1984–85 United States network television schedule

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:USTV The 1984–85 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1984 through August 1985. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1983–84 season.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1985 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.<ref name="BM2">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. Template:ISBN.</ref>

New series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their network runs are highlighted in italics.

Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by Template:Small.

Halfway through the season, NBC began airing some of its prime-time programming in MTS stereo sound.

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.

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SundayEdit

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		Hardcastle and McCormick	The ABC Sunday Night Movie Template:Small
	Late fall			The ABC Sunday Night Movie Template:Small / Specials / Miniseries
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes Template:Small		Murder, She Wrote Template:Small	The Jeffersons	Alice	Trapper John, M.D. Template:Small
	Winter				Crazy Like a Fox Template:Small
	Spring
	Summer
NBC		Silver Spoons	Punky Brewster	Knight Rider	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies (occasionally in Stereo)

Note: Beginning December 16, ABC Template:'s Sunday schedule between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. varied, consisting of three-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie, 2 1/2 hour broadcasts of the ABC Sunday Night Movie airing at 8:00 p.m., followed by sitcom repeats at 10:30 p.m., two-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 8:00 p.m. with specials airing at 10:00 p.m., specials airing at 8:00 p.m. followed by a miniseries or a two-hour broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 9:00 p.m., or miniseries or sports programming during the entire three-hour block.

MondayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Call to Glory	Monday Night Football Template:Small
	Late fall	Hardcastle and McCormick	Monday Night Football Template:Small
	Winter		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Spring		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Monday Night Baseball
CBS		Scarecrow and Mrs. King Template:Small	Kate & Allie Template:Small	Newhart Template:Small	Cagney & Lacey Template:Small
NBC		TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes Template:Small	NBC Monday Night at the Movies Template:Small

Note: On ABC, Street Hawk was supposed to air 8:00-9:00 p.m., but production problems delayed the series' premiere.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

TuesdayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Three's a Crowd	Paper Dolls		Jessie
	Late fall	Three's a Crowd	Who's the Boss?	Glitter		Paper Dolls
	Winter			MacGruder and Loud		Call to Glory
	Late winter					Moonlighting
	Spring					Moonlighting
	Summer			Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders	Hail to the Chief	Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
CBS	Fall	AfterMASH	E/R	The CBS Tuesday Night Movie
	Winter	The Jeffersons	Alice
	Spring	The Lucie Arnaz Show	The Jeffersons
	Summer	The Jeffersons	Alice Template:Small
NBC		The A-Team Template:Small		Riptide Template:Small		Remington Steele Template:Small

WednesdayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The Fall Guy Template:Small		Dynasty Template:Small		Hotel Template:Small
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action
CBS	Fall	Charles in Charge	Dreams	The CBS Wednesday Night Movie
	Winter	Charles in Charge	E/R
	Spring	Double Dare
	Summer	I Had Three Wives
NBC	Fall	Highway to Heaven Template:Small		The Facts of Life	It's Your Move	St. Elsewhere
	Winter				Sara
	Spring				Double Trouble Template:Small
	Summer				Double Trouble Template:Small

ThursdayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	People Do the Craziest Things	Who's the Boss?	Glitter		20/20
	Winter	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Spring	Wildside		Eye to Eye
	Mid-spring	Who's the Boss?	Mr. Belvedere	Street Hawk
	Summer	The ABC Thursday Night Movie
CBS		Magnum, P.I. Template:Small		Simon & Simon Template:Small		Knots Landing Template:Small
NBC		The Cosby Show Template:Small	Family Ties Template:Small	Cheers Template:Small	Night Court Template:Small	Hill Street Blues Template:Small

FridayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Benson	Webster Template:Small	Hawaiian Heat		Matt Houston
	Winter	Benson	Webster Template:Small	Street Hawk
	Late winter	Webster Template:Small	Mr. Belvedere	Benson	Off the Rack
	Spring	Webster Template:Small	Mr. Belvedere			Me and Mom
	Summer	The Comedy Factory	Webster Template:Small			Me and Mom
CBS	Fall	The Dukes of Hazzard		Dallas Template:Small		Falcon Crest Template:Small
	Winter	Detective in the House
	Spring	The Dukes of Hazzard Template:Small
	Summer	The Dukes of Hazzard Template:Small
NBC	Fall	V		Hunter		Miami Vice (Stereo)
	Winter	Code Name: Foxfire		V
	Spring	The Best Times		Half Nelson
	Summer	Various programming		V

SaturdayEdit

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC		T. J. Hooker		The Love Boat		Finder of Lost Loves
CBS	Fall	Airwolf		Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer		Cover Up
	Winter	Otherworld		Airwolf
	Spring	Charles in Charge	E/R Template:Small
	Mid-spring	Cover Up				Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
	Summer	Airwolf Template:Small		Various programming
NBC	Fall	Diff'rent Strokes	Gimme a Break!	Partners in Crime		Hot Pursuit
	Mid-fall		Double Trouble	Gimme a Break!	Spencer	Partners in Crime
	Winter				It's Your Move	Berrenger's
	Spring				Under One Roof	Hunter
	Summer	Our Time	It's Your Move Template:Small		Mama's Family Template:Small
	Mid-summer	Diff'rent Strokes Template:Small	Our Time		Mama's Family Template:Small
	Late summer	Gimme a Break! Template:Small	The Facts of Life Template:Small		Our Time

Spencer was put on hiatus upon the departure of two main cast members (including the lead) and retooled as Under One Roof.
Mama's Family consisted of reruns of the series' 1983–84 network run.