2000–01 United States network television schedule explained

The 2000–01 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2000 to August 2001. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1999–2000 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, as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns although it also carried a limited schedule of first-run programs.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2001 is listed with its rank and rating in parentheses (#rank / rating), as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

From September 15 to October 1, 2000, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Schedule

• New series are highlighted in bold.
• Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by .
• All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii–Aleutian times.
• All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.

Sunday

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		The Wonderful World of Disney				Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		The Practice
CBS		60 Minutes		Touched by an Angel		CBS Sunday Movie
Fox	Fall	Futurama	King of the Hill	The Simpsons	Malcolm in the Middle	The X-Files		Local programming
	Winter					The Lone Gunmen
	Spring					The X-Files
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		Ed		NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Late fall	World's Most Amazing Videos		Dateline NBC
	Winter	NBA on NBC
	Summer	Dateline NBC		NBC Sunday Night Movie				The Weakest Link
		XFL on UPN						Local programming
The WB	Fall	The Jamie Foxx Show	For Your Love	The Steve Harvey Show	The PJs	Hype	Nikki
	Mid-fall		The PJs		Hype	Nikki	Grosse Pointe
	Winter				The Steve Harvey Show
	Spring				The Oblongs		For Your Love
	Late spring	The PJs		The Steve Harvey Show
	Summer	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		The Steve Harvey Show	For Your Love
	Late summer	The Jamie Foxx Show

Note: UPN had acquired the Sunday evening XFL games from February 11 to April 15 (to compete with Fox's Sunday night lineup), while NBC broadcast Saturdays games till the end of the XFL season.

Monday

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 Downtown		NFL Monday Showcase	Monday Night Football
	Winter	The ABC Monday Night Movie				Gideon's Crossing
	Spring	The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Late spring	20/20 Downtown		The ABC Monday Night Movie
CBS		The King of Queens	Yes, Dear	Everybody Loves Raymond	Becker	Family Law
Fox		Boston Public		Ally McBeal		Local programming
NBC	Fall	Daddio	Tucker	Deadline		Third Watch
	Mid-fall	Dateline NBC		Law & Order
	Late fall	Titans		Dateline NBC
	Winter	Mysterious Ways
	Spring	The Weakest Link
	Late spring	Fear Factor		The Weakest Link
	Summer					Dateline NBC
	Mid-summer	The Weakest Link		Third Watch
UPN	Fall	Moesha	The Parkers	The Hughleys	Girlfriends	Local programming
	Winter		The Hughleys	The Parkers
	Spring	The Parkers
	Summer	Moesha
The WB	Fall	7th Heaven		Roswell
	Spring			Angel

Tuesday

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	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Dharma & Greg	The Geena Davis Show	Once and Again
	Winter	The Mole				NYPD Blue
	Spring	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire			What About Joan?
	Late spring				The Geena Davis Show
	Summer				Spin City
CBS	Fall	JAG		60 Minutes II		Judging Amy
	Summer	Big Brother
	Mid-summer	JAG		Big Brother
Fox	Fall	That '70s Show	Titus	Dark Angel		Local programming
	Summer			Murder in Small Town X
NBC	Fall	The Michael Richards Show	3rd Rock from the Sun	Frasier	DAG	Dateline NBC
	Winter	3rd Rock from the Sun	DAG		Three Sisters
	Late winter	Various programming
	Summer	Spy TV	Various programming		Kristin
	Mid-summer		The Downer Channel		Three Sisters
UPN	Fall	UPN's Night at the Movies				Local programming
	Spring	Chains of Love		All Souls
	Mid-spring	Seven Days		Chains of Love
	Summer	Seven Days
The WB	Fall	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Angel
	Spring	Flix from the Frog
	Summer	Gilmore Girls		Dead Last

