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The 1993–94 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the 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.

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

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1994 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

This is the first season in which Fox commenced television broadcasts on every night of the week from the beginning of the season onward.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

Note: From February 12 to 27, 1994, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Legend

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 scheduled programs, including specials.

Sunday

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC		America's Funniest Home Videos	The New America's Funniest People	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (30/12.6) (Tied with Family Matters)
CBS		60 Minutes (1/20.9)		Murder, She Wrote (11/16.0)		CBS Sunday Movie (10/16.2)
Fox	Fall	Townsend Television		Martin	Living Single	Married... with Children	Daddy Dearest	Local programming
	Late fall	Townsend Television					Married... with Children (R)
	Winter	Code 3 (R)					The George Carlin Show
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
	Mid-summer	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.		The Simpsons (R)
NBC	Fall	I Witness Video		seaQuest DSV		NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Spring	NBA on NBC
	Summer	Special programming

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Day One		ABC's Monday Night Football (8/16.5)
	Winter	Day One		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Coach (R)		Various programming
CBS	Fall	Evening Shade (27/13.2) (Tied with Phenom and Rescue 911)	Dave's World (21/13.7) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)	Murphy Brown (9/16.3)	Love & War (13/14.5)	Northern Exposure (14/14.4)
	Spring	Dave's World (21/13.7) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)	704 Hauser		Hearts Afire
	Mid-spring	Evening Shade (27/13.2) (Tied with Phenom and Rescue 911)	Various programming		Hearts Afire
	Late spring	Dave's World (R)	The Nanny (R)		Love & War (R)
	Summer	The Nanny (R)	Dave's World (R)		Love & War (R)
Fox		Fox Night at the Movies				Local programming
NBC	Fall	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (21/13.7) (Tied with Dave's World)	Blossom	The NBC Monday Movie (23/13.6)
	Winter		Someone Like Me
	Spring		Blossom

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Full House (16/14.2)	Phenom (27/13.2) (Tied with Evening Shade and Rescue 911)	Roseanne (4/19.1)	Coach (6/17.4)	NYPD Blue (18/13.9) (Tied with Wings)
	Summer		Sister, Sister		Coach (6/17.4)	NYPD Blue (18/13.9) (Tied with Wings)
	Mid-summer		Sister, Sister		These Friends of Mine	She TV
CBS		Rescue 911 (27/13.2) (Tied with Phenom and Evening Shade)		CBS Tuesday Movie (25/13.3) (Tied with Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
Fox	Fall	Roc	Bakersfield P.D.	America's Most Wanted		Local programming
	Winter	Monty	Roc	Front Page
	Spring	South Central		Front Page
	Mid-spring	South Central		Tales from the Crypt (R)
NBC	Fall	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Getting By	The John Larroquette Show	The Second Half	Dateline NBC
	Winter	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	The Good Life	The John Larroquette Show	Café Americain
	Late winter	The Good Life	The Second Half	The John Larroquette Show (R)	The John Larroquette Show
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	TV Nation		The John Larroquette Show (R)	Wings (R)

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Thea	Joe's Life	Home Improvement (2/20.4)	Grace Under Fire (5/17.7)	Moon Over Miami
	Late fall		George			Special programming
	Winter		George			Birdland
	Mid-winter		The Critic			Birdland
	Late winter	Home Improvement (R)	Thunder Alley (12/15.9)		These Friends of Mine	Turning Point (20/13.8)
	Spring	Dinosaurs	The Critic		Grace Under Fire (R)
	Summer	Thunder Alley (R)	Phenom (R)		Grace Under Fire (R)
CBS	Fall	MLB on CBS
	Mid-fall	Hearts Afire	The Nanny	Special programming		48 Hours
	Winter	The Nanny	Hearts Afire	In the Heat of the Night
	Late winter		Tom	In the Heat of the Night
	Spring		Good Advice	America Tonight
	Summer		Muddling Through (R)	America Tonight
Fox	Fall	Beverly Hills, 90210		Melrose Place		Local programming
Fox	Summer	Beverly Hills, 90210		Models Inc.		Local programming
NBC		Unsolved Mysteries		Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric		Law & Order

