What U.S. network originally aired Full House?

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The U.S. network that originally aired Full House was ABC.

Full House premiered on ABC on September 22, 1987, and ran for eight seasons through May 23, 1995. The sitcom followed widowed father Danny Tanner as he raised D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle with help from his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and best friend Joey Gladstone.

The series initially aired on Friday nights, then became closely associated with ABC’s TGIF programming block after that block launched in 1989. It later moved to Tuesdays for its final several seasons. ABC’s scheduling helped the show grow from a modest first-season performer into a regular Nielsen Top 30 series.

Fox, CBS, and NBC are plausible distractors because they were major U.S. broadcast networks during the show’s run. None, however, was Full House’s original home. Later reruns appeared in syndication and on cable channels, which can cause viewers to confuse later distributors with the network that first broadcast the series.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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