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2000–01 United States network television schedule

The 2000–01 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2000 to August 2001. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1999–2000 season.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Pax TV, as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns although it also carried a limited schedule of first-run programs.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2001 is listed with its rank and rating in parentheses (#rank / rating), as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

From September 15 to October 1, 2000, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Legend

Schedule

  • New series are highlighted in bold.
  • Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by .
  • 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.
  • All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.

Sunday

Note: UPN had acquired the Sunday evening XFL games from February 11 to April 15 (to compete with Fox's Sunday night lineup), while NBC broadcast Saturdays games till the end of the XFL season.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Cursed was renamed The Weber Show.

Monday

Tuesday

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Cursed was renamed The Weber Show.

Wednesday

Notes: On Fox, Schimmel was supposed to air 8-8:30, but it was cancelled due to production problems.

  • - Starting on February 28th, 2001, CBS aired Some of My Best Friends at 8pm ET, Bette at 8:30pm ET, then CBS Wednesday Movie at 9pm ET. On March 14 and March 21, 2001 while the NCAA Tournament was airing on Thursday nights, CBS aired ' at 8pm ET, Big Apple at 9pm ET and 48 Hours at 10pm ET. Starting March 28th, 2001, CBS aired Some of My Best Friends with various comedy repeats at 8pm ET, then CBS Wednesday Movie at 9pm ET. Some of My Best Friends was taken off the air after April 11th, 2001.

Thursday

Note: On Fox, an untitled Michael Crichton project was supposed to air at midseason at 9–10, along with The Lone Gunmen at 8-9 but that Crichton project for Fox was scrapped.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Cursed was renamed The Weber Show.

Friday

NOTE: ABC aired Dot Comedy on December 8, 2000, at 8:30pm ET. The show was cancelled after one episode aired. On Fox, Night Visions was supposed to air 8–9, but it was delayed to summer in a different timeslot on Thursdays.

Saturday

By network

ABC

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

CBS

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

Fox

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

NBC

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

UPN

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

The WB

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1999–2000:

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

Renewals and cancellations

Renewals

ABC

CBS

Fox

NBC

  • Dateline NBC—Renewed for a tenth season.
  • Ed—Renewed for a second season.
  • ER—Renewed for an eighth season.
  • Fear Factor—Renewed for a second season.
  • Frasier—Renewed for a ninth season.
  • Friends—Renewed for an eighth season.
  • Just Shoot Me!—Renewed for a fifth season.
  • Law & Order—Renewed for a twelfth season.
  • '—Renewed for a third season.
  • Providence—Renewed for a fourth season.
  • Third Watch—Renewed for a third season.
  • Three Sisters—Renewed for a second season.
  • Weakest Link—Renewed for a second season.
  • The West Wing—Renewed for a third season.
  • Will & Grace—Renewed for a fourth season.

UPN

The WB

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

CBS

  • Bette—Cancelled after one season.
  • Candid Camera—Moved to PAX.
  • City of Angels—Cancelled after two seasons.
  • '—Ended its run after eight seasons. The series finale aired May 11, 2001
  • Kate Brasher—Cancelled after six episodes.
  • Nash Bridges—Ended its run after six seasons. The series finale aired on May 4, 2001.
  • Some of My Best Friends—Cancelled after airing five out of the seven episodes produced.
  • Walker, Texas Ranger—Ended its run after eight seasons. The series finale aired May 19, 2001.
  • Welcome to New York—Cancelled after one season.

Fox

  • FreakyLinks—Cancelled after one season.
  • Normal, Ohio—Cancelled after one season.
  • The $treet—Pulled from the schedule after seven episodes.

NBC

  • 3rd Rock from the Sun—Ended its run after six seasons. The series finale aired May 22, 2001.
  • Cursed—Cancelled after one season.
  • Daddio—Pulled from the schedule after four episodes into its second season.
  • DAG—Cancelled after one season.
  • Deadline—Cancelled after one season.
  • The Michael Richards Show—Cancelled after one season.
  • Titans—Pulled from the schedule after 11 episodes.
  • Tucker—Cancelled after one season.
  • World's Most Amazing Videos—Later revived by Spike in 2008.

UPN

  • Freedom—Pulled from the schedule after 7 episodes.
  • Level 9—Pulled from the schedule after 10 episodes.
  • Moesha—Cancelled after six seasons. The final episode aired on May 14, 2001.
  • Seven Days—Cancelled after three seasons. The final episode aired on May 29, 2001.
  • '—Ended its run after seven seasons with a on May 23, 2001. The next franchise entry, ' premiered the following season.

The WB

  • Grosse Pointe—Cancelled after one season.
  • Hype—Cancelled after one season.
  • Jack & Jill—Cancelled after two seasons.
  • The Jamie Foxx Show—Cancelled after five seasons.
  • The Oblongs—Cancelled after 13 episodes.
  • The PJs—Cancelled after three seasons.
  • Popular—Cancelled after two seasons.

References