Editing 1995 in American television (section)

== Notable events ==
=== January ===
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|The [[1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment|1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment]] continues in two major markets: as a by-product of an affiliation deal between [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[The E.W. Scripps Company]], and a related deal between [[CBS]] and [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]], Westinghouse-owned [[WBZ-TV]] (channel 4) in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] switches from [[NBC]] to CBS, while NBC aligns with former CBS affiliate [[WHDH (TV)|WHDH]] (which will remain affiliated with the network until New Year's Eve 2016). In Baltimore, CBS switches affiliations to Westinghouse-owned [[WJZ-TV]] (channel 13) after 46 years as an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, while ABC joins Scripps-owned [[WMAR]] (channel 2) and NBC reunites with [[WBAL-TV]] (channel 11) after 13 years as a CBS affiliate. Later that year, Westinghouse acquires CBS, making both WBZ-TV and WJZ-TV [[CBS Television Stations|CBS owned-and-operated stations]].
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|''[[G-Force: Guardians of Space]]'', the second American adaptation of the [[Japan]]ese [[anime]] series ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' (the first being ''[[Battle of the Planets]]'') becomes the first-ever anime to air on [[Cartoon Network]]. On January 29, ''[[Robot Carnival]]'', [[Vampire Hunter D (1985 film)|''Vampire Hunter D'']], and ''[[Twilight of the Cockroaches]]'' also debut, followed in February of next year by ''[[Speed Racer]]''. This predates the March 1997 debut of [[Toonami]], which will go on to popularize anime on the network and in the West.
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|''[[All My Children]]'' celebrates its 25th anniversary and broadcasts a prime-time special on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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|In an interview with Kathleen Gingrich, mother of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician [[Newt Gingrich]], on [[CBS News|CBS]]' ''[[Eye to Eye with Connie Chung|Eye to Eye]]'', Mrs. Gingrich said she could not say what her son thought about [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Hillary Clinton]] on the air. [[Connie Chung]] asked Mrs. Gingrich to "just whisper it to me, just between you and me," and Mrs. Gingrich's microphone volume was turned up as she replied "He thinks she's a bitch."<ref>{{youtube|vecw539MjWM|Newt Gingrich: Hillary "She's A Bitch"}}</ref> Many people interpreted Chung's suggestion that if Mrs. Gingrich would whisper this statement it would be promised that the statement would be off the record. Bill Carter for ''The New York Times'' reported, "Ms. Chung had become the object of some of the most ferocious criticism, justified or not, ever directed at any network anchor as a result of her now infamous interview with Speaker Newt Gingrich's mother, Kathleen."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/22/us/the-empty-chair.html|title=The Empty Chair|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Bill|last=Carter|date=May 22, 1995}}</ref>  The interview was also parodied on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94j.phtml|title=SNL Transcripts: Jeff Daniels: 01/14/95|work=SNL Transcripts|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
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|[[The WB]], a joint venture between [[Warner Bros. Television]] and [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in conjunction with original network CEO [[Jamie Kellner]], launches. Among the programs offered are four situation comedies (two family-oriented, one family-focused but adult-targeted and one adult-oriented soap opera-inspired satire): ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'' (starring former ''[[In Living Color]]'' DJ/cast member [[Shawn Wayans]] and his younger brother, [[Marlon Wayans]]), ''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'' (starring [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]]), ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'' and ''[[Muscle (TV series)|Muscle]]''. While the former three series wound up lasting five seasons, ''Muscle'' fails to survive its first season. In addition to being available on around 70 affiliates, The WB is also initially distributed directly to cable and satellite providers via the [[WGN America|superstation feed]] of [[Chicago]] charter affiliate [[WGN-TV]] (owned by Tribune) to serve markets where the lack of available independent stations or stations that passed over the network in favor of fellow fledgling network UPN prevented The WB from maintaining an exclusive affiliation at launch. (This ended in August 1999, as a result of The WB gaining full-time affiliates in some underserved mid-sized markets and [[The WB 100+ Station Group|a small-market cable feed]] being launched to serve smaller markets.)
