1994 in American television
The following is a list of events affecting American television during 1994. Events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and re-brandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.
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| 1993–94 United States network television schedule |
| 1994–95 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
Notable events
January
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 18 | The Peanuts special You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown is broadcast by NBC. It will prove to be the last new Peanuts special broadcast on television for eight years until A Charlie Brown Valentine airs on ABC. It was the last special in creator Charles Schulz's lifetime to air on TV and the gang's first appearance on NBC in over 25 years. |
| CBS wins the rights to broadcast the 1998 Winter Olympics from Nagano, Japan, after paying roughly $375 million. | |
| 22 | NBC broadcasts the NHL All-Star Game for the fifth consecutive year. This would also mark the last time that NBC would broadcast a National Hockey League game for 12 years. |
| 23 | CBS, which had broadcast National Football League games since 1956, broadcasts its final telecast, with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, 38–21. CBS had been outbid during December 1993 for rights to the NFC package by the Fox Network. CBS, however, would regain NFL rights (taking over the AFC rights from NBC) in 1998. |
| 24 | During a segment on NBC's Today, host Bryant Gumbel asks "What is the internet, anyway?" |
| 30 | NBC airs the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year. It's the first time that a network has aired two straight Super Bowls outright. While CBS did air the first two Super Bowls back to back, the first ever Super Bowl was really a simulcast between CBS and NBC. |
| 31 | Bill Cosby returned to NBC for a two-hour movie, The Cosby Mysteries, after ending production of The Cosby Show for 21 months. |
February
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | American pay television channel Encore launches seven new themed multiplex channels (Westerns, True Stories, Love Stories, WAM!: America's Kidz Network, Action and Mystery), primarily on TCI cable systems, becoming the first premium service to offer a suite of thematic channels. Starz, which features more recent movie fare than its parent channel, also debuts on this date as part of the Encore multiplex and would eventually become a rival to HBO, Showtime, Cinemax and The Movie Channel. |
| 12 | KTSP-TV in Phoenix changes its call letters to KSAZ-TV, reflecting its newly adopted "Spirit of Arizona" slogan.[1] |
| 19 | During the opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, guest host Martin Lawrence makes sexually explicit jokes about female genitalia and feminine hygiene, which results in NBC banning him from appearing on the network (for the next year) and SNL (for life). In repeats of the episode, the offending section of the monologue is replaced by a title card read by an off-screen player (writer Jim Downey), saying that although SNL is neutral about the issues mentioned by Lawrence, network policy prevents his remarks from being re-broadcast, and that the incident almost cost the entire cast of SNL their jobs. |
| 21 | Sony Pictures Entertainment merged Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television into Columbia TriStar Television. Two of the Sony owned game shows (Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!) will be produced by the new unit for Sony's then-new future programs. CPT and TriStar TV are still in-active until 1999 and the beginning of 2001, respectively. |
| 23 | CBS's coverage of the short program in women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway (fueled by the media frenzy from a scandal in which associates of figure skater Tonya Harding attacked Nancy Kerrigan) immediately becomes one of the highest rated prime time television programs in American history. |
| 25 | Bob Costas hosts his final episode of Later on NBC with a one-hour retrospective titled "One Last Time". |
| 28 | Greg Kinnear debuts as host of NBC's Later. |
March
