Editing 1993 in American television (section)

==Events==
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!January 3
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CBS]] simultaneously broadcast their own movies based on [[Amy Fisher]]'s life, with Fisher played by [[Drew Barrymore]] (for [[The Amy Fisher Story|ABC]]) and [[Alyssa Milano]] (for [[Casualties of Love: The "Long Island Lolita" Story|CBS]]); [[NBC]] had broadcast its [[Amy Fisher: My Story|own version]] of the Fisher saga six days earlier (December 28, 1992).
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!January 8
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate KOUS-TV (now [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KHMT]]) in [[Billings, Montana]], which had suffered reception problems for most of its history, signs off the air (it will return to the air as KHMT in August 1995). Later that day, [[KSVI]] signs-on the air, taking KOUS-TV's intellectual unit and ABC affiliation with it.<ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=John C|title=Montana Radio and TV Photos|url=http://www.johninarizona.com/montana/montana.html|website=John in Arizona|access-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name=by1994>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994|year=1994|page=C-41|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/C-All-TV-YB-1994-B&W.pdf|access-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref>
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!January 11
|''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' airs its [[History of WWE Raw|first episode]], live from the [[Manhattan Center|Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center]] in [[New York City]], on the [[USA Network]]. In the [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]], [[The Undertaker]] defeats [[Damien Demento]].
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!January 14
|[[David Letterman]] announces<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Bill |title=Letterman Appears Certain To Move to CBS From NBC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/14/us/letterman-appears-certain-to-move-to-cbs-from-nbc.html |access-date=August 29, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 14, 1993}}</ref> during a [[press conference]] that he will be moving his [[Late Night with David Letterman|late-night program]] from [[NBC]] to [[CBS]] come August 1993.
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!January 15
|The [[series finale]] of ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' airs on [[NBC]]. In it, Sophia and C.C. Capwell move towards a reconciliation, Kelly finds love with [[List_of_Santa_Barbara_characters#Connor_McCabe|Connor McCabe]], and at Warren and B.J.'s wedding, unbalanced [[List_of_Santa_Barbara_characters#Andie_Klein|Andie Klein]] aims a gun at the crowd; however, she is quickly disarmed and carried away by Connor. This is then followed by a roll-call list of the cast and crew. The final shot consists of executive producer [[Paul Rauch]] standing in front of the camera, smashing a cigar under his shoe, and walking away.
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!January 16
|On [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[Madonna]] parodies [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s "[[Happy Birthday Mr. President]], as “Happy Inauguration Mr. President”. On the same episode, she imitates [[Sinéad O'Connor]]'s actions from earlier in [[Saturday Night Live (season 18)|the season]].
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!January 19
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] expands its regular prime-time schedule to seven days a week; the network celebrates by premiering two dramas on this Tuesday: ''[[Class of '96]]'' and ''[[Key West (TV series)|Key West]]''.
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!January 20
|[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] launches the [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]].
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!January 31
|The [[Super Bowl XXVII|Super Bowl]], broadcast by [[NFL on NBC|NBC]], has a solo [[List of Super Bowl halftime shows#1990s|halftime performer]] for the first time—[[Michael Jackson]], who performed a medley of his most successful songs.
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!February 6
|[[Dana Carvey]] makes his [[Saturday Night Live season 18|final appearance]] as a [[List of Saturday Night Live cast members|cast member]] on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. By the end of the season on May 15, [[Chris Rock]] and [[Robert Smigel]] would also make their final appearances on ''SNL'' as cast members.
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!rowspan="2"|February 10
|[[Oprah Winfrey]] interviews Michael Jackson during a [[Michael Jackson Talks ... to Oprah|live primetime special]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], hosted at Jackson's [[Neverland Ranch]] (Jackson's first TV interview since 1979 with [[Barbara Walters]] for ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'').
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|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] gets a full-time home in [[Grand Junction, Colorado]] when [[KFQX]] signs-on the air.
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!February 24
|[[Michael Jackson]] receives a [[Grammy Legend Award]] at the [[35th Annual Grammy Awards]], presented by his younger sister, [[Janet Jackson|Janet]]. The ceremony is broadcast by [[CBS]].
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!February 26
|The ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' nighttime special ''Night Sins'' is broadcast by [[NBC]].
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!March 2
|''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' makes its network television premiere on [[CBS]].