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|The United Paramount Network ([[UPN]]) launches, with a two-hour premiere of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. This results in an affiliation change in San Antonio between [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate KRRT (now [[KMYS]]) and independent station [[KABB]], as KRRT leaves Fox for the new network (due to its then-ownership by [[Paramount Stations Group|Paramount Pictures]], UPN's part-owner) and KABB assumes the Fox affiliation.
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|The 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment continues in the [[Flint/Tri-Cities]], Michigan market, as [[NBC]] affiliate [[WNEM-TV]] in [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] and [[CBS]] affiliate [[WEYI-TV]] in [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] swap affiliations. The move is deemed necessary by CBS to restore coverage in areas underserved by its then-new affiliate [[WWJ-TV|WGPR]] in adjacent [[Detroit]], since WNEM-TV's signal is stronger than that of WEYI-TV.
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|Live broadcasts of the [[People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson|O. J. Simpson trial]] begin; as a result, many network [[soap opera]]s are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months.
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=== February ===
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|''[[Seinfeld]]'' broadcasts its [[The Highlights of 100|100th episode]] on [[NBC]].
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|''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' (also known as ''World Premiere Toons'') launches on TBS, TNT and [[Cartoon Network]] simultaneously as part of the ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' special "1st Annual World Premiere Toon-In". The first short, "The Powerpuff Girls in Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins", was shown at the end of the special. The series will prove to launch the careers of many prominent animators such as [[Butch Hartman]], [[Craig McCracken]], [[Genndy Tartakovsky]], and [[Seth MacFarlane]].
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|[[Ted Danson]] reprises his role as [[Sam Malone]] from ''[[Cheers]]'' in an [[The Show Where Sam Shows Up|episode]] of its [[Spin-off (media)|spin–off]] ''[[Frasier]]'' on [[NBC]].
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|In what would be his final television appearance, [[George Burns]] is presented with the [[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|very first]] [[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award|SAG Lifetime Achievement Award]] by the [[Screen Actors Guild]].
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=== March ===
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|[[Deborah Norville]] begins assuming her duties as host of ''[[Inside Edition]]''.
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|''[[The Jenny Jones Show]]'' taped an episode titled "[[Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush]]", in which the secret admirers of six guests were revealed. Three days after the episode was taped, one of the guests, Jonathan Schmitz, [[Murder of Scott Amedure|murdered his secret admirer, Scott Amedure]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/making-killing-talk-tv-180638|title=Making A Killing On Talk Tv|last=Peyser|first=Marc|date=March 19, 1995|website=[[Newsweek]]|language=en-US|access-date=January 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303180622/https://www.newsweek.com/making-killing-talk-tv-180638|archive-date=March 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|The 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment continues in [[Seattle]]-[[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], as [[Ryman Hospitality Properties|Gaylord Broadcasting]]-owned [[KSTW]] joins [[CBS]] for the third time while former CBS affiliate [[KIRO-TV]] joins the [[UPN]] network.
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|All major U.S. networks interrupt their regular programming to break the news regarding the [[Murder of Selena|murder]] of [[Tejano music]] superstar [[Selena|Selena Quintanilla-Pérez]].<ref name="Maddona">[http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/3.06/970321-selena.html "In the spirit of Selena: Tributes, a book and an impending film testify to the Tejano singer's enduring"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803024420/http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/3.06/970321-selena.html |date=August 3, 2010 }}. by Gregory Rodriguez. ''Pacific News'', March 21, 1997. Retrieved on July 18, 2006.</ref> The lead item on national television network evening news programs in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] had been the end of the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike]]. Within thirty minutes of its announcement, Selena's murder became the lead item on all television stations in [[South Texas]].<ref>{{Cite book| last=Patoski| first=Joe Nick| title=Selena: Como La Flor| year=1996| publisher=Little Brown and Company| location=Boston| isbn=978-0-316-69378-3| url=https://archive.org/details/selenacomolaflor00pato_0 |page=200}}</ref> [[Univision]] and [[Telemundo]] are among the first national news stations to arrive at the crime scene.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=165}} Coverage of the singer's death and the murder trial would dominate American newscasts in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Selena Dominated Headlines, in '95 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/300317585/ |access-date=March 18, 2018  |work=The Odessa American |date=January 1, 1996 |page=9}}</ref>
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=== April ===
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|[[NHL on Fox|Fox]] airs [[National Hockey League]] games for the first time.
