1993–94 United States network television schedule
This was the United States television schedule on all four commercial broadcast television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1993. 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 | |
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| 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 | Frasier | |||||
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 | The Simpsons | The Sinbad Show | In Living Color | Herman's Head | Local Programming | ||
| 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.
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References
- 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. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
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