1995–96 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1995–96 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime 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 1995–96 season.

This was the first season in which The WB and UPN – which both launched in mid-January of that year – offered daytime programming, composed entirely of children's programming blocks on the respective networks: The WB aired its Kids' WB block on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings, while UPN aired the hour-long UPN Kids block on Sunday mornings.^[1]

Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, branded as PTV at the time – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Legend[edit]

Light yellow indicates talk shows.
Green indicates soap operas.
Pink indicates game shows.
Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
Light teal indicates sporting events.
White indicates local programming.
Light purple indicates children's and/or E/I-compliant programming.
Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
White with red border indicates other programs not applicable to the above categorizations.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule[edit]

All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs.^[2] Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated or contracted station in their regular timeslot) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.

Monday–Friday[edit]

Network		6:00 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	11:00 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	ABC World News This Morning	Good Morning America				Local/syndicated programming		Mike and Maty	Local/syndicated programming	Loving	All My Children		One Life to Live	General Hospital		Local/syndicated programming			ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
	Late Fall								Mike and Maty		The City (11/13)
	Summer								Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (6/10)		The City (11/13)
CBS		CBS Morning News	CBS This Morning				Local/syndicated programming		The Price Is Right	Local/syndicated programming	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns	Guiding Light		Local/syndicated programming			CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC	Fall	NBC News at Sunrise	Today				Local/syndicated programming	Leeza		Local/syndicated programming		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local/syndicated programming					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
NBC	Spring	NBC News at Sunrise	Today				Local/syndicated programming	Real Life with Jane Pauley	Leeza	Local/syndicated programming		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local/syndicated programming					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Fox	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Bobby's World	The Fox Cubhouse	Local/syndicated programming									Taz-Mania (R)	X-Men	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Goosebumps (Fri., starting Oct. 27) / Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (Mon.-Thu., from Feb. 19-22)	Local/syndicated programming
	February				The Fox Cubhouse											Eek! Stravaganza
	April				Jim Henson's Animal Show											Eek! Stravaganza		Power Rangers Zeo (Mon.-Thu.) Goosebumps (Fri.)
	June			Eek! Stravaganza	Rimba's Island											Bobby's World		Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Mon.-Thu.) Goosebumps (Fri.)
	August			Eek! Stravaganza	Budgie the Little Helicopter											Bobby's World		Power Rangers Zeo (Mon.-Thu.) X-Men (Fri.)
The WB		Local/syndicated programming															That's Warner Bros.!	Animaniacs	Local and/or syndicated programming

Notes:

ABC, NBC and CBS offered their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
NBC allowed owned-and-operated and affiliated stations the preference of airing Another World and Days of Our Lives in reverse order from the network's recommended scheduling.
Loving aired its last episode on ABC on November 10, 1995; The City, a New York City-set spin-off that initially featured 12 characters that appeared on Loving at the time of the latter's cancellation, premiered in its place on November 13. Both soap operas were fed to affiliates at Noon/11:00 a.m. CT or 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. CT, depending on local scheduling preference.

Saturday[edit]

Network		7:00 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming	The New Adventures of Madeline	Free Willy	George of the Jungle (R)	Bump in the Night	Fudge	ReBoot	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:56 am)		What-a-Mess	ABC Weekend Special	College Football on ABC
	October		The New Adventures of Madeline		Dumb and Dumber								College Football on ABC
	Winter		The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (R)		Dumb and Dumber								ABC Sports and/or local programming		Local news	ABC World News Saturday
	Spring				Bump in the Night	Fudge	Hypernauts
	Summer				Fudge	Bump in the Night	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:56 am)		Fudge	ReBoot
	Late July				Fudge	Bump in the Night			Fudge	Aliens in the Family
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming	Garfield and Friends (R)	The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa	Aladdin	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The Mask: Animated Series	Santo Bugito	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Beakman's World	Really Wild Animals	CBS Sports and/or local programming		Local news	CBS Evening News
	October		The Adventures of Hyperman					Santo Bugito		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
	January		The Adventures of Hyperman					Ace Ventura: Pet Detective		Santo Bugito
	February		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles							Santo Bugito
	Summer		Santo Bugito							The Adventures of Hyperman
NBC		Local and/or syndicated programming	Saturday Today				Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Hang Time	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	California Dreams	NBA Inside Stuff	NBC Sports and/or local programming		NBC Sports programming	Local news	NBC Nightly News
Fox	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming	Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?	Eek! Stravaganza	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	Masked Rider	Spider-Man	The Tick	X-Men	Life with Louie	Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring			The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	Masked Rider	Spider-Man	X-Men	The Tick		Fox Sports and/or local programming
	late-Spring			Masked Rider	Power Rangers Zeo	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (R)	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Spider-Man	X-Men		Fox Sports and/or local programming
	Summer		Masked Rider	Bobby's World	Power Rangers Zeo	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (R)	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Goosebumps	Spider-Man		In the Zone	Fox Sports and/or local programming
The WB	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming	Animaniacs	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Animaniacs	Pinky and the Brain	Freakazoid!	Earthworm Jim	Local and/or syndicated programming
The WB	Winter	Local and/or syndicated programming	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Animaniacs	Animaniacs	Pinky and the Brain	Freakazoid!	Earthworm Jim	Local and/or syndicated programming

Notes:

CBS temporarily aired Garfield and Friends at 8:00 a.m. ET from September 16 to October 7 alongside Timon and Pumbaa at the same slot from October 25 to November 18.
On December 9, 1995, ABC replaced The New Adventures of Madeline (which had been canceled due to low ratings) with reruns of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Sunday[edit]

Network		7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	noon	1:00 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local and/or syndicated programming	Good Morning America Sunday	This Week with David Brinkley	Local and/or syndicated programming		ABC Sports and/or local programming			Local news	ABC World News Sunday
CBS		Local and/or syndicated programming		CBS News Sunday Morning		Face the Nation	Local and/or syndicated programming	CBS Sports and/or local programming		Local news	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming	Sunday Today	Meet the Press	Local and/or syndicated programming			NFL on NBC		Local news	NBC Nightly News
NBC	Mid-winter	Local and/or syndicated programming	Sunday Today	Meet the Press	Local and/or syndicated programming			NBC Sports and/or local programming		Local news	NBC Nightly News
Fox	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming						Fox NFL Sunday	Fox NFL and/or local programming or another Fox Sports event
	Mid-winter	Local and/or syndicated programming						Fox Sports and/or local programming		Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring	Local and/or syndicated programming		Fox News Sunday	Local and/or syndicated programming			Fox Sports and/or local programming		Local and/or syndicated programming
UPN		Local and/or syndicated programming			Space Strikers	Teknoman	Local and/or syndicated programming