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1994–95 United States network television schedule

Television schedule for the fall of 1994


Television schedule for the fall of 1994

The following is the 1994–95 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1994 through August 1995. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1993–94 season.

All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

This was the first season in which the entirety of primetime network programming was presented in stereo sound.

Two new networks, the United Paramount Network and The WB Television Network, launched in January 1995. Both networks would ultimately shutdown and merge to form The CW in September 2006.

New series highlighted in bold.

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

: Lime indicates the number-one watched program for the season. : Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season. : Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season. : Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season. Other Legend

  • Light blue indicates local programming.
  • Gray indicates encore programming.
  • Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  • Light green indicates sporting events.
  • Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
  • Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.
  • Bronze indicates reairs of programming that originally aired on a cable channel.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Sunday

Network7:00 PM7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringSummerCBSFallWinterSpringSummerMid-summerFoxFallMid-fallWinterSpringMid-springSummerMid-summerLate summerNBCFallMid-fallWinterSpringSummer
*America's Funniest Home Videos****On Our Own****Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman*
*America's Funniest Home Videos* (R)
*Murder, She Wrote* (8/15.6)
(Tied with ***Friends***)
***The Wright Verdicts***
*Murder, She Wrote* (8/15.6)
(Tied with ***Friends***)
***Fortune Hunter****The Simpsons****Hardball****Married... with Children****Wild Oats***Local programming
*Encounters: The Hidden Truth**The Simpsons* (R)*The George Carlin Show*
*The Simpsons* (R)***Get Smart******House of Buggin'******Dream On*** (R)
*Encounters: The Hidden Truth**The Critic*
Special programming*Married... with Children* (R)
***Sliders*** (R)***My Wildest Dreams***
*The George Carlin Show*
*Living Single* (R)
*Unsolved Mysteries* (R)*seaQuest DSV*
***Earth 2***
***Time Life's Lost Civilizations***

Notes: On FOX, The Great Defender aired its pilot episode on March 5, 1995 at 7pm, but was canceled by Fox before the second episode aired, with the remaining episodes already made before being cancelled were burned off on Mondays during the summer. House of Buggin' came back for three weeks in April on FOX; at 8:30PM ET on April 9th and April 16th and 9:30PM ET on April 23rd.

Monday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallMid-fallWinterSpringSummerCBSFallWinterSpringSummerFoxFallWinterSpringSummerMid-summerLate summerNBCFallWinterSpringSummerMid-summerUPN (launched January 16, 1995)WinterSpringSummer
*Coach****Blue Skies***
*Coach* (R)
***A Whole New Ballgame***
Special programming
***The Marshal*** (R)
*The Nanny* (24/12.5)*Dave's World* (21/12.9)*Murphy Brown* (16/14.1)*Love & War**Northern Exposure*
***Cybill*** (22/12.8)***Chicago Hope*** (29/11.7)
(Tied with *The ABC Monday Night Movie*, ***The Martin Short Show*** and *Primetime Live*)
*Melrose Place****Party of Five***Local programming
*Models Inc.*
***Medicine Ball***
*Models Inc.****Dream On*** (R)***Dream On*** (R)
*Encounters: The Hidden Truth* (R)***The Great Defender***
***New York Undercover*** (R)
*The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air**Blossom*
***In the House***
*The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (R)
***In the House***
***Star Trek: Voyager******Platypus Man******Pig Sty***Local programming
***Pig Sty******Platypus Man***
***Legend***

(*) UPN premiered by airing the two-hour first episode of Star Trek: Voyager, with the network's Monday night comedies (Platypus Man and Pig Sty) debuting a week later.

Tuesday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterSpringSummerLate summerCBSFallWinterSpringMid-springSummerFoxNBCFallMid-fallWinterSpringMid-springSummerMid-summerUPN (launched January 17, 1995)WinterSpringSummer
*Full House* (25/12.4)***Me and the Boys*** (20/13.1)*Home Improvement* (3/19.5)*Grace Under Fire* (4/18.6)*NYPD Blue* (7/16.5)
*Thunder Alley**Ellen* (R)
*Coach* (R)
*Roseanne* (R)
*Rescue 911**CBS Tuesday Movie*
***Under One Roof***
*Rescue 911*
*Fox Tuesday Night Movie*Local programming
*Wings* (26/12.3)***The Martin Short Show*** (29/11.7)
(Tied with ***Chicago Hope***, *The ABC Monday Night Movie* and *Primetime Live*)*Frasier* (15/14.3)*The John Larroquette Show**Dateline NBC*
Various programming
***Something Wilder***
***NewsRadio******Pride & Joy***
*The John Larroquette Show*
***Pride & Joy***
***NewsRadio***
***Marker******The Watcher***Local programming
***Legend******Marker***