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Pay television content advisory system, which describe the varying degrees of suggestive or explicit content in series and movies being broadcast by pay cable channels, are first implemented by HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and The Movie Channel. A streamlined version of the system—a categorized, ten-point system of content labels and abbreviated codes—was implemented on June 10. |
| 11 | Viacom assumes control of Paramount Pictures, which includes Paramount Television. Later during the year Paramount/Viacom announces plans to initiate a new over-the-air television network, in conjunction with United Television. The new network, the United Paramount Network (or UPN for short), is initiated during January 1995. |
| 15 | Major League Soccer with ESPN and ABC Sports announced the league's first television rights deal without any players, coaches, or teams in place.[2] The three-year agreement committed 10 games on ESPN, 25 on ESPN2, and the MLS Cup on ABC. The deal gave MLS no rights fees but split advertising revenue between the league and networks. |
| 31 | Madonna appears on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman and makes headlines for going on a profanity-laden tirade—one of the most censored events of American TV talk-show history, swearing 13 times during the interview. Though infamous, it results in some of the highest ratings of Letterman's late-night career. (Robin Williams would later describe the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman.") |
April
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | After 15 years, Charles Kuralt hosts CBS News Sunday Morning for the final time. He would be succeeded by Charles Osgood. |
| 10 | Pat Summerall makes his final assignment and on-camera appearance as a broadcaster for CBS Sports, the final round of the Masters. |
| 17 | ABC affiliate KARD in Monroe, Louisiana, which carried Fox on a secondary basis, switches to be a primary Fox affiliate. |
| 18 | Arsenio Hall announces that he won't continue his late night talk show, with the final episode of The Arsenio Hall Show ultimately airing on May 27, 1994. |
| 28 | The Simpsons broadcasts its 100th episode on Fox. |
May
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 13 | Johnny Carson makes a surprise appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman to deliver Letterman his "Top Ten Lists". This would prove to be Carson's final television appearance. |
| 23 | New World Communications reaches a multi-year affiliation agreement with Fox among their entire station group, seven of which were in the former Storer Broadcasting chain, along with four stations purchased from Argyle Television and four stations from Citicasters.[3][4] In turn, Fox parent News Corporation purchased a 20 percent stake in New World. The terms of the agreement calls for all stations to switch to Fox after their existing contracts are up, initiating a wide-ranging realignment of television stations and network affiliations.[5] |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation concludes its seven-year run with the series finale, All Good Things... The two-hour finale was broadcast at 6 p.m. on most affiliates, rather than as part of the prime time lineup. | |
| 25 | Shannen Doherty makes her final appearance as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. |
| 27 | The final episode of Family Feud to be hosted by Ray Combs is broadcast. |
June
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 | World Wrestling Federation wrestler Hulk Hogan signs a deal with World Championship Wrestling on a live broadcast of WCW Saturday Night. |
| 16 | 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.[6] The deal comes at the expense of KTVK and WJZ-TV, whose long tenures with ABC spanned 40 years and 47 years, respectively.[7][8] |
| 17 | With all major networks providing live coverage, former NFL player O. J. Simpson, suspected in the murder of his former wife and her 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 mansion. NBC, who was broadcasting Game 5 of the NBA Finals between New York and Houston in the meantime, periodically covers the chase via a split-screen. |
| DirecTV, a direct broadcast satellite service, begins broadcasting in Jackson, Mississippi. | |
| 19 | The World Wrestling Federation holds the second annual King of the Ring 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?" |
| 20 | NBC's Today moves into Studio 1A at Rockefeller Center. |
