Fox launches. Married with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, 21 Jump Street, Alf, Amen, L.A. Law, Designing Women, Matlock,and Head of the Class debut.
CBS briefly moves Simon and Simon out of the way of The Cosby Show, to 8:30-9:30, the last time any network starts an hour-long at the bottom of the hour.
| Sunday | 7pm | 7:30 | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | The Disney Sunday Movie | The ABC Sunday Night Movie |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Murder, She Wrote | The CBS Sunday Night Movies |
| NBC | Sep | Our House | Easy Street | Valerie | NBC Sunday Night at the Movies |
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| Nov | Valerie | Easy Street |
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| Mar | Rags to Riches |
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| Monday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | Sep | MacGyver | Monday Night Football |
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| Jan | The ABC Monday Night Movie |
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| CBS | Kate & Allie | My Sister Sam | Newhart | Designing Women | Cagney & Lacey |
| NBC | Sep | ALF | Amazing Stories | NBC Monday Night at the Movies |
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| Mar | Valerie |
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| Tuesday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Sep | Who's the Boss? | Growing Pains | Moonlighting | Jack and Mike |
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| Apr | Max Headroom |
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| CBS | Sep | The Wizard | The CBS Tuesday Night Movies |
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| Oct | West 57th |
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| NBC | Sep | Matlock | Crime Story | 1986 |
|---|
| Dec | Hill Street Blues | Remington Steele (Mid) |
|---|
| Apr | Gimme a Break! | The Tortellis | Hill Street Blues |
|---|
| Wednesday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | Perfect Strangers | Head of the Class | Dynasty | Hotel |
| CBS | Sep | Together We Stand | Better Days | Magnum, P.I. | The Equalizer |
|---|
| Nov | The New Mike Hammer |
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| Apr | Houston Knights |
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| NBC | Sep | Highway to Heaven | Gimme a Break! | You Again? | St. Elsewhere |
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| Jan | The Tortellis |
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| Mar | Night Court | Easy Street | The Bronx Zoo |
|---|
| Thursday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | Sep | Our World | The Colbys | 20/20 |
|---|
| Apr | Jack and Mike |
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| CBS | Sep | Simon and Simon | | Knots Landing |
|---|
| Dec | The Twilight Zone | Simon and Simon | Designing Women |
| Mid | Shell Game | Simon and Simon |
| Feb | The Wizard |
| NBC | Sep | The Cosby Show | Family Ties | Cheers | Night Court | Hill Street Blues |
|---|
| Dec | L.A. Law |
| Dec | Nothing in Common |
| Friday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | Sep | Webster | Mr. Belvedere | Sidekicks | Sledge Hammer! | Starman |
|---|
| Dec | Dads | Gung Ho |
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| Mar | The Charmings | Webster | The ABC Friday Night Movie (Feb. 13) |
|---|
| CBS | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dallas | Falcon Crest |
| NBC | Sep | The A-Team | Miami Vice | L.A. Law |
|---|
| Mid | Stingray | Crime Story (Dec. 5) |
| Saturday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 | 10pm | 10:30 |
|---|
| ABC | Sep | Life with Lucy | The Ellen Burstyn Show | Heart of the City | Spencer: For Hire |
|---|
| Nov | Sidekicks | Sledge Hammer! |
|---|
| Feb | Starman | Ohara (Jan. 17) |
|---|
| CBS | Sep | Downtown | The New Mike Hammer | The Twilight Zone |
|---|
| Oct | Outlaws (Mid) | The CBS Saturday Night Movie |
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| NBC | Sep | The Facts of Life | 227 | The Golden Girls | Amen | Hunter |
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| Apr | Sweet Surrender |
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FOX
FOX launched on October 9, 1986, with a weeknight talk show,
The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, which ran until October 28, 1988, though Rivers exited in early 1987. As the other networks were wrapping up the season, FOX entered primetime and ran new episodes all summer on weekends.
| Sunday | 7pm | 7:30 | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 |
|---|
| FOX | April | 21 Jump Street (April 12) | Married with Children (April 5) | The Tracey Ullman Show (April 5) | Mr. President (May 3) | Duet (April 19) |
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| Saturday | 8pm | 8:30 | 9pm | 9:30 |
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| FOX | July | Down and Out in Beverly Hills (July 18) | The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (July 18) | Werewolf (July 11, 2-hour premiere) | Karen's Song (July 18) |
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| FOX | August | Werewolf | Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
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CBS:
The Cavanaughs ran at 9:30 on Mondays, Dec. 1-March 2.
Designing Women,
Nothing Is Easy (which was a retooled
Together We Stand), and hour-long
Hard Copy ran 9pm-11pm on Sundays in February. Sitcoms
Roxie and
Take Five ran a 8-9pm on Wednesday, April 1 and 8.
Nothing Is Easy and
The Popcorn Kid ran on Friday at 8-9pm, March 27-April 24.
NBC:
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd debuted on May 21, 1987 and had the post-Cheers (rerun) slot during the summer.
Roomies and Amazing Stories ran briefly on Fridays at 8-9pm, starting March 20.
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