1993–94 United States network television schedule

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:USTV 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.<ref name="BM2">Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported on TimBrooks.net/Ratings Template:Webarchive</ref>

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 Template:Small.

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.

All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.

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

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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	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		The ABC Sunday Night Movie Template:Small
CBS		60 Minutes Template:Small		Murder, She Wrote Template:Small		CBS Sunday Movie Template:Small
Fox	Fall	Townsend Television		Martin	Living Single	Married... with Children	Daddy Dearest	Local programming
	Late fall	Townsend Television					Married... with Children Template:Small
	Winter	Code 3 Template:Small					The George Carlin Show
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
	Mid-summer	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.		The Simpsons Template:Small
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 Template:Small
	Winter	Day One		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Summer	Coach Template:Small		Various programming
CBS	Fall	Evening Shade Template:Small	Dave's World Template:Small	Murphy Brown Template:Small	Love & War Template:Small	Northern Exposure Template:Small
	Spring	Dave's World Template:Small	704 Hauser		Hearts Afire
	Mid-spring	Evening Shade Template:Small	Various programming		Hearts Afire
	Late spring	Dave's World Template:Small	The Nanny Template:Small		Love & War Template:Small
	Summer	The Nanny Template:Small	Dave's World Template:Small		Love & War Template:Small
Fox		Fox Night at the Movies				Local programming
NBC	Fall	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Template:Small	Blossom	The NBC Monday Movie Template:Small
	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 Template:Small	Phenom Template:Small	Roseanne Template:Small	Coach Template:Small	NYPD Blue Template:Small
	Summer		Sister, Sister		Coach Template:Small	NYPD Blue Template:Small
	Mid-summer		Sister, Sister		These Friends of Mine	She TV
CBS		Rescue 911 Template:Small		CBS Tuesday Movie Template:Small
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 Template:Small
NBC	Fall	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Getting By	The John Larroquette Show	The Second Half	Dateline NBC
	Winter	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	The Good Life		Café Americain
	Late winter	The Good Life	The Second Half		The John Larroquette Show Template:Small
	Spring	Special programming
	Summer	TV Nation		The John Larroquette Show Template:Small	Wings Template:Small

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