1995–96 United States network television schedule
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This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the Fall season beginning in September 1995. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
New series highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and 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.
Note: 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. From July 19 to August 4, 1996, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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 | America's Funniest Home Videos | America's Funniest Home Videos (#31/11.3) | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (#45/10.3) | The ABC Sunday Night Movie (#40/10.6) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes (#9/14.2) | Cybill | Almost Perfect | CBS Sunday Movie (#25/11.4) | ||||
| Winter | Bonnie | ||||||||
| Spring | Murder, She Wrote | ||||||||
| Fox | Space: Above and Beyond | The Simpsons | Too Something | Married... with Children (#78/8.2) | Misery Loves Company | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | Brotherly Love | Minor Adjustments | Mad About You (#37/10.8) | Hope and Gloria | NBC Sunday Night Movie (#21/12.2) | |||
| Spring | NewsRadio (#39/10.6) | ||||||||
| The WB | Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain | Sister, Sister | Kirk | Simon | Cleghorne! | First Time Out | Local Programming | ||
On January 21, 1996, Savannah debuted as a Sunday lineup, then it was moved to Mondays for fall 1996.
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Marshal | Monday Night Football (#5/17.1) | ||||
| Winter | The ABC Monday Night Movie (#46/10.2) | Murder One | |||||
| Spring | Second Noah | High Incident | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Nanny (#17/12.4) | Can't Hurry Love (#25/11.4) | Murphy Brown (#18/12.3) | If Not for You (#36/10.9) | Chicago Hope (#24/11.9) | |
| Follow-up | High Society (#47/10.2) | ||||||
| Spring | Almost Perfect | Good Company | |||||
| Follow-up | Dave's World | Cybill | |||||
| Fox | Melrose Place | Partners | Ned & Stacey | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (#55/9.6) | In the House (#59/9.4) | NBC Monday Night Movie (#14/12.9) | ||||
| UPN | Star Trek: Voyager | Nowhere 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 | Roseanne (#16/12.5) | Hudson Street (#38/10.7) | Home Improvement (#7/16.2) | Coach (#14/12.9) | NYPD Blue (#10/14.1) | ||
| Winter | Coach (#14/12.9) | Champs (#21/12.2) | ||||||
| Spring | The Dana Carvey Show (#32/11.2) | |||||||
| CBS | The Client | CBS Tuesday Movie | ||||||
| Fox | Fox Tuesday Night Movie | Local Programming | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Wings (#35/11.0) | NewsRadio (#39/10.6) | Frasier (#11/13.6) | The Pursuit of Happiness | Dateline NBC (#30/11.3) | ||
| Winter | 3rd Rock from the Sun (#23/12.1) | The John Larroquette Show (#42/10.5) | ||||||
| UPN | Deadly Games | Live Shot | Local Programming | |||||
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Ellen (#40/10.6) | The Drew Carey Show (#48/10.1) | Grace Under Fire (#13/13.2) | The Naked Truth (#28/11.4) | Primetime Live (#19/12.3) | ||
| Winter | The Faculty | Buddies | ||||||
| Spring | The Drew Carey Show (#48/10.1) | The Faculty | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Bless This House | Dave's World | Central Park West | Courthouse | |||
| Follow-up | Dave's World | Bless This House | CBS Wednesday Movie | |||||
| Winter | Matt Waters | American Gothic | ||||||
| Spring | The Louie Show | CBS Wednesday Movie | ||||||
| Follow-up | My Guys | |||||||
| Follow-up | Various programming | |||||||
| Fox | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Party of Five | Local Programming | |||||
| NBC | Fall | seaQuest 2032 | Dateline NBC (#29/11.3) | Law & Order (#27/11.4) | ||||
| Winter | JAG | |||||||
| The WB | Sister, Sister | The Parent 'Hood | The Wayans Bros. | Unhappily Ever After | Local Programming | |||
Thursday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Charlie Grace | The Monroes | Murder One | |||
| Follow-up | Various programming | The ABC Thursday Night Movie | |||||
| Spring | World's Funniest Videos | Before They Were Stars | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Murder, She Wrote | New York News | 48 Hours | |||
| Winter | Rescue 911 | ||||||
