1993–94 United States network television schedule

1993 in American television 1994 in American television

List of American television programs currently in production

Daytime: 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

Prime time: 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

Late night: 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

The following is the 1993–94 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule 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. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and 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.

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

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. From February 12 to 27, 1994, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

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		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
	Winter	Code 3	Code 3				The George Carlin Show
NBC		I Witness Video		seaQuest DSV		NBC Sunday Night Movie

Monday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Day One		ABC's Monday Night Football (8/16.5)
	Winter			The ABC Monday Night Movie
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
	Follow-up	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)
	Summer	Dave's World (21/13.7) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)	Tom		Love & War (13/14.5)
	Follow-up	The Nanny	Dave's World (21/13.7) (Tied with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
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)
	Spring		Someone Like Me
	Follow-up		Blossom

Tuesday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
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			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
	Follow-up			Front Page
	Spring	South Central
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
	Spring	The Second Half

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
	Winter		George			Birdland
	Follow-up		The Critic
	Spring	Home Improvement repeats	Thunder Alley (12/15.9)			Turning Point (20/13.8)
	Midseason				These Friends of Mine
	Summer	Dinosaurs	The Critic		Grace Under Fire
CBS	Fall	Hearts Afire	The Nanny	South of Sunset		48 Hours
	Follow-up			Various
	Winter	The Nanny	Hearts Afire	In the Heat of the Night
	Spring		Tom
	Summer		Good Advice	America Tonight
	Follow-up		Muddling Through
Fox		Beverly Hills, 90210		Melrose Place		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 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Missing Persons		Matlock		Primetime Live (17/14.0)
	Spring	The Byrds of Paradise
CBS	Fall	In the Heat of the Night		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		Angel Falls
	Follow-up					Second Chances
	Winter	How'd They Do That?
	Spring	Christy				Traps
	Summer	One West Waikiki				Hotel Malibu
Fox	Fall	The Simpsons	The Sinbad Show	In Living Color	Herman's Head	Local Programming
	Summer				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)
	Follow-up					L.A. Law

Friday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
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
	Follow-up				Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
CBS	Fall	It Had to Be You	Family Album	Bob	Good Advice	Picket Fences
	Follow-up	Diagnosis: Murder			Family Album
	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
	Winter	Viper

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 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	George	Where I Live	The Paula Poundstone Show		The Commish
	Follow-up	The ABC Saturday Night Movie
	Summer	Baseball Night in America (July-August)
CBS	Fall	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (25/13.3) (Tied with The CBS Tuesday Movie)		Harts of the West		Walker, Texas Ranger
	Spring			The Road Home
	Follow-up			Harts of the West
	Summer			Muddling Through	Hearts Afire
Fox		COPS	COPS	Front Page		Local Programming
NBC	Fall	The Mommies	Café Americain	Empty Nest	Nurses	Sisters
	Winter		Getting By
	Spring	Blossom	The Mommies			Winnetka Road
	Follow-up					Sisters
	Summer	The Mommies	Getting By

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[]

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

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