| 23 | The first ever Nurses Ball event airs on General Hospital. |
July
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 9 | British vintage puppet action series Thunderbirds is introduced to the United States when the series goes to air on Fox Kids on Saturday mornings with brand new music and voices. |
| 11 | PBS repackages their existing children's programs as a new block called PTV. |
| 12 | The 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Pittsburgh is broadcast on NBC (NBC's first Major League Baseball telecast since Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series). The game is the first production of The Baseball Network, a joint venture between MLB, NBC, and ABC. Hampered by its much-criticized regional policy for game broadcasts and a players' strike that cancels the 1994 postseason, the venture will be termed a failure even before it dissolves at the end of the 1995 season. |
| 14 | Westinghouse Broadcasting agrees to affiliate all of their television stations with CBS, including long-tenured NBC affiliates WBZ-TV in Boston and KYW-TV in Philadelphia, along with outgoing ABC affiliate WJZ-TV in Baltimore.[9] This deal consequently prompts CBS to sell WCAU-TV, owned by the network since 1957,[10] and precipitated Westinghouse's outright buyout of CBS the following year.[11] |
| 16 | Baseball Night in America premieres on ABC. This would mark the first time that Major League Baseball games would be broadcast on ABC since the 1989 World Series. |
August
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 | The ABC soap opera All My Children broadcasts a memorial episode for original cast member Frances Heflin, who died during June. The memorial is in the form of a funeral service for Heflin's character, Mona Kane Tyler. |
| Fox broadcasts its first National Football League event, a pre-season game in San Francisco between the 49ers and Denver Broncos. | |
| 21 | HBO broadcasts a concert appearance by Barbra Streisand, the entertainer's first public concert in 27 years. |
| 29 | Highlights from the NWA World Title Tournament from two days prior air on ECW Hardcore TV. It was at that particular event that the tournament winner, Shane Douglas threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt and proclaimed the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a world championship. Douglas' speech presaged the emergence of ECW - renamed from Eastern Championship Wrestling to Extreme Championship Wrestling shortly after the event - as a nationally recognized promotion and the continued decline in the power and profile of the NWA.[12] |
September
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | WJW-TV in Cleveland is the first of the New World Communications stations to switch to Fox, ending a 40-year affiliation with CBS. Former Fox affiliate WOIO, in turn, joins CBS and takes over operations of independent WUAB (owned by Cannell Communications) via a local marketing agreement; this allows for WOIO to set up a news department using WUAB's personnel.[13][14] |
| 4 | Fox covers regular season National Football League games for the first time with the launch of their pre-game program, Fox NFL Sunday. |
| 9 | The National Hockey League reaches a five-year, US$155 million contract with Fox[15] for the broadcast television rights to the league's games, beginning with the 1994–95 season.[16] |
| 11 | The 46th Primetime Emmy Awards were presented on ABC. |
| 12 | New World station WDAF-TV in Kansas City ends a 45-year affiliation with NBC to join Fox, with former Fox affiliate KSHB-TV linking up with NBC.[17][18] |
| New World station KSAZ-TV in Phoenix ends a 40-year connection to CBS, with former independent KPHO-TV joining CBS.[19] Due to Fox affiliate KNXV-TV having a contract that ends three months later, KSAZ-TV operates as an independent for the interregnum.[20] KNXV-TV begins taking ABC programming on a piecemeal basis from soon-to-be former affiliate KTVK, the market's new independent.[21] | |
| Original Family Feud host Richard Dawson returns to the series after nine years, replacing his successor, Ray Combs; the show also expands from half-hour to full-hour episodes. | |
| 14 | Gaylord Broadcasting agrees to affiliate both KTVT in Dallas and KSTW in Tacoma/Seattle with CBS.[22] |
| 19 | The pilot episode for ER airs on NBC. |