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!March 4
|[[ESPN]] holds the first ever [[ESPY Awards]]. The highlight is [[Jim Valvano]]'s speech while accepting the inaugural [[Arthur Ashe for Courage Award|Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award]]. He announced the creation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer.<ref name=varecad>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2-UyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kQcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3549%2C656034 |newspaper=Free Lance-Star |location=(Fredericksburg, Virginia) |agency=Associated Press |last=Nelson |first=John |title=Valvano receives award, announces foundation plan |date=March 5, 1993 |page=A8}}</ref> Less than two months after his famous ESPY speech, Valvano died following a nearly yearlong battle with metastatic cancer.
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!March 13
|[[Harrison Ford]] appears as [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]] in the bookend scenes for an [[List of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes#Season 2 (1992–93)|episode]] of ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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!March 28
|Through a [[Brokered programming|brokered]] deal with [[ESPN]], [[NHL on ABC|ABC]] begins the first of a two-year deal with the [[National Hockey League]] to televise six regional Sunday afternoon broadcasts (including the first three Sundays of the playoffs). This marked the first time that regular season National Hockey League games were broadcast on American network television<ref>{{cite news|title=Select few watching NHL on ABC|author=Jim Shea|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|page=E9|date=May 7, 1993}}</ref> since {{NHL Year|1974}} (when [[NHL on NBC|NBC]] was the NHL's American broadcast television partner).
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!April 4
|The [[WrestleMania IX|ninth annual]] [[WrestleMania]] event is broadcast on [[pay-per-view]]. This was the first WrestleMania event to be held outdoors as it took place at  [[Caesars Palace]] in [[Paradise, Nevada]]. This was also the first [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] event to feature [[Jim Ross]] as a commentator. The [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] saw [[Hulk Hogan]] defeating [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|Yokozuna]], who had won the belt moments prior, to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] (Hogan actually wrestled earlier in the night, teaming up with [[Brutus Beefcake]] in a loss to [[Money Inc.]] via [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|DQ]] and failed to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]]).
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!April 18
|[[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]] celebrates its 10th anniversary.
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!April 25
|[[Lorne Michaels]] chooses [[Conan O'Brien]], who was a writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' at the time and a former writer for Michaels at ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', to fill [[David Letterman]]'s old seat directly after ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]'' on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Jane |title=Letterman's NBC Spot Goes to Unknown : Television: The network's late-night choice is Conan O'Brien, a former writer and sketch actor on 'Saturday Night Live.' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-27-fi-27763-story.html |access-date=October 17, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 27, 1993}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|May 5
|Senior ''[[As the World Turns]]'' cast member [[Don Hastings]] hosts a memorial tribute to [[Douglas Marland]]. Marland, who died during March after an abdominal surgery procedure, had been the series' chief writer since 1985 and was responsible for several story lines on the [[CBS]] soap opera.
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|The [[Quantum_Leap_season_5#Episodes|series finale]] of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' is broadcast on [[NBC]]. Two [[Intertitle|title cards]] were tacked on to the end of the last episode; one read that [[List_of_Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)_characters#Admiral_Albert_Calavicci|Al's]] first wife [[List_of_Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)_characters#Friends_and_family|Beth]] never remarried, so they were still married in the present day and had four daughters. The last title cards said "[[Sam Beckett|Sam Becket]] [sic] never returned home." The finale was met by viewers with mixed feelings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/tv/the-series-finale-that-helped-us-cope-with-the-lost-finale-and-every-other-disappointing-finale-since/|title=The Series Finale That Helped Us Cope With The 'Lost' Finale And Every Other Disappointing Finale Since|date=June 5, 2014|website=UPROXX|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426185744/https://uproxx.com/tv/the-series-finale-that-helped-us-cope-with-the-lost-finale-and-every-other-disappointing-finale-since/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popoptiq.com/greatest-series-finales-quantum-leap-mirror-image/|title=Greatest Series Finales: Quantum Leap's "Mirror Image" a beautiful, metaphysical swan song|date=September 3, 2013|website=PopOptiq|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426185747/https://www.popoptiq.com/greatest-series-finales-quantum-leap-mirror-image/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvandfilmguy.com/2007/06/21/worst-finale-ever/|title=Worst.. Finale… Ever…|last=Lasser|first=Josh|date=June 21, 2007|website=The TV and Film Guy's Reviews|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502153431/https://tvandfilmguy.com/2007/06/21/worst-finale-ever/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!May 8
|The intended hour long [[List_of_A_Different_World_episodes#Season_6_(1992–93)|series finale]] of ''[[A Different World]]'' is broadcast on [[NBC]], who would go on to air four additional episodes through July 9, 1993. Three remaining episodes would make their debuts in [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]]. In the finale, Dwayne, Whitley, and their unborn child prepare to move to [[Japan]], where Dwayne is offered a job.
