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 | 6:30 am | 7:00 am | 7:30 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 | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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| 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 | The City (11/13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (6/10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Real Life with Jane Pauley | Leeza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Eek! Stravaganza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April | Jim Henson's Animal Show | 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 | Budgie the Little Helicopter | 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
editNotes:
- 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 | 7:30 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 | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | NBC Sports and/or local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Fox NFL Sunday | Fox NFL and/or local programming or another Fox Sports event | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UPN | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Space Strikers | Teknoman | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Greenhouse, Aaron. "UPN Kids Broadcast Schedule". UPN Kids Broadcast Schedule. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "- TV listings – Yahoo.com".