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1995–96 United States Network Television Schedule
The 1995–96 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the primetime hours from September 1995 to August 1996. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1994–95 season. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1996 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. . This is the first fall season for The WB and UPN. The schedules of either network would not be constant until fall 1999, when the WB decided to air shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Over-the-air Television Networks
In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three or four major commercial national Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network, networks. From 1946 to 1956, these were American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, NBC and DuMont Television Network, DuMont. From 1956 to 1986, the "Big Three television networks, Big Three" national commercial networks were ABC, CBS, and NBC (with a few limited attempts to challenge them, such as National Telefilm Associates's NTA Film Network, the Overmyer Network, & even DuMont shareholder Paramount Pictures's Paramount Television Network). From 1954 to 1970, National Educational Television was the national clearinghouse for public broadcasting, public TV programming; the PBS, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) succeeded it in 1970. Today, more than fifty national free-to-air networks exist. Other than the non-commercial educational (NCE) PBS, which is composed of network affiliate#member stations, membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muppets Tonight
''Muppets Tonight'' is an American live-action/puppet family-oriented comedy television series, created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. The series ran for two seasons between March 8, 1996 to February 8, 1998, originally airing on ABC before later being aired and rerun on the Disney Channel. The show was a continuation of '' The Muppet Show'', with Kermit the Frog and the Muppets running their own television channel and studio, only to request one of their own to run a new show to fill in a timeslot in their channel's scheduling. The series brought back several notable Muppet characters from ''The Muppet Show'' while introducing several new ones to the program, and made parodies of television programs ranging from game shows, chat shows, and educational entertainment. Each episode featured one principal guest star, but a number of episodes also featured additional guest stars; one episode featured a cameo from Leonard Nimoy. ''Muppets Tonight'' received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge Simpson, Marge, Bart Simpson, Bart, Lisa Simpson, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, Maggie. Set in the fictional town of Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield, in an unspecified location in the United States, it caricatures society, Western culture, television and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of The Simpsons shorts, animated shorts with producer Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of ''The Tracey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Above And Beyond
Above and Beyond may refer to: Film * ''Above and Beyond'' (1952 film), a 1952 film about World War II American pilot Paul Tibbets and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima * ''Above and Beyond'' (2014 film), a 2014 film about World War II veteran pilots who defended the nascent state of Israel in 1948 Music *Above & Beyond (band) Above & Beyond are an electronic music group consisting of English musicians/DJs Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Finnish musician/DJ Paavo Siljamäki. Formed in 2000, they are the owners of London-based electronic dance music labels Anjuna ..., an English trance music group formed in 2000 * ''Above & Beyond'' (album), a 1999 live album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard * "Above and Beyond" (song), a 1960 country music song written by Harlan Howard Other * ''Above and Beyond'' (miniseries), a 2006 Canadian mini series about World War II Atlantic ferry operations * ''above&beyond'' (magazine), a Canadian magazine * Above & Beyond Children's Museum, She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an Television in the United States, American commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast television broadcaster, television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fox Corporation's corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the NBC, National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network; it was also the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touched By An Angel