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

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Missing Persons		Matlock		Primetime Live (17/14.0)
	Winter	The Byrds of Paradise		Matlock
	Summer	Matlock (R)
	Mid-summer	Matlock (R)		The Commish
CBS	Fall	In the Heat of the Night		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		Angel Falls
	Mid-fall					Various programming
	Late fall					Second Chances
	Winter	How'd They Do That?				Second Chances
	Spring	Christy				Traps
	Mid-spring	Special programming				Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
	Late spring	How'd They Do That?		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		Picket Fences (R)
	Summer	In the Heat of the Night (R)				Picket Fences (R)
	Mid-summer	One West Waikiki				Hotel Malibu
Fox	Fall	The Simpsons	The Sinbad Show	In Living Color	Herman's Head	Local programming
	Spring		The Simpsons (R)		Various programming
	Late spring		The Sinbad Show (R)		Herman's Head (R)
	Summer		The Sinbad Show (R)		Bakersfield P.D.
	Mid-summer	Martin (R)	Living Single (R)		Bakersfield P.D.
NBC	Fall	Mad About You	Wings (18/13.9) (Tied with NYPD Blue)	Seinfeld (3/19.4)	Frasier (7/16.8)	L.A. Law
	Winter					Homicide: Life on the Street (24/13.5)
	Mid-winter					L.A. Law
	Spring					Law & Order (R)
	Summer					Dateline NBC

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Family Matters (30/12.6) (Tied with The ABC Sunday Night Movie)	Boy Meets World	Step by Step	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	20/20 (15/14.3)
	Spring				Sister, Sister
	Mid-spring				Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
CBS	Fall	It Had to Be You	Family Album	Various programming
	Mid-fall	Diagnosis: Murder		Bob	Family Album	Picket Fences
	Late fall			Special programming
	Winter			Burke's Law
Fox	Fall	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.		The X-Files		Local programming
Fox	Summer	Encounters: The Hidden Truth		The X-Files		Local programming
NBC	Fall	Against the Grain		NBC Friday Night Mystery
	Mid-fall	Special programming
	Winter	Viper
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	I Witness Video

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

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The ABC Saturday Night Movie				The Commish
	Mid-fall	George	Where I Live	Various programming
	Late fall	The ABC Saturday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	MLB on CBS
	Mid-fall	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (25/13.3) (Tied with The CBS Tuesday Movie)		Harts of the West		Walker, Texas Ranger
	Winter			The Road Home
	Spring			Various programming
	Late spring			Harts of the West
	Summer			Muddling Through	Hearts Afire
Fox	Fall	COPS	COPS (R)	Front Page		Local programming
Fox	Winter	COPS	COPS (R)	America's Most Wanted		Local programming
NBC	Fall	The Mommies	Café Americain	Empty Nest	Nurses	Sisters
	Winter	The Mommies	Getting By			Sisters
	Late winter	Blossom	The Mommies			Winnetka Road
	Spring	Blossom	The Mommies			Sisters
	Late spring	The Mommies (R)	Getting By
	Summer	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Mid-summer	The Mommies (R)	Empty Nest (R)	NBC Saturday Night Movie

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

By network

ABC

Returning series

New series

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

Not returning from 1992–93:

CBS

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1992–93:

Fox

Returning series

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 *
The Sinbad Show
South Central *
Townsend Television
The X-Files

Not returning from 1992–93:

Batman: The Animated Series (returned to daytime)
The Ben Stiller Show
Class of '96
Danger Theatre
Down the Shore
The Edge
Flying Blind
Great Scott!
The Heights
Key West
Likely Suspects
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Shaky Ground
Sightings (moved to syndication)
TriBeCa
Woops!

NBC

Returning series

New series

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

Not returning from 1992–93:

Almost Home
Black Tie Affair
Cheers
Crime & Punishment
A Different World
Final Appeal
Here and Now
I'll Fly Away
Out All Night
The Powers That Be
Quantum Leap
Reasonable Doubts
Rhythm & Blues
The Round Table
Route 66
Secret Service
South Beach
Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes
What Happened?

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

References

^ Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported on TimBrooks.net/Ratings Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine

[BM2-1] Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported on TimBrooks.net/Ratings Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine

