The 1999–2000 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1999 through August 2000. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1998–99 season.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Pax TV; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.
New series highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract for one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
| Network | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 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 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Snoops | The Practice | |||||
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||||
| December | Snoops | ||||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (#3/17.1) | ||||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Touched by an Angel | CBS Sunday Movie | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | The World's Funniest! | King of the Hill | The Simpsons | Futurama | The X-Files | Local programming | ||
| Winter | Futurama | Malcolm in the Middle | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | Third Watch | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| Winter | Twenty-One | ||||||||
| Spring | World's Most Amazing Videos | Dateline NBC | |||||||
| The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven Beginnings | Felicity | Jack & Jill | Local programming | ||||
| November | Safe Harbor | ||||||||
| December | 7th Heaven Beginnings | ||||||||
| Spring | D.C. | Movie Stars | Zoe... | ||||||
| Follow-up | Charmed | ||||||||
| Summer | The Steve Harvey Show | For Your Love | The Jamie Foxx Show | Mission Hill | |||||
| Follow-up | For Your Love | ||||||||
| 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 | 20/20 | Monday Night Football | ||||
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||
| Follow-up | 20/20 | ||||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | Once and Again | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The King of Queens | Ladies Man | Everybody Loves Raymond | Becker | Family Law | |
| Spring | Grapevine | ||||||
| Follow-up | Ladies Man | ||||||
| Summer | The King of Queens | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Big Brother | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Time of Your Life | Ally McBeal | Local programming | |||
| February | That '70s Show | That '70s Show | |||||
| Spring | Titus | ||||||
| Summer | Opposite Sex | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Suddenly Susan | Veronica's Closet | Dateline NBC | |||
| Winter | Freaks and Geeks | Dateline NBC | Third Watch | ||||
| Follow-up | Twenty-One | ||||||
| Spring | Freaks and Geeks | ||||||
| Follow-up | Dateline NBC | Law & Order | |||||
| Summer | Mysterious Ways | ||||||
| UPN | Moesha | The Parkers | Grown Ups | Malcolm & Eddie | Local programming | ||
| The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Safe Harbor | ||||
| November | 7th Heaven | ||||||
| January | Jack & Jill | ||||||
| Winter | Zoe… | Brutally Normal | |||||
| Follow-up | Popular | ||||||
| Spring | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | ||||||
| April | Roswell | ||||||
| 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 | Spin City | It's Like, You Know... | Dharma & Greg | Sports Night | Once and Again | |
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||
| December | Oh, Grow Up | ||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | NYPD Blue | |||||
| Spring | Talk to Me | ||||||
| Follow-up | Sports Night | ||||||
| Summer | Two Guys and a Girl | ||||||
| August | Norm | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | JAG | 60 Minutes II | Judging Amy | |||
| Summer | Big Brother | Love & Money | |||||
| Follow-up | Ladies Man | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Ally | That '70s Show | Party of Five | Local programming | ||
| Follow-up | That '70s Show | King of the Hill | |||||
| January | Futurama | ||||||
| Spring | That '70s Show | Family Guy | |||||
| Summer | Family Guy | The PJs | Family Guy | The PJs | |||
| Follow-up | That '70s Show | Titus | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Just Shoot Me! | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Will & Grace | The Mike O'Malley Show | Dateline Tuesday | |
| Follow-up | Just Shoot Me! | ||||||
| Winter | Veronica's Closet | ||||||
| Spring | 3rd Rock from the Sun | God, the Devil and Bob | Just Shoot Me! | ||||
| Follow-up | Frasier | ||||||
| Summer | Suddenly Susan | Veronica's Closet | M.Y.O.B. | ||||
| August | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Sammy | Frasier | Just Shoot Me! | |||
| UPN | Fall | Shasta McNasty | Dilbert | The Strip | Local programming | ||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Secret Agent Man | The Beat | |||||
| Follow-up | The Parkers | Moesha | |||||
| May | |||||||
| Summer | Shasta McNasty | Dilbert | |||||
| The WB | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Angel | |||||
Note: On Fox, Ally aired as re-edited half-hour repeats of the original hour-long Ally McBeal series. On CBS, Falcone premieres at 9:00 p.m. on April 4, 2000. On UPN, Secret Agent Man was supposed to premiere at 9:00pm, but however due to the show not getting the "buzz" before the fall premiere, The Strip was premiered instead, and the show aired later on in a different night.
