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''.
The highest-rated show for the year is 'highlighted in lime'. The top 10 rated programs are 'highlighted in yellow'. The top 20 rated programs are 'highlighted in cyan'. ''Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research''^[1]
''Note: This is the first season in which FOX commenced television broadcasts on every night of the week.''
''PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.''
New series highlighted in 'bold'.

Contents

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

References

Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos	The New America's Funniest People	''		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	60 Minutes		Murder, She Wrote		The CBS Sunday Night Movies
FOX	'Townsend Television'		Martin	'Living Single'	Married... with Children	'Daddy Dearest'	Local Programming
NBC	I Witness Video		'seaQuest DSV'		NBC Sunday Night Movie

Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Day One		ABC's Monday Night Football
CBS	Evening Shade	'Dave's World'	Murphy Brown	Love & War	Northern Exposure
FOX	Fox Night at the Movies				Local Programming
NBC	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Blossom	NBC Monday Night Movie

Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Full House	'Phenom'	Roseanne	Coach	'NYPD Blue'
CBS	Rescue 911		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
FOX	Roc	'Bakersfield P.D.'	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	''	Getting By	'The John Larroquette Show'	'The Second Half'	Dateline NBC

Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	'Thea'	'Joe's Life'	Home Improvement	Grace Under Fire	'Moon Over Miami'
CBS	'The Trouble with Larry'	'The Nanny'	'South of Sunset'		48 Hours
FOX	Beverly Hills 90210		Melrose Place		Local Programming
NBC	Unsolved Mysteries		'Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric'		Law & Order

Note: On ABC, the sitcom 'Thunder Alley', starring Ed Asner, premiered at 8:30 on March 9, 1994. Also on ABC, the news program 'Turning Point' premiered in 1994 at 10:00. On CBS, the first casualty of the season, 'The Trouble with Larry', was replaced by the return of Hearts Afire in October, while 'The Nanny' did not debut till November. As well, 'South of Sunset' aired only once, on its debut date of October 27th, and was replaced by various special programming till January. Also on ABC, 'The Critic' premiered at 8:30 on January 26, 1994.

Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	'Missing Persons'		Matlock		Primetime Live
CBS	In the Heat of the Night		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		'Angel Falls'
FOX	The Simpsons	'The Sinbad Show'	In Living Color	Herman's Head	Local Programming	Local Programming
NBC	Mad About You	Wings	Seinfeld	'Frasier'	L.A. Law

Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Family Matters	'Boy Meets World'	Step By Step	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	20/20
CBS	'It Had to Be You'	'Family Album'	Bob	Specials	Picket Fences
FOX	'The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'		'The X-Files'		The Fox Television Comedy Hour
NBC	'Against the Grain'		'NBC Friday Night Mystery'

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 cancelled 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

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	'George'	'Where I Live'	'The Paula Poundstone Show'		The Commish
CBS	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman		'Harts of the West'		Walker, Texas Ranger
FOX	COPS	COPS	Front Page		Local Programming
NBC	'The Mommies'	'Café Américain'	Empty Nest	Nurses	Sisters

Note: On ABC, 'George' debuted in November.

References

1. 1993-1994 Television Season Top Rated Shows