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.
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 .
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
Sunday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:13.8%;"|7:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:13.8%;"|7:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="2"|ABC
! Fall
| colspan="2"|America's Funniest Home Videos
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|The ABC Sunday Night Movie
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#FA8072;"|Muppets Tonight
|America's Funniest Home Videos
|-
! rowspan="4"| CBS
! Fall
| rowspan="4" colspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|60 Minutes
| rowspan="2"|Cybill
| Almost Perfect
| rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background:magenta;"|CBS Sunday Movie
|-
! Winter
| Bonnie
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2"|Murder, She Wrote
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Touched By An Angel
|-
! rowspan="6"|Fox
! Fall
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"| Space: Above and Beyond
| rowspan="6"|The Simpsons
| Too Something
| rowspan="5"|Married... with Children
| Misery Loves Company
| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="6" colspan="2"|Local programming
|-
! Late fall
| Martin
| What's So Funny?
|-
! Winter
| The Show
| Local Heroes
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Simpsons
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Married... with Children
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#FA8072;"|New York Daze
| style="background:#FA8072;"|The Crew
|-
! Mid-summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Party of Five
|Married... with Children
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|New York Undercover
|-
! rowspan="4"|NBC
! Fall
| Brotherly Love
| Minor Adjustments
| rowspan="3"|Mad About You
| Hope & Gloria
| rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background:magenta;"|NBC Sunday Night Movie
|-
! Late fall
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
| rowspan="2"|NewsRadio
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|Dateline NBC
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|3rd Rock from the Sun
| style="background:yellow;"|Boston Common
|-
! rowspan="5"| The WB
! Early fall
| rowspan="4"|Pinky and the Brain
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Sister, Sister
| Kirk
| Simon
| Cleghorne!
| First Time Out
| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="6" colspan="2"|Local programming
|-
! Fall
| Kirk
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Sister, Sister
| Cleghorne!
| First Time Out
| Simon
|-
! Winter
| Simon
| rowspan="2"|Kirk
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Savannah
|-
! Late winter
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Parent 'Hood
|-
! Summer
| Kirk
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Brotherly Love
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Parent 'Hood
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Sister, Sister
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Unhappily Ever After
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Parent 'Hood
|-
|}
Monday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="5"|ABC
! Fall
| colspan="2"|The Marshal
| colspan="4" style="background:yellow;"|Monday Night Football
|-
! Winter
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|The ABC Monday Night Movie
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Murder One
|-
! Mid-winter
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Second Noah
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2"|High Incident
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2"|The Marshal
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|The ABC Monday Night Movie
|-
! rowspan="5" | CBS
! Fall
| rowspan="5" style="background:cyan;"|The Nanny
| rowspan="2" style="background:magenta;"|Can't Hurry Love
| rowspan="5" style="background:cyan;"|Murphy Brown
| If Not for You
| rowspan="5" colspan="2" style="background:magenta;"|Chicago Hope
|-
! Mid-fall
| High Society
|-
! Late Winter
| Almost Perfect
| Good Company
|-
! Spring
| Dave's World
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Cybill
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Almost Perfect
|-
! rowspan="5"|Fox
! Fall
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Melrose Place
| Partners
| Ned and Stacey
| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="5" colspan="2"|Local programming
|-
! Winter
| Ned and Stacey
| Partners
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2" | Profit
|-
! Late spring
| style="background:#C0C0C0;|Ned and Stacey
| The Last Frontier
| colspan="2" | L.A. Firefighters
|-
! Summer
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|Fox Movie Special
|-
! rowspan="4" | NBC
! Fall
| rowspan="4" | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
| In the House
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="4" colspan="4" style="background:cyan;"|The NBC Monday Movie
|-
! Winter
| Brotherly Love
|-
! Spring
| In the House
|-
! Summer
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
|-
! rowspan="4"|UPN
! Fall
