"square pegs" debuted on cbs september 27, 1982 in the 8 p.m. monday slot, and remained in that slot throughout its one-season run. the show struggled in the ratings against "that's incredible" on abc. wgbo in chicago showed reruns of the series in early 1986, and episodes were shown on usa network in the mid-1990s, and later on nickelodeon/nick@nite, nick at nite’s tv land, me-tv and decades.