1998–99 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1998–99 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1998 through August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1997–98 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1][2]

  Lime indicates the number-one watched program for the season.
  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 blue indicates local programming.
  •   Gray indicates encore programming.
  •   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  •   Light green indicates sporting events.
  •   Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including movies and specials.
  •   Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included is Pax TV (now Ion), a venture of Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.

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 20/20 The Practice
Winter
Spring
Summer
Late summer Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
CBS 60 Minutes (7/13.2) Touched by an Angel (8/13.1) CBS Sunday Movie (9/12.0)
Fox Fall The World's Funniest! Holding the Baby The Simpsons That '70s Show The X-Files (29/9.1)
(Tied with the NBC Sunday Night Movie) 		Local programming
Mid-fall The World's Funniest!
Winter
Spring Futurama
Mid-spring Family Guy
Summer The World's Funniest! King of the Hill (R) Futurama
NBC Fall Dateline NBC Dateline NBC NBC Sunday Night Movie (29/9.1)
(Tied with The X-Files)
Winter
Spring NBA on NBC
Summer World's Most Amazing Videos
Late summer Dateline NBC You Asked For It
The WB Fall 7th Heaven Beginnings (R) Sister, Sister Smart Guy Unhappily Ever After The Army Show Local programming
Winter Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Unhappily Ever After
Spring
Summer The Parent 'Hood (R) The Parent 'Hood
Mid-summer The Parent 'Hood Smart Guy Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Movie Stars
Late summer Rescue 77 (R) Smart Guy The Steve Harvey Show (R)

Monday

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Monday Night Blast (20/9.7)
(Tied with Becker, Dateline Monday, Dateline NBC and the CBS Tuesday Movie) 		Monday Night Football (4/14.0)
Winter 20/20 ABC Big Picture Show
Spring
Summer
CBS Fall Cosby The King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond (12/10.6) The Brian Benben Show L.A. Doctors
Mid-fall Becker (20/9.7)
(Tied with Dateline Monday, Dateline NBC, the Monday Night Blast and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
Winter
Spring
Summer 48 Hours
Late summer The King of Queens Thanks
Fox Fall Melrose Place Ally McBeal (25/9.6) Local programming
Winter
Spring
Summer That '70s Show That '70s Show (R)
NBC Fall Suddenly Susan Conrad Bloom Caroline in the City Will & Grace Dateline Monday (20/9.7)
(Tied with Becker, Dateline NBC the Monday Night Blast and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
Mid-fall Caroline in the City Mad About You Conrad Bloom
Winter Working
Spring Law & Order (R)
Mid-spring Mad About You The NBC Monday Movie
Summer Suddenly Susan (R) Mad About You Mad About You (R) Dateline Monday (20/9.7)
(Tied with Becker, Dateline NBC the Monday Night Blast and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
Mid-summer Veronica's Closet (R) Law & Order (R)
UPN Fall Guys Like Us DiResta The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Malcolm & Eddie Local programming
Mid-fall Malcolm & Eddie Guys Like Us Malcolm & Eddie DiResta
Winter Dilbert DiResta The Sentinel
Spring Redhanded
Mid-spring Home Movies
Early summer Power Play
Summer Dilbert (R) Redhanded Redhanded (R)
Mid-summer The Sentinel Seven Days (R)
Late summer Moesha (R) Moesha (R) Between Brothers (R) Malcolm & Eddie
The WB Fall 7th Heaven Hyperion Bay
Mid-fall Various programming
Winter Hyperion Bay
Spring Rescue 77
Mid-spring Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Summer Rescue 77
Mid-summer Movie Stars For Your Love (R)
Late summer Katie Joplin

Note: UPN only broadcast the first two episodes of Power Play. On August 16, 1999, ABC aired the series premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 8:30pm EDT. It was the only 30 minute episode to air on a Monday night.

Tuesday

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Home Improvement (11/11.0) The Hughleys Spin City (27/9.2)
(Tied with Walker, Texas Ranger) 		Sports Night NYPD Blue (13/10.5)
Winter
Spring Strange World
Mid-spring NYPD Blue (13/10.5)
Summer
Mid-summer Spin City (27/9.2)
(Tied with Walker, Texas Ranger) 		It's Like, You Know... (R) Dharma & Greg (R)
Late summer Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
CBS Fall JAG (17/9.8)
(Tied with Providence and Dateline Friday) 		CBS Tuesday Movie (20/9.7)
(Tied with Becker, Dateline Monday, Dateline NBC, and the Monday Night Blast)
Winter
Spring
Summer 60 Minutes II 48 Hours
Fox Fall King of the Hill Costello Guinness World Records Primetime Local programming
Mid-fall King of the Hill (R)
Late fall Holding the Baby
Winter The PJs
Spring Futurama The PJs King of the Hill (R)
Summer Guinness World Records Primetime Fox Files
NBC Fall Mad About You Encore! Encore! Just Shoot Me! Working Dateline NBC (20/9.7)
(Tied with Becker, Dateline Monday, the Monday Night Blast and the CBS Tuesday Movie)
Winter 3rd Rock from the Sun NewsRadio Will & Grace
Spring NewsRadio 3rd Rock from the Sun Everything's Relative
Mid-spring 3rd Rock from the Sun NewsRadio 3rd Rock from the Sun (R)
Summer Will & Grace
Mid-summer Just Shoot Me! (R) 3rd Rock from the Sun
UPN Fall Moesha Clueless Mercy Point Local programming
Mid-fall America's Greatest Pets Reunited
Winter Malcolm & Eddie Between Brothers
Spring Family Rules
Mid-spring Clueless
Summer
The WB Buffy the Vampire Slayer Felicity

NOTE: On Fox, Brimstone was supposed to premiere 9-10, but it was moved up to Friday.

