1987-88 American network television schedule
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| Seasons: 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 - 1987-88 - 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 |
This was the television schedule on all four networks for the fall season beginning in September 1987. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
Note: This is the first fall season for FOX. It would air only twice a week until 1989.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.
SUNDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| ABC | The Disney Sunday Movie | Spenser: For Hire | Dolly | Buck James | ||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Murder, She Wrote | The CBS Sunday Movie | |||||
| FOX | 21 Jump Street | Werewolf | Married... with Children | The Tracey Ullman Show | Duet | |||
| NBC | Our House | Family Ties | My Two Dads | The NBC Sunday Movie | ||||
MONDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | MacGyver | Monday Night Football | ||||
| CBS | Frank's Place | Kate & Allie | Newhart | Designing Women | Cagney & Lacey | |
| NBC | Alf | Valerie's Family | The NBC Monday Movie | |||
TUESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Who's the Boss? | Growing Pains | Moonlighting | thirtysomething | ||
| CBS | Houston Knights | Jake and the Fatman | The Law and Harry McGraw | |||
| NBC | Matlock | J.J. Starbuck | Crime Story | |||
WEDNESDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Perfect Strangers | Head of the Class | Hooperman | The Slap Maxwell Story | Dynasty | |
| CBS | The Oldest Rookie | Magnum, P.I. | The Equalizer | |||
| NBC | Highway to Heaven | A Year in the Life | St. Elsewhere | |||
THURSDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Sledge Hammer | The Charmings | The ABC Thursday Movie | |||
| CBS | Tour of Duty | Wiseguy | Knots Landing | |||
| NBC | The Cosby Show | A Different World | Cheers | Night Court | L.A. Law | |
FRIDAY
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Full House | I Married Dora | Max Headroom | 20/20 | ||
| CBS | Beauty and the Beast | Dallas | Falcon Crest | |||
| NBC | Rags to Riches | Miami Vice | Private Eye | |||
SATURDAY