2000–01 United States network television schedule
This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2000. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
Note: The Sydney Olympics hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. Most television series began their seasons during the month of October.
Each of the 50 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Lime indicates the #1 most watched program of the season.
- 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.
- Orange indicates the programs in the top 40 for the season.
- Silver indicates the programs in the top 50 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 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (4/19.4 million) | The Practice (9/18.3 million) | ||||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (17/15.8 million) | Touched by an Angel (25/14.0 million) | CBS Sunday Movie | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Futurama | King of the Hill | The Simpsons | Malcolm in the Middle (22/14.5 million) | The X-Files | Local | ||
| Spring | The Lone Gunmen (13 eps.) | ||||||||
| Follow-up | The X-Files | ||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline Sunday | Ed | NBC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
| Follow-up | World's Most Amazing Videos | Dateline Sunday | |||||||
| The WB | Fall | The Jamie Foxx Show | For Your Love | The Steve Harvey Show | The PJs | Hype (13 eps.) | Nikki | Local | |
| Follow-up | Encore programming | Hype | Nikki | Grosse Pointe | |||||
| Winter | The PJs | Encore programming | Encore programming | ||||||
| Spring | The Oblongs | For Your Love | |||||||
Note: On The WB, The Oblongs premiered at 9:30 p.m. on April 1, 2001.
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | 20/20 Downtown | NFL Monday Showcase | Monday Night Football (8/18.5 million) | |||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | Gideon's Crossing | |||||
| Spring | Encore programming | ||||||
| CBS | The King of Queens (27/13.4 million) | Yes, Dear (30/13.1 million) | Everybody Loves Raymond (6/19.0 million) | Becker (16/16.1 million) | Family Law | ||
| Fox | Boston Public | Ally McBeal | Local | ||||
| NBC | Fall | Daddio | Tucker (12 eps.) | Deadline (13 eps.) | Third Watch | ||
| Follow-up | Dateline Monday | Encore programming | |||||
| Mid-season | Titans | Dateline Monday | |||||
| Winter | Encore programming | ||||||
| Follow-up | First Years (3 eps.) | ||||||
| Spring | Weakest Link | Dateline Monday | |||||
| UPN | Moesha | The Parkers | The Hughleys | Girlfriends | Local | ||
| The WB | 7th Heaven | Roswell | Local | ||||
Tuesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (7/18.9 million) | Dharma & Greg | The Geena Davis Show (21 eps.) | Once and Again | ||
| Winter | The Mole | NYPD Blue (24/14.1 million) | |||||
| Spring | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (7/18.9 million) | ||||||
| Follow-up | What About Joan? | ||||||
| CBS | JAG | 60 Minutes II | Judging Amy (28/13.3 million) | ||||
| Fox | That '70s Show | Titus | Dark Angel | Local | |||
| NBC | Fall | The Michael Richards Show (8 eps.) | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Frasier (18/15.8 million) | DAG (17 eps.) | Dateline Tuesday | |
| Winter | 3rd Rock from the Sun | DAG | Three Sisters | ||||
| Spring | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Encore programming | |||||
| Summer | Kristin | ||||||
| UPN | Fall | UPN Movie Tuesday | Local | ||||
| Spring | Chains of Love | All Souls | |||||
| Follow-up | Seven Days | Chains of Love | |||||
| The WB | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Angel | Local | ||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Who Wants to be a Millionaire (3/20.3 million) | The Drew Carey Show | Spin City | Gideon's Crossing | ||
| Winter | Once and Again | ||||||
| Spring | My Wife and Kids | Two Guys and a Girl | The Job | ||||
| Follow-up | Spin City | ||||||
| Summer | You Don't Know Jack (6 eps.) | The Beast (6 eps.) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Bette | Welcome to New York | CBS Wednesday Movie | |||
| Spring | Some of My Best Friends | Encore programming | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Malcolm in the Middle | Normal, Ohio (7 eps.) | The $treet (6 eps.) | Local | ||
| Winter | That '70s Show | Grounded for Life | Temptation Island (17/10.7) | ||||
| Spring | Boot Camp (8 eps.) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Titans (11 eps.) | The West Wing (15/17.0 million) | Law & Order (12/17.7 million) | |||
| Winter | Ed | ||||||
| UPN | Fall | Seven Days | Star Trek: Voyager | Local | |||
| Spring | Special Unit 2 | ||||||
| The WB | Fall | Dawson's Creek | Felicity | Local | |||
| Winter | Jack & Jill | ||||||
| Spring | Felicity | ||||||
Note: On The WB, new episodes of Jack & Jill aired at 9:00pm on January 10, 2001.
