1998–99 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1998–99 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1998 through August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1997–98 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in bold.

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


 * 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.

Other Legend
 * Light blue indicates local programming.
 * Gray indicates encore programming.
 * Blue-gray indicates news programming.
 * Light green indicates sporting events.
 * Light Purple indicates movies.
 * Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included is Pax TV (now Ion), a venture of Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.

Monday
Note: UPN only broadcast the first two episodes of Power Play. On August 16, 1999, ABC aired the series episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 8:30pm EDT. It was the only 30 minute episode to air on a Monday night.

Tuesday
NOTE: On Fox, Brimstone was supposed to premiere 9-10, but it was moved up to Friday.

Thursday
Note: On Fox, Hollyweird was supposed to premiere 9:00-10:00 but it was canceled due to a conflict with Shaun Cassidy.

Friday
Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.

ABC

 * Returning series
 * 20/20
 * The ABC Monday Night Movie
 * The ABC Saturday Night Movie
 * ABC Thursday Night Movie
 * America's Funniest Home Videos
 * Boy Meets World
 * Dharma & Greg
 * The Drew Carey Show
 * Home Improvement
 * Monday Night Football
 * NYPD Blue
 * The Practice
 * Sabrina the Teenage Witch
 * Spin City
 * Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
 * The Wonderful World of Disney


 * New series
 * The Big Moment *
 * Brother's Keeper
 * Cupid
 * Fantasy Island
 * The Hughleys
 * It's Like, You Know... *
 * The Norm Show *
 * The Secret Lives of Men
 * Sports Night
 * Strange World *
 * Two of a Kind
 * Vengeance Unlimited
 * Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * ABC News Saturday Night
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * C-16: FBI
 * Cracker
 * Ellen
 * Grace Under Fire
 * Hiller and Diller
 * Maximum Bob
 * Nothing Sacred
 * Over the Top
 * Prey
 * Primetime Live
 * Push
 * Soul Man
 * Something So Right
 * Teen Angel
 * That's Life
 * Timecop
 * Total Security
 * You Wish

CBS

 * Returning series
 * 48 Hours
 * 60 Minutes
 * Candid Camera
 * CBS Sunday Movie
 * Chicago Hope
 * Cosby
 * Diagnosis: Murder
 * Early Edition
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * JAG
 * Kids Say the Darndest Things
 * The Magnificent Seven
 * The Nanny
 * Nash Bridges
 * Promised Land
 * Touched by an Angel
 * Unsolved Mysteries
 * Walker, Texas Ranger


 * New series
 * 60 Minutes II
 * Becker *
 * The Brian Benben Show
 * Buddy Faro
 * The King of Queens
 * L.A. Doctors
 * Maggie Winters
 * Martial Law
 * Payne *
 * Sons of Thunder *
 * Thanks *
 * To Have & to Hold
 * Turks *

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * Brooklyn South
 * The Closer
 * Cybill
 * Dellaventura
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
 * Family Matters
 * Four Corners
 * George and Leo
 * The Gregory Hines Show
 * Meego
 * Michael Hayes
 * Murphy Brown (revived in 2018–19)
 * Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel
 * The Simple Life
 * Step by Step
 * Style & Substance

Fox

 * Returning series
 * Ally McBeal
 * America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
 * Beverly Hills, 90210
 * COPS
 * Fox Files
 * FOX Night at the Movies
 * Guinness World Records Primetime
 * Getting Personal
 * King of the Hill
 * Melrose Place
 * Millennium
 * Party of Five
 * The Simpsons
 * The World's Funniest!
 * World's Wildest Police Videos
 * The X-Files

New series
 * Brimstone
 * Costello
 * Family Guy *
 * Futurama *
 * Holding the Baby *
 * Living in Captivity
 * The PJs *
 * That '70s Show

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * 413 Hope St.
 * Ask Harriet
 * Between Brothers (moved to UPN)
 * Damon
 * Living Single
 * New York Undercover
 * Significant Others
 * The Visitor

NBC

 * Returning series
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Caroline in the City
 * Dateline NBC
 * ER
 * Frasier
 * Friends
 * Homicide: Life on the Street
 * Just Shoot Me!
 * LateLine
 * Law & Order
 * Mad About You
 * NBC Sunday Night Movie
 * The NBC Monday Movie
 * NewsRadio
 * The Pretender
 * Profiler
 * Suddenly Susan
 * Veronica's Closet
 * Working


 * New series
 * Conrad Bloom
 * Encore! Encore!
 * Everything's Relative *
 * Jesse
 * Providence *
 * Trinity
 * Will & Grace
 * Wind on Water
 * World's Most Amazing Videos *

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * Built to Last
 * Fired Up
 * For Your Love (moved to The WB)
 * House Rules
 * Jenny
 * Men Behaving Badly
 * The Naked Truth
 * Players
 * Seinfeld
 * Sleepwalkers
 * Stressed Eric
 * The Tony Danza Show
 * Union Square

UPN

 * Returning series
 * Between Brothers (moved from Fox)
 * Clueless
 * Love Boat: The Next Wave
 * Malcolm & Eddie
 * Moesha
 * The Sentinel
 * Star Trek: Voyager


 * New series
 * America's Greatest Pets *
 * Dilbert *
 * DiResta
 * Family Rules *
 * Guys Like Us
 * Home Movies *
 * Legacy
 * Mercy Point
 * Power Play (originally aired on CTV)
 * Redhanded *
 * Reunited *
 * The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
 * Seven Days
 * UPN's Night at the Movies

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * Good News
 * Head Over Heels
 * Hitz
 * In the House
 * Sparks

The WB

 * Returning series


 * 7th Heaven
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Dawson's Creek
 * For Your Love (moved from NBC)
 * The Jamie Foxx Show
 * The Parent 'Hood
 * Sister, Sister
 * Smart Guy
 * The Steve Harvey Show
 * Unhappily Ever After
 * The Wayans Bros.


 * New series
 * The Army Show
 * Charmed
 * Felicity
 * Hyperion Bay
 * Katie Joplin *
 * Movie Stars *
 * Rescue 77 *
 * Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane *

Not returning from 1997–98:
 * Alright Already
 * Invasion America
 * Kelly Kelly
 * Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
 * Three
 * The Tom Show
 * You're the One

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