1994–95 United States network television schedule

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 primetime 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 The CW 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 Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

  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

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos	On Our Own	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (23/12.7)
	Winter		America's Funniest Home Videos (R)
	Spring
	Summer
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (6/17.2)		Murder, She Wrote (8/15.6) (Tied with Friends)		CBS Sunday Movie (18/13.7)
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer			The Wright Verdicts
	Mid-summer			Murder, She Wrote (8/15.6) (Tied with Friends)
Fox	Fall	Fortune Hunter		The Simpsons	Hardball	Married... with Children	Wild Oats	Local programming
	Mid-fall	Encounters: The Hidden Truth			The Simpsons (R)		The George Carlin Show
	Winter	The Simpsons (R)	Get Smart		House of Buggin'		Dream On (R)
	Spring	Encounters: The Hidden Truth			The Critic
	Mid-spring	Special programming					Married... with Children (R)
	Summer	Sliders (R)					My Wildest Dreams
	Mid-summer						The George Carlin Show
	Late summer				Living Single (R)
NBC	Fall	Unsolved Mysteries (R)		seaQuest DSV		NBC Sunday Night Movie (28/12.0)
	Mid-fall	Earth 2
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	Time Life's Lost Civilizations

Notes: On Fox, The Great Defender aired its pilot episode on March 5, 1995 at 7pm, but was canceled by Fox before the second episode aired, with the remaining episodes already made before being cancelled were burned off on Mondays during the summer. Also, on Fox, Dream On consisted of reruns of the then-ongoing HBO series from 1990–96.

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Coach	Blue Skies	ABC's Monday Night Football (5/17.7)
	Mid-fall		Coach (R)
	Winter		A Whole New Ballgame	The ABC Monday Night Movie (29/11.7) (Tied with Chicago Hope, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live)
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	The Marshal (R)
CBS	Fall	The Nanny (24/12.5)	Dave's World (21/12.9)	Murphy Brown (16/14.1)	Love & War	Northern Exposure
	Winter				Cybill (22/12.8)	Chicago Hope (29/11.7) (Tied with The ABC Monday Night Movie, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live)
	Spring
	Summer
Fox	Fall	Melrose Place		Party of Five		Local programming
	Winter			Models Inc.
	Spring			Medicine Ball
	Summer	Models Inc.		Dream On (R)	Dream On (R)
	Mid-summer	Encounters: The Hidden Truth (R)		The Great Defender
	Late summer			New York Undercover (R)
NBC	Fall	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Blossom	The NBC Monday Movie (19/13.6)
	Winter
	Spring		In the House
	Summer		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (R)
	Mid-summer		In the House
UPN (launched January 16, 1995)	Winter	Star Trek: Voyager		Platypus Man	Pig Sty	Local programming
	Spring			Pig Sty	Platypus Man
	Summer			Legend

(*) 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

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Full House (25/12.4)	Me and the Boys (20/13.1)	Home Improvement (3/19.5)	Grace Under Fire (4/18.6)	NYPD Blue (7/16.5)
	Winter
	Spring		Thunder Alley		Ellen (R)
	Summer				Coach (R)
	Late summer		Roseanne (R)
CBS	Fall	Rescue 911		CBS Tuesday Movie
	Winter
	Spring	Under One Roof
	Mid-spring	Rescue 911
	Summer
Fox		Fox Tuesday Night Movie				Local programming
NBC	Fall	Wings (26/12.3)	The Martin Short Show (29/11.7) (Tied with Chicago Hope, The ABC Monday Night Movie and Primetime Live)	Frasier (15/14.3)	The John Larroquette Show	Dateline NBC
	Mid-fall		Various programming
	Winter		Something Wilder
	Spring		NewsRadio		Pride & Joy
	Mid-spring				The John Larroquette Show
	Summer		Pride & Joy
	Mid-summer		NewsRadio
UPN (launched January 17, 1995)	Winter	Marker		The Watcher		Local programming
	Spring	Legend		Marker
	Summer

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Thunder Alley	All-American Girl	Roseanne (10/15.5)	Ellen (13/14.8)	Turning Point
	Mid-fall	Sister, Sister
	Winter					Primetime Live (29/11.7) Tied with Chicago Hope, The ABC Monday Night Movie and The Martin Short Show)
	Spring	Roseanne (10/15.5)	Ellen (13/14.8)	Grace Under Fire (4/18.6)	Coach
	Summer	Me and the Boys (R)			Roseanne (10/15.5)
	Late summer	Grace Under Fire (R)			All-American Girl
CBS	Fall	The Boys Are Back	Daddy's Girls	Touched by an Angel		48 Hours
	Mid-fall	The Nanny (R)	The Boys Are Back
	Winter	Women of the House	Hearts Afire	Double Rush	Love & War	Northern Exposure
	Mid-winter	The Nanny (R)		Love & War (R)
	Spring	The George Wendt Show	Double Rush	CBS Wednesday Movie
	Mid-spring	Special programming
	Summer	Christy		Under Suspicion (R)		Under Suspicion (R)
	Mid-summer			Northern Exposure
	Late summer	The Nanny (R)	Dave's World (R)	CBS Wednesday Movie
Fox	Fall	Beverly Hills, 90210		Models Inc.		Local programming
	Winter			Party of Five
	Spring			Sliders
	Summer			Party of Five
NBC	Fall	The Cosby Mysteries		Dateline NBC		Law & Order (27/12.2)
	Winter
	Spring
	Mid-Spring	Special programming
	Summer	High Sierra Search and Rescue
	Late summer	Special programming
The WB (launched January 11, 1995)	Winter	The Wayans Bros.	The Parent 'Hood	Unhappily Ever After	Muscle	Local programming
	Spring
	Summer	The Parent 'Hood (R)		The Wayans Bros.	Unhappily Ever After
	Late summer	Sister, Sister (R)

