1995 in American television

none 1995 In American television in 1995, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes. Notable events January Date Event 2The 1994–96 United States broadcast televiqion realignment continues in two major markets: as a by-product of an affiliation deal between 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 (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 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 owned-and-operated stations.G-Force: Guardians of Space, the second American adaptation of the Japanese 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, 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. 5All My Children celebrates its 25th anniversary and broadcasts a prime-time special on ABC.In an interview with Kathleen Gingrich, mother of Republican politician Newt Gingrich, on CBS' Eye to Eye, Mrs. Gingrich said she could not say what her son thought about 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."vecw539MjWM Newt Gingrich: Hillary "She's A Bitch" 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."https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/22/us/the-empty-chair.html The Empty Chair The New York Times Bill Carter May 22, 1995 The interview was also parodied on Saturday Night Live.http://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94j.phtml SNL Transcripts: Jeff Daniels: 01/14/95 SNL Transcripts January 28, 2017 11The 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), Unhappily Ever After and 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 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 a small-market cable feed being launched to serve smaller markets.) 16The 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 affiliate KRRT (now KMYS) and independent station KABB, as KRRT leaves Fox for the new network (due to its then-ownership by Paramount Pictures, UPN's part-owner) and KABB assumes the Fox affiliation.The 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment continues in the Flint/Tri-Cities, Michigan market, as NBC affiliate WNEM-TV in Bay City and CBS affiliate WEYI-TV in Saginaw swap affiliations. The move is deemed necessary by CBS to restore coverage in areas underserved by its then-new affiliate WGPR in adjacent Detroit, since WNEM-TV's signal is stronger than that of WEYI-TV. 24Live broadcasts of the O. J. Simpson trial begin; as a result, many network daytime programming are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months. February Date Event 2Seinfeld broadcasts its 100th episode on NBC. 20What 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. 21Ted Danson reprises his role as Sam Malone from Cheers in an episode of its spin–off Frasier on NBC. 25In what would be his final television appearance, George Burns is presented with the very first SAG Lifetime Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild. March Date Event 6Deborah Norville begins assuming her duties as host of Inside Edition.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, murdered his secret admirer, Scott Amedure.https://www.newsweek.com/making-killing-talk-tv-180638 Making A Killing On Talk Tv Peyser Marc March 19, 1995 Newsweek en-US January 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230303180622/https://www.newsweek.com/making-killing-talk-tv-180638 March 3, 2023 live 13The 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment continues in Seattle-Tacoma, as Gaylord Broadcasting-owned KSTW joins CBS for the third time while former CBS affiliate KIRO-TV joins the UPN network. 31All major U.S. networks interrupt their regular programming to break the news regarding the murder of Tejano music superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez."In the spirit of Selena: Tributes, a book and an impending film testify to the Tejano singer's enduring" https://web.archive.org/web/20100803024420/http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/3.06/970321-selena.html August 3, 2010 . by Gregory Rodriguez. Pacific News, March 21, 1997. Retrieved on July 18, 2006. 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.Patoski Joe Nick Selena: Como La Flor 1996 Little Brown and Company Boston 978-0-316-69378-3 https://archive.org/details/selenacomolaflor00pato_0 200 Univision and Telemundo are among the first national news stations to arrive at the crime scene.Patoski 1996 165 Coverage of the singer's death and the murder trial would dominate American newscasts in 1995.Selena Dominated Headlines, in '95 https://www.newspapers.com/image/300317585/ March 18, 2018 The Odessa American January 1, 1996 9 April Date Event 2Fox airs National Hockey League games for the first time. 12Drew 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". 