1995–96 United States network television schedule
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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.[1]
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.
Sunday
Network | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | America's Funniest Home Videos | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | The ABC Sunday Night Movie | |||||
Summer | Muppets Tonight | America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | |||||||
CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes (9/14.2) | Cybill | Almost Perfect | CBS Sunday Movie (24/11.4) (Tied with Law & Order, The Naked Truth and Can't Hurry Love) | ||||
Late Winter | Bonnie | ||||||||
Spring | Murder, She Wrote | ||||||||
Summer | Touched By An Angel (R) | ||||||||
Fox | Fall | Space: Above and Beyond | The Simpsons | Too Something | Married... with Children | Misery Loves Company | Local programming | ||
Late fall | Martin | What's So Funny? | |||||||
Winter | The Show | Local Heroes | |||||||
Spring | New York Daze | The Crew | |||||||
Summer | Party of Five (R) | Married... with Children (R) | New York Undercover (R) | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Brotherly Love | Minor Adjustments | Mad About You | Hope and Gloria | NBC Sunday Night Movie (21/12.2) | |||
Late fall | Special programming | NewsRadio | |||||||
Winter | Dateline NBC | ||||||||
Summer | 3rd Rock from the Sun (R) | Boston Common | |||||||
The WB | Early fall | Pinky and the Brain | Sister, Sister (R) | Kirk | Simon | Cleghorne! | First Time Out | Local Programming | |
Fall | Kirk | Sister, Sister (R) | Cleghorne! | First Time Out | Simon | ||||
Winter | Simon | Kirk | Savannah | ||||||
Late winter | The Parent 'Hood (R) | ||||||||
Summer | Kirk (R) | Brotherly Love (R) | The Parent 'Hood (R) | Sister, Sister (R) | Unhappily Ever After (R) | The Parent 'Hood (R) |
Monday
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | The Marshal | Monday Night Football (5/17.1) | ||||
Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie | Murder One | |||||
Mid-winter | Second Noah | Special programming | |||||
Spring | High Incident | ||||||
Summer | The Marshal | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
CBS | Fall | The Nanny (16/12.5) (Tied with Roseanne) | Can't Hurry Love (24/11.4) (Tied with Law & Order, the CBS Sunday Movie and The Naked Truth) | Murphy Brown (18/12.3) (Tied with Walker, Texas Ranger and Primetime Live) | If Not for You | Chicago Hope (23/11.9) | |
Mid-fall | High Society | ||||||
Winter | Almost Perfect | Good Company | |||||
Spring | Dave's World | Cybill (R) | |||||
Summer | Almost Perfect (R) | ||||||
Fox | Fall | Melrose Place | Partners | Ned and Stacey | Local programming | ||
Winter | Ned and Stacey | Partners | |||||
Spring | Profit | ||||||
Late spring | Ned and Stacey (R) | The Last Frontier | L.A. Firefighters | ||||
Summer | Fox Movie Special | ||||||
NBC | Fall | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | In the House | The NBC Monday Movie (14/12.9) (Tied with Coach) | |||
Winter | Brotherly Love | ||||||
Spring | In the House | ||||||
Summer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | ||||||
UPN | Fall | Star Trek: Voyager | Nowhere Man | Local programming | |||
Summer | In the House (R) |
Tuesday
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | ||
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ABC | Fall | Roseanne (16/12.5) (Tied with The Nanny) | Hudson Street | Home Improvement (7/16.1) | Coach (14/12.9) (Tied with the NBC Monday Movie) | NYPD Blue (10/14.1) | ||
Winter | Coach (14/12.9) (Tied with the NBC Monday Movie) | Champs | ||||||
Mid-winter | Various programming | |||||||
Late winter | The Dana Carvey Show (30/11.2) | |||||||
Spring | The Drew Carey Show (R) | Coach (R) | ||||||
CBS | Fall | The Client | CBS Tuesday Movie | |||||
Summer | Rescue 911 (R) | |||||||
Fox | Fox Tuesday Night Movie | Local programming | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Wings | NewsRadio | Frasier (11/13.6) (Tied with 20/20) | The Pursuit of Happiness | Dateline NBC (28/11.3) | ||
Late fall | The John Larroquette Show | |||||||
Winter | 3rd Rock from the Sun (22/12.1) | |||||||
Spring | 3rd Rock from the Sun (22/12.1) | Wings | ||||||
Late spring | NewsRadio (R) | Wings (R) | ||||||
Summer | Mad About You (R) | Caroline in the City (R) | ||||||
UPN | Fall | Deadly Games | Live Shot | Local programming | ||||
Winter | Moesha | Minor Adjustments | Special programming | |||||
Spring | The Paranormal Borderline |
Wednesday