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-{{Plainlist|
+:{{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
+:{{Color box|magenta|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
+'''Other Legend'''
 *{{Color box|#abbfff|border=darkgray}} Light blue indicates local programming.
 *{{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} Gray indicates encore programming.
-*{{Color box|#6699CC|border=darkgray}} Blue-gray indicates news programming.
+*{{Color box|#77AACC|border=darkgray}} Blue-gray indicates news programming.
 *{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Light green indicates sporting events.
-*{{Color box|#FA8072|border=darkgray}} Red indicates series being [[burning off|burned off]] and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
+*{{Color box|#bf8fef|border=darkgray}} Light Purple indicates movies.
+*{{Color box|#FA8072|border=darkgray}} Red indicates series being [[burning off|burned off]] and other scheduled programs, including specials.
-*{{Color box|light white|border=darkgray|highlight|yellow}} Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
-*{{Color box|light white|border=darkgray|highlight|cyan}} Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
-*{{Color box|light white|border=darkgray|highlight|magenta}} Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
-*{{Color box|light white|border=darkgray|highlight|black}} Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.
-}}
-==Sunday==
+== Sunday ==
-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
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-| colspan="4" rowspan="3" style="background:#FA8072;"| ''[[NBC Sunday Night Movie]]''
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 | colspan="4" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Various programming
 |-
-! rowspan="5"|[[CBS]]
+! rowspan="5" | [[CBS]]
 ! Fall
 | style="background:magenta;"|''[[Evening Shade]]'' {{small|(27/13.2)<br/>(Tied with ''[[Phenom (TV series)|Phenom]]'' and ''[[Rescue 911]]'')}}
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-| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|''Fox Night at the Movies''
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 | style="background-color:#abbfff;" colspan="2"|Local programming
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 ==Tuesday==
-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
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-==Wednesday==
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-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
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 ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30&nbsp;p.m.
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-! rowspan="7"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
+! rowspan="7" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 ! Fall
-| rowspan="4"|'''''[[Thea (TV series)|Thea]]'''''
+| rowspan="4"| '''''[[Thea (TV series)|Thea]]'''''
 | '''''[[Joe's Life]]'''''
-| rowspan="7" style="background:yellow;"|''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' {{small|(2/20.4)}}
+| rowspan="7" style="background:yellow;"| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' {{small|(2/20.4)}}
-| rowspan="4" style="background:yellow;"|'''''[[Grace Under Fire]]''''' {{small|(5/17.7)}}
+| rowspan="4" style="background:yellow;"| '''''[[Grace Under Fire]]''''' {{small|(5/17.7)}}
 | colspan="2"|'''''[[Moon Over Miami (TV series)|Moon Over Miami]]'''''
 |-
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 ==Thursday==
-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
 {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
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 ! Fall
 | rowspan="5"|''[[Mad About You]]''
-| rowspan="5" style="background:cyan;"|''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' {{small|(18/13.9)<br/>(Tied with ''[[NYPD Blue]]'')}}
+| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="5" style="background:cyan;"|''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' {{small|(18/13.9)<br/>(Tied with ''[[NYPD Blue]]'')}}
-| rowspan="5" style="background:yellow;"|''[[Seinfeld]]'' {{small|(3/19.4)}}
+| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="5" style="background:yellow;"|''[[Seinfeld]]'' {{small|(3/19.4)}}
-| rowspan="5" style="background:yellow;"|'''''[[Frasier]]''''' {{small|(7/16.8)}}
+| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="5" style="background:yellow;"|'''''[[Frasier]]''''' {{small|(7/16.8)}}
 | colspan="2"|''[[L.A. Law]]''
 |-
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 ==Friday==
-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
 {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
 |-
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 | colspan="2"|'''''[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'''''
 |-
-! rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
+! rowspan="2" | [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
 ! Fall
-| colspan="2"|'''''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'''''
+| colspan="2" | '''''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'''''
-| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|'''''[[The X-Files]]'''''
+| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | '''''[[The X-Files]]'''''
-| rowspan="2" style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2"|Local programming
+| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#abbfff;" colspan="2"|Local programming
 |-
 ! Summer
-| colspan="2"|'''''[[Encounters: The Hidden Truth]]'''''
+| colspan="2" | '''''[[Encounters: The Hidden Truth]]'''''
 |-
-! rowspan="5"|[[NBC]]
+! rowspan="5" | [[NBC]]
 ! Fall
-| colspan="2"|'''''[[Against the Grain (TV series)|Against the Grain]]'''''
+| colspan="2" | '''''[[Against the Grain (TV series)|Against the Grain]]'''''
-| colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background:#FA8072;"|''NBC Friday Night Mystery''
+| bgcolor="#bf8fef" colspan="4" rowspan="5" | ''NBC Friday Night Mystery''
 |-
 ! Mid-fall
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 |-
 ! Winter
-| colspan="2"|'''''[[Viper (TV series)|Viper]]'''''
+| colspan="2" | '''''[[Viper (TV series)|Viper]]'''''
 |-
 ! Spring
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 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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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==
+== Saturday ==
-<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
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 ! rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 ! Fall
-| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|''The ABC Saturday Night Movie''
+| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|''The ABC Saturday Night Movie''
 | rowspan="3" colspan="2"|''[[The Commish]]''
 |-
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 |-
 ! Late fall
-| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|''The ABC Saturday Night Movie''
+| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|''The ABC Saturday Night Movie''
 |-
 ! rowspan="6"|[[CBS]]
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 |-
 ! Summer
-| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"| ''NBC Saturday Night Movie''
+| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"| ''NBC Saturday Night Movie''
 |-
 ! Mid-summer
 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|'''''[[The Mommies (TV series)|The Mommies]]''''' {{small|(R)}}
 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|''[[Empty Nest]]'' {{small|(R)}}
-| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|''NBC Saturday Night Movie''
+| colspan="4" style="background:#bf8fef;"|''NBC Saturday Night Movie''
 |}