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Whose Line Is It, Anyway? | Whose Line Is It, Anyway? | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (13/17.6 million) | Primetime Thursday | |||
| CBS | Fall | 48 Hours | City of Angels | Diagnosis: Murder | |||
| Follow-up | Encore programming | Diagnosis: Murder | 48 Hours | ||||
| Winter | Survivor: The Australian Outback (1/29.8 million) | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (11/17.7 million) | |||||
| Spring | Big Apple | ||||||
| Fox | Fox Thursday Night Movie | Local | |||||
| NBC | Friends (4/20.2 million) | Cursed (17 eps.) | Will & Grace (14/17.3 million) | Just Shoot Me! (19/15.6 million) | ER (2/22.4 million) | ||
| UPN | WWF SmackDown! | Local | |||||
| The WB | Gilmore Girls | Charmed | Local | ||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Two Guys and a Girl | The Trouble With Normal (10 eps.) | Norm | Madigan Men (9 eps.) | 20/20 | |
| Follow-up | Encore programming | ||||||
| Winter | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (19/15.4 million) | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | ||||
| Spring | Two Guys and a Girl | Norm | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (19/15.4 million) | ||||
| Follow-up | Making the Band | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Fugitive (22 eps.) | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (11/17.7 million) | Nash Bridges | |||
| Winter | Diagnosis: Murder | The Fugitive | |||||
| Fox | Fall | World's Wildest Police Videos | FreakyLinks (13 eps.) | Local | |||
| Follow-up | Million Dollar Mysteries | ||||||
| Winter | FreakyLinks | ||||||
| Spring | The Lone Gunmen | ||||||
| NBC | Providence | Dateline Friday | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (29/13.3 million) | ||||
| UPN | Fall | Freedom (7 eps.) | Level 9 (9 eps.) | Local | |||
| Winter | Gary & Mike | Celebrity Deathmatch | |||||
| The WB | Fall | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Grosse Pointe (17 eps.) | Popular | Local | ||
| Follow-up | Encore programming | ||||||
| Winter | Popstars USA (13 eps.) | ||||||
| Spring | Encore programming | ||||||
Note: On The WB, Popstars USA premiered on January 12, 2001 at 8:30pm.
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ABC Big Picture Show | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | That's Life | Walker, Texas Ranger | The District | |||
| Winter | Kate Brasher | ||||||
| Spring | Walker, Texas Ranger | Walker, Texas Ranger | |||||
| Fox | Cops 1 | Cops 2 | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Local | |||
| NBC | Fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||
| Winter | |||||||
By network
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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.
- 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.
- Primetime Thursday - renewed for a thirteenth season.
- Spin City - renewed for a sixth and final season.
- The Drew Carrey Show - renewed for a seventh season.
- The Job - renewed for a second season.
- The Mole - renewed for a second season.
- The Practice - renewed for a fifth season.
- The Wayne Brady Show - renewed for a second season.
- The Wonderful World of Disney - renewed for a fortieth season.
- What About Joan - 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.
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.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 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.
- Survivor - renewed for a second and a third season.
- That's Life - renewed for a second season.
- The District - renewed for a second season.
- The King of Queens - renewed for a fourth season.
- Touched by an Angel - renewed for an eighth season.
- Yes, Dear - renewed for a second season.
Fox
- Futurama - renewed for a third season.
- The Simpsons - renewed for a thirteenth season.
- King of the Hill - renewed for a fifth season.
- The X-Files - renewed for a tenth and final season.
- Family Guy - renewed for a third season.
- Boston Public - renewed for a second season.
- Ally McBeal - renewed for a fifth and final season.
- That '70s Show - renewed for a fourth season.
- Malcolm in the Middle - renewed for a third season.
- Titus - renewed for a third season.
- Grounded for Life - renewed for a second season.
- Temptation Island - renewed for a second season.
- Cops - renewed for a thirteenth season.
- America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back - renewed for a fourteenth season.
NBC
- Dateline NBC - renewed for a tenth season.
- Weakest Link - renewed for a second season.
- Fear Factor - renewed for a second season.
- Third Watch - renewed for a third season.
- Three Sisters - renewed for a second season.
- Frasier - renewed for an eighth season.
- Ed - renewed for a second season.
- The West Wing - renewed for a third season.
- Law & Order - renewed for a twelfth season.
- Friends - renewed for an eighth season.
- Will & Grace - renewed for a fourth season.
- Just Shoot Me! - renewed for a fifth season.
- ER - renewed for an eighth season.
- Providence - renewed for a third season.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - renewed for a third season.
UPN
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - renewed for a sixth season.
- Girlfriends - renewed for a second season.
- Roswell - renewed for a third and final season.
- Special Unit 2 - renewed for a second season.
- The Hughleys - renewed for a third season.
- The Parkers - renewed for a third season.
- WWF SmackDown! - renewed for a third season.
The WB
- 7th Heaven - renewed for a seventh season.
- Angel - renewed for a third season.
- 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.
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - renewed for a sixth season.
- The Steve Harvey Show - renewed for a sixth and final season.
ABC
- Dot Comedy
- Gideon's Crossing
- Madigan Men
- The Geena Davis Show
- The Norm Show
- The Trouble With Normal
- Two Guys and a Girl
CBS
- 60 Minutes II
- Bette
- Candid Camera (moved to PAX)
- City of Angels
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Kate Brasher
- Nash Bridges
- Some of My Best Friends
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- Welcome to New York
Fox
NBC
- Daddio
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Cursed
- Deadline
- DAG
- Titans
- Tucker
- The Michael Richards Show
- World's Most Amazing Videos (revived by Spike in 2008)
UPN
The WB
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (moved to UPN)
- Grosse Pointe
- Hype
- Jack & Jill
- Popular
- Roswell (moved to UPN)
- The Jamie Foxx Show
- The Oblongs
- The PJs
References
- ↑ 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.
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