1993–94 United States network television schedule explained

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 .

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			The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS		60 Minutes		Murder, She Wrote		CBS Sunday Movie
Fox	Fall	*Townsend Television*		Martin	*Living Single*	Married... with Children	*Daddy Dearest*	Local programming
	Late fall	*Townsend Television*					Married... with Children
	Winter	Code 3					*The George Carlin Show*
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	*The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.*
	Mid-summer	*The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.*		The Simpsons
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
	Winter	Day One		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Coach		Various programming
CBS	Fall	Evening Shade	*Dave's World*	Murphy Brown	Love & War	Northern Exposure
	Spring	*Dave's World*	*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*	*The Nanny*		Love & War
	Summer	*The Nanny*	*Dave's World*		Love & War
Fox		Fox Night at the Movies				Local programming
NBC	Fall	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Blossom	The NBC Monday Movie
	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	*Phenom*	Roseanne	Coach	*NYPD Blue*
	Summer		*Sister, Sister*		Coach	*NYPD Blue*
	Mid-summer		*Sister, Sister*		*These Friends of Mine*	*She TV*
CBS		Rescue 911		CBS Tuesday Movie
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
NBC	Fall		Getting By	*The John Larroquette Show*	*The Second Half*	Dateline NBC
	Winter		*The Good Life*	*The John Larroquette Show*	*Café Americain*
	Late winter	*The Good Life*	*The Second Half*	*The John Larroquette Show*	*The John Larroquette Show*
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	*TV Nation*		*The John Larroquette Show*	Wings

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	*Grace Under Fire*	*Moon Over Miami*
	Late fall		*George*			Special programming
	Winter		*George*			*Birdland*
	Mid-winter		*The Critic*			*Birdland*
	Late winter	Home Improvement	*Thunder Alley*		*These Friends of Mine*	*Turning Point*
	Spring	Dinosaurs	*The Critic*		*Grace Under Fire*
	Summer	*Thunder Alley*	*Phenom*		*Grace Under Fire*
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*	*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
	Winter	*The Byrds of Paradise*		Matlock
	Summer	Matlock
	Mid-summer	Matlock		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
	Summer	In the Heat of the Night				Picket Fences
	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		Various programming
	Late spring		*The Sinbad Show*		Herman's Head
	Summer		*The Sinbad Show*		*Bakersfield P.D.*
	Mid-summer	Martin	*Living Single*		*Bakersfield P.D.*
NBC	Fall	Mad About You	Wings	Seinfeld	*Frasier*	L.A. Law
	Winter
	Mid-winter					L.A. Law
	Spring					Law & Order
	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	*Boy Meets World*	Step by Step	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	20/20
	Spring				*Sister, Sister*
	Mid-spring				Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
CBS	Fall	*It Had to Be You*	*Family Album*	Various programming
	Mid-fall			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			*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, 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	*The Paula Poundstone Show*
	Follow Up	*George*	Where I Live	Various programming
	Late fall	The ABC Saturday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	MLB on CBS
	Mid-fall	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman		*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	Front Page		Local programming
Fox	Winter	COPS	COPS	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*	Getting By
	Summer	NBC Saturday Night Movie
	Mid-summer	*The Mommies*	Empty Nest	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.