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|[[Drew Barrymore]] appears on [[CBS]]'s ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. In honor of Letterman's birthday, guest Barrymore dances on his desk and flashes him "on-air".
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|''[[Rox (American TV series)|Rox]]'' becomes the first television series distributed via internet.<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,982874,00.html Radio Free Cyberspace] ''Time''. June 24, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.wired.com/1995/12/the-real-real-world/ The Real Real World]''Wired''. Dec. 1995. Retrieved May 13, 2022</ref><ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/misc.activism.progressive/msg/b322355dc9b987e9 Break out your bong; kill your TV. Usenet. April 18, 1995].</ref>
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|[[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] and [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] showcase the "[[Collision in Korea]]". It is the first ever American pro wrestling event held in [[North Korea]]. It is rebroadcast in both [[Japan]] and the United States with the main event being between [[Ric Flair]] and [[Antonio Inoki]].
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=== May ===
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| ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' makes its network broadcast television premiere on [[NBC]].
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|[[CBS]] broadcasts ''Deadline for Murder: From the Files of [[Edna Buchanan]]'', starring [[Elizabeth Montgomery]]. This turned out to be Montgomery's final live-action acting role (her final acting role in general was in a [[List of Batman: The Animated Series episodes#Season Two (1994–1995)|voice-over role]] on ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'') as she would die on May 18.
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|''[[As the World Turns]]'' broadcasts its milestone 10,000th episode on [[CBS]].
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|''[[Above Suspicion (1995 film)|Above Suspicion]]'' starring [[Christopher Reeve]] premieres on [[HBO]]. In it, Reeve plays a paralyzed cop who plots to murder his wife. Six days after ''Above Suspicion'' first airs, Reeve is seriously injured in a fall while riding on horseback, resulting in him becoming a [[quadriplegic]] for the remainder of his life. 
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|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] announces that an episode of the soap opera ''[[All My Children]]'' was deleted from broadcasting due to the then-recent [[Oklahoma City bombing]]; in the story, villainess Janet Green was supposed to explode the church in which her ex Trevor Dillon was to marry her rival Laurel Banning.
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=== June ===
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|[[NHL on Fox|Fox]] broadcasts the fourth game of the [[1995 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] between the [[1994–95 New Jersey Devils season|New Jersey Devils]] and [[1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]. This marks the first time that a clinching game from the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] is broadcast on American network television since the sixth game of the [[1980 Stanley Cup Finals|1980 Finals]] on [[NHL on CBS|CBS]].
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=== July ===
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|After being purchased by [[New World Communications]] from Argyle Television, three additional stations switch to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] as part of the 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment: [[KDFW]] (channel 4) in Dallas-Ft. Worth, [[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]] (channel 7) in Austin, Texas and [[KTVI]] (channel 2) in St. Louis. KDFW and KTBC both defect from [[CBS]], while KTVI leaves [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Independent station [[KTVT]] (channel 11) in Dallas takes the CBS affiliation in that area through an affiliation deal between the network and [[Ryman Hospitality Properties|Gaylord Broadcasting]] (owners of KTVT); in Austin, former Fox affiliate KBVO (channel 42) swaps affiliations with KTBC and changes its calls to [[KEYE-TV|KEYE]]; and in St. Louis, [[KDNL-TV|KDNL]] (channel 30) swaps its Fox affiliation with KTVI and joins ABC. Former Fox-owned station [[KDAF-TV]] (channel 33) joins [[The WB]], taking that affiliation from [[KXTX-TV]] (channel 39) due to a temporary arrangement in which KXTX would carry WB programming, until such time Fox was cleared to move to channel 4. KXTX-TV then becomes an independent station. [[Fox Kids]], Fox's children programming block, doesn't follow the rest of the network's programming to KTBC and KTVI because of their commitments to news, and instead air on independent stations [[K13VC]] and [[KNLC]]. As a result of a dispute between Fox and KNLC, however, Fox Kids is moved to KTVI the following year.
