The following is the 1993–94 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1993 through August 1994. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1992–93 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. New series are highlighted in bold. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research. 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. Other Legend Light blue indicates local programming. Gray indicates encore programming. Blue-gray indicates news programming. Light green indicates sporting events. Light Purple indicates movies. Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials. Note: This is the first season in which Fox commenced television broadcasts on every night of the week from the beginning of the season onward. PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. From February 12 to 27, 1994, all of CBS' primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center" colspan="2"| 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="7" | ABC ! Fall | rowspan="4"| Thea | Joe's Life | bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="7" | Home Improvement (2/20.4) | bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="4" | Grace Under Fire (5/17.7) | colspan="2" | Moon Over Miami|- ! December | rowspan="2" | George| bgcolor="#FA8072" colspan="2" | Various Specials|- ! January | rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Birdland|- ! Follow Up | The Critic|- ! Spring | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Home Improvement (Repeats) | bgcolor="#00FFFF"| Thunder Alley (12/15.9) | These Friends of Mine | bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Turning Point (20/13.8) |- ! Summer | Dinosaurs| The Critic| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | Grace Under Fire (5/17.7) |- ! August | bgcolor="#00FFFF"| Thunder Alley (12/15.9) | bgcolor="#FF22FF"| Phenom (27/13.2)(Tied with Evening Shade and Rescue 911) |- ! rowspan="7" | CBS ! Fall | colspan="6" bgcolor="lightgreen" |