1982–83 United States network television schedule (late night) explained

These are the late night schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1982. All times are Eastern/Pacific.

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary, CBS and ABC are not included on the weekend schedules (as the networks do not offer late night programs of any kind on weekends).

Talk/variety shows are highlighted in

yellow, network news programs in gold, and local news & programs are highlighted in white background.

Monday-Friday

bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan=2	-	11:00 PM	11:30 PM	12:00 AM	12:30 AM	1:00 AM	1:30 AM	2:00 AM	2:30 AM	3:00 AM	3:30 AM	4:00 AM	4:30 AM	5:00 AM	5:30 AM
ABC	Fall	Local programming	ABC News Nightline	The Last Word			Local programming
April	One on One
CBS	Local programming	The CBS Late Movie				Local programming	CBS News Nightwatch
NBC	Fall	Local programming	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		Late Night with David Letterman (Mon.-Thur.)/SCTV Network 90 to 2:00 (Fri)		NBC News Overnight (Mon.-Thur.,1:30-2:30/Fri.,2:00-3:00)		Local programming
Summer	Late Night with David Letterman (Mon.-Thur.)/Friday Night Videos to 2:00 (Fri)

Saturday

bgcolor="#C0C0C0"	-	11:00 PM	11:30 PM	12:00 AM	12:30 AM	1:00 AM	1:30 AM	2:00 AM	2:30 AM	3:00 AM	3:30 AM	4:00 AM	4:30 AM	5:00 AM	5:30 AM
NBC	local programming	Saturday Night Live			local programming

Sunday

bgcolor="#C0C0C0"	-	11:00 PM	11:30 PM	12:00 AM	12:30 AM	1:00 AM	1:30 AM	2:00 AM	2:30 AM	3:00 AM	3:30 AM	4:00 AM	4:30 AM	5:00 AM	5:30 AM
NBC	local programming					local programming