1994–95 United States network television schedule

This was the broadcast television schedule on all four United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1994. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

New series highlighted in bold.

Each of the 50 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating in parenthesis (#rank / rating), as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

     Lime indicates the #1 most watched program of the season.

     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.

     Orange indicates the programs in the top 40 for the season.

     Silver indicates the programs in the top 50 for the season.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Sunday

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos (#26/12.4)	On Our Own	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		The ABC Sunday Night Movie (#23/12.7)
	Winter		America's Funniest Home Videos (#26/12.4)
CBS		60 Minutes (#6/17.1)		Murder, She Wrote (#10/15.6)		CBS Sunday Movie (#18/13.7)
Fox	Fall	Fortune Hunter		The Simpsons	Hardball	Married... with Children (#64/9.5)	Wild Oats	Local Programming
	Follow-up	NFL Sunday Football	Encounters: The Hidden Truth		The Simpsons repeats		The George Carlin Show
	Winter	The Simpsons repeats	Get Smart		House of Buggin'		Dream On
	Spring	Specials, with Encore Programming			The Critic
	Midseason						My Wildest Dreams
	Summer	Sliders repeats					The George Carlin Show
Follow-up	Living Single repeats
NBC		Earth 2		seaQuest DSV		NBC Sunday Night Movie (#29/12.0)

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Coach	Blue Skies	Monday Night Football (#5/17.8)
	Follow-up		Coach repeats
	Winter		A Whole New Ballgame	The ABC Monday Night Movie (#31/11.7)
	Spring	Various programming
CBS	Fall	The Nanny (#24/12.5)	Dave's World (#20/13.4)	Murphy Brown (#16/14.1)	Love & War (#47/10.9)	Northern Exposure (#41/11.2)
	Winter				Cybill (#22/12.8)	Chicago Hope (#28/12.0)
Fox	Fall	Melrose Place		Party of Five		Local Programming
	Winter			Models Inc.
	Spring			Medicine Ball
NBC	Fall	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (#49/10.4)	Blossom (#55/9.9)	NBC Monday Night Movie (#19/13.5)
	Spring		In the House
UPN (starts Monday Jan. 16, 1995)		Star Trek: Voyager		Pig Sty	Platypus Man	Local Programming

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Full House (#25/12.5)	Me and the Boys (#21/13.1)	Home Improvement (#3/19.9)	Grace Under Fire (#4/18.8)	NYPD Blue (#7/16.5)
	Spring		Thunder Alley (#36/11.5)
CBS	Fall	Rescue 911 (#48/10.8)		CBS Tuesday Movie
	Spring	Under One Roof
	Follow-up	Rescue 911 (#36/10.8)
Fox		Fox Night at the Movies				Local Programming
NBC	Fall	Wings (#30/11.9)	The Martin Short Show (#32/11.7)	Frasier (#15/14.3)	The John Larroquette Show (#44/11.1)	Dateline Tuesday (#34/11.6)
	Follow-up		Various programming
	Winter		Something Wilder
	Spring		NewsRadio (#39/11.4)		Pride & Joy
	Follow-up				The John Larroquette Show
UPN (starts Tuesday Jan. 17, 1995)	Winter	Marker		The Watcher		Local Programming
	Spring	Legend		Marker

