1995–96 United States network television schedule

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.

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.

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

Sunday

On January 21, 1996, Savannah debuted as a Sunday lineup, then it was moved to Mondays for fall 1996.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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