''Touched by an Angel'' is an American drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes over nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and executive produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey as an angel named Monica, and Della Reese as her supervisor Tess. Throughout the series, Monica is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives. From season three onward, they are frequently joined by Andrew ( John Dye), the Angel of Death (who first appeared as a recurring character in season two). Plot The episodes of the series generally revolved around the "cases" of Monica ( Roma Downey), an angel recently promoted from the "search and rescue" division, who works under the guidance of Tess (Della Reese), a sarcastic boss who is sometimes hard on her junior colleague, but is more of a surrogate mother than a supervisor. Monic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series focuses on the life of Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer and amateur detective, who becomes involved in solving murders that take place in the fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine, across the United States, and abroad. The program ran for 12 seasons from September 30, 1984, to May 19, 1996, for a total of 264 episodes and included amongst its recurring cast Tom Bosley, William Windom (actor), William Windom and Ron Masak, as well as a vast array of guest cast members including Mickey Rooney, Michael Horton (actor), Michael Horton, Keith Michell, Barbara Babcock, George Segal, Kevin McCarthy (actor), Kevin McCarthy, Gene Barry, Martin Milner, Earl Holliman, Pat Morita, Tom Wopat, John Astin, Loretta Swit, John Saxon, Ruth Roman, Kathryn Grays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie (TV Series)
''Bonnie'' (originally titled ''The Bonnie Hunt Show'') is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 1995 to April 7, 1996. Bonnie Hunt plays Bonnie Kelly, a television reporter who moves from Wisconsin to take a job with a Chicago television station where she encounters an eclectic group of coworkers. In addition to the stories concerning Bonnie's life inside and out of the station, each episode includes one of Bonnie's television news features, in which Hunt would improvise interviews with real people attending or involved in current real local events. Cast *Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Kelly *Mark Derwin as Bill Kirkland *Brian Howe (actor), Brian Howe as Sammy Sinatra *Don Lake as Keith Jedzik *Tom Virtue as Tom Vandoozer *Holly Wortell as Holly Janovsky Production notes The series premiered as ''The Bonnie Hunt Show'' in September 1995 and aired under that title for the first six episodes before being placed on hiatus in November. Upon returning to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Hurry Love
''Can't Hurry Love'' is an American sitcom television series created by Gina Wendkos, starring Nancy McKeon and Mariska Hargitay, that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995, to February 26, 1996. Premise The series centers on Annie, a single, thirty-something woman living in New York and her three friends: Didi, Roger and Elliot. Most episodes revolve around Annie finding love or the romantic interests of her friends. Most of the action takes place in Annie's studio apartment, the employment agency she, Roger and Elliot work at, and a local bar they all frequent called Wreck's. Cast * Nancy McKeon as Annie O'Donnell * Mariska Hargitay as Didi Edelstein * Louis Mandylor as Roger Carlucci * Kevin Crowley as Elliot Tenney Cancellation The series was canceled after one season despite having an average household rating of 11.4, tying it for 24th place among all TV shows that year. Episodes References External links * {{IMDb title, 0111909, Can't Hurry Love ''Can't Hurry Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Truth (TV Series)
''The Naked Truth'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995, to February 28, 1996, and on NBC from January 16, 1997, to May 25, 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication. Plot Pulitzer Prize nominated photographer Nora Wilde (Téa Leoni) divorces her rich, philandering husband Leland Banks, asking for nothing in the settlement except the use of her maiden name. Broke and without prospects for employment, after Leland blackballs her from respectable mainstream work, Nora seeks work at ''The Comet'', a sleazy celebrity tabloid owned by Sir Rudolph Halley (Tim Curry) and run by ruthless Camilla Dane (Holland Taylor). Initially, Nora is repulsed by the depths to which she has to sink for her new job – she finds herself in demeaning situations such as stealing Anna Nicole Smith's urine to run a pregnancy test, and staking out the sewer for mutant alligators&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on September 13, 1990, and completing its 20th season on May 24, 2010. On September 28, 2021, after an 11-year hiatus, NBC announced that the series would be revived for a 21st season, which premiered on February 24, 2022. The revival saw the debut of new regular cast members, and the reprise of two roles by series veterans: District Attorney Jack McCoy ( Sam Waterston), and Detective Kevin Bernard ( Anthony Anderson). Afterwards, the series was renewed for three additional seasons. In May 2025, it was announced the series had been renewed for its twenty-fifth season. Set and filmed in New York City, the series follows a two-part approach: the first half-hour is the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Sunday Movie
The ''CBS Sunday Movie'' (also known at various times as the ''CBS Sunday Night Movie'') is the umbrella title for a made-for-TV and feature film showcase series originally airing from 1941 on CBS until the end of the 2005–2006 television season, when it was replaced with a drama series. It was the last of the weekly Sunday night movie showcases aired by the Big Three television networks to be canceled, outside of special event premieres and the network's previous run of the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' film anthology. On April 7, 2020, as part of schedule changes associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States, CBS announced that it would air feature films under the ''CBS Sunday Night Movies'' banner for a five-week event in May 2020, featuring films from corporate sister Paramount Pictures (as well as other studios for example Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