18Rox becomes the first television series distributed via internet.Radio Free Cyberspace Time. June 24, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2022The Real Real WorldWired. Dec. 1995. Retrieved May 13, 2022Break out your bong; kill your TV. Usenet. April 18, 1995.28–29WCW 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. May Date Event 7 Jurassic Park makes its network broadcast television premiere on NBC. 9CBS 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 voice-over role on Batman: The Animated Series) as she would die on May 18. 12As the World Turns broadcasts its milestone 10,000th episode on CBS. 21Above 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. 24ABC 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. June Date Event 24Fox broadcasts the fourth game of the Stanley Cup Final between the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings. This marks the first time that a clinching game from the Stanley Cup Final is broadcast on American network television since the sixth game of the 1980 Final on CBS. July Date Event 1After being purchased by New World Communications from Argyle Television, three additional stations switch to Fox as part of the 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment: KDFW (channel 4) in Dallas-Ft. Worth, KTBC (channel 7) in Austin, Texas and KTVI (channel 2) in St. Louis. KDFW and KTBC both defect from CBS, while KTVI leaves ABC. Independent station KTVT (channel 11) in Dallas takes the CBS affiliation in that area through an affiliation deal between the network and Gaylord Broadcasting (owners of KTVT); in Austin, former Fox affiliate KBVO (channel 42) swaps affiliations with KTBC and changes its calls to KEYE; and in St. Louis, 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. 11ABC airs the 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 and their last to date. 24WFMZ-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. 31The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire and merge with Capital Cities/ABC Inc. The purchase would include the ABC network itself, stakes in A&E Television Networks, 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. August Date Event 4Shortly after CBS' 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. 7NBC wins the rights to broadcast the 2002 Winter Olympics from Salt Lake City, Utah for $545 million. 14ABC affiliate in Rockford, WREX-TV and NBC affiliate WTVO swaps network affiliations due to a group deal with Quincy Newspapers.Flint Joe 1995-05-29 AFFILS IN FINE FEATHER AT NBC MEET IN HAWAII https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/affils-in-fine-feather-at-nbc-meet-in-hawaii-99127220/ 2021-08-09 Variety en-US 17On 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.The 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. 21As a result of the 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment, longtime NBC affiliate WLUK-TV in 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. 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 ABC affiliate 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 WB affiliate WGNO and former Fox affiliate WNOL joins The WB. 22Larry Hagman, former main actor of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie, undergoes a liver transplant. September Date Event 4The very first edition of WCW Monday Nitro airs from the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota on TNT. 5Alan Kalter becomes the second announcer of the Late Show with David Letterman replacing Bill Wendell. 6In front of a nationwide audience watching on ESPN and on HTS in the Baltimore market, Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. surpasses New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig on Major League Baseball's list for most consecutive games played. 8The 1994–96 United States broadcast television 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 Citicasters, along with WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama due to ownership conflicts) and as a result, becomes a Fox-owned station. Former Fox affiliates WNRW-TV (channel 45)/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.With the cancellation of the 1988 incarnation of Family Feud, The Price Is Right becomes the last remaining Goodson-Todman show on the air until a revival of Match Game three years later. 