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|[[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] airs the [[1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|66th annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] from [[Arlington, Texas]]. It was ABC's first broadcast of baseball's All-Star Game since [[1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1988]] and their last to date.
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|[[WFMZ-TV]] initiates their very first daytime ''Berks Edition'' at 5:30 pm and the ''First Nighttime Newscast'' at 10:30 pm, covering the entire [[Berks County]] and all across the [[Lehigh Valley]] of Eastern [[Pennsylvania]] and Western [[New Jersey]].
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|[[The Walt Disney Company]] announces that it would acquire and merge with [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]] The purchase would include the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network itself, stakes in [[A+E Networks|A&E Television Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] and [[ESPN Inc.]], and the ownership in the limited partnership-ran animation studio [[DIC Productions, L.P.]] The sale would be completed in 1996.
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=== August ===
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|Shortly after [[CBS]]' [[List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)|affiliation]] agreement with [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]], its flagship station at that time, [[KDKA-TV]] finally brings back the program ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' after a few years of preempting.
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|[[NBC]] wins the rights to [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|broadcast]] the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] from [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]] for $545 million.
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|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in Rockford, [[WREX|WREX-TV]] and [[NBC]] affiliate [[WTVO]] swaps network affiliations due to a group deal with [[Quincy Media|Quincy Newspapers]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=1995-05-29|title=AFFILS IN FINE FEATHER AT NBC MEET IN HAWAII|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/affils-in-fine-feather-at-nbc-meet-in-hawaii-99127220/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|On the series finale of ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'', numerous high-profile names in the world of hip-hop close the show out with a [[freestyle rap]] session.
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|The [[Tribune Media|Tribune Company]] acquired a 12.5% limited partnership interest in [[The WB]] for $12 million; the deal gave Tribune an option to increase its stake in the network up to a 25% interest; Tribune would eventually increase its ownership share in the WB to 22.5% on March 31, 1997.
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|As a result of the 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment, longtime [[NBC]] affiliate [[WLUK-TV]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] becomes the first of four "Big three" affiliates that SF Broadcasting (a joint venture of Savoy Communications and Fox Broadcasting) has purchased from Burnham Broadcasting to switch its affiliation to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. NBC eventually aligns with former Fox affiliate [[WGBA-TV]]. Two more NBC-affiliated stations ([[WALA-TV]] in Mobile, Alabama, and [[KHON-TV]] in Honolulu), along with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WVUE-DT|WVUE]] in New Orleans switch their affiliations to Fox on January 1, 1996. NBC again swaps affiliations with the former Fox affiliates in Mobile and Honolulu ([[WPMI]] and [[KHNL]] respectively), while ABC joins [[The WB|WB]] affiliate [[WGNO]] and former Fox affiliate [[WNOL]] joins The WB.
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|[[Larry Hagman]], former main actor of ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' and ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', undergoes a liver transplant.
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=== September ===
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|The very first edition of ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'' airs from the [[Mall of America]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]].
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|[[Alan Kalter]] becomes the second announcer of the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' replacing [[Bill Wendell]].
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|In front of a nationwide audience watching on [[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]] and on [[NBC Sports Washington|HTS]] in the [[List of Baltimore Orioles broadcasters|Baltimore market]], [[1995 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] shortstop [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] surpasses [[New York Yankees]] legend [[Lou Gehrig]] on [[Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks|Major League Baseball's list for most consecutive games played]].
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|The 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment continues when longtime ABC affiliate [[WGHP-TV]] (channel 8) in [[High Point, North Carolina]] is sold directly to Fox (acquired via New World Communications from [[Taft Broadcasting|Citicasters]], along with [[WBRC-TV]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] due to [[blind trust|ownership conflicts]]) and as a result, becomes a Fox-owned station. Former Fox affiliates [[WXLV-TV|WNRW-TV]] (channel 45)/[[WMYV-TV|WGGT-TV]] (channel 48, now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WMYV-TV]]) assume the ABC affiliation, and WNRW-TV changes its callsign to [[WXLV-TV]] to reflect the new affiliation. Both stations retain a secondary [[UPN]] affiliation until WGGT-TV leaves its WXLV-TV simulcast to become a full-time UPN affiliate the next year.
