1984–85 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1984. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

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

     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.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

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	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Hardcastle and McCormick		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5)
	Follow-up			The ABC Sunday Night Movie (21/17.5) / Specials / Miniseries
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (4/22.2)		Murder, She Wrote (8/20.1)		The Jeffersons	Alice	Trapper John, M.D. (29/16.8)
	Winter					Crazy Like a Fox (10/19.9)
NBC		Silver Spoons	Punky Brewster	Knight Rider		NBC Sunday Night Movie

Note: Beginning December 16, ABC's Sunday schedule between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. varied, consisting of three-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie, two-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 8:00 p.m. with specials airing at 10:00 p.m., specials airing at 8:00 p.m. followed by a two-hour broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 9:00 p.m., or miniseries or sports programming during the entire three-hour block.

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Call to Glory		ABC NFL Monday Night Football (25/17.0)
	Follow-up	Hardcastle & McCormick
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Monday Night Baseball
CBS		Scarecrow and Mrs. King (22/17.1)		Kate & Allie (17/18.3)	Newhart (16/18.4)	Cagney & Lacey (28/16.9)
NBC		TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (22/17.1)		NBC Monday Night at the Movies (18/18.2)

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Three's a Crowd	Paper Dolls		Jessie
	Follow-up	Three's a Crowd	Who's the Boss?	Glitter		Paper Dolls
	Winter			MacGruder and Loud		Call to Glory
	Follow-up					Moonlighting
	Summer					Life's Most Embarassing Moments
CBS	Fall	AfterMASH	E/R	The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
	Winter	The Jeffersons	Alice
	Spring	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Summer	The Jeffersons	Alice
NBC		The A-Team (6/21.9)		Riptide (14/19.2)		Remington Steele (25/17.0)

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Fall Guy (22/17.1)		Dynasty (1/25.0)		Hotel (12/19.7)
	Summer	Rock'n'Roll Summer Action
CBS	Fall	Charles in Charge	Dreams	The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
	Follow-up		E/R
	Spring	Double Dare
	Follow-up	I Had Three Wives
NBC	Fall	Highway to Heaven (19/17.7)		The Facts of Life	It's Your Move	St. Elsewhere
	Winter				Sara
	Summer				Double Trouble

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	People Do the Craziest Things	Who's the Boss?	Glitter		20/20
	Follow-up	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Spring	Wildside		Eye to Eye
	Follow-up	Street Hawk		Specials
	Summer	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS		Magnum, P.I. (15/19.1)		Simon & Simon (7/21.8)		Knots Landing (9/20.0)
NBC		The Cosby Show (3/24.2)	Family Ties (5/22.1)	Cheers (12/19.7)	Night Court (20/17.6)	Hill Street Blues (30/16.6)

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Benson	Webster (25/17.0)	Hawaiian Heat		Matt Houston
	Winter			Street Hawk
	Spring	Webster	Mr. Belvedere	Benson	Off the Rack
	Follow-up	Me and Mom
	Summer	The Comedy Factory	Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
CBS	Fall	The Dukes of Hazzard		Dallas (2/24.7)		Falcon Crest (10/19.9)
	Spring	Detective in the House
	Summer	The Dukes of Hazzard
NBC	Fall	V		Hunter		Miami Vice
	Follow-up	Specials and Movies
	Spring	Codename: Foxfire		Half-Nelson		The Best Times

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		T. J. Hooker		The Love Boat		Finder of Lost Loves
CBS	Fall	Airwolf		Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer		Cover Up
	Winter	Otherworld		Airwolf
	Spring	Charles in Charge	E/R
	Follow-up	Cover Up				Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
	Summer	Airwolf		Various
NBC	Fall	Diff'rent Strokes	Gimme a Break!	Partners in Crime		Hot Pursuit
	Follow-up		Double Trouble	Gimme a Break!	Spencer	Partners in Crime
	Winter				It's Your Move	Berrenger's
	Spring				Under One Roof	Hunter
	Summer	Our Time	It's Your Move		Mama's Family
	Follow-up	Diff'rent Strokes	Our Time
	Follow-up	Gimme a Break!	The Facts of Life		Our Time

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. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.