9Kids' WB debuts on The WB, anchored by Animaniacs, which transfers over from Fox's children's programming block, Fox Kids. It debuted on Fox Kids 2 years before. 10A major compensation deal between NBC and CBS after the Westinghouse-Group W/CBS deal as a result of the 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment becomes effective: two NBC 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 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 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.The 47th Primetime Emmy Awards are aired on Fox.CBS acquires ABC affiliate WPRI-TV from Narragansett Television and swaps affiliations with WLNE-TV, thus reversing a swap that took place in 1977.UPN Kids launches on UPN, featuring two new series, Space Strikers and Teknoman.As part of a deal between Outlet Communications and NBC, WB affiliate 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, which had signed on three days earlier, joins the WB. 17Part 2 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" serves as the Season 7 premiere of The Simpsons on Fox. An America's Most Wanted special, "Springfield's Most Wanted", precedes the episode. 22KASW signs on the air in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a LMA with, and taking The WB from, KTVK which becomes independent. In addition, KASW also assumes the local broadcast rights to Fox Kids, which Fox affiliate KSAZ-TV is pre-empting in favor of news. 27Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the cast of Party of Five, after appearing in three failed shows as a cast member, the Fox series Shaky Ground and the ABC series The Byrds of Paradise and McKenna. 30Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, and Darrell Hammond join the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live. October Date Event 2In Major League Baseball's first "do or die" tie-breaker game since 1980, the Seattle Mariners defeat the California Angels 9–1 to clinch the American League West title and their first ever postseason berth. The game is nationally televised on ESPN with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan on the call. 3More 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 praise and criticism. 8Game five of the American League Division Series between the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees is broadcast on 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 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 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 area. Their success this season leads to renewed local interest in the team and the building of Safeco Field, which opened in July 1999. 15ABC affiliate W58BT goes on the air and former ABC affiliate WSJV-TV switches to Fox. 18In the Michiana region of Indiana, Elkhart-based ABC affiliate WSJV swaps affiliations with South Bend-based Fox affiliate W58BT (which will become 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.ABC out, Fox in at WSJV 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 August 21, 2016 The News-Sentinel April 21, 1995 October 18, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131018024027/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 dead Rocky Start for New South Bend ABC Affiliate https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rq8_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=01YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2484,3691678&dq=wsjv+abc&hl=en August 21, 2016 Times-Union October 19, 1995 20Robert MacNeil anchors The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour on PBS for the last time. 21ABC and NBC begin their unprecedented shared coverage of the 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 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, airs games two, three and the decisive game six (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 five on October 26 would prove to be the last Major League Baseball game to be broadcast by ABC until game one of the 2020 American League Wild Card Series between the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. 