Editing 1993 in American television (section)

==Programs==

===Debuts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
!January 1
| ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!January 3
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!January 6
| ''[[Space Rangers (TV series)|Space Rangers]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!January 8
| ''[[Hotel Room]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|January 11
| ''[[The Untouchables (1993 TV series)|The Untouchables]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[WWE Raw|WWF Monday Night Raw]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
!January 18
| ''[[Scattergories (game show)|Scattergories]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|January 19
| ''[[Class of '96]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Key West (TV series)|Key West]]''
|-
!January 20
| ''[[Time Trax]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Prime Time Entertainment Network|PTEN]]
|-
!January 27
| ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]''
|-
!January 31
| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!February 8
| ''[[Day One (TV news series)|Day One]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!February 28
| ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]''
|[[Disney Channel|Syndication]]  
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 5
| ''[[Getting By]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Where I Live]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!March 8
| ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 10
|''How'd They Do That?''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Sirens (1993 TV series)|Sirens]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 22
| ''[[Family Secrets (game show)|Family Secrets]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Real Stories of the Highway Patrol]]''
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!March 23
| ''[[TriBeCa (TV series)|TriBeCa]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!March 29
|''[[10 Seconds (game show)|10 Seconds]]''
|[[The Nashville Network]]
|-
!March 31
| ''[[Home Free (1993 TV series)|Home Free]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!April 2
| ''[[Good Advice (TV series)|Good Advice]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!April 6
| ''[[ECW Hardcore TV]]''
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!April 10
| ''[[A League of Their Own (1993 TV series)|A League of Their Own]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
!April 16
| ''[[Dudley (TV series)|Dudley]]''
|-
!May 22
|''[[Saved by the Bell: The College Years]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!May 24
| ''[[Equal Time (TV program)|Equal Time]]''
|[[CNBC]]
|-
!June 6
| ''[[South Beach (1993 TV series)|South Beach]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 7
| ''[[Rumor Has It (game show)|Rumor Has It]]''
|[[VH1]]
|-
| ''[[Trivial Pursuit (American game show)|Trivial Pursuit]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|-
!June 11
| ''[[Cutters (TV series)|Cutters]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 14
| ''[[Leeza|John and Leeza from Hollywood]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Caesar's Challenge]]''
|-
!June 23
| ''[[Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
!June 25
| ''Johnny Bago''
|-
!June 26
| ''[[Front Page (newsmagazine)|Front Page]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!July 5
| ''[[Theodore Tugboat]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
!July 10
|''[[Brains & Brawn]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|July 11
| ''[[Danger Theatre]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Weinerville]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!July 25
| ''[[Politically Incorrect]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
!July 28
| ''Street Match''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!August 1
| ''[[Fallen Angels (American TV series)|Fallen Angels]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
!August 9
| ''[[Big Wave Dave's]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!August 18
| ''[[Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!August 20
| ''[[The Building (TV series)|The Building]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!August 22
| ''[[Living Single]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 25
| ''[[The Trouble with Larry]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Tall Hopes]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!August 26
| ''[[Angel Falls (TV series)|Angel Falls]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!August 27
| ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!August 28
| ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| August 30
| ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Missing Persons (TV series)|Missing Persons]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!September 2
| ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 5
| ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]''
|[[TBS (TV network)|TBS]]
|-
| ''[[Daddy Dearest]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[NFL Matchup]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[ESPN]]
|-
!rowspan="4"|September 6
| ''[[Monday Night Countdown|NFL Prime Monday]]''
|-
| ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[American Journal]]''
|-
| ''[[The Les Brown Show]]''
|-
! September 7
| ''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! September 8
| ''[[Thea (TV series)|Thea]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 10
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]''
|[[PBS]]/[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="6"|September 11
| ''[[Running the Halls]]''
|[[TNBC]]
|-
| ''[[Entertainers with Byron Allen]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
| ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
| ''[[Saved by the Bell: The New Class]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[TNBC]]
|-
!rowspan="4"|September 12
| ''[[Baby Races]]''
|-
| ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Townsend Television]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[seaQuest DSV]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
! rowspan="5" |September 13
| ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''
|-
| ''[[Animaniacs]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Bertice Berry|The Bertice Berry Show]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Ricki Lake (1993 talk show)|Ricki Lake]]''
|-
| ''[[Xuxa (American TV program)|Xuxa]]''
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 14
| ''[[Bakersfield P.D.]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Phenom (TV series)|Phenom]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!September 15
| ''[[Moon Over Miami (TV series)|Moon Over Miami]]''
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 16
| ''[[The Sinbad Show]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|''[[Frasier]]''
|NBC
|-
| ''[[Cobra (American TV series)|Cobra]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="13"|September 18
| ''[[Biker Mice from Mars]]''
|-
| ''[[Exosquad]]''
|-
| ''[[Martha Stewart Living]]''
|-
| ''[[CityKids]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Cro (TV series)|Cro]]''
|-
| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Cryptkeeper]]''
|-
| ''[[Café Americain]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[The Mommies (TV series)|The Mommies]]''
|-
|''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[All-New Dennis the Menace]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (TV series)|Cadillacs and Dinosaurs]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Marsupilami (1993 TV series)|Marsupilami]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!September 20
| ''[[Dave's World]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!September 21
| ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!September 23
| ''[[Eye to Eye with Connie Chung]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!September 24
| ''[[Boy Meets World]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 25
| ''[[Harts of the West]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!September 28
| ''[[Acapulco H.E.A.T.]]'' 
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 29
| ''[[Grace Under Fire]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Joe's Life]]''
|-
!October 1
| ''[[Against the Grain (TV series)|Against the Grain]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!October 3
| ''[[Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer]]''
|[[CNN]]
|-
!October 25
| ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
!October 27
| ''[[South of Sunset]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
!October 29
| ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' 
|-
!October 30
| ''[[Paula Poundstone|The Paula Poundstone Show]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!November 3
| ''[[The Nanny]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!November 5
| ''[[George (1993 TV series)|George]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!November 23
| ''[[How to Boil Water]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
!November 28
| ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!December 2
| ''[[Second Chances (American TV series)|Second Chances]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!December 5
| ''[[The Moxy Show|The Moxy Pirate Show]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|December 17
| ''[[Off Beat Cinema]]''
|[[WKBW-TV]]
|-
| ''[[Scientific American Frontiers]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[The State (1993 TV series)|The State]]''
|[[MTV]]
|}