Wednesday

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	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		The Drew Carey Show	Spin City	Gideon's Crossing
	Winter					Once and Again
	Spring	My Wife & Kids			The Job
	Mid-spring	Various programming			Spin City
	Summer	The Drew Carey Show	You Don't Know Jack			The Beast
	Mid-summer	My Wife & Kids	The Wayne Brady Show		The Job	20/20 Downtown
CBS	Fall	Bette	Welcome to New York	CBS Wednesday Movie
	Winter	Various programming
	Spring	Various programming
	Late spring	Various programming		CBS Wednesday Movie
	Summer	60 Minutes II
Fox	Fall	Malcolm in the Middle	Normal, Ohio	The $treet		Local programming
	Winter	That '70s Show	Grounded for Life	Temptation Island
	Spring			Boot Camp
	Late spring	Various programming		Million Dollar Mysteries
	Summer			Titus	Family Guy
NBC	Fall	Titans		The West Wing		Law & Order
	Winter	Ed
UPN	Fall	Seven Days				Local programming
	Spring	Special Unit 2
	Late spring
	Summer			Special Unit 2
The WB	Fall	Dawson's Creek		Felicity
	Winter			Jack & Jill
	Spring			Felicity
	Late spring			Buffy the Vampire Slayer
	Summer	Flix from the Frog

Note: On Fox, Schimmel supposed to air 8-8:30, but it was cancelled due to production problems.

Thursday

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?		Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Primetime
	Spring	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
CBS	Fall	48 Hours		City of Angels
	Winter	Survivor				48 Hours
	Late winter					Big Apple
	Spring					48 Hours
	Summer	Big Brother
Fox	Fall	Fox Thursday Night Movie				Local programming
	Summer	Guinness World Records Primetime		Night Visions
NBC	Fall	Friends	Cursed	Will & Grace	Just Shoot Me!	ER
	Late fall		The Weber Show
	Winter		Friends
	Spring		The Weber Show
	Mid-spring		Three Sisters
	Summer		Spy TV
UPN		WWF Thursday Night SmackDown!				Local programming
The WB		Gilmore Girls		Charmed

Note: On Fox, an untitled Michael Crichton project was supposed to air at midseason at 9–10, along with The Lone Gunmen at 8-9 but that Crichton project for Fox was scrapped.

Friday

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	The Trouble with Normal	Norm	Madigan Men	20/20
	Mid-fall		Dot Comedy
	Winter	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Two Guys and a Girl	Norm
	Mid-winter	Two Guys and a Girl	Norm	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
	Spring	Making the Band
	Summer	America's Funniest Home Videos
CBS	Fall	The Fugitive				Nash Bridges
	Winter			The Fugitive
	Spring
	Summer			That's Life		48 Hours
Fox	Fall	World's Wildest Police Videos		FreakyLinks		Local programming
	Winter			Special programming
	Late winter			The Lone Gunmen
	Spring	The Lone Gunmen		FreakyLinks
	Summer	World's Wildest Police Videos		Dark Angel
NBC		Providence		Dateline NBC
UPN	Fall	Freedom		Level 9		Local programming
	Winter	Gary & Mike	Celebrity Deathmatch
	Mid-winter			Special programming
	Spring	The Parkers	The Hughleys	Gary & Mike	Various programming
	Mid-spring	UPN's Night at the Movies
	Summer	Manhunt		All Souls
The WB	Fall	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Grosse Pointe	Popular
	Mid-fall		Sabrina the Teenage Witch
	Winter		Popstars USA
	Spring		Sabrina the Teenage Witch
	Summer			Charmed

NOTE: ABC aired Dot Comedy on December 8, 2000, at 8:30pm ET. The show was cancelled after one episode aired. On Fox, Night Visions was supposed to air 8–9, but it was delayed to summer in a different timeslot on Thursdays.