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|With the cancellation of the 1988 incarnation of ''[[Family Feud]]'', ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' becomes the last remaining [[Fremantle (company)|Goodson-Todman]] [[List of Fremantle productions|show]] on the air until a revival of ''[[Match Game]]'' three years later.
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|[[Kids' WB]] debuts on [[The WB]], anchored by ''[[Animaniacs]]'', which transfers over from [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s children's programming block, [[Fox Kids]]. It debuted on Fox Kids 2 years before.
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|A major compensation deal between [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] after the Westinghouse-Group W/CBS deal as a result of the 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment becomes effective: two NBC [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]'s ([[KCNC-TV]] in [[Denver]] and [[KUTV-TV]] in [[Salt Lake City]]) and the network's [[Philadelphia]] affiliate [[KYW-TV]] become CBS-affiliated stations (and quickly after that CBS-owned stations after Westinghouse merged with CBS), while former [[CBS]] affiliate [[KSL-TV]] in Salt Lake City joins NBC and CBS O&O [[WCAU]] in Philadelphia becomes an NBC-owned station. Meanwhile, in [[Miami]], CBS-owned [[WFOR-TV|WCIX]] (channel 6) and NBC-owned [[WTVJ]] (channel 4) swap channel positions, with WCIX becoming WFOR-TV as a result of the change. Two related swaps also occur in Denver, as former [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KUSA-TV]] joins NBC, and former [[CBS]] affiliate [[KMGH-TV]] switches to ABC as a result of an affiliation deal between the network and [[McGraw-Hill]], KMGH's owners.
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|The [[47th Primetime Emmy Awards]] are aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].
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|[[CBS]] acquires [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WPRI-TV]] from Narragansett Television and swaps affiliations with [[WLNE-TV]], thus reversing a swap that took place in 1977.
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|[[UPN Kids]] launches on [[UPN]], featuring two new series, ''[[Space Strikers]]'' and ''[[Teknoman]]''.
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|As part of a deal between [[The Outlet Company|Outlet Communications]] and [[NBC]], [[The WB|WB]] affiliate [[WNCN|WNCN-TV]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] switches to NBC, ending WNCN's 9-month affiliation with The WB. Former NBC affiliate [[WRDC]] elevates its [[UPN]] affiliation to full-time status, while [[WRAZ (TV)|WRAZ]], which had signed on three days earlier, joins the WB.
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|Part 2 of "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]" serves as the [[The Simpsons (season 7)|Season 7]] premiere of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. An ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' special, "Springfield's Most Wanted", precedes the episode.
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|[[KASW]] signs on the air in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], as part of a [[Local marketing agreement|LMA]] with, and taking [[The WB]] from, [[KTVK]] which becomes [[Independent station (North America)|independent]]. In addition, KASW also assumes the local broadcast rights to [[Fox Kids]], which [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KSAZ-TV]] is pre-empting in favor of news.
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|[[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] joins the cast of ''[[Party of Five]]'', after appearing in three failed shows as a cast member, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[Shaky Ground]]'' and the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[The Byrds of Paradise]]'' and ''[[McKenna (TV series)|McKenna]]''.
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|[[Will Ferrell]], [[Cheri Oteri]], and [[Darrell Hammond]] join the cast of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.
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=== October ===
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|In [[Major League Baseball]]'s first [[1995 American League West tie-breaker game|"do or die" tie-breaker game]] since [[1980 National League West tie-breaker game|1980]], the [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] defeat the [[1995 California Angels season|California Angels]] 9–1 to clinch the [[American League West]] title and their first ever [[1995 American League Division Series|postseason berth]]. The game is nationally televised on [[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]] with [[Jon Miller]] and [[Joe Morgan]] on the call.
