NBC Sunday Night Movie
| NBC Sunday Night Movie | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 mins. (approx) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | 1981 |
The NBC Sunday Night Movie was a weekly film block which ran on NBC on Sunday nights from 9 to 11 pm or 8:30 pm until 11 pm. This was NBC's counterprogramming to the CBS Sunday Movie.
The last film to air was Friday Night Lights with 2.6 million viewers.[1] During the mid-1980s the Sunday Night Movie was aired consistently enough to be ranked in the top 30 highest-rated programs for 1985–1988.[2]
Between 1976 and 1981, the Sunday Night Movie was replaced by an umbrella program, The Big Event. Although many Big Events were film premieres, made for TV movies and installments of miniseries, some were specials and sports events.
Similar to The NBC Monday Movie.
Schedules[]
This list may be incomplete
1981[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| February 22 | Prom Night |
1982[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| October 31 | Halloween |
1983[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 9 | North Dallas Forty |
| January 16 | Young Frankenstein |
1987[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| September 27 | The Terminator |
| November 22 | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back |
1989[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| March 19 | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi |
1991[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| December 29 | Ghost Dad |
1992[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 12 | Tremors |
| February 9 | Kindergarten Cop |
| September 27 | King Ralph |
| October 4 | My Blue Heaven |
1993[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| November 14 | Backdraft |
| December 12 | Back to the Future Part III |
1994[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 16 | The Russia House |
| February 6 | Regarding Henry |
| February 27 | Out for Justice |
| March 13 | Dead Again |
| May 1 | Cape Fear |
| May 8 | Thelma & Louise |
| June 26 | El Cid |
| July 10 | Suburban Commando |
| July 24 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken |
| August 7 | Ernest Goes to Jail |
| September 11 | Other People's Money |
| October 9 | Shattered |
| October 16 | Curly Sue |
| October 16 | Necessary Roughness |
| October 30 | The Addams Family |
| November 6 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
| November 13 | JFK |
1995[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| May 7 | Jurassic Park |
| September 10 | Tango & Cash |
| October 8 | Captain Ron |
1996[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| April 28 | The Beast |
| July 14 | Tequila Sunrise |
| August 11 | The Running Man |
| September 8 | For Love or Money |
| November 3 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
| December 29 | The Paper |
1997[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| February 2 | The Client |
| February 9 | The Shadow |
| February 16 | Asteroid |
| February 23 | Schindler's List |
| March 16 | The Cowboy Way |
| March 23 | Milk Money |
| April 6 | Blown Away |
| April 13 | The Meteor Man |
| April 27 | The River Wild |
| May 11 | Timecop |
| May 18 | The Odyssey |
| May 25 | Mr. Saturday Night |
| July 13 | Chasers |
| August 10 | Murder in the First |
| September 21 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| November 9 | Outbreak |
| November 16 | Batman Forever |
| November 23 | Legends of the Fall |
| December 7 | Terminal Velocity |
| December 14 | Congo |
| December 21 | Little Women |
1998[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| February 8 | Under Siege 2: Dark Territory |
| February 15 | Something to Talk About |
| February 22 | Crimson Tide |
| March 1 | Braveheart |
| April 5 | Fair Game |
| April 12 | Nobody's Fool |
| May 17 | The Bridges of Madison County |
| September 6 | Two If by Sea |
| September 20 | Stargate |
| September 27 | GoldenEye |
| October 4 | Rob Roy |
| November 15 | Twister |
| November 22 | Get Shorty |
| December 20 | Sense and Sensibility |
| December 27 | I.Q. |
1999[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 3 | Heat |
| January 10 | The Juror |
| January 31 | Miami Rhapsody |
| February 21 | Eraser |
| February 28 | Alice in Wonderland |
| April 11 | Wyatt Earp |
| April 25 | Devil in a Blue Dress |
| May 2 | Noah's Ark |
| July 25 | The Arrival |
| August 1 | Judge Dredd |
| September 19 | Fools Rush In |
| November 28 | Men in Black |
| December 5 | Daylight |
2000[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 2 | The Saint |
| January 30 | The Beautician and the Beast |
| February 6 | Face/Off |
| February 20 | Little Richard |
| March 12 | Donnie Brasco |
| March 19 | The Ghost and the Darkness |
| April 2 | Anaconda |
| April 9 | My Fellow Americans |
| April 23 | In & Out |
| July 30 | Demolition Man |
| August 13 | Cutthroat Island |
| September 10 | City Hall |
| October 8 | Kiss the Girls |
| October 29 | The Relic |
| November 19 | Lethal Weapon 4 |
| November 26 | Titanic |
| December 24 | Bean |
2001[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| January 28 | Good Burger |
| February 11 | The Truman Show |
| April 8 | The Pelican Brief |
| April 22 | Godzilla |
| April 29 | U.S. Marshals |
| May 20 | Submerged |
| July 8 | Snake Eyes |
| July 22 | Night Falls on Manhattan |
2002[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| November 24 | Runaway Bride |
2003[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| March 23 | Billy Madison |
2004[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| September 12 | The Perfect Storm |
2007[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| April 29 | Along Came Polly |
| May 20 | National Treasure |
| October 28 | The Bourne Supremacy |
2008[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| October 26 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
2009[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| September 6 | Friday Night Lights |
2020[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| November 22 | The Croods |
2021[]
| Date | Movie |
|---|---|
| April 25 | The Fate of the Furious |
List of films[]
- Rage of Angels; 22.3 rating (Nielsen Media Research)
- Merlin; 21.7 rating
- Kindergarten Cop; 21.4 rating
- Schindler's List; 20.9
- Noah's Ark (Part 1 of 2); 20.9
- The Executioner's Song (Part 1 of 2); 20.7
- Asteroid (Part 1 of 2); 19.9 rating; 34.5 million viewers
- ; 18.1
- Fall from Grace; 17.6
- The Odyssey (Part 1 of 2); 17.3
- The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (Part 1 of 2); 17.1
- The Demon Murder Case; 16.7
- ; 16
- Alice in Wonderland; 14.8 rating; 25.3 million viewers
- Kiss the Girls; 11.9 million viewers
- Cutthroat Island; 4.2
- In & Out; 5.9
- Donnie Brasco; 4.1
- Little Richard; 7.9
- ; 6.5
- Mary, Mother of Jesus; 11
- Fools Rush In; 7.5 rating; 10.5 million viewers
References[]
- ^ "NBC Sunday Night Movie - Series - Episode List - TV Tango".
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1691&lpg=PA1691&dq=%22NBC+Sunday+Night+Movie%22&source=bl&ots=ArfUKH6ptI&sig=JnZRve2ZzHsWDMpZ1THa-2eoJJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GOsjVL-YBebmiwLp54DYCg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22NBC%20Sunday%20Night%20Movie%22&f=false The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present By Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh P.1691
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