28In Toledo, Ohio, NBC affiliate WTVG swaps affiliations with ABC affiliate WNWO and becomes an ABC owned-and-operated station.The Atlanta Braves win the 1995 World Series in six games over the 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, ABC, and NBC. November Date Event 1Clear Channel Communications, owners of recently purchased WHP-TV in Harrisburg, entered into a local marketing agreement with Gateway Communications, owners of WLYH-TV in Lancaster to start operating the station. As a result, WLYH-TV's news operation has been discontinued.1995-11-02 New operator pulls plug on WLYH news team The Daily News 2Characters from various NBC comedies appear on different shows. The lead character from Caroline in the City appears on Friends, while Friends characters Ross appears on The Single Guy and Chandler appears on Caroline in the City. 7Major League Baseball reaches a television dealNidetz Steve November 7, 1995 BASEBALL'S NEW TV PACKAGE INCLUDES OLD FAVORITES https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-11-07-9511070105-story.html Chicago Tribune May 13, 2022Stewart Larry 6 November 1995 Fox Gets Baseball; NBC Is Part of Deal https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-06-sp-65431-story.html Los Angeles Times May 13, 2022 with FoxPrisbell Eric October 12, 2020 Fox and MLB: Quarter-century of culture change https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2020/10/12/Media/Fox.aspx Sports Business Journal May 13, 2022 and NBC, allowing the former to obtain MLB game rights. Fox paid $575 million for the five-year contract, a fraction less of the amount of money that CBS had paid for the Major League Baseball television rights for the 1990–1993 seasons.MLB sews up deal with Fox, NBC http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181645/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html usurped March 29, 2015 Broadcasting & Cable Jim McConville November 6, 1995 HighBeam Research subscription January 25, 2015Baseball's new TV rights contract http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181638/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html usurped March 29, 2015 Broadcasting & Cable James McConville November 13, 1995 HighBeam Research subscription January 25, 2015 13ABC's 30-minute soap opera Loving is turned into The City. 20On ABC, One Life to Live broadcasts its 7,000th episode and debuts a new opening sequence.ROX and Computer Chronicles are broadcast via the Internet—these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television. December Date Event 1The 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment continues as WHBQ-TV (channel 13) in Memphis, Tennessee ends its ABC affiliation after 45 years. WHBQ-TV is acquired by Fox Television Stations from Communications Corporation of America and joins Fox, while former Fox affiliate WPTY-TV (channel 24) joins ABC. 11On NBC, The Today Show becomes the highest-rated morning news program (and would remain so until 2012). 16WLYH-TV in Lancaster ends its affiliation with CBS following a local marketing agreement with WHP-TV, and as a result, WLYH-TV became a primary UPN affiliate, cutting back the programming hours within the programming schedule.1995-12-09 WLYH-TV dropping CBS affiliation, joining UPN The Daily News 18As part of the Monday Night War, World Championship Wrestling booker Eric BischoffControversy Creates Ca$h Bischoff, Eric Simon and Schuster 2006 1-4165-2729-X 187 https://archive.org/details/controversycreat00bisc/page/187 has WWF performer Alundra Blayze (now going by the name Madusa) appear on TNT's WCW Monday Nitro, where she throws her WWF Women's Championship into a trash can. 31 Cartoon Network broadcasts the 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. Programs Programs debuting in 1995 Date Show Network January 1 Taxicab ConfessionsHBOJanuary 2 CybillCBS The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon ShowSyndication January 4 Washington JournalC-SPAN Double RushCBS Women of the HouseJanuary 8 House of Buggin' FoxJanuary 9 A Whole New BallgameABC The Late Late Show with Tom SnyderCBSJanuary 11 MuscleThe WB Unhappily Ever After The Wayans Bros. January 14 Fudge ABCJanuary 15 Get Smart Fox Modern MarvelsThe History ChannelJanuary 16 Hercules: The Legendary JourneysSyndication Vanishing Son The Puzzle PlacePBS Kids Star Trek: VoyagerUPNJanuary 17MarkerThe Watcher Golf CentralGolf ChannelJanuary 18 The Parent 'HoodThe WBJanuary 23 Pig StyUPN Platypus ManJanuary 26 PointmanPTENJanuary 29 ExtremeABCJanuary 31 The MarshalFebruary 20 What a Cartoon!Cartoon NetworkMarch 4 NHL 2NightESPN2March 5 The Great DefenderFoxMarch 8 The George Wendt ShowCBSMarch 10 VR.5FoxMarch 11 The OfficeCBSMarch 13 Medicine BallFoxMarch 14 Under One RoofCBSMarch 21 NewsRadioNBC Pride & JoyMarch 22 SlidersFoxMarch 26Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildHBO The Outer LimitsShowtimeMarch 31 The Wright VerdictsCBSApril 1 Amazing GraceNBCApril 