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

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

  •   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.
  •  highlight  Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
  •  highlight  Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
  •  highlight  Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
  •  highlight  Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

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. 10:30 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 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 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. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Day One ABC's Monday Night Football (8/16.5)
Winter 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
Late spring Dave's World (R) The Nanny (R) Love & War (R)
Summer The Nanny (R) Dave's World (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. 10:30 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
Mid-summer 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
Mid-spring 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 The Good Life 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 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
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 Birdland
Mid-winter The Critic
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)
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
Spring Good Advice America Tonight
Summer Muddling Through (R)
Fox Fall Beverly Hills, 90210 Melrose Place Local programming
Summer Models Inc.
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. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Missing Persons Matlock Primetime Live (17/14.0)
Winter The Byrds of Paradise
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?
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)
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 Bakersfield P.D.
Mid-summer Martin (R) Living Single (R)
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. 10:30 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
Summer Encounters: The Hidden Truth
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. 10:30 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
Winter America's Most Wanted
NBC Fall The Mommies Café Americain Empty Nest Nurses Sisters
Winter Getting By
Late winter Blossom The Mommies Winnetka Road
Spring 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

CBS

Fox

NBC

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

References

  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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