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!rowspan="2"|May 13 
|The [[Krusty Gets Kancelled|fourth-season finale]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] cartoon-sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]'' features guest appearances from [[Johnny Carson]], [[Hugh Hefner]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Luke Perry]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], and [[Barry White]].
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|''[[Knots Landing]]'' airs a two-hour [[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 14 (1992–93)|series finale]] on [[CBS]].
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!May 14
|[[Jaimee Foxworth]] ([[Judy Winslow|Judy]]) and [[Telma Hopkins]] ([[Rachel Crawford|Rachel]]) make their final regular appearances on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Family Matters]]''; though Hopkins later makes return guest appearances on the series as Rachel while Foxworth's character Judy disappears without explanation.
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!May 19
|The gang at West Beverly graduate from high school in the [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 3)|Season 3]] finale of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]].
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!May 20
|[[NBC]] airs the [[Seinfeld (season 4)|fourth season]] [[The Pilot (Seinfeld)|finale]] of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', expanded to 60 minutes. The episode concludes a season-long story sequence involving a [[television pilot|pilot]] show written by [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] and [[George Costanza|George]], with the pilot finally coming to fruition only to be refused by NBC executives. Immediately afterwards, 80.4 million people tune to NBC to watch [[One for the Road (Cheers)|the series finale]] of ''[[Cheers]]''.
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!May 23
|One month after federal agents make an infamous raid on [[David Koresh]]'s [[Waco, Texas]], compound, [[NBC]] broadcasts a hastily produced television movie based on the incident, ''[[In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco]]''; [[Tim Daly]] plays Koresh for the movie.
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!May 28
|[[Major League Baseball]]'s owners overwhelmingly approve<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith|first=Claire|date=May 29, 1993|title=BASEBALL; Baseball Flips Channel On TV Future|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/29/sports/baseball-baseball-flips-channel-on-tv-future.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> a six-year [[joint venture]] with [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] and [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]. The venture, eventually dubbed "[[The Baseball Network]]", displaces [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] as MLB's primary network television package holder.
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!June 1
|[[Connie Chung]] begins co-anchoring ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' with [[Dan Rather]].
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!June 13
|The [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] holds the [[King of the Ring (1993)|inaugural]] [[King of the Ring]] event on [[pay-per-view]]. [[Hulk Hogan]] would lose the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] against [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|Yokozuna]] in what would be Hogan's final appearance on the WWF's television programming until 2002.
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!June 16
|While appearing as a guest on ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'', [[Tupac Shakur]] confesses to physically assaulting film directors [[Hughes brothers|Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes]] in retaliation for his firing from the film ''[[Menace II Society]]''. 
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!June 25
|[[David Letterman]] broadcasts his last [[Late Night with David Letterman|late-night talk show]] with [[NBC]].
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!June 26
|The [[List of Soul Train episodes#Season 22 (1992–93)|final episode]] of ''[[Soul Train]]'' with [[Don Cornelius]] as host airs in [[Broadcast syndication|first-run syndication]].
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!July 2
|[[Don Drysdale]] makes what turns out to be his final [[List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters|broadcast]] for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. He provided play-by-play on the first six innings for a game between the [[1993 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] and [[1993 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]] on [[KTLA]] 5, before handing it off to [[Vin Scully]]. Drysdale later died of a [[heart attack]] in his [[Le Centre Sheraton Hotel|hotel's room]], in [[Montreal]], in the early hours of the following night.
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!July 13
|The [[1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] airs on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] for the fourth consecutive year. Played in [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards|Baltimore]], this is to date, the final time that CBS would broadcast Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.
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!August 3
|[[Gayle Gardner]] becomes the first woman to do televised [[play-by-play]] of a [[baseball]] game when she called the action of a game between the [[1993 Colorado Rockies season|Colorado Rockies]] and the [[1993 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]].<ref>[http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/sportscastingfirsts.html American Sportscasters Online] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819210715/http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/sportscastingfirsts.html |date=2013-08-19 }}, "Sportscasting Firsts - 1920-Present, by Lou Schwartz, Retrieved March 3, 2012.</ref>
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!August 18
|At ''[[Clash of the Champions XXIV]]'' on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], the professional wrestler known as the [[Fred Ottman#The Shockmaster (1993)|Shockmaster]] [[Botch (professional wrestling)|botches]] his debut appearance in [[World Championship Wrestling]] by tripping and falling face first to the ground after crashing through a wall on [[Ric Flair]]'s [[Promo (professional wrestling)|interview]] segment "A Flair for the Gold". 