Wednesday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallMid-fallWinterSpringSummerLate summerCBSFallMid-fallWinterSpringMid-springSummerMid-summerLate summerFoxFallWinterSpringSummerNBCFallWinterSpringMid-SpringSummerLate summerThe WB (launched January 11, 1995)WinterSpringSummerLate summer
*Thunder Alley****All-American Girl****Roseanne* (10/15.5)*Ellen* (13/14.8)*Turning Point*
*Sister, Sister*
*Roseanne* (10/15.5)*Ellen* (13/14.8)*Grace Under Fire* (4/18.6)*Coach*
***Me and the Boys*** (R)*Roseanne* (10/15.5)
*Grace Under Fire* (R)***All-American Girl***
***The Boys Are Back******Daddy's Girls******Touched by an Angel****[48 Hours](48-hours-tv-program)*
*The Nanny* (R)***The Boys Are Back***
***Women of the House****Hearts Afire****Double Rush****Love & War**Northern Exposure*
***The George Wendt Show******Double Rush****CBS Wednesday Movie*
Special programming
*Christy****Under Suspicion*** (R)***Under Suspicion*** (R)
*Northern Exposure*
*The Nanny* (R)*Dave's World* (R)*CBS Wednesday Movie*
*Beverly Hills, 90210**Models Inc.*Local programming
***Party of Five***
***Sliders***
***Party of Five***
***The Cosby Mysteries****Dateline NBC**Law & Order* (27/12.2)
Special programming
***High Sierra Search and Rescue***
Special programming
***The Wayans Bros.******The Parent 'Hood******Unhappily Ever After******Muscle***Local programming
***The Parent 'Hood*** (R)***The Wayans Bros.******Unhappily Ever After***
*Sister, Sister* (R)

Thursday

Network8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.ABCFallMid-fallWinterMid-winterLate winterSpringSummerCBSFallWinterSpringMid-springSummerLate summerFoxFallWinterSpringSummerNBCFallWinterSpringSummerLate summer
***My So-Called Life******McKenna***
*Matlock*
*Day One*
*Matlock**The Commish*
***Extreme***
*ABC Thursday Night Movie*
*Matlock**The Commish*
***Due South******Chicago Hope*** (29/11.7)
(Tied with the *ABC Monday Night Movie*, ***The Martin Short Show*** and *Primetime Live*)*Eye to Eye with Connie Chung*
*Eye to Eye with Connie Chung**[48 Hours](48-hours-tv-program)*
Special programming
*Burke's Law*
*Murder, She Wrote* (R)
*Martin**Living Single****New York Undercover***Local programming
*Living Single**Martin*
*Mad About You* (11/15.2)***Friends*** (8/15.6)
(Tied with *Murder, She Wrote*)*Seinfeld* (1/20.6)***Madman of the People*** (12/14.9)***ER*** (2/20.0)
***Hope & Gloria*** (14/14.6)***Friends*** (8/15.6)
(Tied with *Murder, She Wrote*)
***Friends*** (8/15.6)
(Tied with *Murder, She Wrote*)*Mad About You* (11/15.2)

Friday

Network8:00 PM8:30 PM9:00 PM9:30 PM10:00 PM10:30 PMABCFallWinterLate winterSpringMid-springSummerCBSFallWinterSpringMid-springSummerMid-summerLate summerFoxFallWinterSpringSummerMid-summerLate summerNBC
*Family Matters**Boy Meets World**Step by Step**Hangin' with Mr. Cooper*
***On Our Own***
*Sister, Sister*
*Boy Meets World**Hangin' with Mr. Cooper*
*Diagnosis: Murder****Under Suspicion****Picket Fences*
***The Wright Verdicts***
*Burke's Law*
***Due South*** (R)
***Black Fox***
*Picket Fences* (R)*Picket Fences*
***M.A.N.T.I.S.****The X-Files*Local programming
***VR.5***
*Encounters: The Hidden Truth* (R)
*Tales from the Crypt* (R)*Tales from the Crypt* (R)
*TV Nation*
*Unsolved Mysteries**Dateline NBC**Homicide: Life on the Street*

Notes: On Fox, Tales from the Crypt consisted on re-runs of the ongoing HBO series.

Saturday

Network8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.ABCFallWinterSpringSummerMid-summerLate summerCBSFallWinterLate winterSpringSummerFoxNBCFallMid-fallLate fallWinterSpringMid-springSummerMid-summerLate summer
***ABC Family Movie****The Commish*
***The Marshal***
***Me and the Boys*** (R)***Bringing up Jack****ABC Saturday Night Movie*
Special programming
Special programming
*Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman****The 5 Mrs. Buchanans****Hearts Afire**Walker, Texas Ranger*
***The Boys Are Back******The 5 Mrs. Buchanans***
***The Office***
***Touched by an Angel***
*COPS**COPS* (R)*America's Most Wanted*Local programming
***Something Wilder****Empty Nest****Sweet Justice****Sisters*
*NBC Saturday Night Movie*
*Empty Nest**Empty Nest****Sweet Justice***
*The Mommies*
***Amazing Grace***
*NBC Saturday Night Movie*Special programming
*Empty Nest**The Mommies**The John Larroquette Show* (R)***Madman of the People****Law & Order* (R)
*Empty Nest* (R)*Empty Nest* (R)*The John Larroquette Show* (R)
Various programming

By network

[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]

