Sunday
| PM |
7:00 |
7:30 |
8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
| ABC |
Life Goes On |
Free Spirit |
Homeroom |
The ABC Sunday Night Movie |
| CBS |
60 Minutes |
Murder, She Wrote |
The CBS Sunday Night Movies |
| FOX |
Booker |
America's Most Wanted |
Totally Hidden Video |
Married... with Children |
Open House |
The Tracey Ullman Show |
It's Garry Shandling's Show |
| NBC |
The Magical World of Disney |
Sister Kate |
My Two Dads |
NBC Sunday Night Movie |
Note: On ABC,America's Funniest Home Videos premiered as a series at 8:00 on January 14, 1990.
On FOX, The Simpsons premiered as a series at 8:30 on January 14, 1990 after airing its Christmas special on December 17, 1989 in the same timeslot.
Monday
| PM |
8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
| ABC |
MacGyver |
Monday Night Football |
| CBS |
Major Dad |
The People Next Door |
Murphy Brown |
The Famous Teddy Z |
Designing Women |
Newhart |
| FOX |
21 Jump Street |
Alien Nation |
Local |
| NBC |
ALF |
The Hogan Family |
NBC Monday Night at the Movies |
Tuesday
Note: On ABC, Coach aired its second season at 9:30 beginning November 21, 1989, as a replacement for Chicken Soup, which declined in audience numbers each week and lost much of the lead-in audience of the #1 hit, Roseanne.
Wednesday
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Dear John moved to 9:30 on January 17, 1990.
Thursday
| PM |
8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
| ABC |
Mission: Impossible |
The Young Riders |
Primetime Live |
| CBS |
48 Hours |
Top of the Hill |
Knots Landing |
| NBC |
The Cosby Show |
A Different World |
Cheers |
Dear John / Grand (Jan) |
L.A. Law |
Note: On NBC, the sitcom Grand premiered at 9:30 on January 18, 1990.
Friday
| PM |
8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
| ABC |
Full House |
Family Matters |
Perfect Strangers |
Just the Ten of Us |
20/20 |
| CBS |
Snoops |
Dallas |
Falcon Crest |
| NBC |
Baywatch |
Hardball |
Mancuso, F.B.I. |
Saturday
| PM |
8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
| ABC |
Mr. Belvedere |
Living Dolls |
The ABC Saturday Mystery: B.L. Stryker, Columbo, Kojak, Christine Cromwell |
| CBS |
Paradise |
Tour of Duty |
Saturday Night with Connie Chung |
| FOX |
COPS |
The Reporters |
Beyond Tomorrow |
Local |
| NBC |
227 |
Amen |
The Golden Girls |
Empty Nest |
Hunter |
|