Wednesday

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Dharma & Greg (26/9.3) Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place The Drew Carey Show (15/9.9)
(Tied with 20/20) 		The Secret Lives of Men 20/20 Wednesday (10/11.1)
Winter Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Spring It's Like, You Know... The Norm Show
Summer Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Mid-summer Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place The Norm Show
Late summer Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (R)
CBS Fall The Nanny Maggie Winters To Have & to Hold Chicago Hope
Winter 60 Minutes II
Spring Cosby Payne
Summer The Nanny The Nanny CBS Wednesday Movie
Mid-summer Cosby Cosby
Late summer CBS Wednesday Movie
Fox Fall Beverly Hills, 90210 Party of Five Local programming
Winter
Spring
Summer Fox Wednesday Night Movie
NBC Fall Dateline NBC 3rd Rock from the Sun NewsRadio Law & Order (14/10.1)
Mid-fall Encore! Encore!
Winter LateLine
Spring World's Most Amazing Videos
Summer
UPN Seven Days Star Trek: Voyager Local programming
The WB Dawson's Creek Charmed

Thursday

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Vengeance Unlimited ABC Thursday Night Movie
Mid-fall Special programming
Winter Vengeance Unlimited
Mid-winter Cupid ABC News Specials
Spring America's Funniest Home Videos The Drew Carey Show (R) Spin City (R)
Summer ABC Thursday Night Movie Vanished
Late summer Whose Line Is It Anyway? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Special programming Nightline in Primetime
CBS Fall Promised Land Diagnosis: Murder 48 Hours
Winter Diagnosis: Murder Turks
Spring Promised Land
Mid-spring Diagnosis: Murder
Summer Diagnosis: Murder (R)
Fox Fall World's Wildest Police Videos Fox Files Local programming
Mid-fall Special programming
Late fall Fox Files
Winter Special programming
Spring Fox Files
Mid-spring Special programming
Summer Family Guy (R) The PJs (R)
NBC Fall Friends (2/15.7) Jesse (5/13.7)
(Tied with Veronica's Closet) 		Frasier (3/15.6) Veronica's Closet (5/13.7)
(Tied with Jesse) 		ER (1/17.8)
Winter
Spring Will & Grace
Summer Jesse (5/13.7)
(Tied with Veronica's Closet) 		Will & Grace
Late summer Frasier (R)
UPN Fall UPN Thursday Night at the Movies Local programming
Winter
Spring
Summer
Mid-summer Mercy Point Mercy Point
Late summer Special programming
The WB Fall The Wayans Bros. The Jamie Foxx Show The Steve Harvey Show For Your Love
Winter
Spring Smart Guy
Mid-spring The Wayans Bros.
Summer

Note: On Fox, Hollyweird was supposed to premiere 9:00-10:00 but it was canceled due to a conflict with Shaun Cassidy.

Friday

Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
ABC Fall Two of a Kind Boy Meets World Sabrina the Teenage Witch Brother's Keeper 20/20 (15/9.9)
(Tied with The Drew Carey Show)
Winter
Spring Sabrina the Teenage Witch Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
Mid-spring Home Improvement (R) Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Summer Two of a Kind
Mid-summer Home Improvement (R) The Hughleys (R) Boy Meets World
Late summer Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
CBS Fall Kids Say the Darndest Things Candid Camera Buddy Faro Nash Bridges
Winter The Magnificent Seven
Spring Unsolved Mysteries
Mid-spring Special programming
Summer Unsolved Mysteries
Mid-summer The Magnificent Seven
Fox Fall Living in Captivity Getting Personal Millennium Local programming
Mid-fall Brimstone
Winter
Spring Guinness World Records Primetime
Summer The World's Funniest! MADtv Primetime
NBC Fall Dateline Friday (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Providence) 		Trinity Homicide: Life on the Street
Mid-fall Law & Order (R)
Winter Providence (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Dateline Friday) 		Dateline Friday (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Providence)
Spring
Summer Dateline Friday (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Providence) 		NBA on NBC
Mid-summer Providence (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Dateline Friday) 		Dateline Friday (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Providence) 		Homicide: Life on the Street
Late summer Dateline Friday (17/9.8)
(Tied with JAG and Providence)
UPN Fall Legacy Love Boat: The Next Wave Local programming
Winter
Spring America's Greatest Pets America's Greatest Pets
Summer
Mid-summer Legacy
Late summer UPN's Night at the Movies

Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.

Saturday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall America's Funniest Home Videos Fantasy Island Cupid
Winter ABC Big Picture Show Fantasy Island
Mid-winter Special programming
Spring America's Funniest Home Videos The Big Moment ABC Big Picture Show
Mid-spring America's Funniest Home Videos
Summer America's Funniest Home Videos The Big Moment
Mid-summer America's Funniest Home Videos
Late summer America's Funniest Home Videos Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
CBS Fall Early Edition Martial Law Walker, Texas Ranger (27/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City)
Winter Sons of Thunder
Spring Walker, Texas Ranger (27/9.2)
(Tied with Spin City)
Summer
Fox COPS COPS (R) America's Most Wanted:
America Fights Back 		Local programming
NBC Fall Wind on Water The Pretender Profiler
Winter Special programming
Spring
Summer The Pretender NBC Saturday Night At The Movies

By network

ABC

CBS

Fox

NBC

UPN

The WB

Returning series

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

References

  1. ^ "NIELSEN RANKINGS FOR 1998-99". SFGate. May 28, 1999. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  2. ^ 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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