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|More than 150 million people tune in to watch the verdict in the [[O.J. Simpson murder trial]], which ends with Simpson being found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and her friend [[Ronald Goldman]]. The verdict is met with both [[Reaction to the verdict in the O. J. Simpson criminal trial|praise and criticism]].
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|Game 5 of the [[1995 American League Division Series|American League Division Series]] between the [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] and [[1995 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] is broadcast on [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]]/[[The Baseball Network]] with [[Brent Musburger]] and [[Jim Kaat]] on the call. With Seattle down by the score of 5–4 going into the bottom of the 11th inning, [[Edgar Martínez]] lines a [[The Double (Seattle Mariners)|double]] to the left field fence off of New York reliever [[Jack McDowell]], scoring both [[Joey Cora]] and [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] to send the Mariners to the [[1995 American League Championship Series|League Championship Series]] for the first time. Martinez's game-winning hit and the aftermath remains the Mariners' most famous moment. During 1995, there were rumors that the Mariners might relocate to the [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] area. Their success this season leads to renewed local interest in the team and the building of [[T-Mobile Park|Safeco Field]], which opened in July 1999.
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|[[List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|ABC affiliate]] [[WBND-LD|W58BT]] goes on the air and former ABC affiliate [[WSJV|WSJV-TV]] switches to [[List of Fox television affiliates (by U.S. state)|Fox]].
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|In the [[Michiana]] region of Indiana, [[Elkhart, Indiana|Elkhart]]-based [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WSJV]] swaps affiliations with [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]-based [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate W58BT (which will become [[WBND-LD|WBND-LP]] by the end of the year). The rush for W58BT to switch to ABC (at the insistence of network executives, who didn't want to wait for W58BT to sign-on a new transmitter) causes a partial transmitter failure, which is fixed within a few days.<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC out, Fox in at WSJV|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FW&s_site=fortwayne&p_multi=FW&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6CCF4AC9A0534&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=August 21, 2016|newspaper=[[The News-Sentinel]]|date=April 21, 1995}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rocky Start for New South Bend ABC Affiliate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rq8_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=01YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2484,3691678&dq=wsjv+abc&hl=en|accessdate=August 21, 2016|newspaper=Times-Union|date=October 19, 1995}}</ref>
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|[[Robert MacNeil]] anchors ''[[PBS Newshour|The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour]]'' on [[PBS]] for the last time.
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|[[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] and [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]] begin their unprecedented shared coverage of the [[1995 World Series|World Series]] through their soon to be concluding revenue sharing joint-venture with [[Major League Baseball]] called [[The Baseball Network]]. ABC, who last broadcast a World Series in [[1989 World Series|1989]] airs Games 1, 4, and 5 (with [[Al Michaels]], [[Jim Palmer]] and [[Tim McCarver]] on the call) while NBC, who last broadcast a World Series in [[1988 World Series|1988]], airs Games 2, 3 and the decisive Game 6 (with [[Bob Costas]], [[Joe Morgan]] and [[Bob Uecker]] on the call). (A seventh game, if necessary, would have been televised by ABC.) While NBC will continue to hold some MLB rights for the next few years, Game 5 on October 26 would prove to be the last Major League Baseball game to be broadcast by ABC until Game 1 of the [[2020 American League Wild Card Series]] between the [[2020 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] and [[2020 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]].
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|In [[Toledo, Ohio]], [[NBC]] affiliate [[WTVG]] swaps affiliations with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WNWO]] and becomes an ABC owned-and-operated station.
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|The [[1995 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] win the [[1995 World Series]] in six games over the [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]], making them the first Major League team to win a championship for three different cities (first being Boston in 1914 and then Milwaukee in 1957). It is also the final broadcast for [[The Baseball Network]], which as previously mentioned, was a joint-venture between [[Major League Baseball]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and [[NBC]]. 