| 21 | The sitcom Daddy's Girls debuts on CBS. Although it is abandoned after three episodes, it is notable as the first series in which a gay principal character is played by an openly gay actor, Harvey Fierstein.[23] |
| Sam Waterston makes his first appearance on Law & Order as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy. | |
| 22 | The pilot episode for Friends airs on NBC. |
| 23 | UWF Blackjack Brawl airs live on SportsChannel America. This is the first and only major live television supercard event produced by Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). The event was a successor to UWF's only pay-per-view event, Beach Brawl. |
| 24 | The Marvel Action Hour, featuring animated adaptations of Iron Man and the Fantastic Four, debuts in syndication. |
October
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fox affiliate KITN-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul changes its name to WFTC-TV. |
| 7 | NBC airs the two-hour television movie, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas, which concerns the lead-up to Zack and Kelly's wedding. This particular film in effect, served as the series finale for Saved by the Bell: The College Years. When aired in syndication, it is commonly split into two double-length episodes. |
November
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | Various NBC comedies feature storylines centered on blackout events. This included Mad About You, Friends, and Madman of the People. |
| 15 | Fox sells KDAF in Dallas to Renaissance Broadcasting for $100 million as a consequence of the New World/Fox alliance (KDFW would take over as the market's Fox affiliate the following year). In turn, Renaissance sells KDVR in Denver to Fox for $70 million and agrees to switch KDAF to The WB.[24][25] |
| 21 | CBS sells WCAU-TV in Philadelphia to NBC in a complex asset swap. In exchange for WCAU-TV, NBC agrees to sell to CBS KCNC-TV in Denver and KUTV in Salt Lake City, along with the channel 4 license and transmitter for WTVJ in Miami; in turn, NBC receives the channel 6 license and transmitter for WCIX, also in Miami. The intellectual properties for both WTVJ and WCIX are retained.[10] |
| 28 | Wheel of Fortune introduced the $10,000 wedge (represented with a one-peg $10,000 gold-colored space sandwiched between two Bankrupts) in one of the rounds. This format lasts until the end of Season 25 in 2008, after which it was replaced with a similar wedge variant, dubbed Million Dollar Wedge (enabling the contestant a chance to win the $1,000,000 grand prize if held). |
December
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | Roughly a month and a half after making his final World Wrestling Federation television appearance, Randy Savage makes his World Championship Wrestling TV debut on a live edition of WCW Saturday Night. |
| 11 | New World station WITI in Milwaukee ends a 27-year affiliation with CBS (it had also been with CBS from 1959 to 1961) to join Fox.[26] Outgoing Fox affiliate WCGV-TV and independent WVTV turn down CBS as it didn't align with the existing philosophy of Sinclair Broadcast Group (which operated both stations), with WCGV-TV choosing to join UPN.[27] WVCY-TV refused to sell to the network,[28] while talks with independent WDJT-TV (channel 58), owned by Weigel Broadcasting, broke down in late September. With CBS considering piping in network-owned WBBM-TV or WFRV-TV to area cable companies,[29] Weigel officials and CBS resume talks, inking a deal with WDJT-TV on December 5, five days prior.[30][31] |
| New World station WJBK-TV in Detroit ends a 44-year affiliation with CBS to join Fox.[32] With former Fox affiliate WKBD owned by Paramount Stations Group and committed to UPN, and no other station in the market willing to affiliate or be acquired by the network, CBS purchases independent WGPR-TV (channel 62)—the first Black-owned television station in the mainland United States—from the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons. CBS takes over operations the day of the switch via a local marketing agreement.[33][34] | |
| New World station WAGA-TV in Atlanta ends a 43-year affiliation with CBS to join Fox.[35] Initially unable to find a replacement affiliate during the summer of 1994, CBS purchases WVEU (channel 69) from local interests,[36] but the startup process became moot when WGNX agreed to a deal with the network. WATL-TV is sold by Fox to Qwest Broadcasting and joins The WB.[37][38] | |