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Star Trek: Voyager
| colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Nowhere Man
| style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Local programming
|-
! Winter
|-
! Spring
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|In the House
|}
Tuesday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="5"| ABC
! Fall
| rowspan="5" style="background:cyan;"|Roseanne
| Hudson Street
| rowspan="5" style="background:yellow;"|Home Improvement
| style="background:cyan;"|Coach
| colspan="3" rowspan="5"style="background:yellow;"|NYPD Blue
|-
! Winter
| rowspan="3" style="background:cyan;"|Coach
| Champs
|-
! Mid-winter
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Various programming
|-
! Late winter
| style="background:magenta;"|The Dana Carvey Show
|-
! Spring
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Drew Carey Show
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Coach
|-
! rowspan="2"|CBS
! Fall
| colspan="2"|The Client
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|CBS Tuesday Movie
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Rescue 911
|-
! colspan="2"|Fox
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|Fox Tuesday Night Movie
| style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2"|Local programming
|-
! rowspan="6"|NBC
! Fall
| rowspan="3"|Wings
| rowspan="2"|NewsRadio
| rowspan="6" style="background:cyan;"|Frasier
| The Pursuit of Happiness
| colspan="2" rowspan="6" style="background:magenta;"|Dateline NBC
|-
! Late fall
| rowspan="3"|The John Larroquette Show
|-
! Winter
| style="background:magenta;"|3rd Rock from the Sun
|-
! Spring
| rowspan="2" style="background:magenta;"|3rd Rock from the Sun
| Wings
|-
! Late spring
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|NewsRadio
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Wings
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Mad About You
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Caroline in the City
|-
! rowspan="3"|UPN
! Fall
| colspan="2"|Deadly Games
| colspan="2"|Live Shot
| style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Local programming
|-
! Winter
| rowspan="2"|Moesha
| rowspan="2"|Minor Adjustments
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2"|The Paranormal Borderline
|}
Wednesday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="6"|ABC
! Fall
| rowspan="6"|Ellen
| The Drew Carey Show
| rowspan="6" style="background:cyan;"|Grace Under Fire
| style="background:magenta;"|The Naked Truth
| rowspan="6" colspan="2" style="background:cyan;"|Primetime Live
|-
! Winter
| The Faculty
| Buddies
|-
! Spring
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Drew Carey Show
| rowspan="2"|The Faculty
|-
! Late spring
| style="background:#FA8072;"|Hudson Street
|-
! Summer
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"| The Faculty
| style="background:#FA8072;"| Champs
|-
! Mid-summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Drew Carey Show
|-
! rowspan="9"|CBS
! Fall
| Bless This House
| Dave's World
| colspan="2"|Central Park West
| colspan="2"|Courthouse
|-
! Late fall
| rowspan="4"|Dave's World
| rowspan="2"|Bless This House
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2"|Matt Waters
| colspan="2"|American Gothic
|-
! Mid-winter
| The Louie Show
| rowspan="3" colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|CBS Wednesday Movie
|-
! Spring
| My Guys
|-
! Mid-spring
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Late spring
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Picket Fences
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Central Park West
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Dave's World
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Can't Hurry Love
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|American Gothic
|-
! Mid-summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The Nanny
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Dave's World
| colspan="4" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Various programming
|-
! rowspan="3"|Fox
! Fall
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Beverly Hills, 90210
| colspan="2"|Party of Five
| style="background:#abbfff;" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Local programming
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2"|Kindred: The Embraced
|-
! Late spring
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Party of Five
|-
! rowspan="4"|NBC
! Fall
| colspan="2"|seaQuest 2032
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:magenta;"|Dateline NBC
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:magenta;"|Law & Order
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Late winter
| colspan="2"|JAG
|-
! Summer
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Wings
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|The John Larroquette Show
|-
! rowspan="2"|UPN
! Spring <br/>
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|The Sentinel
| colspan="2"|Swift Justice
| style="background:#abbfff;" rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Local programming
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Star Trek: Voyager
|-
! colspan="2"|The WB
| Sister, Sister
| The Parent 'Hood
| The Wayans Bros.