| 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 | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | The Drew Carey Show | Oh, Grow Up | 20/20 Wednesday | |
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Norm | |||||
| December | It's Like, You Know... | ||||||
| Winter | Norm | Spin City | |||||
| Spring | Then Came You | ||||||
| May | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||
| Summer | Clerks | ||||||
| Follow-up | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | Spin City | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Cosby | Work with Me | CBS Wednesday Movie | |||
| Follow-up | The King of Queens | ||||||
| Winter | City of Angels | ||||||
| April | Various specials | ||||||
| Summer | |||||||
| Mid-summer | Big Brother | Various CBS News programming | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Get Real | Local programming | |||
| February | Various specials | ||||||
| March | Get Real | ||||||
| April | Party of Five | ||||||
| Summer | Various specials | Time of Your Life | |||||
| Mid-summer | Various Animation Show Repeats | Guinness World Records Primetime | |||||
| August | American High | American High | |||||
| Follow-up | Various Animation Show Repeats | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | The West Wing | Law & Order | |||
| Winter | Twenty-One | ||||||
| Spring | Dateline NBC | ||||||
| UPN | Seven Days | Local programming | |||||
| The WB | Fall | Dawson's Creek | Roswell | ||||
| Spring | Felicity | ||||||
| Summer | Young Americans | ||||||
Note: On ABC, Clerks premiered at 9:30 p.m. on May 31, 2000.
| 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 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Wasteland | 20/20 Downtown | ||
| Follow-up | Various specials | ||||||
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | |||||
| December | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Various specials | |||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||||
| Spring | Wonderland | ||||||
| Follow-up | 20/20 Downtown | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Chicago Hope | 48 Hours | ||||
| Summer | |||||||
| Mid-summer | Big Brother | City of Angels | |||||
| Fox | Fall | World's Wildest Police Videos | Family Guy | Action | Local programming | ||
| Follow-up | Various specials | Greed | |||||
| December | Guinness World Records Primetime | ||||||
| Winter | Fox Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Friends | Jesse | Frasier | Stark Raving Mad | ER | |
| Spring | Daddio | Battery Park | |||||
| Follow-up | Friends | Frasier | |||||
| Summer | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Just Shoot Me! | |||||
| Mid-summer | Will & Grace | ||||||
| Follow-up | Will & Grace | ||||||
| UPN | WWF Thursday Night SmackDown! | Local programming | |||||
| The WB | Popular | Charmed | |||||
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Daddio premiered on March 23, 2000, at 8:30. On Fox, Family Guy only had two airings and one special Sunday airing, and then on March 7, 2000, the show was moved to Tuesdays. On The WB, Popular premiered Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at 9:00 pm. On Fox, Manchester Prep was supposed to air at 8–9, but it was cancelled at the last minute. On ABC, Then Came You was scheduled to air at 8:30 PM EST, but due to the show not getting the "buzz" before the fall premiere, Whose Line Is It Anyway? was aired at the last minute, and the show aired later on in a different night.
| 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 | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
| November | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
| December | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||||
| Summer | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | NYPD Blue | |||||
| Mid-summer | Various specials | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Early Edition | Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||
| Winter | Winning Lines | Candid Camera | |||||
| Follow-up | Early Edition | ||||||
| Summer | 48 Hours | Walker, Texas Ranger | Falcone | ||||
| Follow-up | Big Brother | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||||
| Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Local programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | Freaks and Geeks | The Pretender | Profiler | |||
| Winter | The Pretender | Profiler | World's Most Amazing Videos | ||||
| Spring | The Others | Profiler | |||||
| June | NBC Saturday Night Movie | The Others | |||||
| July | Profiler | ||||||
| August | The Pretender | ||||||
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.