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=== November ===
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|[[IHeartMedia|Clear Channel Communications]], owners of recently purchased [[WHP-TV]] in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], entered into a local marketing agreement with Gateway Communications, owners of [[WXBU|WLYH-TV]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] to start operating the station. As a result, WLYH-TV's news operation has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1995-11-02|title=New operator pulls plug on WLYH news team|work=[[Lebanon Daily News|The Daily News]]}}</ref>
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! 2
|Characters from various [[NBC]] comedies appear on different shows. The [[Caroline in the City#Main|lead character]] from ''[[Caroline in the City]]'' appears on ''[[Friends]]'', while [[List of Friends and Joey characters|''Friends'' characters]] [[Ross Geller|Ross]] appears on ''[[The Single Guy]]'' and [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]] appears on ''Caroline in the City''.
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! 7
|[[Major League Baseball]] reaches a television deal<ref>{{cite news |last=Nidetz|first=Steve|date=November 7, 1995|title=BASEBALL'S NEW TV PACKAGE INCLUDES OLD FAVORITES|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-11-07-9511070105-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=6 November 1995 |title=Fox Gets Baseball; NBC Is Part of Deal |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-06-sp-65431-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Prisbell|first=Eric|date=October 12, 2020|title=Fox and MLB: Quarter-century of culture change|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2020/10/12/Media/Fox.aspx|work=Sports Business Journal|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> and [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]], allowing the former to obtain MLB game rights. Fox paid $575 million for the five-year contract, a fraction less of the amount of money that [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] had paid for the Major League Baseball television rights for the [[1990 Major League Baseball season|1990]]–[[1993 Major League Baseball season|1993 seasons]].<ref>{{cite news|title=MLB sews up deal with Fox, NBC. (Major League Baseball, National Broadcasting Co., Fox Broadcasting Co.)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181645/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=HighBeam Research|author=Jim McConville|date=November 6, 1995|access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BaseballContract">{{cite news|title=Baseball's new TV rights contract.(Major League Baseball contract)(Brief Article)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181638/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=HighBeam Research|author=James McConville|date=November 13, 1995|access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref>
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! 13
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s 30-minute soap opera ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' is turned into ''[[The City (1995 TV series)|The City]]''. 
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|On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'' broadcasts its 7,000th episode and debuts a new opening sequence.
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|''[[Rox (American TV series)|ROX]]'' and ''[[Computer Chronicles]]'' are broadcast via the [[Internet]]—these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television.<!--Please see discussion for more information on this event-->
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=== December ===
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! 1
|The 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment continues as [[WHBQ-TV]] (channel 13) in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] ends its [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliation after 45 years. WHBQ-TV is acquired by [[Fox Television Stations]] from [[Communications Corporation of America]] and joins [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], while former Fox affiliate [[WATN-TV|WPTY-TV]] (channel 24) joins ABC.
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! 11
|On [[NBC]], ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' becomes the highest-rated morning news program (and would remain so until 2012).
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! 16
|[[WXBU|WLYH-TV]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] ends its affiliation with [[CBS]] following a local marketing agreement with [[WHP-TV]], and as a result, [[WXBU|WLYH-TV]] became a primary [[UPN]] affiliate, cutting back the programming hours within the programming schedule.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1995-12-09|title=WLYH-TV dropping CBS affiliation, joining UPN|work=[[Lebanon Daily News|The Daily News]]}}</ref>
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! 18
|As part of the [[Monday Night Wars|Monday Night War]], [[World Championship Wrestling]] booker [[Eric Bischoff]]<ref name=cash>{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Ca$h|author=Bischoff, Eric|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2006|isbn=1-4165-2729-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/controversycreat00bisc/page/187 187]|url=https://archive.org/details/controversycreat00bisc/page/187}}</ref> has [[WWE|WWF]] performer Alundra Blayze (now going by the name [[Madusa]]) appear on [[TNT (American TV channel)|TNT]]'s ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'', where she throws her [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF Women's Championship]] into a trash can.
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! 31
| [[Cartoon Network]] broadcasts the ''[[What a Cartoon!|World Premiere Toons Countdown Call-In Show]]'', a three-hour marathon during New Year's Eve where viewers decide to vote and call for their favorite ''What a Cartoon!'' short. The ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' pilot (later known as "Changes"), was chosen the winner of the special as the network could later greenlit as a full animated series premiering in 1996.
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