===Returning this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || New title || New network || Returning
|- "
|''[[Scrabble (game show)|Scrabble]]''
|1990
|rowspan="3"|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|rowspan="2"|Same
|January 18
|-
|''[[Brains & Brawn]]''
|1958
|July 10
|-
|''[[The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show]]''
|1968
|''[[Super Secret Secret Squirrel]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]/[[Cartoon Network]]
|September 5
|-
|''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''
|1992
|TBS
|''The New Adventures of Captain Planet''
|September 12
|}

===Ending this year===

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Date || Show || Debut  
|-
!January 4
|''[[WWF Prime Time Wrestling]]'' 
|1985
|-
!January 8
|''[[Hotel Room]]'' 
|1993
|-
!January 15 
|''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' 
|1984
|-
!January 16
|''[[The Powers That Be (TV series)|The Powers That Be]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1992
|-
!January 17
|''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'' 
|-
!February 13
|''[[Double Dare (franchise)|Double Dare]]'' (returned in 2000)
|1986 
|-
!February 26 
|''[[Camp Wilder]]'' 
|1992
|-
!March 24 
|''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' 
|1989
|-
!March 31
|''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' (returned in 1994)
|1993 
|-
!April 17 
|''[[Raven (1992 TV series)|Raven]]'' 
|1992
|-
!April 26
|''[[Homefront (American TV series)|Homefront]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1991
|-
!April 27
| ''[[Reasonable Doubts]]'' 
|-
!April 30
|''[[The Jackie Thomas Show]]'' 
|1992
|-
!May 5 
|''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' 
|1989
|-
!May 12 
|''[[The Wonder Years]]'' 
|1988
|-
!May 13 
|''[[Knots Landing]]'' 
|1979
|-
!May 14
|''[[The Golden Palace]]'' 
|1992
|-
!May 17
| ''[[Major Dad]]'' 
|1989
|-
!May 20 
|''[[Cheers]]'' 
|1982
|-
!May 22 
|''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1989
|-
!rowspan="3"|May 23 
|''[[Life Goes On (TV series)|Life Goes On]]'' 
|-
|''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' 
|1991 
|-
|''[[Shaky Ground]]'' 
|1992 
|-
!May 24
|''[[Designing Women]]'' 
|1986 
|-
!May 25
|''[[Class of '96]]'' 
|1993
|-
!May 29
|''[[Street Justice]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|1991
|-
!June 1
|''[[FBI: The Untold Stories]]'' 
|-
!June 6
|''[[The Torkelsons]]'' 
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 11
|''[[Scrabble (game show)|Scrabble]]'' 
|1984
|-
|''[[Shining Time Station]]'' 
|1989
|-
!June 13
|''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' 
|1990
|-
!June 18
|''[[Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)|Harry and the Hendersons]]'' 
|1991
|-
!June 25 
|''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' 
|1982
|-
!July 6
|''[[Room for Two (American TV series)|Room for Two]]'' 
|1992
|-
!July 7
|''[[Sirens (1993 TV series)|Sirens]]'' (returned in 1994)
|1993
|-
!July 9 
|''[[A Different World]]'' 
|1987
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 6 
|''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'' 
|1986
|-
|''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' 
|1991
|-
!August 25
|''[[Delta (American TV series)|Delta]]'' 
|1992
|-
!September 3
|''[[Studs (game show)|Studs]]'' 
|1991
|-
!October 1
|''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]'' 
|1993
|-
!October 10
|''[[Rabbit Ears Productions|American Heroes & Legends]]''
|1992
|-
!October 23 
|''[[Major League Baseball on CBS]]'' 
|1990
|-
!October 27
|''[[South of Sunset]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1993
|-
!October 30
|''[[Angel Falls (TV series)|Angel Falls]]'' 
|-
!November 6
|''[[The Addams Family (1992 animated series)|The Addams Family]]'' 
|1992
|-
!November 20
|''[[Where I Live]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|1993
|-
!December 1
|''[[Moon Over Miami (TV series)|Moon Over Miami]]''
|-
!December 3
|''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''  
|-
!rowspan="3"|December 4
|''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]''
|1990
|-
|''[[Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa]]'' 
|1992
|-
|''[[Droopy: Master Detective]]''
|rowspan="5"|1993
|-
!December 11
|''[[Marsupilami (1993 TV series)|Marsupilami]]''
|-
!December 15
|''[[Joe's Life]]''
|-
!December 24
|''[[Against the Grain (TV series)|Against the Grain]]'' 
|-
!December 26
|''[[Townsend Television]]'' 
|-
!December 27
|''[[Bob (TV series)|Bob]]'' 
|1992
|-
!December 31
|''[[The Joan Rivers Show]]''
|1989
|}

