The Tracy Morgan Show		NBC Saturday Night Movie / Repeats of Various NBC Programs

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

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