1993–94 United States Network Television Schedule

The following is the 1993–94 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1993 through August 1994. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1992–93 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as '' Monday Night Football''.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.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. .

: 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.
* Light Purple indicates movies.
* Red indicates series being burning off, burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.

''Note: This is the first season in which Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox commenced television broadcasts on every night of the week from the beginning of the season onward.''

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. From February 12 to 27, 1994, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Note: After airing only a single episode of ''South of Sunset'' on October 27, CBS cancelled the show and broadcast no further episodes.

Thursday

Friday

Note: On CBS, ''Good Advice (TV series), Good Advice'' was to have returned on this night at 9 p.m., followed by ''Bob (TV series), Bob'' at 9:30 p.m. Late changes resulted in ''Bob (TV series), Bob'' beginning at 9 p.m., Family Album (1993 TV series), Family Album moving to 9:30 p.m. in mid-October, It Had to Be You (TV series), It Had to Be You being canceled at the same time, and ''Good Advice (TV series), Good Advice'' not returning till the following May. Additionally, Diagnosis: Murder premiered in late October to fill the 8–9 p.m. hour.

Saturday

Note: NBC was scheduled to show its portion of ''The Baseball Network, Baseball Night in America'' in August and September 1994, but those games were cancelled by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, Major League Baseball players' strike.

By network

American Broadcasting Company, ABC

;Returning series
*''20/20 (American TV program), 20/20''
*''The ABC Sunday Night Movie''
*''America's Funniest Home Videos''
*''America's Funniest People''
*''Coach (TV series), Coach''
*''The Commish''
*''Day One (TV program), Day One''
*''Dinosaurs (TV series), Dinosaurs''
*''Family Matters''
*''FBI: The Untold Stories''
*''Full House''
*''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''
*''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement''
*''Matlock (TV series), Matlock''
*'' Monday Night Football''
*''Primetime (American TV program), Primetime Live''
*''Roseanne''
*''Step by Step (TV series), Step by Step''
*''Where I Live''

;New series
*''The Baseball Network, Baseball Night in America''
*''Birdland (TV series), Birdland'' *
*''Boy Meets World''
*''The Byrds of Paradise'' *
*''The Critic'' *
*''Ellen (TV series), Ellen''
*''George (1993 TV series), George''
*''Grace Under Fire''
*''Joe's Life''
*''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''
*''Missing Persons (TV series), Missing Persons''
*''Moon Over Miami (TV series), Moon Over Miami''
*''NYPD Blue''
*''The Paula Poundstone Show''
*''Phenom (TV series), Phenom''
*''She TV'' *
*''Sister, Sister (TV series), Sister, Sister'' *
*''Thea (TV series), Thea''
*''Thunder Alley (TV series), Thunder Alley'' *
*''Turning Point (TV program), Turning Point'' *

Not returning from 1992–93 United States network television schedule, 1992–93:
*''American Detective''
*''Camp Wilder''
*''Civil Wars (TV series), Civil Wars''
*''Covington Cross''
*''Crossroads (1992 TV series), Crossroads''
*''Delta (American TV series), Delta''
*''Doogie Howser, M.D.''
*''Getting By'' (moved to NBC)
*''Going to Extremes (TV series), Going to Extremes''
*''Home Free (1993 TV series), Home Free''
*''Homefront (American TV series), Homefront''
*''Jack's Place (TV series), Jack's Place''
*''The Jackie Thomas Show''
*''Laurie Hill (TV series), Laurie Hill''
*''Life Goes On (TV series), Life Goes On''
*''Perfect Strangers (TV series), Perfect Strangers''
*''Room for Two (American TV series), Room for Two''
*''Sirens (1993 TV series), Sirens'' (moved to broadcast syndication, syndication in 1994)
*''Street Match''
*''The Wonder Years''
*''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles''
*''Wild Palms''

CBS

;Returning series
*''48 Hours (TV series), 48 Hours''
*''60 Minutes''
*''Bob (TV series), Bob''
*''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''
*''Evening Shade''
*''Good Advice (TV series), Good Advice''
*''Hearts Afire''
*''In the Heat of the Night (TV series), In the Heat of the Night''
*''Love & War (TV series), Love & War''
*''Murder, She Wrote''
*''Murphy Brown''
*''Northern Exposure''
*''Picket Fences''
*''Rescue 911''
*''Walker, Texas Ranger''

;New series
*''704 Hauser'' *
*''America Tonight'' *
*''Angel Falls (TV series), Angel Falls''
*''Burke's Law (1994 TV series), Burke's Law'' *
*''Christy (TV series), Christy'' *
*''Dave's World''
*''Diagnosis: Murder'' *
*''Eye to Eye with Connie Chung''
*''Family Album (1993 TV series), Family Album''
*''Harts of the West''
*''Hotel Malibu'' *
*''It Had to Be You (TV series), It Had to Be You''
*''Muddling Through'' *
*''The Nanny''
*''One West Waikiki'' *
*''The Road Home (American TV series), The Road Home'' *
*''Second Chances (American TV series), Second Chances'' *
*''South of Sunset''
*''Tom (American TV series), Tom'' *
*''Traps (TV series), Traps'' *