| 12 | New World station WTVT in St. Petersburg/Tampa ends a 39-year affiliation with CBS to join Fox.[39] Former ABC affiliate WTSP joins CBS, while outgoing Fox affiliate WFTS-TV joins ABC and launches local newscasts the same day.[6][40] |
| KNXV-TV in Phoenix ends their affiliation with Fox, allowing KSAZ-TV (temporarily operating as an independent) to join the network. As part of KTVK's slow disaffiliation from ABC, KNXV-TV begins carrying all ABC News programming, including World News Tonight and Nightline, while KTVK continues to run ABC's daytime and primetime lineups through the end of the year.[41] |
Programs
Debuts
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Doug (returned in 1996) | 1991 |
| January 9 | Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | 1993 |
| January 14 | The Les Brown Show | |
| January 19 | George | |
| January 23 | The NFL on CBS (returned in 1998) | 1956 |
| January 30 | CityKids | 1993 |
| February 8 | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | |
| February 18 | Thea | |
| February 23 | Bonkers | |
| February 25 | Later with Bob Costas | 1988 |
| April 21 | Herman's Head | 1991 |
| The Sinbad Show | 1993 | |
| May 10 | Roc | 1991 |
| May 19 | In Living Color | 1990 |
| L.A. Law | 1986 | |
| May 22 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | 1993 |
| May 23 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1987 |
| Evening Shade | 1990 | |
| May 27 | The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989 |
| May 28 | Café Americain | 1993 |
| June 10 | Shuffle | 1994 |
| June 18 | Getting By | 1993 |
| Harts of the West | ||
| July 1 | Love Connection (returned in 1998) | 1983 |
| July 10 | I Witness Video | 1992 |
| July 20 | Dinosaurs | 1991 |
| July 23 | Trashed | 1994 |
| August 8 | Droopy, Master Detective | 1993 |
| August 14 | Bakersfield P.D. | |
| August 27 | Baby Races | |
| August 28 | America's Funniest People | 1990 |
| September 7 | Dead at 21 | 1994 |
| September 8 | Hotel Malibu | |
| September 25 | Wild Oats | |
| September 30 | Shop 'til You Drop (returned in 1996) | 1991 |
| October 1 | Clarissa Explains It All | |
| October 2 | Fortune Hunter | 1994 |
| October 12 | Daddy's Girls | |
| October 22 | Cro | 1993 |
| November 4 | Free 4 All | 1994 |
| November 18 | Boggle | 1994 |
| November 26 | Dog City | 1992 |
| The Little Mermaid | ||
| December 3 | Beethoven | 1994 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 1993 | |
| December 10 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper (returned in 1999) | |
| Garfield and Friends | 1988 | |
| December 20 | Romper Room | 1953 |
| December 30 | Jumble | 1994 |
Entering syndication this year
| Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | 4 | Yes | [42] |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | 4 | No | [42] |
| Evening Shade | 4 | No | [42] |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 4 | Yes | [42] |
| Northern Exposure | 5 | Yes | [42] |
| The Simpsons | 5 | Yes | [42] |
Resuming this year
| Title | Final aired | Previous network | New title | Returning network | Date of return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America Tonight | 1991 | CBS | Same | Same | June 1 |
| Tiny Toon Adventures | 1992 | Fox Kids | March 27 | ||
| The Kidsongs TV Show | 1988 | Syndication | Syndicated through PBS member stations | April 4 |
Changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| Aladdin | Disney Channel | CBS |
| Sirens | ABC | Syndication |
Made-for-TV movies and miniseries
| Air date | Title | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Pointman | PTEN |
| February 13 | Knight Rider 2010 | Action Pack |
| February 27 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | ABC |
| May 8–12 | The Stand | ABC |
| April 24 | Barney's Imagination Island | NBC |
| May 24 | Seasons of the Heart | |
| September 12 | Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger | |
| October 11 | Out There II | Comedy Central |
| October 30 | Without Warning | CBS |
| November 13 | Scarlett | |
| November 19 | How the West Was Fun | ABC |
| November 20 | Million Dollar Babies | CBS |
| November 28 | Following Her Heart | NBC |
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Classic Movies | Cable and satellite | April 14 | ||
| fX | Cable television | June 1 | ||
| Newsworld International | Satellite television | June 1 | ||
