1994–95 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1994–95 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1994 through August 1995. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1993–94 season.

All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

This was the first season to feature the United Paramount Network and The WB Television Network, as both launched in January 1995. Both networks would ultimately shutdown and merge to form The CW in September 2006.

New series highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating in parentheses (#rank / rating), as determined by Nielsen Media Research.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}}.

:{{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.

:{{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.

:{{Color box|magenta|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.

Other Legend

{{Color box|#abbfff|border=darkgray}} Light blue indicates local programming.
{{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} Gray indicates encore programming.
{{Color box|#77AACC|border=darkgray}} Blue-gray indicates news programming.
{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Light green indicates sporting events.
{{Color box|#bf8fef|border=darkgray}} Light Purple indicates movies.
{{Color box|#FA8072|border=darkgray}} Red indicates series being burned off and other scheduled programs, including specials.

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

Sunday

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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| Network ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 7:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 7:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 8:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 8:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 9:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 9:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 10:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 10:30 PM
rowspan="4"\|ABC ! Fall \| rowspan="4" \| America's Funniest Home Videos \| *On Our Own* \| rowspan="4" colspan="2" \| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman \| bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="4" colspan="4"\|The ABC Sunday Night Movie (#23/12.7)
Winter \| rowspan="3"\|America's Funniest Home Videos
Spring
Summer
rowspan="5"\|CBS ! Fall \| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="5"\|60 Minutes (#6/17.2) \| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="3"\|Murder, She Wrote (#8/15.6) (Tied with Friends) \| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="4" rowspan="5"\|CBS Sunday Movie (#18/13.7)
Winter
Spring
June \| colspan="2" \| *The Wright Verdicts*
Summer \| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2"\|Murder, She Wrote (#8/15.6) (Tied with Friends)
rowspan="7"\|Fox ! Fall \| colspan="2" \| *Fortune Hunter* \| rowspan="7" \| The Simpsons \| *Hardball* \| rowspan="7" \| Married... with Children \| *Wild Oats* \| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="7" colspan="2" \| Local Programming
Follow Up \| colspan="2" \| Encounters: The Hidden Truth \|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"\| The Simpsons (Repeats) \| The George Carlin Show
Winter \|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"\| The Simpsons (Repeats) \| *Get Smart* \| *House of Buggin'* \| rowspan="2" \| *Dream On*
Spring \| colspan="2" \| Encounters: The Hidden Truth \| rowspan="3" \| The Critic
May \| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" \| Various Specials \|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"\| Married... with Children (Repeats)
Summer \| rowspan="2" colspan="2"\| *Sliders* \|*My Wildest Dreams*
Follow Up \| Living Single \| The George Carlin Show
rowspan="4"\|NBC ! Fall \| rowspan="3" colspan="2"\|*Earth 2* \| rowspan="4" colspan="2"\|seaQuest DSV \| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="4"\|NBC Sunday Night Movie (#28/12.0)
Winter
Spring
Summer \| colspan="2"\|*Time Life's Lost Civilizations*

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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM

rowspan="4"|ABC

! Fall

| rowspan="4" | America's Funniest Home Videos

| On Our Own

| rowspan="4" colspan="2" | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

| bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="4" colspan="4"|The ABC Sunday Night Movie (#23/12.7)

Winter

| rowspan="3"|America's Funniest Home Videos

Spring

Summer

rowspan="5"|CBS

! Fall

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|60 Minutes (#6/17.2)

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Murder, She Wrote (#8/15.6)
(Tied with Friends)

| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="4" rowspan="5"|CBS Sunday Movie (#18/13.7)

Winter

Spring

June

| colspan="2" | The Wright Verdicts

Summer

| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2"|Murder, She Wrote (#8/15.6)
(Tied with Friends)

rowspan="7"|Fox

! Fall

| colspan="2" | Fortune Hunter

| rowspan="7" | The Simpsons

| Hardball

| rowspan="7" | Married... with Children

| Wild Oats

| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="7" colspan="2" | Local Programming

Follow Up

| colspan="2" | Encounters: The Hidden Truth

|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| The Simpsons (Repeats)

| The George Carlin Show

Winter

|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| The Simpsons (Repeats)

| Get Smart

| House of Buggin'

| rowspan="2" | Dream On

Spring

| colspan="2" | Encounters: The Hidden Truth

| rowspan="3" | The Critic

May

| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" | Various Specials

|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Married... with Children (Repeats)

Summer

| rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Sliders

|My Wildest Dreams

Follow Up

| Living Single

| The George Carlin Show

rowspan="4"|NBC

! Fall

| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Earth 2

| rowspan="4" colspan="2"|seaQuest DSV

| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="4"|NBC Sunday Night Movie (#28/12.0)

Winter

Spring

Summer

| colspan="2"|Time Life's Lost Civilizations

NOTE: The Great Defender aired its pilot episode on FOX at 7pm ET on March 5, 1995. FOX cancelled the show before the 2nd episode aired. Episodes already made before being cancelled aired on Mondays in the summer.

Monday

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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| Network ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 8:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 8:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 9:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 9:30 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 10:00 PM ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"\| 10:30 PM
rowspan="5"\|ABC ! Fall \| rowspan="3"\|Coach \| *Blue Skies* \| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" colspan="4"\|ABC's Monday Night Football (#5/17.7)
November \|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"\| Coach (Repeats)
Winter \| *A Whole New Ballgame* \| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="3" colspan="4"\|The ABC Monday Night Movie (#29/11.7) (Tied with Chicago Hope, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live)
Spring \| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" \| Various Specials / America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeats)
Summer \| colspan="2" \| *The Marshal*
rowspan="4"\|CBS ! Fall \| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="4" \| The Nanny (#24/12.5) \| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="4" \| Dave's World (#21/12.9) \| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="4" \| Murphy Brown (#16/14.1) \| Love & War \| colspan="2" \| Northern Exposure
Winter \| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="3" \| *Cybill* (#22/12.8) \| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="3" colspan="2" \| *Chicago Hope* (#29/11.7) (Tied with The ABC Monday Night Movie, The Martin Short Show and Primetime Live)
Spring
Summer
rowspan="6"\|Fox ! Fall \| colspan="2" rowspan="3"\|Melrose Place \| colspan="2"\|*Party of Five* \| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="6" colspan="2"\|Local Programming
Winter \| colspan="2"\|Models Inc.
Spring \| colspan="2"\|*Medicine Ball*
June \| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" \| Models Inc. \| *Dream On* \| *Dream On*
July \| colspan="2" rowspan="2"\| Encounters: The Hidden Truth \| colspan="2" \|*The Great Defender*
August \| colspan="2" \| *New York Undercover*
rowspan="5"\|NBC ! Fall \| rowspan="5" \| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air \| rowspan="2" \|Blossom \| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="5" colspan="4"\|The NBC Monday Movie (#19/13.6)
Winter
Spring \| *In the House*
Summer \| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Mid-Summer \| *In the House*
rowspan="3" \|UPN (launched January 16, 1995) ! Winter \| rowspan="3" colspan="2"\|*Star Trek: Voyager* \| *Platypus Man* \| *Pig Sty* \| style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2" rowspan="3"\|Local Programming
Spring \| *Pig Sty* \| *Platypus Man*
Mid-Summer \| colspan="2"\| *Legend*