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.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. .
Lime indicates the number-one watched program for the season. 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. Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies. Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States. Bronze indicates reairs of programming that originally aired on a cable channel.
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 PMABC Fall America's Funniest Home Videos On Our Own Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman WinterAmerica's Funniest Home Videos Spring SummerCBS FallMurder, She Wrote (Tied with Friends) Winter Spring Summer The Wright Verdicts Mid-summerMurder, She Wrote (Tied with Friends)Fox Fall Fortune Hunter The Simpsons Hardball Married... with Children Wild Oats Mid-fall Encounters: The Hidden Truth The Simpsons The George Carlin Show Winter The Simpsons Get Smart House of Buggin' Dream On Spring Encounters: The Hidden Truth The Critic Mid-spring Married... with Children Summer Sliders My Wildest Dreams Mid-summer The George Carlin Show Late summer Living Single NBC Fall Unsolved Mysteries seaQuest DSVMid-fallEarth 2 Winter Spring SummerTime 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. House of Buggin' came back for three weeks in April on FOX; at 8:30PM ET on April 9th and April 16th and 9:30PM ET on April 23rd.
Monday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PMABC FallCoach Blue Skies Mid-fall Coach Winter A Whole New Ballgame Spring Summer The Marshal CBS Fall The Nanny Dave's World Murphy Brown Love & War Northern Exposure Winter Cybill Chicago Hope (Tied with The ABC Monday Night Movie, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live) Spring SummerFox FallMelrose PlaceParty of Five WinterModels Inc. SpringMedicine Ball Summer Models Inc. Dream On Dream On Mid-summer Encounters: The Hidden Truth The Great Defender Late summer New York Undercover NBC Fall The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirBlossom Winter Spring In the House Summer The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Mid-summer In the HouseUPN (launched January 16, 1995) WinterStar Trek: Voyager Platypus Man Pig Sty 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 PMABC Fall Full House Me and the Boys Home Improvement Grace Under Fire NYPD Blue Winter Spring Thunder AlleyEllen Summer Coach Late summer Roseanne CBS Fall Rescue 911 CBS Tuesday Movie Winter Spring Under One Roof Mid-spring Rescue 911 SummerFoxFox Tuesday Night MovieNBC Fall Wings The Martin Short Show (Tied with Chicago Hope, The ABC Monday Night Movie and Primetime Live)Frasier The John Larroquette ShowDateline NBC Mid-fall Winter Something Wilder Spring NewsRadio Pride & Joy Mid-spring The John Larroquette Show Summer Pride & Joy Mid-summer NewsRadioUPN (launched January 17, 1995) WinterMarkerThe Watcher SpringLegendMarker Summer
Wednesday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PMABC Fall Thunder Alley All-American Girl Roseanne Ellen Turning Point Mid-fall Sister, Sister Winter Spring Roseanne Ellen Grace Under Fire Coach Summer Me and the Boys Roseanne Late summer Grace Under Fire All-American Girl CBS Fall The Boys Are Back Daddy's Girls Touched by an Angel 48 Hours Mid-fall The Nanny The Boys Are Back Winter Women of the House Hearts Afire Double RushLove & War Northern Exposure Spring The George Wendt Show Double Rush CBS Wednesday Movie Mid-spring Summer Christy Under Suspicion Under Suspicion Mid-summer Northern Exposure Late summer The Nanny Dave's World CBS Wednesday MovieFox FallBeverly Hills, 90210Models Inc. WinterParty of Five Spring Sliders SummerParty of FiveNBC FallThe Cosby MysteriesDateline NBCLaw & Order Winter Spring Mid-spring SummerHigh Sierra Search and Rescue Late summer The WB (launched January 11, 1995) WinterThe Wayans Bros. The Parent 'HoodUnhappily Ever AfterMuscle Spring Summer The Parent 'Hood The Wayans Bros. Unhappily Ever After Late summer Sister, Sister
Thursday Network8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.ABC FallMy So-Called LifeMcKenna Mid-fallMatlock WinterDay One Mid-winterMatlockThe Commish Late winterExtreme SpringABC Thursday Night Movie SummerMatlock The Commish Mid-summerMcKenna Late summerThe CommishCBS FallDue SouthChicago Hope Eye to Eye with Connie Chung WinterEye to Eye with Connie Chung48 Hours Spring Mid-spring SummerBurke's Law Late summerMurder, She Wrote Fox FallMartinLiving SingleNew York Undercover Winter Spring SummerLiving Single Martin NBC FallMad About You Friends Seinfeld Madman of the People ER WinterHope & Gloria Friends Spring Summer Late summerFriends Mad About You
Friday Network 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM ABC Fall Family MattersBoy Meets World Step by StepHangin' with Mr. Cooper Winter Late winter On Our Own Spring Sister, Sister Mid-springBoy 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 Mid-summer Black Fox Late summer Picket Fences Picket Fences Fox Fall M.A.N.T.I.S. The X-Files Winter Spring VR.5 Summer Encounters: The Hidden Truth Mid-summer Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt Late summer TV Nation NBC Unsolved Mysteries Dateline NBC Homicide: Life on the Street
Saturday
Network8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m. ABC FallABC Family MovieThe Commish WinterThe Marshal Spring SummerMe and the Boys Bringing up JackABC Saturday Night Movie Mid-summer Late summerCBS FallDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman The 5 Mrs. Buchanans Hearts AfireWalker, Texas Ranger Winter The Boys Are BackThe 5 Mrs. Buchanans Late winter The Office SpringTouched by an Angel SummerFox COPSCOPS America's Most WantedNBC Fall Something Wilder Empty NestSweet JusticeSisters Mid-fallNBC Saturday Night Movie Late fall Empty Nest Empty NestSweet Justice Winter The Mommies Spring Amazing Grace Mid-springNBC Saturday Night Movie SummerEmpty NestThe MommiesThe John Larroquette Show Madman of the PeopleLaw & Order Mid-summerEmpty Nest Empty Nest The John Larroquette Show Late summer
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 Dream On (Originally aired on HBO) The Critic (moved from ABC) Encounters: The Hidden Truth Fox Tuesday Night Movie 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 Fortune Hunter 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 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.
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