| Unhappily Ever After
|}
Thursday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="5"|ABC
! Fall
| colspan="2"|Charlie Grace
| colspan="2"|The Monroes
| colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Murder One
|-
! Mid-fall
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|The ABC Thursday Night Movie
|-
! Winter
| colspan="6" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Mid-winter
| World's Funniest Videos
| Before They Were Stars
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|The ABC Thursday Night Movie
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2"|High Incident
|-
! rowspan="4"|CBS
! Fall
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Murder, She Wrote
| colspan="2"|New York News
| rowspan="4" colspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|48 Hours
|-
! Late fall
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Various programming
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2"|Rescue 911
|-
! Summer
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|CBS Thursday Night Movie
|-
! rowspan="4"|Fox
! Fall
| rowspan="2"|Living Single
| The Crew
| rowspan="4" colspan="2"|New York Undercover
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:#abbfff;"|Local programming
|-
! Winter
| Martin
|-
! Spring
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Martin
| style="background:#FA8072;"|The Show
|-
! Late spring
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Living Single
|-
! rowspan="3"|NBC
! Fall
| rowspan="3" style="background:yellow;"|Friends
| style="background:yellow;"| The Single Guy
| rowspan="3" style="background:yellow;"|Seinfeld
| rowspan="3" style="background:yellow;"|Caroline in the City
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|ER
|-
! Spring
| style="background:yellow;"|Boston Common
|-
! Mid-spring
| style="background:yellow;"|The Single Guy
|}
Friday
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="3"|ABC
! Fall
| rowspan="3"|Family Matters
| Boy Meets World
| rowspan="3"|Step by Step
| rowspan="3"|Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background:cyan;"|20/20
|-
! Late Winter
| Muppets Tonight
|-
! Spring
| Boy Meets World
|-
! rowspan="5"| CBS
! Fall
| Dweebs
| The Bonnie Hunt Show
| colspan="2" | Picket Fences
| colspan="2" | American Gothic
|-
! Mid-fall
| rowspan="4" colspan="2" | Due South
| rowspan="4" colspan="2" | Diagnosis: Murder
| colspan="2" | Picket Fences
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2" | Nash Bridges
|-
! Late spring
| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072;"|Central Park West
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2"|Nash Bridges
|-
! rowspan="2"|Fox
! Fall
| colspan="2"|Strange Luck
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|The X-Files
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#abbfff;"|Local programming
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2"|Sliders
|-
! colspan="2"|NBC
| colspan="2"|Unsolved Mysteries
| colspan="2" style="background:#6699CC;"|Dateline NBC
| colspan="2"|Homicide: Life on the Street
|}
Saturday
<!-- Any show that is added to the schedule needs to have aired in a particular slot consecutively for a minimum of three weeks in the case of fresh episodes and four weeks in the case of encore repeats. Thank you. -->
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:15%;"|Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:14%;"|8:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:14%;"|8:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:14%;"|9:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center;width:14%;"|9:30 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:00 p.m.
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"|10:30 p.m.
|-
! rowspan="4"| ABC
! Fall
| The Jeff Foxworthy Show
| rowspan="2"| Maybe This Time
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|ABC Saturday Night at the Movies
|-
! Winter
| Hudson Street
|-
! Late winter
| colspan="6" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Spring
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Second Noah
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|ABC Saturday Night at the Movies
|-
! colspan="2"|CBS
| colspan="2"|Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
| colspan="2"|Touched by an Angel
| colspan="2" style="background:cyan;"|Walker, Texas Ranger
|-
! rowspan="2"|Fox
! Fall
| Martin
| The Preston Episodes
|COPS
| America's Most Wanted
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#abbfff;"|Local programming
|-
! Late fall
|COPS
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|COPS
| colspan="2" | America's Most Wanted
|-
! rowspan="6"|NBC
! Fall
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|JAG
| The John Larroquette Show
| rowspan="3"|The Home Court
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Sisters
|-
! Winter
| rowspan="2"|Hope & Gloria
|-
! Late winter
| colspan="2"|Malibu Shores
|-
! Spring
| colspan="6" style="background:#FA8072;"|Special programming
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Various programming
| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072;"|NBC's Saturday Movie Of The Week
|-
|}
Note: JAG was on Saturdays until February 3, 1996; then, on March 13, 1996, NBC moved the show to Wednesdays.
