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.
- Orange indicates the programs in the top 40 for the season.
- Silver indicates the programs in the top 50 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, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station. 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 | America's Funniest Home Videos | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (30/12.6) | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (1/20.9) | Murder, She Wrote (11/16.0) | CBS Sunday Movie (10/16.2) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Townsend Television | Martin (#64/9.2) | Living Single (#56/9.3) | Married... with Children (#46/10.7) | Daddy Dearest | Local | ||
| Winter | 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 | ||||||
| Summer | Monday Night Baseball | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Evening Shade (27/13.2) | Dave's World (21/13.7) | Murphy Brown (9/16.3) | Love & War (13/14.5) | Northern Exposure (14/14.4) | |
| Spring | Dave's World (21/13.7) | 704 Hauser | Hearts Afire | ||||
| Follow-up | Evening Shade (27/13.2) | Dave's World (21/13.7) | |||||
| Summer | Dave's World (21/13.7) | Tom | Love & War (13/14.5) | ||||
| Follow-up | The Nanny | Dave's World (21/13.7) | |||||
| Fox | Fox Night at the Movies | Local | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (21/13.7) | 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) | Roseanne (4/19.1) | Coach (6/17.4) | NYPD Blue (18/13.9) | |
| Summer | She TV | ||||||
| CBS | Rescue 911 (27/13.2) | CBS Tuesday Movie (25/13.3) | |||||
| Fox | Roc (#102/5.1) | Bakersfield P.D. | America's Most Wanted | Local | |||
| NBC | Fall | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Getting By | The John Larroquette Show | The Second Half | Dateline NBC | |
| Winter | The Good Life | The Second Half | Café Americain | ||||
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) | ||||
| Follow-up | These Friends of Mine | ||||||
| Summer | Dinosaurs | The Critic | Grace Under Fire | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Hearts Afire | The Nanny | Various | 48 Hours | ||
| Follow-up | The Nanny | Hearts Afire | |||||
| Winter | In the Heat of the Night | ||||||
| Spring | Tom | ||||||
| Summer | Good Advice | America Tonight | |||||
| Follow-up | Muddling Through | ||||||
| Fox | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Melrose Place | Local | ||||
| 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 | |||
| NBC | Fall | Mad About You | Wings (18/13.9) | 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) | Boy Meets World (37/11.8) | Step By Step (35/12.0) | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (38/11.6) | 20/20 (15/14.3) | |
| Spring | Sister, Sister (#32/12.4) | ||||||
| Follow-up | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | It Had to Be You | Family Album | The Building | The Boys | Picket Fences | |
| Follow-up | Diagnosis: Murder | Bob | Family Album | ||||
| Winter | Burke's Law | ||||||
| Fox | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | The X-Files | Local | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (25/13.3) | 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 2 | Front Page | Local | |||
| 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: On ABC, George debuted in November.
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.