The following is the 2002–03 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2002 through August 2003. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2001–02 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. New 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. 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 scheduled programs, including specials. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Sunday NOTE: Fox was to have aired Oliver Beene and The Grubbs on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively, but instead made last-minute changes by postponing Oliver Beene to the following spring and canceling The Grubbs. In their places, reruns of King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle were slotted. Monday {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM |- !rowspan="9"|ABC !Fall |The Drew Carey Show |Whose Line Is It Anyway? |rowspan="3" bgcolor="lightgreen"| NFL Monday Showcase|bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="3" colspan="3"|Monday Night Football (#10/11.4) |- !Follow Up | bgcolor="#FF8888" colspan="2" | Various Specials|- !December |colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Monk |- ! January | bgcolor="#CF9FFF" colspan="6" | ABC Monday Night Movie|- ! Follow Up |colspan="2"|Veritas: The Quest|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|The Practice|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Miracles|- !Spring | colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#77AACC"|ABC News Specials|- ! Follow Up |colspan="2"|The Practice|- ! Summer | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="4" | 4 Back-to-Back Encore Episodes of Various ABC Comedies|colspan="2" bgcolor="#77AACC" |Primetime Live: Special Edition|- ! August |colspan="6" bgcolor="lightgreen"| NFL Preseason Football|- !rowspan="2"|CBS ! Fall |bgcolor="#FF66FF"|The King of Queens (#25/8.5) |bgcolor="#FF66FF"|Yes, Dear (#24/8.6) |bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" |Everybody Loves Raymond (#7/11.9)(Tied with Survivor) |bgcolor="#00FFFF"|Still Standing (#19/9.4)(Tied with Law & Order: Criminal Intent) |bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="2" |CSI: Miami (#11/11.0)(Tied with Will &