1995–96 United States network television schedule

The 1995–96 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the primetime hours from September 1995 to August 1996. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1994–95 season.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 1996 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

This is the first fall season for The WB and UPN. The schedules of either network would not be constant until fall 1999, when the WB decided to air shows from Sunday through Friday and UPN would air Monday through Friday. This is also the first television season to officially end in the month of May.

New series 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.

All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming (including Fox affiliates during the 10 p.m. ET/PT hour) by affiliates after game completion.

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.

Saturday
Note: JAG was on Saturdays until February 3, 1996; then, on March 13, 1996, NBC moved the show to Wednesdays.

ABC

 * Returning series
 * 20/20
 * The ABC Monday Night Movie
 * The ABC Sunday Night Movie
 * ABC Saturday Night at the Movies
 * The ABC Thursday Night Movie
 * America's Funniest Home Videos
 * Boy Meets World
 * Coach
 * The Commish
 * Ellen
 * Family Matters
 * Grace Under Fire
 * Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
 * Home Improvement
 * Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
 * The Marshal
 * Monday Night Football
 * NYPD Blue
 * Primetime Live
 * Roseanne
 * Step by Step
 * Turning Point


 * New series
 * Aliens in the Family *
 * Before They Were Stars *
 * Buddies *
 * Champs *
 * Charlie Grace
 * The Dana Carvey Show *
 * The Drew Carey Show
 * The Faculty *
 * High Incident *
 * Hudson Street
 * The Jeff Foxworthy Show
 * Maybe This Time
 * The Monroes
 * Muppets Tonight *
 * Murder One
 * The Naked Truth
 * Second Noah *
 * World's Funniest Videos *

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * ABC Family Movie
 * All-American Girl
 * Baseball Night in America
 * Blue Skies
 * Bringing up Jack
 * Day One
 * Extreme
 * Full House
 * Matlock
 * McKenna
 * Me and the Boys
 * My So-Called Life
 * On Our Own
 * Sister, Sister (moved to The WB)
 * Thunder Alley
 * A Whole New Ballgame

CBS

 * Returning series
 * 48 Hours
 * 60 Minutes
 * CBS Sunday Movie
 * Chicago Hope
 * Cybill
 * Dave's World
 * Diagnosis: Murder
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
 * Due South
 * Murder, She Wrote
 * Murphy Brown
 * The Nanny
 * Picket Fences
 * Rescue 911
 * Touched by an Angel
 * Walker, Texas Ranger


 * New series
 * Almost Perfect
 * American Gothic
 * Bless This House
 * The Bonnie Hunt Show
 * Can't Hurry Love
 * Central Park West
 * The Client
 * Courthouse
 * Dweebs
 * Good Company *
 * High Society *
 * The Louie Show *
 * Matt Waters *
 * My Guys *
 * Nash Bridges
 * New York News

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * The Boys Are Back
 * Burke's Law
 * Christy
 * Daddy's Girls
 * Double Rush
 * Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
 * The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
 * The George Wendt Show
 * Hearts Afire
 * Love & War
 * Muddling Through
 * Northern Exposure
 * The Office
 * Under One Roof
 * Under Suspicion
 * Women of the House
 * The Wright Verdicts

Fox

 * Returning series
 * America's Most Wanted
 * Beverly Hills, 90210
 * Cops
 * Encounters: The Hidden Truth
 * Fox Tuesday Night Movie
 * Living Single
 * Married... with Children
 * Martin
 * Melrose Place
 * New York Undercover
 * Party of Five
 * The Simpsons
 * Sliders
 * The X-Files


 * New series
 * The Crew
 * Kindred: The Embraced *
 * L.A. Firefighters *
 * The Last Frontier *
 * Local Heroes *
 * Misery Loves Company
 * MADtv
 * Ned and Stacey
 * Partners
 * The Preston Episodes
 * Profit *
 * The Show *
 * Saturday Night Special
 * Space: Above and Beyond
 * Strange Luck
 * Too Something
 * What's So Funny? *

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * The Critic
 * Dream On
 * Fortune Hunter
 * Get Smart
 * The George Carlin Show
 * The Great Defender
 * Hardball
 * House of Buggin'
 * M.A.N.T.I.S.
 * Medicine Ball
 * Models Inc.
 * My Wildest Dreams
 * VR.5
 * Wild Oats

NBC

 * Returning series
 * Dateline NBC
 * ER
 * Frasier
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 * Friends
 * Homicide: Life on the Street
 * Hope and Gloria
 * In the House
 * The John Larroquette Show
 * Law & Order
 * Mad About You
 * NBC Sunday Night Movie
 * The NBC Monday Movie
 * NewsRadio
 * seaQuest 2032 (formerly known as seaQuest DSV)
 * Seinfeld
 * Sisters
 * Unsolved Mysteries
 * Wings


 * New series
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun *
 * Boston Common *
 * Brotherly Love
 * Caroline in the City
 * The Home Court
 * JAG
 * Malibu Shores *
 * Minor Adjustments (moved to UPN)
 * The Pursuit of Happiness
 * The Single Guy *

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * Amazing Grace
 * Blossom
 * The Cosby Mysteries
 * Earth 2
 * Empty Nest
 * High Sierra Search and Rescue
 * Madman of the People
 * The Martin Short Show
 * The Mommies
 * Pride & Joy
 * Something Wilder
 * Sweet Justice
 * Time Life's Lost Civilizations

UPN

 * Returning series
 * Star Trek: Voyager


 * New series
 * Deadly Games
 * Live Shot
 * Minor Adjustments (moved from NBC)
 * Moesha *
 * Nowhere Man
 * The Paranormal Borderline *
 * The Sentinel *
 * Swift Justice *

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * Legend
 * Marker
 * Pig Sty
 * Platypus Man
 * The Watcher

The WB

 * The Parent 'Hood
 * Sister, Sister (moved from ABC)
 * Unhappily Ever After
 * The Wayans Bros.


 * New series
 * Cleghorne!
 * First Time Out
 * Kirk
 * Pinky and the Brain
 * Savannah *
 * Simon

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * Muscle

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