;Returning series

  • 20/20
  • ABC's Monday Night Football
  • The ABC Monday Night Movie
  • ABC Saturday Night Movie
  • The ABC Sunday Night Movie
  • ABC Thursday Night Movie
  • America's Funniest Home Videos
  • Baseball Night in America
  • Boy Meets World
  • Coach
  • The Commish
  • Day One
  • Ellen
  • Family Matters
  • Full House
  • Grace Under Fire
  • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
  • Home Improvement
  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  • Matlock
  • NYPD Blue
  • Primetime Live
  • Roseanne
  • Sister, Sister
  • Step by Step
  • Thunder Alley
  • Turning Point

;New series

  • ABC Family Movie
  • All-American Girl
  • Blue Skies
  • Bringing up Jack *
  • Extreme *
  • The Marshal *
  • McKenna
  • Me and the Boys
  • My So-Called Life
  • On Our Own
  • A Whole New Ballgame *

Not returning from 1993–94:

  • America's Funniest People
  • Birdland
  • The Byrds of Paradise
  • The Critic (moved to Fox)
  • Dinosaurs
  • FBI: The Untold Stories
  • George
  • Joe's Life
  • Missing Persons
  • Moon Over Miami
  • The Paula Poundstone Show
  • Phenom
  • She TV
  • Thea
  • Where I Live

[[CBS]]

;Returning series

  • 48 Hours
  • 60 Minutes
  • Burke's Law
  • CBS Sunday Movie
  • Christy
  • Dave's World
  • Diagnosis: Murder
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  • Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
  • Hearts Afire
  • Love & War
  • Muddling Through
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Murphy Brown
  • The Nanny
  • Northern Exposure
  • Picket Fences
  • Rescue 911
  • Walker, Texas Ranger

;New series

  • The Boys Are Back
  • Chicago Hope
  • Cybill *
  • Daddy's Girls
  • Double Rush *
  • Due South
  • The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
  • The George Wendt Show *
  • The Office *
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Under One Roof *
  • Under Suspicion
  • Women of the House *
  • The Wright Verdicts *

Not returning from 1993–94:

  • 704 Hauser
  • America Tonight
  • Angel Falls
  • Family Album
  • Good Advice
  • Harts of the West
  • Hotel Malibu
  • It Had to Be You
  • One West Waikiki
  • The Road Home
  • Second Chances
  • South of Sunset
  • Tom
  • Traps

[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]

;Returning series

  • America's Most Wanted
  • Beverly Hills, 90210
  • Cops
  • The Critic (moved from ABC)
  • Encounters: The Hidden Truth
  • Fox Tuesday Night Movie
  • The George Carlin Show
  • Living Single
  • Married... with Children
  • Martin
  • Melrose Place
  • Models Inc.
  • The Simpsons
  • TV Nation (moved from NBC)
  • The X-Files

;New series

  • Dream On * (Originally aired on HBO)
  • Fortune Hunter
  • Get Smart *
  • The Great Defender *
  • Hardball
  • House of Buggin' *
  • M.A.N.T.I.S.
  • Medicine Ball *
  • My Wildest Dreams *
  • New York Undercover
  • Party of Five
  • Sliders *
  • VR.5 *
  • Wild Oats

Not returning from 1993–94:

  • The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  • Bakersfield P.D.
  • Code 3
  • Comic Strip Live
  • Daddy Dearest
  • The Front Page
  • Herman's Head
  • In Living Color
  • Monty
  • Roc
  • The Sinbad Show
  • South Central
  • Townsend Television

[[NBC]]

;Returning series

  • Blossom
  • Dateline NBC
  • Empty Nest
  • Frasier
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • Homicide: Life on the Street
  • The John Larroquette Show
  • Law & Order
  • Mad About You
  • The Mommies
  • NBC Sunday Night Movie
  • NBC's Saturday Movie Of The Week
  • The NBC Monday Movie
  • seaQuest DSV
  • Seinfeld
  • Sisters
  • Unsolved Mysteries
  • Wings

;New series

  • Amazing Grace *
  • The Cosby Mysteries
  • Earth 2
  • ER
  • Friends
  • High Sierra Search and Rescue *
  • Hope & Gloria *
  • In the House *
  • Madman of the People
  • The Martin Short Show
  • NewsRadio
  • Pride & Joy *
  • Something Wilder
  • Sweet Justice
  • Time Life's Lost Civilizations *

Not returning from 1993–94:

  • Against the Grain
  • Café Americain
  • Getting By
  • The Good Life
  • I Witness Video
  • L.A. Law
  • Nurses
  • Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric
  • Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  • The Second Half
  • Someone Like Me
  • TV Nation (moved to Fox)
  • Viper
  • Winnetka Road

[[UPN]]

  • Legend
  • Marker
  • Pig Sty
  • Platypus Man
  • Star Trek: Voyager
  • The Watcher

[[The WB]]

  • Muscle
  • The Parent 'Hood
  • Unhappily Ever After
  • The Wayans Bros.

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

References

References

  1. 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. {{ISBN. 978-0-345-49773-4.
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