See also: 1993 in television, other events of 1994, 1995 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Deaths

Events

• February 4 - The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Winter Heat airs on NBC.
• March 31 - Madonna appears on The Late Show with David Letterman and makes headlines for her foul-mouthed, profanity-laced interview. Robin Williams later describes the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."
• June 17 - NFL star OJ Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase, which unfolds live on US television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, California, where he then surrenders to police.
• August 12 - The soap opera All My Children airs a memorial episode for original cast member Frances Heflin, who died in June. The memorial is in the form of a funeral service for Heflin's character, Mona Kane Tyler.
• October 19 - The Goodnight Kiwi airs in New Zealand for the last time as TV2 moves to 24-hour television 7 days a week.
• DirecTV launches the first satellite system. The first high powered DBS-service in the world.

Debuts

• September 19 - ER premieres (1994-present)
• September 21 - Touched by an Angel premieres (1994-2003)
• Friends premieres on NBC (1994-2004)

Television shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present)
• Candid Camera (1948-present)
• Guiding Light (1952-present)
• The Today Show (1952-present)
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present)
• Face the Nation (1954-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003)
• As the World Turns (1956-present)
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present)
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present)
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present)
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present)
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present)
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• Another World (1964-1999)
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present)
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present)
• Play School (1966-present)
• 60 Minutes (1968-present)
• One Life to Live (1968-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• Monday Night Football (1970-present)
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present)
• Soul Train (1971-present)
• Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present)
• Newsround (UK) (1972-present)
• The Price Is Right (1972-present)
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present)
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present)
• Derrick (1974-1998)
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present)
• Good Morning America (1975-present)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
• 20/20 (1978-present)
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present)
• Entertainment Tonight (1981-present)
• Loving (1983-1995)
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present)
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present)
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present)
• Sally (1985-2002)
• Matlock (1986-1995)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
• Full House (1987-1995)
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
• Married... with Children (1987-1997)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present)
• Children's Ward (UK) (1988-2000)
• Empty Nest (1988-1995)
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
• Garfield and Friends (1988-1995)
• Murphy Brown (1988-1998)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999)
• Roseanne (1988-1997)
• Baywatch (1989-2001)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Family Matters (1989-1998)
• Seinfeld (1989-1998)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• Law & Order (1990-present)
• One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000)
• Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996)
• Doug (1991-1994, 1996-1999)
• Home Improvement (1991-1999)
• Rugrats (1991-2004)
• Sisters (1991-1996)
• The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996)
• Absolutely Fabulous (UK) (1992-1996, 2001-2003)
• Barney & Friends (1992-2002)
• Dateline NBC (1992-present)
• Mad About You (1992-1999)
• Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998)
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997)
• Frasier (1993-2004)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996)
• NYPD Blue (1993-present)
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• The Nanny (1993-1999)
• The X-Files (1993-2002)

Ending this year

• L.A. Law (1986-1994).
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).
• The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994).
• In Living Color (1990-1994).
• The House of Eliott (UK) (1991-1994).

Deaths

• March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor.
• June 1 - Frances Heflin, soap opera actress.
• June 7 - Dennis Potter, playwright.
• June 8 - Rudolph Cartier, director.