2 Real Sports with Bryant GumbelHBOApril 8The MaxxMTVApril 10 In the HouseNBCApril 14 Colby's ClubhouseTBNApril 18 LegendUPNMay 27 Bringing up JackABCMay 28 Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistComedy Central My Wildest DreamsFoxJune 5 Singled OutMTVJuly 12 20th Century with Mike WallaceThe History ChannelJuly 19 Road RulesMTVAugust 7 Squawk BoxCNBCAugust 8 Aeon FluxMTVAugust 20 Exit 57Comedy CentralAugust 23 KirkThe WBAugust 28 Nowhere ManUPNAugust 29 Live ShotAugust 31 The CrewFoxSeptember 2 Wild About AnimalsSyndicationSeptember 4 Bananas in PyjamasWCW Monday NitroTNT Xena: Warrior PrincessSyndicationSeptember 5Deadly GamesUPNSeptember 6Carnie!SyndicationSeptember 8 Timon & PumbaaSyndication and CBS September 9Gadget Boy & HeatherSyndcation Earthworm JimKids' WB Freakazoid! Pinky and the Brain The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries The Preston EpisodesFox Hang TimeNBCSeptember 10 Cleghorne!The WB First Time Out Simon Space StrikersUPN KidsSeptember 11 Danny!Syndication Day & Date Gabrielle LAPD: Life on the Beat Lauren Hutton and... The Mark Walberg Show Monster Mania Tempestt Ned & StaceyFox Partners Bless This HouseCBSSeptember 12 The MonroesABCSeptember 13 Central Park WestCBS Courthouse The Drew Carey ShowABC The Naked TruthSeptember 14 Charlie GraceSeptember 15 Maybe This TimeABC Strange LuckFox The Stephanie Miller ShowSyndicationSeptember 16 Santo BugitoCBS The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Masked RiderFox KidsBrotherly LoveNBC Minor Adjustments Night Stand with Dick DietrickSyndication U.S. Customs: ClassifiedSeptember 17 Almost PerfectCBS The ClientSeptember 18 Can't Hurry Love George & AlanaSyndicationSeptember 19 Hudson StreetABC Murder One The Pursuit of Happiness NBCSeptember 21 Caroline in the CityNBC The Single GuySeptember 22 American GothicCBS Dweebs BonnieSeptember 23 8-Track FlashbackVH1 JAGNBCSeptember 24 Space: Above and BeyondFoxSeptember 28 New York NewsCBSOctober 1 Misery Loves CompanyFox Too SomethingInspiration, Please!Faith & Values ChannelOctober 2 FlipperSyndication Family ChallengeThe Family Channel Wild Animal GamesOctober 8 WishbonePBSOctober 14 Mad TVFoxOctober 16 Littlest Pet ShopSyndicationOctober 21 Street Fighter: The Animated SeriesUSA NetworkOctober 22 The Little Lulu ShowHBOOctober 27 GoosebumpsFox KidsOctober 28 Dumb and DumberABCOctober 30 High SocietyCBSNovember 3 Mr. Show with Bob and DavidHBONovember 4 The Adventures of HypermanCBSNovember 6 Little BearNick Jr.November 13 The CityABCDecember 3 What's So Funny?FoxDecember 9 Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveCBS Programs returning in 1995 Show Last aired Previous network New title ReturningSquare One TV1992PBSSquare One TV Math Talk June 2014Unknown Programs ending in 1995 Date Show DebutJanuary 1Liquid Television1991January 6SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron 1993January 21Wild C.A.T.s1994 January 26My So-Called LifeJanuary 27The New Price Is Right January 28The Boys Are Back February 1Hearts Afire1992February 2My Brother and Me1994February 132 Stupid Dogs1993Ghostwriter1992February 19Get Smart1995February 25Free Willy1994February 28Me and the BoysMarch 3M.A.N.T.I.S.March 6Models Inc.March 12The Brothers GruntMarch 13A Whole New Ballgame1995March 15All-American Girl1994March 25The 5 Mrs. BuchanansMarch 27The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show1995April 4On Our Own1994April 6Extreme1995April 12The Pink Panther1993The Cosby Mysteries1994Double Rush1995The George Wendt ShowApril 23House of Buggin'May 7Matlock1986May 11Muscle1995May 12VR.5May 15Pig StyMay 16Marker1995In the Heat of the Night1988May 20Star Search1983May 21Sirens1993May 22Blossom1991Taz-ManiaThe Critic1994May 23Full House (returned in 2016)1987May 28Tiny Toon Adventures1990June 7The Watcher1995June 10The Mommies1993June 11McGee and Me!1989June 14Earth 21994June 16Supermarket Sweep (returned in 2000)1965June 17Empty Nest1988Madman of the People1994June 19The Maxx1995June 23The Jon Stewart Show1993June 24Bringing up Jack1995June 30 Love Connection1983July 1The State1993July 4Thunder Alley1994July 10Platypus Man1995July 26Northern Exposure1990July 31The Great Defender1995August 15MarkerAugust 17Yo! MTV Raps (returned in 2022)1988August 18Love & War1992August 27WWF Wrestling Challenge1986September 2Name Your Adventure1992September 8Family Feud (returned in 1999)1976Women of the House1995September 15Batman: The Animated Series1992October 13Quicksilver1994October 19Charlie Grace1995The MonroesOctober 28The Preston