Editing 1995 in American television (section)

=== 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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! 24
|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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