| Fox | Living Single (#111/6.5) | The Crew | New York Undercover | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | Friends (#3/19.3) | The Single Guy (#6/16.7) | Seinfeld (#2/21.2) | Caroline in the City (#4/17.9) | ER (#1/22.0) | |
| Spring | Boston Common (#8/15.6) | ||||||
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Family Matters (#43/10.5) | Boy Meets World (#49/10.1) | Step By Step (#54/9.7) | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (#61/9.3) | 20/20 (#12/13.6) | |
| Spring | Muppets Tonight | Aliens in the Family | Step By Step (#54/9.7) | ||||
| Follow-up | Boy Meets World (#49/10.1) | Step By Step (#54/9.7) | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (#61/9.3) | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Dweebs | Bonnie | Picket Fences | American Gothic | ||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| Winter | Diagnosis: Murder | Due South | Picket Fences | ||||
| Spring | Nash Bridges | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Strange Luck | The X-Files (#50/10.0) | Local Programming | |||
| Spring | Sliders | ||||||
| NBC | Unsolved Mysteries | Dateline NBC (#44/10.3) | 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 | The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Maybe This Time | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | |||
| Winter | Hudson Street | ||||||
| Follow-up | Various programming | ||||||
| CBS | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Touched by an Angel | Walker, Texas Ranger (#20/12.3) | ||||
| Fox | Martin (#104/6.7) | The Preston Episodes | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local Programming | ||
| NBC | Fall | JAG | The John Larroquette Show (#42/10.5) | The Home Court | Sisters | ||
| Winter | Various programming | ||||||
| Spring | Malibu Shores | ||||||
Note: JAG was on Saturdays until February 3, 1996; then, on March 13, 1996, NBC moved the show to Wednesdays.
Pickups and Shows
Full Season Shows
ABC
- 20/20
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Boy Meets World
- Champs
- Charlie Grace
- Coach
- The Commish
- The Drew Carey Show
- Ellen
- Family Matters
- Grace Under Fire
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- High Incident
- Home Improvement
- Hudson Street
- The Jeff Foxxworthy Show
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- The Marshal
- Maybe This Time
- Monday Night Football
- The Monroes
- Murder One
- The Naked Truth
- NYPD Blue
- Primetime
- Roseanne
- Second Noah
- Step by Step
- Turning Point
CBS
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- Almost Perfect
- American Gothic
- Bless This House
- The Bonnie Hunt Show
- Can't Hurry Love
- Central Park West
- Chicago Hope
- The Client
- Courthouse
- Cybill
- Diagnosis Murder
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Due South
- Dweebs
- High Society
- Murder, She Wrote
- Murphy Brown
- The Nanny
- Nash Bridges
- New York News
- Picket Fences
- Rescue 911
- Touched by an Angel
- Walker, Texas, Ranger
Fox
- America's Most Wanted
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- COPS
- The Crew
- Dream On
- Encounters: The Hidden Truth
- L.A. Firefighters
- Living Single
- Married... with Children
- Martin
- Melrose Place
- Misery Loves Company
- Ned & Stacey
- New York Undercover
- Partners
- Party of Five
- The Preston Episodes
- Profit
- Sightings
- The Simpsons
- Sliders
- Space: Above and Beyond
- Strange Luck
- Time Warped
- Too Something
- The X-Files
NBC
- 3rd Rock from The Sun
- Boston Common
- Brotherly Love
- Caroline In The City
- Dateline NBC
- ER
- Fraiser
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Friends
- The Home Court
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Hope and Gloria
- In The House
- JAG
- The John Larroquette Show
- Law and Order
- Mad About You
- NewsRadio
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- seaQuest 2032
- Seinfeld
- The Single Guy
- Sisters
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Wings
UPN
- Deadly Games
- Live Shot
- Moesha
- Nowhere Man
- The Sentinel
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Swift Justice
The WB
- Cleghorne!
- First Time Out
- Kirk
- The Parent 'Hood
- Savannah
- Simon
- Sister, Sister
- Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brian
- Unhappily Ever After
- The Wayans Bros.
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.