1993–94 United States network television schedule

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.

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 (R).

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.

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

 * 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.

Other Legend
 * Light blue indicates local programming.
 * Gray indicates encore programming.
 * Blue-gray indicates news programming.
 * Light green indicates sporting events.
 * Light Purple indicates movies.
 * Red indicates series being burned off and other scheduled programs, including specials.

Wednesday
Note: After airing only a single episode of South of Sunset on October 27, CBS cancelled the show and broadcast no further episodes.

Friday
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
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.

ABC

 * Returning series
 * 20/20
 * ABC's Monday Night Football
 * The ABC Monday Night Movie
 * The ABC Saturday Night Movie
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * America's Funniest Home Videos
 * America's Funniest People
 * Coach
 * The Commish
 * Day One
 * Dinosaurs
 * Family Matters
 * FBI: The Untold Stories
 * Full House
 * Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
 * Home Improvement
 * Matlock
 * Primetime Live
 * Roseanne
 * Step by Step
 * Where I Live


 * New series
 * Baseball Night in America
 * Birdland *
 * Boy Meets World
 * The Byrds of Paradise *
 * The Critic *
 * Ellen *
 * George
 * Grace Under Fire
 * Joe's Life
 * Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
 * Missing Persons
 * Moon Over Miami
 * NYPD Blue
 * The Paula Poundstone Show
 * Phenom
 * She TV *
 * Sister, Sister *
 * Thea
 * Thunder Alley *
 * Turning Point *

Not returning from 1992–93:
 * American Detective
 * Camp Wilder
 * Civil Wars
 * Covington Cross
 * Crossroads
 * Delta
 * Doogie Howser, M.D.
 * Getting By (moved to NBC)
 * Going to Extremes
 * Home Free
 * Homefront
 * Jack's Place
 * The Jackie Thomas Show
 * Laurie Hill
 * Life Goes On
 * Perfect Strangers
 * Room for Two
 * Sirens (moved to syndication in 1994)
 * Street Match
 * The Wonder Years
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
 * Wild Palms

CBS

 * Returning series
 * 48 Hours
 * 60 Minutes
 * Bob
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
 * Evening Shade
 * Good Advice
 * Hearts Afire
 * In the Heat of the Night
 * Love & War
 * Murder, She Wrote
 * Murphy Brown
 * Northern Exposure
 * Picket Fences
 * Rescue 911
 * Walker, Texas Ranger


 * New series
 * 704 Hauser *
 * America Tonight *
 * Angel Falls
 * Burke's Law *
 * Christy *
 * Dave's World
 * Diagnosis: Murder *
 * Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
 * Family Album
 * Harts of the West
 * Hotel Malibu *
 * It Had to Be You
 * Muddling Through *
 * The Nanny
 * One West Waikiki *
 * The Road Home *
 * Second Chances *
 * South of Sunset
 * Tom *
 * Traps *

Not returning from 1992–93:
 * Angel Street
 * Bodies of Evidence
 * The Boys
 * Brooklyn Bridge
 * The Building
 * Cutters
 * Designing Women
 * Dudley
 * Family Dog
 * Frannie's Turn
 * The Golden Palace
 * The Hat Squad
 * How'd They Do That?
 * Johnny Bago
 * Knots Landing
 * A League of Their Own
 * Major Dad
 * Middle Ages
 * Raven
 * Space Rangers
 * Street Stories with Ed Bradley
 * Top Cops
 * Tall Hopes
 * The Trouble with Larry

Fox

 * Returning series
 * America's Most Wanted
 * Beverly Hills, 90210
 * Code 3
 * Comic Strip Live
 * Cops
 * Fox Night at the Movies
 * The Front Page
 * Herman's Head
 * In Living Color
 * Married... with Children
 * Martin
 * Melrose Place
 * Roc
 * The Simpsons


 * New series
 * The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
 * Bakersfield P.D.
 * Daddy Dearest
 * Encounters: The Hidden Truth *
 * The George Carlin Show *
 * Living Single
 * Models Inc.
 * Monty *
 * The Sinbad Show
 * South Central *
 * Townsend Television
 * The X-Files

Not returning from 1992–93:
 * Batman: The Animated Series (returned to daytime)
 * The Ben Stiller Show
 * Class of '96
 * Danger Theatre
 * Down the Shore
 * The Edge
 * Flying Blind
 * Great Scott!
 * The Heights
 * Key West
 * Likely Suspects
 * Parker Lewis Can't Lose
 * Shaky Ground
 * Sightings (moved to syndication)
 * TriBeCa
 * Woops!

NBC

 * Returning series
 * Blossom
 * Dateline NBC
 * Empty Nest
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 * Getting By (moved from ABC)
 * Homicide: Life on the Street
 * I Witness Video
 * L.A. Law
 * Law & Order
 * Mad About You
 * NBC Sunday Night Movie
 * The NBC Monday Movie
 * Nurses
 * Seinfeld
 * Sisters
 * Unsolved Mysteries
 * Wings


 * New series
 * Against the Grain
 * Café Americain
 * Frasier
 * The Good Life *
 * The John Larroquette Show
 * The Mommies
 * Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric *
 * Saved by the Bell: The College Years
 * seaQuest DSV
 * The Second Half
 * Someone Like Me *
 * Viper *
 * Winnetka Road *

Not returning from 1992–93:
 * Almost Home
 * Black Tie Affair
 * Cheers
 * Crime & Punishment
 * A Different World
 * Final Appeal
 * Here and Now
 * I'll Fly Away
 * Out All Night
 * The Powers That Be
 * Quantum Leap
 * Reasonable Doubts
 * Rhythm & Blues
 * The Round Table
 * Route 66
 * Secret Service
 * South Beach
 * Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes
 * What Happened?

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