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	My So-Called Life		McKenna		Primetime Live (29/11.7) Tied with Chicago Hope, The ABC Monday Night Movie and The Martin Short Show)
	Mid-fall			Matlock
	Winter					Day One
	Mid-winter	Matlock		The Commish
	Late winter	Extreme
	Spring	ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Summer	Matlock		The Commish
CBS	Fall	Due South		Chicago Hope (29/11.7) (Tied with the ABC Monday Night Movie, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live)		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
	Winter			Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		48 Hours
	Spring
	Mid-spring	Special programming
	Summer	Burke's Law
	Late summer	Murder, She Wrote (R)
Fox	Fall	Martin	Living Single	New York Undercover		Local programming
	Winter
	Spring
	Summer	Living Single	Martin
NBC	Fall	Mad About You (11/15.2)	Friends (8/15.6) (Tied with Murder, She Wrote)	Seinfeld (1/20.6)	Madman of the People (12/14.9)	ER (2/20.0)
	Winter		Hope & Gloria (14/14.6)		Friends (8/15.6) (Tied with Murder, She Wrote)
	Spring
	Summer
	Late summer	Friends (8/15.6) (Tied with Murder, She Wrote)			Mad About You (11/15.2)

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Family Matters	Boy Meets World	Step by Step	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	20/20 (17/14.0)
	Winter
	Late winter				On Our Own
	Spring		Sister, Sister
	Mid-spring		Boy Meets World		Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
	Summer
CBS	Fall	Diagnosis: Murder		Under Suspicion		Picket Fences
	Winter
	Spring			The Wright Verdicts
	Mid-spring			Burke's Law
	Summer			Due South (R)
	Mid-summer			Black Fox
	Late summer			Picket Fences (R)		Picket Fences
Fox	Fall	M.A.N.T.I.S.		The X-Files		Local programming
	Winter
	Spring	VR.5
	Summer	Encounters: The Hidden Truth (R)
	Mid-summer	Tales from the Crypt (R)	Tales from the Crypt (R)
	Late summer	TV Nation
NBC		Unsolved Mysteries		Dateline NBC		Homicide: Life on the Street

Notes: On Fox, Tales from the Crypt consisted on re-runs of the ongoing HBO series.

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	ABC Family Movie				The Commish
	Winter					The Marshal
	Spring
	Summer	Me and the Boys (R)	Bringing up Jack	ABC Saturday Night Movie
	Mid-summer	Special programming
	Late summer	Special programming
CBS	Fall	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman		The 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Hearts Afire	Walker, Texas Ranger
	Winter			The Boys Are Back	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
	Late winter			The Office
	Spring			Touched by an Angel
	Summer
Fox		COPS	COPS (R)	America's Most Wanted		Local programming
NBC	Fall	Something Wilder	Empty Nest	Sweet Justice		Sisters
	Mid-fall	Empty Nest	Empty Nest (R)
	Winter		The Mommies
	Spring	Amazing Grace
	Mid-spring	NBC's Saturday Movie Of The Week				Special programming
	Summer	Empty Nest	The Mommies	The John Larroquette Show (R)	Madman of the People	Law & Order (R)
	Mid-summer	Empty Nest (R)	Empty Nest (R)		The John Larroquette Show (R)
	Late summer	Various programming

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 Grace Under Fire Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Home Improvement Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Matlock NYPD Blue 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 * 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 (moved to Fox) Dinosaurs 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 60 Minutes 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 Murder, She Wrote Murphy Brown The Nanny Northern Exposure Picket Fences Rescue 911 Walker, Texas Ranger

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 * 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 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 The Critic (moved from ABC) Encounters: The Hidden Truth The George Carlin Show Living Single Married... with Children Martin Melrose Place Models Inc. The Simpsons TV Nation (moved from NBC) The X-Files

New series Dream On * (Originally aired on HBO) Fortune Hunter FOX Tuesday Night Movie Get Smart * 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 FOX Night At The Movies 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 NBC's Saturday Movie Of The Week The NBC Monday Movie seaQuest DSV Seinfeld Sisters Unsolved Mysteries Wings

New series Amazing Grace * The Cosby Mysteries Earth 2 ER Friends High Sierra Search and Rescue * Hope & Gloria * In the House * Madman of the People The Martin Short Show NewsRadio Pride & Joy * Something Wilder Sweet Justice 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 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) Viper Winnetka Road

UPN

• Legend
• Marker
• Pig Sty
• Platypus Man
• Star Trek: Voyager
• The Watcher

The WB

• Muscle
• The Parent 'Hood
• Unhappily Ever After
• The Wayans Bros.

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