Not returning from 1992–93 United States network television schedule, 1992–93:
*''Angel Street (TV series), Angel Street''
*''Bodies of Evidence (TV series), Bodies of Evidence''
*''The Boys (1993 TV series), The Boys''
*''Brooklyn Bridge (TV series), Brooklyn Bridge''
*''The Building (TV series), The Building''
*''Cutters (TV series), Cutters''
*''Designing Women''
*''Dudley (TV series), Dudley''
*''Family Dog (TV series), Family Dog''
*''Frannie's Turn''
*''The Golden Palace''
*''The Hat Squad''
*''How'd They Do That?''
*''Johnny Bago''
*''Knots Landing''
*''A League of Their Own (1993 TV series), A League of Their Own''
*''Major Dad''
*''Middle Ages (TV series), Middle Ages''
*''Raven (1992 TV series), Raven''
*''Space Rangers (TV series), Space Rangers''
*''Street Stories with Ed Bradley''
*''Top Cops''
*''Tall Hopes''
*''The Trouble with Larry''

Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox

;Returning series
*''America's Most Wanted''
*''Beverly Hills, 90210''
*''Code 3''
*''Comic Strip Live (TV series), Comic Strip Live''
*''Cops (TV program), COPS''
*''FOX Night at the Movies''
*''Front Page (newsmagazine), The Front Page''
*''Herman's Head''
*''In Living Color''
*''Married... with Children''
*''Martin (TV series), Martin''
*''Melrose Place''
*''Roc (TV series), Roc''
*''The Simpsons''

;New series
*''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.''
*''Bakersfield P.D.''
*''Daddy Dearest''
*''Encounters: The Hidden Truth'' *
*''The George Carlin Show'' *
*''Living Single''
*''Models Inc.''
*''Monty (TV series), Monty'' *
*''The Sinbad Show''
*''South Central (TV series), South Central'' *
*''Townsend Television''
*''The X-Files''

Not returning from 1992–93 United States network television schedule, 1992–93:
*''Batman: The Animated Series'' (returned to daytime)
*''The Ben Stiller Show''
*''Class of '96''
*''Danger Theatre''
*''Down the Shore''
*''The Edge (Fox TV series), The Edge''
*''Flying Blind (TV series), Flying Blind''
*''Great Scott! (TV series), Great Scott!''
*''The Heights (American TV series), The Heights''
*''Key West (TV series), Key West''
*''Likely Suspects''
*''Parker Lewis Can't Lose''
*''Shaky Ground''
*''Sightings (TV series), Sightings'' (moved to syndication)
*''TriBeCa (TV series), TriBeCa''
*''Woops!''

NBC

;Returning series
*''Blossom (TV series), Blossom''
*''Dateline NBC''
*''Empty Nest''
*''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''
*''Getting By'' (moved from American Broadcasting Company, ABC)
*''Homicide: Life on the Street''
*''I Witness Video''
*''L.A. Law''
*''Law & Order''
*''Mad About You''
*''NBC Sunday Night Movie''
*''The NBC Monday Movie''
*''Nurses (American TV series), Nurses''
*''Seinfeld''
*''Sisters (American TV series), Sisters''
*''Unsolved Mysteries''
*''Wings (1990 TV series), Wings''

;New series
*''Against the Grain (TV series), Against the Grain''
*''Café Americain''
*''Frasier''
*''The Good Life (1994 TV series), The Good Life'' *
*''The John Larroquette Show''
*''The Mommies (TV series), The Mommies''
*''Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric'' *
*''Saved by the Bell: The College Years''
*''seaQuest DSV''
*''The Second Half''
*''Someone Like Me (TV series), Someone Like Me'' *
*''Viper (TV series), Viper'' *
*''Winnetka Road'' *

Not returning from 1992–93 United States network television schedule, 1992–93:
*''The Torkelsons, Almost Home''
*''Black Tie Affair (TV series), Black Tie Affair''
*''Cheers''
*''Crime & Punishment''
*''A Different World''
*''Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries, Final Appeal''
*''Here and Now (1992 TV series), Here and Now''
*''I'll Fly Away (TV series), I'll Fly Away''
*''Out All Night (TV series), Out All Night''
*''The Powers That Be (TV series), The Powers That Be''
*''Quantum Leap''
*''Reasonable Doubts''
*''Rhythm & Blues (TV series), Rhythm & Blues''
*''The Round Table (TV series), The Round Table''
*''Route 66 (TV series)#Sequel, Route 66''
*''Secret Service (TV series), Secret Service''
*''South Beach (1993 TV series), South Beach''
*''Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes''
*''What Happened?''

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

References

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