This was the United States television schedule on all four commercial broadcast television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1993. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

The highest-rated show for the year is highlighted in lime. The top ten rated programs are highlighted in yellow. The top 20 rated programs are highlighted in cyan. The top 30 rated programs are highlighted in magenta. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

Note: This is the first season in which Fox commenced television broadcasts on every night of the week from the beginning of the season onward.

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

New series highlighted in bold.

Contents 1 Fall Schedule 1.1 Sunday 1.2 Monday 1.3 Tuesday 1.4 Wednesday 1.5 Thursday 1.6 Friday 1.7 Saturday 2 Mid-Season Schedule 3 Summer Schedule 4 Pickups and Cancellations 4.1 Full Season Pickups 4.2 Cancellations and Endings 5 References

[edit] Fall Schedule

[edit] Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Joey's World	America's Funniest Home Videos	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		The ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS	60 Minutes		Murder, She Wrote		The CBS Sunday Night Movies
Fox	Townsend Television		Martin	Living Single	Married... with Children	Daddy Dearest	Local
NBC	I Witness Video		seaQuest DSV		NBC Sunday Night Movie

[edit] Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Day One		ABC's Monday Night Football
CBS	Evening Shade	Dave's World	Murphy Brown	Love & War	Northern Exposure
Fox	Fox Night at the Movies				Local
NBC	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Blossom	NBC Monday Night Movie

[edit] Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Full House	Phenom	Roseanne	Coach	NYPD Blue
CBS	Rescue 911		The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
Fox	Roc	Bakersfield P.D.	America's Most Wanted		Local
NBC	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Getting By	The John Larroquette Show	The Second Half	Dateline NBC

[edit] Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Thea	Joe's Life	Home Improvement	Grace Under Fire	Moon Over Miami
CBS	Hearts Afire	The Nanny	The CBS Wednesday Night Movies
Fox	Beverly Hills 90210		Melrose Place		Local
NBC	Unsolved Mysteries		Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric		Law & Order

Note: On ABC, the sitcom Thunder Alley, starring Ed Asner, premiered at 8:30 on March 9, 1994. Also on ABC, the news program Turning Point premiered in 1994 at 10:00. On CBS, the first casualty of the season, The Trouble with Larry, was replaced by the return of Hearts Afire in October, while The Nanny did not debut till November. As well, South of Sunset aired only once, on its debut date of October 27, and was replaced by movies until January. Also on ABC, The Critic premiered at 8:30 on January 26, 1994.

[edit] Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Missing Persons		Matlock		Primetime Live
CBS	In the Heat of the Night		Eye to Eye with Connie Chung		Angel Falls
Fox	The Simpsons	The Sinbad Show	In Living Color	Herman's Head	Local
NBC	Mad About You	Wings	Seinfeld	Frasier	L.A. Law

[edit] Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Family Matters	Boy Meets World	Step By Step	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	20/20
CBS	The CBS Friday Night Movies				Picket Fences
Fox	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.		The X-Files		Local
NBC	Against the Grain		NBC Friday Night at the Movies

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.

[edit] Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	George	Where I Live	The Paula Poundstone Show		The Commish
CBS	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman		Harts of the West		Walker, Texas Ranger
Fox	COPS	COPS	Front Page		Local
NBC	The Mommies	Café Americain	Empty Nest	Nurses	Sisters

Note: On ABC, George debuted in November.

[edit] Mid-Season Schedule

[edit] Summer Schedule

[edit] Pickups and Cancellations

[edit] Full Season Pickups

ABC

• 20/20
• America's Funniest Videos
• Boy Meets World
• Coach
• The Commish
• Day One
• Family Matters
• Full House
• Grace Under Fire
• Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
• Home Improvement
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman
• Matlock
• Monday Night Football
• NYPD Blue
• Primetime Live
• Roseanne
• Step By Step

CBS

• 60 Minutes
• Dave's World
• Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
• Eye To Eye With Connie Chung
• Hearts Afire
• Love & War
• Murder, She Wrote
• Murphy Brown
• The Nanny
• Northern Exposure
• Picket Fences
• Rescue 911
• Walker, Texas Ranger

Fox

• America's Most Wanted
• Beverly Hills 90210
• Cops
• Living Single
• Married…With Children
• Martin
• Melrose Place
• The Simpsons
• The X-Files

NBC

• Blossom
• Dateline NBC
• Empty Nest
• Frasier
• The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
• The John Larroquette Show
• Law & Order
• Mad About You
• The Mommies
• SeaQuest DSV
• Seinfeld
• Sisters
• Unsolved Mysteries
• Wings

[edit] Cancellations and Endings

ABC

• America's Funniest People
• Dinosaurs
• George
• Joe's Life
• Missing Persons
• Moon Over Miami
• The Paula Poundstone Show
• Phenom
• Thea
• Where I Live

CBS

• Angel Falls
• Bob
• Evening Shade
• Harts of the West
• In The Heat Of The Night

Fox

• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
• Bakersfield, P.D.
• Daddy Dearest
• Front Page
• Herman's Head
• In Living Color
• Roc
• Townsend Television

NBC

• Against The Grain
• Café Americain
• Getting By
• I Witness Video
• L.A. Law
• Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric
• Nurses
• Saved By The Bell: The College Years
• The Second Half

[edit] References

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