1994–95 United States Network Television Schedule
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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
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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
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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
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.Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by
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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 burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.


Sunday

NOTE: The Great Defender aired its pilot episode on FOX at 7pm ET on March 5, 1995. FOX cancelled the show before the second episode aired. Episodes already made before being cancelled aired on Mondays in the summer.


Monday

(*) 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


Wednesday


Thursday


Friday


Saturday


By network


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 ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...
'' *'' Grace Under Fire'' *'' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' *'' Home Improvement'' *'' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' *'' Matlock'' *''
NYPD Blue ''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...
'' *'' 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 ''The Marshal'' is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1 ...
'' * *'' 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 ''The Critic'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated sitcom revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as w ...
'' (moved to Fox) *''
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'' *'' 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'' *''
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'' *'' 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 ''Muddling Through'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from July 9, 1994, to September 7, 1994. The series starred Stephanie Hodge as an ex-convict trying to turn her life around. History Jennifer Aniston (playing the daughte ...
'' *''
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 f ...
'' *'' Murphy Brown'' *'' The Nanny'' *'' Northern Exposure'' *'' Picket Fences'' *'' Rescue 911'' *''
Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norr ...
'' ;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 ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...
'' * *'' 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 Good Advice may refer to: *Good Advice (film), ''Good Advice'' (film), a 2001 film *Good Advice (album), ''Good Advice'' (album), by Basia Bulat, 2016 *Good Advice (TV series), ''Good Advice'' (TV series), 1993 *Good Advice (song), "Good Advice" (s ...
'' *'' 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

;Returning series * '' America's Most Wanted'' * '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' * '' Cops'' * ''
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'' (moved from ABC) * '' Encounters: The Hidden Truth'' * ''Fox Tuesday Night Movie'' * '' The George Carlin Show'' * ''
Living Single ''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Denise Lee that aired for five seasons on the Fox network, from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centers on the lives of six New York City friends who share perso ...
'' * '' Married... with Children'' * ''
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'' * '' Melrose Place'' * '' Models Inc.'' * ''
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 ...
'' * '' TV Nation'' (moved from NBC) * ''
The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to Ma ...
'' ;New series * '' Dream On'' * (Originally aired on
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) * '' Fortune Hunter'' * ''
Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
'' * * '' 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'' *''
The NBC Monday Movie ''The NBC Monday Movie'' was a television anthology series of films that debuted on February 4, 1963 (in the middle of the 1962-63 season). It was referred to as ''Monday Night at the Movies'' prior to the mid-1980s. Contrary to popular contem ...
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Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...
'' *''
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'' *'' Unsolved Mysteries'' *'' Wings'' ;New series *'' Amazing Grace'' * *'' The Cosby Mysteries'' *'' Earth 2'' *'' ER'' *''
Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...
'' *''High Sierra Search and Rescue'' * *'' Hope & Gloria'' * *'' In the House'' * *'' Madman of the People'' *'' The Martin Short Show'' *''
NewsRadio ''NewsRadio'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 21, 1995, to May 4, 1999, focusing on the work lives of the staff of a New York City AM news radio station. It had an ensemble cast featuring Dave Foley, Stephen R ...
'' *'' Pride & Joy'' * *'' Something Wilder'' *''
Sweet Justice ''Sweet Justice'' is an American legal drama television series created by John Romano and starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994, to August 12, 1995, on NBC. The series was produced by Trot ...
'' *''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 ''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and List of L.A. Law episodes, 172 episodes from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. The series cente ...
'' *'' 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) *''
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'' *'' Winnetka Road''


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'' *'' Marker'' *'' Pig Sty'' *'' Platypus Man'' *'' Star Trek: Voyager'' *'' The Watcher''


The WB The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, stylized as "THE WB", and nicknamed the "Frog Network" and/or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network that ran from 1995 to 2006. It launched on ter ...

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'' *'' The Parent 'Hood'' *'' Unhappily Ever After'' *''
The Wayans Bros. ''The Wayans Bros.'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999. The series starred real life brothers Shawn Wayans, Shawn and Marlon Wayans, comedian John Witherspoon (actor), John Withe ...
'' Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


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