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!August 28
|''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', the first [[Power Rangers]] entry, debuted on [[Fox Kids]]. It would soon become a 1990s [[popular culture|pop culture]] phenomenon along with a large line of toys, [[action figure]]s, and other merchandise.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/company/global.html|title= Bandai Co., Ltd {{!}} Global Development|access-date= 2010-02-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130401133920/http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/company/global.html|archive-date= 2013-04-01|url-status= dead}}</ref> The show adapts stock footage from the Japanese TV series ''[[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]'' (1992–1993), which is the 16th installment of [[Toei Company|Toei's]] ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toei.co.jp/en/company/license.html|title= Toei Company Profile{{!}} Toei|access-date=2012-08-27}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|August 30
|''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' premieres on [[CBS]], with actor [[Bill Murray]] and musical guest [[Billy Joel]].
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|[[PBS]] introduces new branding for their children's programs featuring [[PBS_Kids#PTV_block|"The P-Pals"]].
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!September 3
|''[[Sally (talk show)|Sally Jessy Raphael Show]]'' airs for the last time on [[WABC-TV]] and [[KCAL-TV]] in the New York and Los Angeles areas respectively. The following Tuesday, ''[[The Les Brown Show]]'' takes over the WABC spot. ''Sally'' would move to [[WNBC]] and [[KNBC]] in said areas.
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!September 10
|The [[Pilot (The X-Files)|pilot episode]] of ''[[The X-Files]]'' airs on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. As the pilot, it would set up the [[Mythology of The X-Files|mythology storyline]] for the series. The episode earns a [[Nielsen rating]] of 7.9 and is viewed by 7.4 million households and 12.0 million viewers. The episode itself is generally well received by fans and critics alike, which leads to a growing [[Cult television|cult following]] for the series before it hits the mainstream.
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!September 12
|[[Raymond Burr]] dies of [[liver cancer]] at his [[ranch home]] in [[California]] at the age of 76. (The last [[Perry Mason (TV film series)|''Perry Mason'' movie]], ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss'', airs on [[NBC]] on November 29, carrying a dedication to Burr with an in memoriam tribute at the end of the movie.)
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! rowspan="2" |September 13
|''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' premieres on [[NBC]], as [[Conan O'Brien|O'Brien]] replaces [[David Letterman]] as host.
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|[[Xuxa]] debuts her [[Xuxa (American TV program)|English program]] in [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]], becoming the first Brazilian person to host a TV show in US.
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! rowspan="2" |September 16
|[[Marc Wilmore]], Reggie McFadden, [[Jay Leggett]], Carol Rosenthal and [[Anne-Marie Johnson]] join the cast of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[In Living Color]]'' for its final season. None of the [[Wayans Family]] are involved at all during the season.
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|The [[The Good Son (Frasier)|pilot episode]] of ''[[Frasier]]'' airs on [[NBC]]. It introduces the primary [[List of Frasier characters|characters]] and settings, and distances itself from its parent series ''[[Cheers]]''. The episode also sets up a number of recurring gags for the series, such as [[Martin Crane|Martin]]'s Lazyboy recliner and the unseen character of [[Maris Crane]], [[Niles Crane|Niles]]' wife. For his performance in this episode, [[Kelsey Grammer]] would win the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]].
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!September 18
|On ''[[Beakman's World]]'' on [[CBS]], Liza (played by [[Eliza Schneider]]) [[Beakman%27s_World#Season_2_(1993–1994)|makes her debut]] as the new assistant/co-host. Lasting 39 episodes, Liza would be the longest tenured assistant on the show.
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!September 19
|The [[45th Primetime Emmy Awards]] ceremony is broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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!September 21
|The [[NYPD_Blue_season_1#Episodes|pilot episode]] for ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' is broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The series includes more nudity and raw language than is common on broadcast television at the time. This results in at least 30 of the network's affiliates—mostly in smaller markets—not running the series when it debuts, with the show airing in many of those markets on a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate or [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] live or delayed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Braxton |first1=Greg |title=NYPD Blue': Debate Goes to the Viewers : Television: At least 30 stations preempt tonight's premiere, citing nudity, language. ABC says commercials are sold out. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-21-ca-37604-story.html |access-date=15 October 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=21 September 1993}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" |September 24
|[[Raven-Symoné]], [[Nell Carter]] and [[Saundra Quarterman]] join the cast of the series ''[[Hangin' with Mr. Cooper]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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|The [[Pilot (Boy Meets World)|pilot episode]] for ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' is broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as part of the network's popular ''[[TGIF (ABC)|TGIF]]'' comedy block following ''[[Family Matters]]'' and before ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''. It would face competition from hour-long shows ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'' ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) and a special episode of ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'' ([[NBC]]), as well as half-hour comedy ''[[Family Album (1993 TV series)|Family Album]]'' ([[CBS]]) in the same 8:30 p.m. timeslot. It would debut to 16.5 million viewers, ranking it as the fifth highest-viewed show of the night, and tied with another ABC series ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'' as the 48th ranked broadcast of the week.