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Thunder Alley (#36/11.5)	All-American Girl	Roseanne (#9/15.6)	Ellen (#13/14.7)	Turning Point (#37/11.5)
	Follow-up	Sister, Sister (#60/10.1)
	Winter					Primetime Live (#33/11.7)
	Spring	Roseanne (#10/15.6)	Ellen (#13/14.7)	Grace Under Fire (#4/18.8)	Coach
CBS	Fall	The Boys Are Back	Daddy's Girls	Touched by an Angel		48 Hours
	Follow-up	Various programming	The Boys Are Back
	Winter	Women of the House	Hearts Afire	Double Rush	Love & War (#47/10.9)	Northern Exposure (#41/11.2)
	Follow-up	Various programming
	Spring	The George Wendt Show	Double Rush	CBS Wednesday Movie
	Follow-up	Various programming
	Summer	Muddling Through	Dave's World	Christy		Northern Exposure (#41/11.2)
Fox	Fall	Beverly Hills, 90210		Models Inc.		Local Programming
	Winter			Party of Five
	Spring			Sliders
NBC		The Cosby Mysteries		Dateline Wednesday (#49/10.7)		Law & Order (#27/12.2)
The WB (starts Wednesday Jan. 11, 1995)		The Wayans Bros.	The Parent 'Hood	Unhappily Ever After	Muscle	Local Programming

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	My So-Called Life		McKenna		Primetime Live (#33/11.7)
	Follow-up			Matlock
	Winter					Day One
	Spring	Matlock		The Commish
	Follow-up	Extreme
CBS	Fall	Due South		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		Chicago Hope (#28/12.0)
	Follow-up			Chicago Hope (#28/12.0)		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
	Winter			Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		48 Hours
	Summer	Burke's Law
Fox		Martin (#92/8.1)	Living Single (#84/8.7)	New York Undercover		Local
NBC	Fall	Mad About You (#11/15.2)	Friends (#8/16.1)	Seinfeld (#1/20.6)	Madman of the People (#12/14.9)	ER (#2/20.0)
	Spring		Hope and Gloria (#14/14.6)		Friends (#8/16.1)

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Family Matters (#35/11.6)	Boy Meets World(#38/11.5)	Step By Step (#40/11.4)	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (#42/11.2)	20/20 (#17/14.0)
	Spring		Sister, Sister (#60/10.1)		On Our Own
	Follow-up				Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (#42/11.2)
	Summer	Friday Night Baseball (Aug-Sep)
CBS	Fall	Diagnosis: Murder		Under Suspicion		Picket Fences
	Spring			The Wright Verdicts
	Follow-up			Burke's Law
Fox	Fall	M.A.N.T.I.S.		The X-Files		Local
	Spring	VR.5
NBC		Unsolved Mysteries		Dateline Friday		Homicide: Life on the Street

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	ABC Family Movie				The Commish
	Spring					The Marshal
	Summer	Saturday Night Baseball (July-Aug)
CBS	Fall	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman		The 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Hearts Afire	Walker, Texas Ranger (#43/11.2)
	Winter			The Boys Are Back	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
	Follow-up			Touched by an Angel
	Spring			The Office	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Fox		COPS	COPS 2	America's Most Wanted		Local
NBC	Fall	Something Wilder	Empty Nest	Sweet Justice		Sisters
	Follow-up	Empty Nest	Various programming
	Winter		The Mommies
	Spring	Amazing Grace

By network

ABC

New shows On Our Own Blue Skies A Whole New Ballgame Extreme Me And The Boys All-American Girl McKenna My So-Called Life The Marshal Bringing Up Jack CBS New Shows Cybill Daddy's Girls The George Wendt Show The Boys Are Back Double Rush Women Of The House Chicago Hope Under Suspiction Under One Roof Touched By An Angel Due South The Wright Verdicts The Office The 5 Mrs. Buchanans NBC New Shows Pride & Joy Something Wilder NewsRadio ER Earth 2 Friends Hope and Gloria The Martin Short Show The Cosby Mysteries In The House Madman Of The People Sweet Justice Amazing Grace Tom Clancy's OP Center Lost Civilizations Fox New Shows Medicine Ball Party Of Five New York Undercover My Wildest Dreams Get Smart The Great Defender House Of Buggin Wild Oats Sliders VR.5 Models Inc M.A.N.T.S Hardball Fortune Hunter The WB New Shows The Wayans Bros The Parent Hood Unhappily Ever After Muscle UPN New Shows The Watcher Star Trek Voyager Legend Marker Pig Sty Platypus Man References Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.