EpisodesNovember 9DweebsNovember 9The Moxy Show1993November 10 Loving1983November 15 Courthouse1995November 24Legends of the Hidden Temple (returned in 2021)1993November 25Aladdin1994November 27Mighty Morphin Power Rangers1993December 3Space Strikers1995December 8Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills1994December 9The Baby Huey ShowBump in the NightDecember 16Fudge1995December 17Cleghorne!1995First Time OutDecember 22Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?1991December 25The Marshal1995 Unknown date Return to the Sea1991 Entering syndication in 1995 Show Seasons In Production SourceAmerica's Funniest Home Videos6Yes from Broadcasting & CableAmerica's Most Wanted7Yes from Broadcasting & CableBeyond Reality2No from Broadcasting & CableBlossom5No from Broadcasting & CableDinosaurs4NoThe Hitchhiker6NoHome Improvement4Yes from Broadcasting & CableMelrose Place4YesJune 2014Seinfeld6Yes from Broadcasting & CableStep by Step4Yes from Broadcasting & CableTales from the Crypt6Yes from Broadcasting & Cable Programs changing networks in 1995 Show Moved from Moved to Animaniacs Fox Kids Kids' WB The Busy World of Richard ScarryShowtimeNick Jr. ChannelG-Force: Guardians of SpaceTBSCartoon NetworkMadelineThe Family ChannelABC TV Nation NBC Fox The Critic ABC Sister, Sister The WBOne West WaikikiCBSFirst-run syndication Milestone episodes and anniversaries Show Network Episode # Episode title Episode airdate Source Home Improvement ABC 100th episode "Wilson's Girlfriend" May 23 October 2020 Made-for-TV movies and miniseries Premiere date Title Channel January 7 Fudge-a-Mania ABC April 3 Danielle Steel's Vanished NBC May 14 The Langoliers ABC September 17 Danielle Steel's Zoya NBC October 29 Degree of Guilt Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source America One Cable and satellite Unknown Free Speech TV Cable television Unknown HTV Cable January 1 The History Channel Cable and satellite January 1 The WB Cable and satellite January 11 UPN Cable and satellite January 16 The Golf Channel Cable and satellite January 17 Classic Sports Network Cable and satellite May 6 Outdoor Life Network Cable and satellite July 31 CNNfn Cable and satellite December 29 Speedvision Cable and satellite December 31 Great American Country Cable television December 31 Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes SourceLa Cadena Deportiva Prime TicketPrime DeportivaCable televisionUnknown BBC World Service TelevisionBBC World Cable televisionJanuary 26TV! ChannelINTRO TelevisionCable and satelliteSeptember Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesPrime Sports Upper MidwestCable and satelliteDecember 31 Television stations Station launches Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation January 2 Grundy, VA WLFG 68 Religious Independent January 15 Ashland, WI (Duluth, MN) W25CA 25 America One January 29 Tice/Fort Myers, FL WRXY-TV 49 CTN January 30 Baltimore, MD W61BT 61 The WB March 1 Macon, GA WPGA-TV 58 Fox March 7 Oklahoma City, OK K19EA 19 The Box April 1 Ketchikan, AK KUBD 4 TBN April 3 Boston, MA W32AY 32 Telemundo Hartford-New Haven, CT WTVU 59 The WB April 5 Hot Springs/Little Rock, AR KVTH 26 Victory Television Network May 1 Sitka, AK K05KH 5 Fox June Reno, NV K47CO 47 Univision June 1 New Orleans, LA WUPL 54 UPN June 2 Houston, TX KZJK 61 Shop at Home Network June 5 Littleton, NH WMUR-LP 29 Fox June 10 Omaha, NE KXVO 15 The WB June 13 Sioux Falls, SD KCSD-TV 23 PBS / SDPB June 14 Phoenix, AZ K69HJ 69 ACN June 21 Austin, TX K09VR 9 Independent (Texas Student Media) Fort Myers, FL W59CY 59 Daystar June 28 Joplin, MO K44ER 44 unknown July 10 Laredo, TX K39EL 39 TBN Enlace USA July 11 Abilene, TX K40BM 40 Telemundo Kalispell, MT K52EQ 52 ABCLPTV translator of KTMF. July 13 Manhattan, KS K21ER 21 Independent August North Platte, NE K11TW 11 UPN August 7 Wake Forest, NC (Raleigh/Durham) WRAY-TV 30 Independent August 12 Bluefield-Beckley, WV WVGV-TV 59 The WB August 13 Cedar Rapids, IA KFXA 28 Fox August 28 Bangor, ME WBGR-LP 33 The WB September 1 Concord, NH WNBU 21 Independent September 8 Raleigh, NC WRAZ 50 The WB September 22 Phoenix, AZ KASW 61 September 27 Albuquerque, NM K45DL 45 Religious independent October 6 Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM KASY-TV 50 UPN/The WB October 7 Tamuning, GU K26HK 26 Independent October 18 South Bend, IN W58BT 58 ABC November 20 Hagåtña, GU KUAM-LP 20 CBS November 29 Nashville, TN WNAB 58 The WB Stations changing network affiliation Date City of license/Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliationJanuary 2Baltimore, MDWMAR-TV2NBCABC WBAL-TV 11 CBS NBC WJZ-TV 13 ABC CBSBoston, MA WBZ-TV 4 NBC CBS WHDH-TV 7 CBS NBCJanuary 9Phoenix, AZKTVK3ABCKTVK only aired ABC's daytime and primetime programming at the point of disaffiliation; the piecemeal dropping of ABC shows from the station throughout the latter half of 1994 resulted in KNXV-TV carrying all ABC News programming from December 1994 onward.IndependentTemporarily carried The WB during part of 1995 before transferring the affiliation to KASW upon that station's sign-on.KNXV-TV15IndependentABCJanuary 16Flint/Saginaw, MI WNEM-TV 5 NBC CBS WEYI-TV 25 CBS NBCSan Antonio, TXKABB29IndependentFoxKRRT35FoxUPNJanuary 31Terre Haute, INWBAK-TV38ABCFoxMarch 6Sacramento/Stockton, CAKXTV10CBSABCKOVR13ABCCBSMarch 13Seattle/Tacoma, WAKIRO-TV7CBSUPNKSTW11IndependentCBSJuly 1Austin, TX KTBC 7 CBS Fox KBVO-TV 42 Fox CBSDallas/Fort Worth, TXKDFW4CBSFoxKTVT11IndependentCBSKDAF33FoxThe WBKXTX-TV39The WBIndependentAugust 7Providence, RI/New Bedford, MAWLNE-TV6CBSABCWPRI-TV12ABCCBSSt. Louis, MOKTVI2ABCFoxKDNL-TV30FoxABCAugust 13 Dubuque, IA KFXB-TV40ABCFoxAugust 14Rockford, ILWREX13ABCNBCWTVO17NBCABC August 28 Green Bay/Appleton, WI WLUK-TV 11 NBC FoxWGBA-TV 26 Fox NBCSeptember 3Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NCWGHP 8 ABC FoxWXLV-TVKnown as WRNW-TV prior to the affiliation switch. 45 Fox ABCWGGT-TVSatellite of WXLV. 48 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC WFBC-TV 40 ABCAs a semi-satellite of WLOS under the WAXA calls. IndependentSeptember 7Raleigh/Durham/Goldsboro, NCWNCN17The WBNBCWRDC28NBCUPN September 10 Denver, CO KCNC-TV 4NBCCBS KMGH-TV 7 CBS ABC KUSA 9 ABC NBC Philadelphia, PA KYW-TV 3 NBC CBS WCAU-TV 10 CBS NBCSalt Lake City, UT KUTV 2 NBC CBS KSL-TV 5 CBS NBCOctober 10West Point, MS WLOV-TV 27 ABC FoxOctober 18South Bend, IN WSJV 28 ABC FoxOctober 28Toledo, OH WTVG 13 NBC ABC WNWO-TV 24 ABC NBC December 1 Memphis, TNWHBQ-TV 13 ABCFoxWPTY-TV24FoxABCDecember 2Evansville, INWTVW7ABCFoxWEHT25CBSABCWEVV-TV44FoxCBSDecember 16Harrisburg/Lancaster, PAWLYH-TV15CBSUPN Stations changing channel numbers Date City of license/Market Station Affiliation Prior channel New channelSeptember 10Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FLWTVJNBC46Exchanged network affiliations, intellectual property and all off- and on-air staff; now NBC owned-and-operated WTVJ.WCIX → WFOR-TVCBS64Exchanged network affiliations, intellectual property and all off- and on-air staff; now CBS owned-and-operated WFOR-TV. Births Date Name NotabilityJanuary 4Maddie HassonActress (The Finder, Twisted)January 8Ryan DestinyActressJanuary 9Nicola PeltzActress (Bates Motel)January 13Natalia DyerActress (Stranger Things)Qaasim MiddletonActor (The Naked Brothers Band)January 24Dylan EverettCanadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)Callan McAuliffeActorJanuary 27Malika AndrewsAmerican sports journalistJanuary 30Danielle CampbellActress (The Originals)February 8Jordan TodoseyCanadian actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)February 23Zion MorenoActress (Control Z, Gossip Girl)February 24Brittany RaymondActressFebruary 28Quinn ShephardActressMarch 2Veronica DunneActress (K.C. Undercover)March 7Haley Lu RichardsonActress (Ravenswood, Recovery Road)March 10Grace Victoria CoxActress (Under the Dome)March 27Taylor AtelianActress (According To Jim)March 29Marc MussoActorApril 1Logan PaulActor and pro wrestler (Logan Paul VS., Foursome, WWE)April 9Cierra RamirezActress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Fosters, Good Trouble)April 12Miguel LucianoActor (Talia in the Kitchen)April 15Cody ChristianActor (Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf)April 21Thomas DohertyScottish actor (The Lodge, Descendants, Gossip Girl)April 23Gigi HadidActress (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)May 1Jake CannavaleActorMay 4Shameik MooreActor (Incredible Crew, The Get Down)May 6Tiera SkovbyeCanadian actress (Riverdale)May 12 Kenton DutyActor (Shake It Up)Luke BenwardActor (Ravenswood)Sawyer Sweeten (d.2015)Actors (Everybody Loves Raymond)Sullivan SweetenJune 2Sterling BeaumonActor (Lost, The Killing)June 20SerayahActress (Empire)Aidan DrummondCanadian actor (The Collector)June 21Andrew DismukesComedianJuly 2Nicole Alyse NelsonActress (I Am Frankie)July 7Chloe GreenfieldActress (ER)July 9Georgie HenleyActress (The Chronicles of Narnia)July 13Sam StraleyActor (The Kids Are Alright)July 26Tessa BlanchardPro wrestler (WWE, TNA)2025-07-21 Tessa Blanchard - Fights, Stats, Videos