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		ABC Big Picture Show
CBS	Fall	That's Life		Walker, Texas Ranger		The District
	Winter			Kate Brasher
	Spring	Walker, Texas Ranger
	Summer	Big Brother		Walker, Texas Ranger
Fox		COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back		Local programming
NBC	Fall	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Winter	XFL on NBC
	Spring	NBC Saturday Night Movie

By network

ABC

Returning series

• 20/20
• The ABC Monday Night Movie
• America's Funniest Videos
• Dharma & Greg
• Making the Band
• Monday Night Football
• NYPD Blue
• Once and Again
• Primetime Thursday
• Spin City
• The Drew Carey Show
• The Norm Show
• The Practice
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• Two Guys and a Girl
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?

New series

• ABC Big Picture Show
• The Beast *
• Dot Comedy *
• The Geena Davis Show
• Gideon's Crossing *
• The Job *
• Madigan Men
• The Mole *
• My Wife and Kids *
• The Trouble with Normal
• The Wayne Brady Show
• What About Joan? *
• You Don't Know Jack *

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• Boy Meets World
• Clerks
• It's Like, You Know...
• Odd Man Out
• Oh, Grow Up
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (moved to The WB)
• Snoops
• Sports Night
• Talk to Me
• The Hughleys (moved to UPN)
• Then Came You
• Turning Point
• Wasteland
• Wonderland

CBS

Returning series

• 48 Hours
• 60 Minutes
• 60 Minutes II
• Becker
• Big Brother
• Candid Camera
• CBS Wednesday Movie
• CBS Sunday Movie
• City of Angels
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Family Law
• JAG
• Judging Amy
• The King of Queens
• Ladies Man
• Nash Bridges
• Survivor
• Touched by an Angel
• Walker, Texas Ranger

New series

• Bette
• Big Apple *
• The District
• The Fugitive
• Kate Brasher *
• Some of My Best Friends *
• That's Life
• Welcome to New York
• Yes, Dear

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• Chicago Hope
• Cosby
• Early Edition
• Falcone
• Grapevine
• Kids Say the Darndest Things (moved to ABC in 2019-20)
• Love & Money
• Martial Law
• Now and Again
• Winning Lines
• Work with Me

Fox

Returning series

• Ally McBeal
• America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
• Cops
• Family Guy
• Fox Thursday Night Movie
• Futurama
• Guinness World Records Primetime
• King of the Hill
• Malcolm in the Middle
• That '70s Show
• The Simpsons
• Titus
• The X-Files
• World's Wildest Police Videos

New series

• Boot Camp *
• Boston Public
• Dark Angel
• FreakyLinks
• Grounded for Life *
• The Lone Gunmen *
• Million Dollar Mysteries *
• Murder in Small Town X *
• Night Visions *
• Normal, Ohio
• The $treet
• Temptation Island *

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• Action
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• Get Real
• Greed
• Harsh Realm
• Party of Five
• The PJs (moved to The WB)
• Time of Your Life
• The World's Funniest!

NBC

Returning series

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• ER
• Daddio
• Dateline NBC
• Frasier
• Friends
• Just Shoot Me!
• Law & Order
• Mysterious Ways
• NBC Sunday Night Movie
• Providence
• Third Watch
• The West Wing
• Will & Grace
• World's Most Amazing Videos

New series

• Cursed (renamed The Weber Show)
• DAG
• Deadline
• The Downer Channel *
• Ed
• Fear Factor *
• The Fighting Fitzgeralds *
• First Years *
• Go Fish *
• Kristin *
• The Michael Richards Show
• NBC Saturday Night Movie
• Spy TV *
• Three Sisters *
• Titans
• Tucker
• The Weakest Link *

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• Battery Park
• Cold Feet
• Freaks and Geeks
• God, the Devil and Bob (returned to Adult Swim in 2011)
• Jesse
• The Mike O'Malley Show
• M.Y.O.B.
• The Others
• The Pretender
• Profiler
• Sammy
• Stark Raving Mad
• Suddenly Susan
• Twenty-One
• Veronica's Closet

UPN

Returning series

• The Hughleys (moved from ABC)
• Moesha
• The Parkers
• Seven Days
• UPN's Night at the Movies
• WWF SmackDown!