===Entering syndication this year===
{|class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Seasons || In Production || Notes || Source
|-
|''[[1st & Ten (HBO TV series)|1st & Ten]]''||6|||No||||<ref name=NATPE>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-01-25.pdf "New(est) For NATPE In A Nutshell"] from Broadcasting & Cable</ref>
|-
|''[[Adventures in Wonderland (1992 TV series)|Adventures in Wonderland]]''||1|||Yes||||<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-07-26.pdf Buena Vista Television ad (page 44)] from Broadcasting & Cable</ref>
|-
|''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]''||5|||Yes||||<ref name=NATPE />
|-
|''[[Cops (TV series)|Cops]]''||5|||Yes||||<ref name=NATPE />
|-
|''[[Empty Nest]]''||5|||Yes||||<ref name=NATPE />
|-
|''[[Family Matters]]''||4|||Yes||||<ref name=NATPE />
|-
|''[[Garfield and Friends]]''||5|||Yes||||<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-03-23.pdf The Program Exchange ad (page 50)] from Broadcasting & Cable</ref>
|-
|''[[Major Dad]]''||4|||No||Cable syndication on [[USA Network]].||
|-
|''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''||3|||No||Cable syndication on [[USA Network]].||
|-
|''[[Rescue 911]]''||4|||Yes||||<ref name=NATPE />
|-
|''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''||4|||Yes||Cable syndication on [[USA Network]].||
|}

===Network changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from 
! Moved to
|-
|''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
|rowspan="2"|[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]/[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[Secret Squirrel]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Beakman's World]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|first-run syndication]]
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Getting By]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
|[[CBS]]
|[[USA Network]]
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Premiere date
! Title
! Channel
|-
! February 22
| ''[[Babylon 5: The Gathering|Babylon 5]]''
| [[Prime Time Entertainment Network|PTEN]]
|-
! March 1
| ''Bloodlines: Murder in the Family''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
! April 4
| ''[[Diana: Her True Story (film)|Diana: Her True Story]]''
|-
! April 18–20
| ''[[The Fire Next Time (miniseries)|The Fire Next Time]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
! May 3–4
| ''[[Murder in the Heartland]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! May 9–10
| ''[[The Tommyknockers (miniseries)|The Tommyknockers]]''
|-
! May 23
| ''[[Torch Song (1993 film)|Torch Song]]''
|rowspan="4"| [[NBC]]
|-
! May 24
| ''[[Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story]]''
|-
! May 26
| ''Without Warning: Terror in the Towers''
|-
! rowspan="2"| September 12 
| ''[[seaQuest DSV]]''
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes Returns]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
! September 20
| ''[[Danielle Steel's Star]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
! October 17–19
| ''[[Message from Nam|Danielle Steel's Message from Nam]]''
|-
! December
| ''[[Out There (comedy specials)|Out There]]''
| [[Comedy Central]]
|-
! December 6 
| ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
! December 23
| ''A Cool Like That Christmas''
| Fox
|}