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Ellen | The Drew Carey Show | Grace Under Fire (13/13.2) | The Naked Truth (24/11.4) (Tied with Law & Order, the CBS Sunday Movie and Can't Hurry Love) | Primetime Live (18/12.3) (Tied with Walker, Texas Ranger and Murphy Brown) | |
Winter | The Faculty | Buddies | |||||
Spring | The Drew Carey Show (R) | The Faculty | |||||
Late spring | Hudson Street | ||||||
Summer | The Faculty (R) | Champs | |||||
Mid-summer | The Drew Carey Show (R) | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Bless This House | Dave's World | Central Park West | Courthouse | ||
Late fall | Dave's World | Bless This House | Special programming | ||||
Winter | Matt Waters | American Gothic | |||||
Mid-winter | The Louie Show | CBS Wednesday Movie | |||||
Spring | My Guys | ||||||
Follow Up | Special programming | ||||||
Late spring | Picket Fences | Central Park West | |||||
Summer | Dave's World (R) | Can't Hurry Love (R) | American Gothic | American Gothic | |||
Mid-summer | The Nanny (R) | Dave's World (R) | Various programming | ||||
Fox | Fall | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Party of Five | Local programming | |||
Spring | Kindred: The Embraced | ||||||
Late spring | Party of Five (R) | ||||||
NBC | Fall | seaQuest 2032 | Dateline NBC (28/11.3) | Law & Order (24/11.4) (Tied with the CBS Sunday Movie, The Naked Truth and Can't Hurry Love) | |||
Winter | Special programming | ||||||
Late winter | JAG | ||||||
Summer | Wings (R) | The John Larroquette Show (R) | |||||
UPN | Spring (Starting in mid-March) | The Sentinel | Swift Justice | Local programming | |||
Summer | Star Trek: Voyager (R) | ||||||
The WB | Sister, Sister | The Parent 'Hood | The Wayans Bros. | Unhappily Ever After |
Thursday
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | Charlie Grace | The Monroes | Murder One | |||
Mid-fall | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | Special programming | ||||||
Mid-winter | World's Funniest Videos | Before They Were Stars | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||
Summer | High Incident | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Murder, She Wrote | New York News | 48 Hours | |||
Winter | Rescue 911 | ||||||
Summer | CBS Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Fox | Fall | Living Single | The Crew | New York Undercover | Local programming | ||
Winter | Martin | ||||||
Spring | Martin (R) | The Show | |||||
Late spring | Living Single (R) | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Friends (3/18.7) | The Single Guy (6/16.7) | Seinfeld (2/21.2) | Caroline in the City (4/18.0) | ER (1/22.0) | |
Spring | Boston Common (8/15.6) | ||||||
Mid-spring | The Single Guy (6/16.7) |
Friday
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | Family Matters | Boy Meets World | Step by Step | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | 20/20 (11/13.6) (Tied with Frasier) | |
Winter | Muppets Tonight | ||||||
Spring | Boy Meets World | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Dweebs | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Picket Fences | American Gothic | ||
Mid-fall | Due South | Diagnosis: Murder | Picket Fences | ||||
Spring | Nash Bridges | ||||||
Late spring | Central Park West | ||||||
Summer | Nash Bridges | ||||||
Fox | Fall | Strange Luck | The X-Files | Local programming | |||
Winter | Sliders | ||||||
NBC | Unsolved Mysteries | Dateline NBC | Homicide: Life on the Street |
Saturday
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Maybe This Time | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||
Winter | Hudson Street | ||||||
Late winter | Special programming | ||||||
Spring | Second Noah | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||||
CBS | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Touched by an Angel | Walker, Texas Ranger (#18/12.3) (Tied with Primetime Live and Murphy Brown) | ||||
Fox | Fall | Martin | The Preston Episodes | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local programming | |
Late fall | COPS | COPS (R) | America's Most Wanted | ||||
NBC | Fall | JAG | The John Larroquette Show | The Home Court | Sisters | ||
Winter | Hope and Gloria | ||||||
Late winter | Malibu Shores | ||||||
Spring | Special programming | ||||||
Summer | Various programming | NBC Saturday Night Movie |
Note: JAG was on Saturdays until February 3, 1996; then, on March 13, 1996, NBC moved the show to Wednesdays.
By network
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
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.
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