By network
ABC
;Returning series
- 20/20
- The ABC Monday Night Movie
- The ABC Sunday Night Movie
- ABC Saturday Night at the Movies
- The ABC Thursday Night Movie
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Boy Meets World
- Coach
- The Commish
- Ellen
- Family Matters
- Grace Under Fire
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- Home Improvement
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- The Marshal
- Monday Night Football
- NYPD Blue
- Primetime Live
- Roseanne
- Step by Step
- Turning Point
;New series
- ABC Saturday Night At The Movies
- Aliens in the Family *
- Before They Were Stars *
- Buddies *
- Champs *
- Charlie Grace
- The Dana Carvey Show *
- The Drew Carey Show
- The Faculty *
- High Incident *
- Hudson Street
- The Jeff Foxworthy Show
- Maybe This Time
- The Monroes
- Muppets Tonight *
- Murder One
- The Naked Truth
- Second Noah *
- World's Funniest Videos *
Not returning from 1994–95:
- ABC Family Movie
- All-American Girl
- Baseball Night in America
- Blue Skies
- Bringing up Jack
- Day One
- Extreme
- Full House
- Matlock
- McKenna
- Me and the Boys
- My So-Called Life
- On Our Own
- Sister, Sister (moved to The WB)
- Thunder Alley
- A Whole New Ballgame
CBS
;Returning series
- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- CBS Sunday Movie
- Chicago Hope
- Cybill
- Dave's World
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Due South
- Murder, She Wrote
- Murphy Brown
- The Nanny
- Picket Fences
- Rescue 911
- Touched by an Angel
- Walker, Texas Ranger
;New series
- Almost Perfect
- American Gothic
- Bless This House
- The Bonnie Hunt Show
- Can't Hurry Love
- Central Park West
- The Client
- Courthouse
- Dweebs
- Good Company *
- High Society *
- The Louie Show *
- Matt Waters *
- My Guys *
- Nash Bridges
- New York News
Not returning from 1994–95:
- The Boys Are Back
- Burke's Law
- Christy
- Daddy's Girls
- Double Rush
- Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
- The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
- The George Wendt Show
- Hearts Afire
- Love & War
- Muddling Through
- Northern Exposure
- The Office
- Under One Roof
- Under Suspicion
- Women of the House
- The Wright Verdicts
Fox
;Returning series
- America's Most Wanted
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Cops
- Encounters: The Hidden Truth
- Fox Tuesday Night Movie
- Living Single
- Married... with Children
- Martin
- Melrose Place
- New York Undercover
- Party of Five
- The Simpsons
- Sliders
- The X-Files
;New series
- The Crew
- Kindred: The Embraced *
- L.A. Firefighters *
- The Last Frontier *
- Local Heroes *
- Misery Loves Company
- MADtv
- Ned and Stacey
- Partners
- The Preston Episodes
- Profit *
- The Show *
- Saturday Night Special
- Space: Above and Beyond
- Strange Luck
- Too Something
- What's So Funny? *
Not returning from 1994–95:
- The Critic
- Dream On
- Fortune Hunter
- Get Smart
- The George Carlin Show
- The Great Defender
- Hardball
- House of Buggin
- M.A.N.T.I.S.
- Medicine Ball
- Models Inc.
- My Wildest Dreams
- TV Nation
- VR.5
- Wild Oats
NBC
;Returning series
- Dateline NBC
- ER
- Frasier
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Friends
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Hope & Gloria
- In the House
- The John Larroquette Show
- Law & Order
- Mad About You
- NBC Sunday Night Movie
- NBC's Saturday Movie Of The Week
- The NBC Monday Movie
- NewsRadio
- seaQuest 2032 (formerly known as seaQuest DSV)
- Seinfeld
- Sisters
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Wings
;New series
- 3rd Rock from the Sun *
- Boston Common *
- Brotherly Love
- Caroline in the City
- The Home Court
- JAG
- Malibu Shores *
- Minor Adjustments (moved to UPN)
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- The Single Guy *
Not returning from 1994–95:
- Amazing Grace
- Blossom
- The Cosby Mysteries
- Earth 2
- Empty Nest
- High Sierra Search and Rescue
- Madman of the People
- The Martin Short Show
- The Mommies
- Pride & Joy
- Something Wilder
- Sweet Justice
- Time Life's Lost Civilizations
UPN
;Returning series
- Star Trek: Voyager
;New series
- Deadly Games
- Live Shot
- Minor Adjustments (moved from NBC)
- Moesha *
- Nowhere Man
- The Paranormal Borderline *
- The Sentinel *
- Swift Justice *
Not returning from 1994–95:
- Legend
- Marker
- Pig Sty
- Platypus Man
- The Watcher
The WB
;Returning series
- The Parent 'Hood
- Sister, Sister (moved from ABC)
- Unhappily Ever After
- The Wayans Bros.
;New series
- Cleghorne!
- First Time Out
- Kirk
- Pinky and the Brain
- Savannah *
- Simon
Not returning from 1994–95:
- Muscle
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
