1995–96 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1995–96 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime 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 1995–96 season.

This was the first season in which The WB and UPN – which both launched in mid-January of that year – offered daytime programming, composed entirely of children's programming blocks on the respective networks: The WB aired its Kids' WB block on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings, while UPN aired the hour-long UPN Kids block on Sunday mornings.

Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, branded as PTV at the time – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

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Light yellow indicates talk shows.

Green indicates soap operas.

Pink indicates game shows.

Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.

Light teal indicates sporting events.

White indicates local programming.

Light purple indicates children's and/or E/I-compliant programming.

Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).

White with red border indicates other programs not applicable to the above categorizations.


 * New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule

 * All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
 * Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated or contracted station in their regular timeslot) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.

Monday–Friday
Notes:
 * ABC, NBC and CBS offered their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
 * NBC allowed owned-and-operated and affiliated stations the preference of airing Another World and Days of Our Lives in reverse order from the network's recommended scheduling.
 * Loving aired its last episode on ABC on November 10, 1995; The City, a New York City-set spin-off that initially featured 12 characters that appeared on Loving at the time of the latter's cancellation, premiered in its place on November 13. Both soap operas were fed to affiliates at Noon/11:00 a.m. CT or 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. CT, depending on local scheduling preference.

Saturday
Notes:
 * CBS temporarily aired Garfield and Friends at 8:00a.m. ET from September 16 to October 7 alongside Timon and Pumbaa at the same slot from October 25 to November 18.
 * On December 9, 1995, ABC replaced The New Adventures of Madeline (which had been canceled due to low ratings) with reruns of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

ABC
Returning series:
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * ABC World News This Morning
 * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
 * All My Children
 * The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
 * Bump in the Night
 * Free Willy
 * Fudge
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Loving
 * Mike and Maty
 * The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (reruns)
 * One Life to Live
 * ReBoot
 * Schoolhouse Rock!
 * This Week with David Brinkley

New series:
 * Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
 * The City
 * Dumb and Dumber
 * George of the Jungle (reruns)
 * Hypernauts
 * The New Adventures of Madeline
 * What-a-Mess

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * The Addams Family (reruns)
 * Cro
 * Free Willy
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Tales from the Cryptkeeper

CBS
Returning series: New series:
 * Aladdin
 * As the World Turns
 * Beakman's World
 * The Bold and the Beautiful
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS Morning News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * CBS This Morning
 * Face the Nation
 * Garfield and Friends (reruns)
 * Guiding Light
 * The Mask: Animated Series
 * The Price Is Right
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * The Young and the Restless
 * Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
 * The Adventures of Hyperman
 * Really Wild Animals
 * Santo Bugito
 * The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
 * The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * Beethoven
 * Disney's The Little Mermaid
 * Skeleton Warriors
 * Wild C.A.T.s

Fox
Returning series:
 * The Adventures of Batman & Robin
 * Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (reruns)
 * Bobby's World
 * Eek! Stravaganza
 * The Fox Cubhouse
 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
 * Spider-Man
 * Taz-Mania
 * The Tick
 * Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
 * X-Men

New series:
 * Fox News Sunday
 * Goosebumps
 * Life with Louie
 * Masked Rider
 * Power Rangers Zeo
 * The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * Animaniacs (moved to The WB)
 * Dog City
 * Droopy, Master Detective
 * Tiny Toon Adventures (reruns)

NBC
Returning series:
 * Another World
 * California Dreams
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Leeza
 * Meet the Press
 * NBA Inside Stuff
 * NBC News at Sunrise
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Real Life with Jane Pauley
 * Saturday Today
 * Saved by the Bell: The New Class
 * Today

New series:
 * Hang Time

Not returning from 1994–95:
 * The Jane Whitney Show
 * Name Your Adventure
 * The Other Side

UPN
New series:
 * Space Strikers
 * Teknoman

The WB
Returning series:
 * Animaniacs (moved from Fox)

New series:
 * Earthworm Jim
 * Freakazoid!
 * Pinky and the Brain
 * The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
 * That's Warner Bros.!