New series

• All Souls *
• Celebrity Deathmatch *
• Chains of Love *
• Freedom
• Gary and Mike *
• Girlfriends
• Level 9
• Manhunt *
• Special Unit 2 *

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• The Beat
• Blockbuster Video Shockwave Cinema
• Dilbert
• Grown Ups
• Malcolm & Eddie
• Secret Agent Man
• Shasta McNasty
• The Strip

The WB

Returning series

• 7th Heaven
• Angel
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Charmed
• Dawson's Creek
• Felicity
• For Your Love
• Jack & Jill
• Popular
• Roswell
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (moved from ABC)
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• The PJs (moved from Fox)
• The Steve Harvey Show

New series

• Dead Last
• Flix From the Frog
• Gilmore Girls
• Grosse Pointe
• Hype
• Nikki
• The Oblongs *
• Popstars USA *

Not returning from 1999–2000:

• 7th Heaven Beginnings
• Baby Blues (returned to Adult Swim in 2002)
• Brutally Normal
• D.C.
• Movie Stars
• Mission Hill
• Safe Harbor
• Young Americans
• Zoe (formerly Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane)

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

Renewals and cancellations

Renewals

ABC

• 20/20—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season.
• America's Funniest Videos—Renewed for a thirteenth season.
• Dharma & Greg—Renewed for a fifth and final season.
• The Drew Carey Show—Renewed for a seventh season.
• The Job—Renewed for a second season and delayed to 2002 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• The Mole—Renewed for a second season.
• Monday Night Football—Renewed for a thirty-first season.
• My Wife And Kids—Renewed for a second season.
• NYPD Blue—Renewed for a ninth season.
• Once And Again—Renewed for a third and final season.
• The Practice—Renewed for a fifth season.
• Primetime Thursday—Renewed for a thirteenth season.
• Spin City—Renewed for a sixth and final season.
• What About Joan—Renewed for a second season.
• The Wayne Brady Show—Renewed for a second season.
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—Renewed for a third season.
• Whose Line Is It, Anyway?—Renewed for a fourth season.
• The Wonderful World of Disney—Renewed for a fortieth season.

CBS

• 48 Hours—Renewed for a twenty-fifth season.
• 60 Minutes—Renewed for a thirty-fourth season.
• Becker—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Big Brother—Renewed for a third season.
• CBS Sunday Movie—Renewed for a sixteenth season.
• —Renewed for a second season.
• The District—Renewed for a second season.
• Everybody Loves Raymond—Renewed for a sixth season.
• Family Law—Renewed for a third season.
• JAG—Renewed for a seventh season.
• Judging Amy—Renewed for a third season.
• The King of Queens—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Survivor—Renewed for a second and a third season.
• That's Life—Renewed for a second season.
• Touched by an Angel—Renewed for an eighth season.
• Yes, Dear—Renewed for a second season.

Fox

• Ally McBeal—Renewed for a fifth and final season.
• America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back—Renewed for a fourteenth season.
• Boston Public—Renewed for a second season.
• COPS—Renewed for a thirteenth season.
• Dark Angel—Renewed for a second season.
• Family Guy—Renewed for a third season.
• Futurama—Renewed for a third season.
• Grounded for Life—Renewed for a second season.
• King of the Hill—Renewed for a fifth season.
• Malcolm in the Middle—Renewed for a third season.
• The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirteenth season.
• Temptation Island—Renewed for a second season.
• That '70s Show—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Titus—Renewed for a third season.
• The X-Files—Renewed for a tenth and final season.