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!October 23
|[[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]]'s four-year broadcast relationship with [[Major League Baseball]] ends with [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] outfielder [[Joe Carter]]'s walk-off home run to win the [[1993 World Series|World Series]] against the [[1993 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]]. ([[Bob Seger]]'s song [[Stranger in Town (album)|"The Famous Final Scene"]] plays during the broadcast's closing credits.)
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!October 25
|''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' makes its TV debut on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]; the movie is inter-cut with a live cast performance.
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!October 27
|[[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Chris-Craft Industries]] announce the formation of the [[UPN|United Paramount Network]].
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!October 29
|The first ''[[Got Milk?]]'' commercial is broadcast on TV. Directed by [[Michael Bay]], a guy obsessed by the history of the duel hears a voice on the radio asking a $10,000 question, "Who shot [[Alexander Hamilton]] in [[Burr-Hamilton Duel|that famous duel]]?", while making and eating a peanut butter sandwich. The question was transferred to the telephone, answers the correct answer "[[Aaron Burr]]", but the person on the telephone can't hear it clearly with his mouth full of peanut butter sandwich before time ends, and he only has a few drops of milk left.
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!October 30
|[[Michael J. Nelson]] makes his [[List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes#Season 5 (1993–94)|debut]] as host of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' on Comedy Central. Nelson replaced [[Joel Hodgson]], who departed from the series the week prior.
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!November 2
|[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Entertainment]] announces the formation of [[The WB|The WB Television Network]], which will premiere in January 1995.
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!November 9
|On [[CNN]], [[Larry King]] moderates a debate between [[Ross Perot]] and [[Al Gore]] on the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] that was watched in 11.174&nbsp;million households – the largest audience ever for a program on an [[Online advertising|ad-supported]] [[Cable television in the United States|cable network]] until the October 23, [[2006 NFL season|2006]] [[2006 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]-[[2006 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] game on [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Monday Night Football]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2637570|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=October 25, 2006|title=Giants-Cowboys draws largest cable audience|access-date=2006-10-26}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-sp-ratings27sep27,0,1155883.story?coll=la-entnews-tv|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 27, 2006|first=Larry|last=Stewart|title=Saints' Game Draws Record ESPN Audience}}</ref> -->
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!November 12
|The [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] puts on their [[UFC 1|first ever pay-per-view event]] in [[Denver]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-20 |title=ESPN's 30 for 30 podcasts premieres 'No Rules - The Birth of UFC' |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/21491105/espn-30-30-podcasts-premieres-no-rules-birth-ufc |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
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!November 15
|[[Britney Spears]], [[Justin Timberlake]], and [[Christina Aguilera]] join the cast of the [[Disney Channel]] series ''[[The New Mickey Mouse Club]]''.
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!November 21 
|[[Bill Bixby]] dies of [[prostate cancer]] at the age of 59 (six days after his final directing job on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'').
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!November 22
|[[TV Food Network]] (later, just Food Network) makes its debut with two initial shows featuring [[David Rosengarten]], [[Donna Hanover]], and [[Robin Leach]]. The following day, TV Food Network would begin live broadcasting.<ref>{{Citation|last=The New School|title=The Founding of the Food Network: A 20 Year Retrospective|date=2013-09-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6TH1Bdq-ZI&t=760s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/t6TH1Bdq-ZI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=August 6, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> One if its first shows is ''[[How to Boil Water]]'', which is first hosted by [[Emeril Lagasse]].
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!November 25
|''[[Home Alone]]'' makes its network television premiere on [[NBC]].
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!November 26
|[[Cartoon Network]], TBS, and TNT all broadcast 14 hours of animated programs as part of "The Great International Toon-In". Interstitials during the event introduced the Cartoon Network's new motion capture animated character [[The Moxy Show|Moxy]], which would be the star of Cartoon Network's first original animated program, ''The Moxy Show''.
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!December 18
|[[NFL on CBS|CBS]] (which had been a broadcaster of [[National Football League]] games for 38 years) loses their rights to telecast [[National Football Conference]] games to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. [[Fox NFL|Fox]] wins the rights to NFC games by offering a then-record [[United States dollar|$]]1.58 billion to the NFL over four years, significantly more than the $290 million per year CBS was willing to pay.
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