https://www.trillertv.com/fighter/tessa-blanchard/4578/ 2025-07-14 TrillerTV enAugust 4Jessica SanchezSinger (American Idol)Jessica Sanchez – The Vogue https://thevogue.com/artists/jessica-sanchez/ 2024-02-20 en 2024-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20240220165351/https://thevogue.com/artists/jessica-sanchez/ dead August 7Kris StatlanderPro wrestler (AEW)Haverford Joey 2021-08-18 Kris Statlander: Age, Height, Relationship Status & Other Things You Didn't Know About Her https://www.thesportster.com/aew/aew-kris-statlander-age-height-relationship-status/ 2025-07-14 TheSportster enAugust 12Austin ZajurActorAugust 18 Parker McKenna PoseyActress (My Wife and Kids)August 19Patrick ClarkPro wrestler and contestant on Tough EnoughVelveteen Dream https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/profiles/velveteen-dream 2025-07-14 eWrestlingNews.com en-USAugust 20Lulu AntariksaActress (How to Rock)August 26Gracie DziennyActress (Supah Ninjas)August 28Ben PetryActorSeptember 5Caroline SunshineActress (Shake It Up)September 12Ryan PotterActor (Supah Ninjas, Lab Rats: Elite Force, Titans), voice actor (Big Hero 6: The Series)September 16Victory Van TuylActress (Marvin Marvin)September 17Patrick MahomesFootball playerOstly Ayrton Who is Patrick Mahomes? Everything you need to know about the Chiefs QB before Super Bowl https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/02/02/patrick-mahomes-super-bowl-kc-chiefs-qb-info-guide-stats/72411572007/ 2024-10-29 USA TODAY en-USSeptember 18Megan LeeActress (Make It Pop)September 19Natalia WójcikVoice actress (Annie on Little Einsteins)September 20Sammi HanrattyActressOctober 3Ayo EdebiriActress (Big Mouth, The Bear)October 10Da'VinchiActor and rapper (All American, BMF)October 15Billy UngerActor (Lab Rats, Lab Rats: Elite Force)October 23Ireland BaldwinActress and daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim BasingerOctober 25Conchita CampbellActress (The 4400)October 30Rachel HilsonActress (Love, Victor)October 31Mateo AriasActor (Kickin' It)November 2Brandon Soo HooActor (Incredible Crew, From Dusk till Dawn: The Series)November 3Kendall JennerActress (Keeping Up with the Kardashians)November 13Stella HudgensActress November 16Noah Gray-CabeyActor (My Wife and Kids, Heroes)November 22Katherine McNamaraActress and singer (Shadowhunters)November 29Laura MaranoActress (Without a Trace, The X's, Back to You, Austin & Ally)December 12C.J. LeBlancActor (NCIS: New Orleans, Queen Sugar)December 18Elizabeth StantonActress December 29Ross LynchActor (Austin & Ally, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and singer (R5)Nick MericoActor (Every Witch Way) Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityFebruary 5 Doug McClure59Actor (The Virginian)February 9David Wayne81Actor (Ellery Queen)February 22Ed Flanders60Actor (St. Elsewhere)March 28Hugh O'Connor32Actor (Lonnie Jamison on In the Heat of the Night)April 23 Howard Cosell77Sports journalist/commentator (Monday Night Football)April 25 Art Fleming70Original host of (Jeopardy!)May 18 Elizabeth Montgomery 62Actress (Samantha Stephens on Bewitched)May 26 Friz Freleng 88Animator (Looney Tunes)June 30 Gale Gordon 89 Actor (The Lucy Show)July 4 Eva Gabor 76Hungarian-born actress (Lisa Douglas on Green Acres)August 3 Ida Lupino 77Actress & directorAugust 11 Phil Harris 91Actor (The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show)August 24Gary Crosby 62Actor (Adam-12)August 24Sam Bagarella44Art director (Fifteen, Weinerville, Hi Honey, I'm Home, Welcome Freshman, Allegra's Window)Obituary of Sam A. Bagarella - 1995, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida https://obituary.myheritage.com/sam-a-bagarella-12003-1281240147 2026-10-10 obituary.myheritage.comOctober 4Linda Gary 50Actress, Voice Actress (Spider-Man)October 4Fred Holliday 59ActorDecember 2Roxie Roker66Actress (The Jeffersons)December 25 Dean Martin 78Singer, actor and host (The Dean Martin Show) Television debuts Anthony Anderson – In the House Justin Chambers- Another World Michael Clarke Duncan – The Bold and the Beautiful Mike Epps – Def Comedy Jam Lee Evans – The World of Lee Evans Will Ferrell – Saturday Night Live Darrell Hammond – Saturday Night Live Chris Kattan – NewsRadio Ron Livingston – JAG Cheri Oteri – Saturday Night Live Anna Nicole Smith – The Naked Truth Dave Willis – Cartoon Planet See also 1995 in the United States List of American films of 1995 Notes References External links List of 1995 American television series at IMDb 1995 Category:1990s in American television