The 1989–90 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1989 through August 1990. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1988–89 season. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. New series are highlighted in bold. This is the first season to feature entirely closed captioning programs on the Big Four networks. This was the first time that two programs were tied for the no. 1 spot in the Nielsen ratings. All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research. Legend Sunday Note: In Living Color premiered Sunday April 15 at 9:30 PM on Fox. Monday Note: Fox started their prime time expansion this season starting with Mondays. Tuesday Wednesday Notes: FM premiered Thursday, August 17 on NBC. Seinfeld premiered on July 5. Molloy aired at 9:00 p.m. on Fox from July 25 until August 15, 1990. Thursday Note: The Eddie Capra Mysteries, which CBS aired from July 26 to August 30, consisted of reruns of episodes from the 1978-79 NBC series. Friday Saturday By network ABC Returning series 20/20 The ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC Mystery Movie (moved from Monday to Saturday) Anything but Love China Beach Coach Father Dowling Mysteries (moved from NBC) Full House Growing Pains Head of the Class Just the Ten of Us MacGyver Mission: Impossible Mr. Belvedere Monday Night Football Perfect Strangers Roseanne Thirtysomething Who's the Boss? The Wonder Years New series America's Funniest Home Videos * Brewster Place * Capital News * Chicken Soup Doogie Howser, M.D. Elvis * Equal Justice * Family Matters Free Spirit H.E.L.P. * Homeroom Life Goes On Living Dolls The Marshall Chronicles * Monopoly * New Attitude * Primetime Live Sunset Beat * Super Jeopardy! * Tim Conway's Funny America * Twin Peaks * The Young Riders Not returning from 1988–89: Dynasty A Fine Romance Great Circuses of the World Have Faith HeartBeat Hooperman Incredible Sunday Knightwatch A Man Called Hawk Men Moonlighting Murphy's Law Police Story The Robert Guillaume Show