Editing 1994 in American television (section)

=== June ===
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!11
|[[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] wrestler [[Hulk Hogan]] signs a deal with [[World Championship Wrestling]] on a live broadcast of ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].
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!16
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Scripps-Howard Broadcasting]] confirm a wide-ranging affiliation pact securing the network's links with [[WXYZ-TV]] in Detroit and [[WEWS-TV]] in Cleveland. At Scripps-Howard's insistence, it also calls for [[KNXV-TV]] in Phoenix, [[WFTS-TV]] in St. Petersburg/Tampa (both outgoing Fox affiliates) and [[WMAR-TV]] in Baltimore (the market's NBC affiliate) to switch to ABC.<ref name=":4" /> The deal comes at the expense of [[KTVK]] and [[WJZ-TV]], whose long tenures with ABC spanned 40 years and 47 years, respectively.<ref name="outmuscled">{{Cite news |last=Muller |first=Bill |date=June 30, 1994 |title=Family-owned Ch. 3 outmuscled for prize |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33051088/no-ones-ready-to-panic-at-channel-3/ A7] |work=The Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33050928/eye-say-channel-5-called-up-to-majors/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630063726/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33050928/eye-say-channel-5-called-up-to-majors/ |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zurawik |first=David |date=June 17, 1994 |title=ABC-TV to Switch from WJZ to WMAR |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/06/17/abc-tv-to-switch-from-wjz-to-wmar/ |access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
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|With all major networks providing live coverage, former [[National Football League|NFL]] player [[O. J. Simpson]], suspected in the [[O. J. Simpson murder case|murder]] of his [[Nicole Brown Simpson|former wife]] and her [[Ron Goldman|acquaintance]], flees from police with his friend [[Al Cowlings]] in his white [[Ford Bronco]]; the low-speed chase ends with Simpson's surrender to police at his [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]] mansion. [[NBA on NBC|NBC]], who was broadcasting Game 5 of the [[1994 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]] between [[1993–94 New York Knicks season|New York]] and [[1993–94 Houston Rockets season|Houston]] in the meantime, periodically covers the chase via a split-screen.
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|[[DirecTV]], a [[direct broadcast satellite]] service, begins broadcasting in [[Jackson, Mississippi]].
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!19
|The [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] holds the [[King of the Ring (1994)|second annual]] [[King of the Ring]] [[List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events|event]] on [[pay-per-view]]. The event in particular, is remembered among fans for featuring former [[National Football League]] player [[Art Donovan]] on commentary. Donovan seemingly had no familiarity with professional wrestling, and repeatedly asked the same questions throughout the event, notably, "How much does this guy weigh?"
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!20
|[[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' moves into [[NBC Studios (New York City)|Studio 1A]] at [[30 Rockefeller Plaza|Rockefeller Center]].
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!23
|The [[History of General Hospital|first ever]] Nurses Ball event airs on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]''.
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