NBC

• Dateline NBC—Renewed for a tenth season.
• Ed—Renewed for a second season.
• ER—Renewed for an eighth season.
• Fear Factor—Renewed for a second season.
• Frasier—Renewed for a ninth season.
• Friends—Renewed for an eighth season.
• Just Shoot Me!—Renewed for a fifth season.
• Law & Order—Renewed for a twelfth season.
• —Renewed for a third season.
• Providence—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Third Watch—Renewed for a third season.
• Three Sisters—Renewed for a second season.
• Weakest Link—Renewed for a second season.
• The West Wing—Renewed for a third season.
• Will & Grace—Renewed for a fourth season.

UPN

• Girlfriends—Renewed for a second season.
• The Hughleys—Renewed for a fourth season.
• The Parkers—Renewed for a third season.
• Special Unit 2—Renewed for a second season.
• WWF SmackDown!—Renewed for a third season.

The WB

• 7th Heaven—Renewed for a seventh season.
• Angel—Renewed for a third season.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer—Renewed for a sixth season, and moved to UPN.
• Charmed—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Dawson's Creek—Renewed for a fourth season.
• Felicity—Renewed for a fourth season.
• For Your Love—Renewed for a fifth and final season.
• Gilmore Girls—Renewed for a second season.
• Nikki—Renewed for a second season.
• Popstars USA—Renewed for a second season.
• Roswell—Renewed for a third and final season, and moved to UPN.
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch—Renewed for a sixth season.
• The Steve Harvey Show—Renewed for a sixth and final season.

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

• Dot Comedy—Cancelled after airing one episode on December 8, 2000.
• The Geena Davis Show—Cancelled after one season.
• Gideon's Crossing—Cancelled after one season.
• Madigan Men—Placed on hiatus and later cancelled after one season.
• The Norm Show—Cancelled after three seasons. The series finale aired April 6, 2001.
• The Trouble With Normal—Cancelled after one season.
• Two Guys and a Girl—Cancelled after four seasons. The series finale aired May 16, 2001.

CBS

• Bette—Cancelled after one season.
• Candid Camera—Moved to PAX.
• City of Angels—Cancelled after two seasons.
• —Ended its run after eight seasons. The series finale aired May 11, 2001
• Kate Brasher—Cancelled after six episodes.
• Nash Bridges—Ended its run after six seasons. The series finale aired on May 4, 2001.
• Some of My Best Friends—Cancelled after airing five out of the seven episodes produced.
• Walker, Texas Ranger—Ended its run after eight seasons. The series finale aired May 19, 2001.
• Welcome to New York—Cancelled after one season.

Fox

• FreakyLinks—Cancelled after one season.
• Normal, Ohio—Cancelled after one season.
• The $treet—Pulled from the schedule after seven episodes.

NBC

• 3rd Rock from the Sun—Ended its run after six seasons. The series finale aired May 22, 2001.
• Cursed—Cancelled after one season.
• Daddio—Pulled from the schedule after four episodes into its second season.
• DAG—Cancelled after one season.
• Deadline—Cancelled after one season.
• The Michael Richards Show—Cancelled after one season.
• Titans—Pulled from the schedule after 11 episodes.
• Tucker—Cancelled after one season.
• World's Most Amazing Videos—Later revived by Spike in 2008.

UPN

• Freedom—Pulled from the schedule after 7 episodes.
• Level 9—Pulled from the schedule after 10 episodes.
• Moesha—Cancelled after six seasons. The final episode aired on May 14, 2001.
• Seven Days—Cancelled after three seasons. The final episode aired on May 29, 2001.
• —Ended its run after seven seasons with a two-hour series finale on May 23, 2001. The next franchise entry, premiered the following season.

The WB

• Grosse Pointe—Cancelled after one season.
• Hype—Cancelled after one season.
• Jack & Jill—Cancelled after two seasons.
• The Jamie Foxx Show—Cancelled after five seasons.
• The Oblongs—Cancelled after 13 episodes.
• The PJs—Cancelled after three seasons.
• Popular—Cancelled after two seasons.

Notes and References

1. 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. .