| Trio | Satellite television | June 1 | ||
| Bloomberg Direct | Cable and satellite | June 17 | ||
| MuchMusic USA | Cable and satellite | July 1 | ||
| America's Talking | Cable and satellite | July 4 | ||
| Independent Film Channel | Cable and satellite | September 1 | ||
| fXM: Movies from Fox | Cable and satellite | October 31 | ||
| Game Show Network | Cable and satellite | December 1 | ||
| Sega Channel | Cable television | December 14 | ||
| HGTV | Cable and satellite | December 30 |
Television stations
Station launches
Stations changing network affiliation
| Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 17 | West Monroe–Monroe, LA–El Dorado, AR | KARD | 14 | ABC | Fox |
| September 3 | Cleveland–Shaker Heights, OH | WJW-TV | 8 | CBS | Fox[13] |
| WOIO | 19 | Fox | CBS[14] | ||
| September 12 | Kansas City, MO | WDAF-TV | 4 | NBC | Fox[17] |
| KSHB-TV | 41 | Fox | NBC[18] | ||
| Phoenix, AZ | KPHO-TV | 5 | Independent | CBS[19] | |
| KSAZ-TV | 10 | CBS | Independent[20] | ||
| December 11 | Atlanta, GA | WAGA-TV | 5 | CBS | Fox[35] |
| WATL-TV | 36 | Fox | Independent[38][lower-alpha 4] | ||
| WGNX | 46 | Independent | CBS[37] | ||
| Detroit, MI | WJBK-TV | 2 | CBS | Fox[32] | |
| WKBD-TV | 50 | Fox | Independent[34][lower-alpha 5] | ||
| WGPR-TV | 62 | Independent | CBS[33][43] | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | WITI | 6 | CBS | Fox[26] | |
| WCGV-TV | 24 | Fox | Independent[27][lower-alpha 5] | ||
| WDJT-TV | 58 | Independent | CBS[30] | ||
| December 12 | Phoenix, AZ | KSAZ-TV | 10 | Independent | Fox[44] |
| KTVK | 3 | ABC | Independent[21][lower-alpha 6] | ||
| KNXV-TV | 15 | Fox | ABC[41][lower-alpha 6] | ||
| Tampa–St. Petersburg, FL | WTSP | 10 | ABC | CBS[39] | |
| WTVT | 13 | CBS | Fox[40] | ||
| WFTS-TV | 28 | Fox | ABC[6] |
Births
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Cesar Romero | 86 | Actor (The Joker on Batman) |
| January 8 | Pat Buttram | 78 | Actor (Mr. Haney on Green Acres) |
| January 22 | Telly Savalas | 72 | Actor (Theo Kojak on Kojak) |
| January 28 | Hal Smith | 77 | Actor (Otis on The Andy Griffith Show, Dr. Seuss special) |
| February 11 | Sorrell Booke | 64 | Actor (Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard) |
| William Conrad | 73 | Actor (Cannon, Jake and the Fatman, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show) | |
| February 24 | Dinah Shore | 76 | Singer and talk show hostess (Dinah!) |
| March 4 | John Candy | 43 | Comedian and actor (SCTV) |
| March 21 | Dack Rambo | 52 | Actor (Jack Ewing on Dallas) |
| Macdonald Carey | 81 | Actor (Tom Horton in Days of Our Lives) | |
| March 22 | Walter Lantz | 94 | Cartoonist, creator of Woody Woodpecker |
| April 2 | Betty Furness | 78 | Consumer advocate and spokesperson (The Today Show) |
| April 5 | Kurt Cobain | 27 | Singer, songwriter, musician (Nirvana, Saturday Night Live [1992/93]) |
| April 22 | Richard Nixon | 81 | 37th President of the United States |
| May 8 | George Peppard | 65 | Actor (Banacek, Hannibal on The A-Team) |
| May 19 | Jacqueline Kennedy | 64 | First Lady of the United States and spouse of President John F. Kennedy |
| June 1 | Frances Heflin | 73 | Soap opera actress (All My Children) |
| June 11 | Herbert Anderson | 77 | Actor (Henry Mitchell on Dennis the Menace) |
| June 14 | Henry Mancini | 70 | Composer ("Peter Gunn Theme") |
| July 7 | Cameron Mitchell | 75 | Actor (Uncle Buck on The High Chaparral) |
| July 8 | Dick Sargent | 64 | Actor (Darrin Stephens #2 on Bewitched) |
| August 21 | Danitra Vance | 40 | Comedian (the first African-American woman regular on Saturday Night Live) |
| September 3 | James T. Aubrey | 75 | Head of programming at CBS (1963–64) |
| September 16 | Jack Dodson | 63 | Actor (Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show) |
| October 2 | Harriet Nelson | 85 | Singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) |
| October 19 | Martha Raye | 78 | Comic actress and singer (The Martha Raye Show) |
| October 25 | Mildred Natwick | 89 | Actress (The Snoop Sisters) |
| November 8 | Michael O'Donoghue | 54 | Comedy writer (Saturday Night Live) |
| November 9 | Priscilla Morrill | 67 | Character actress (Mrs. Vanderkellen on Newhart) |
| November 11 | Pedro Zamora | 22 | HIV-positive participant of (The Real World) |
| November 18 | Cab Calloway | 86 | American jazz singer |
| November 30 | Lionel Stander | 86 | Actor (Max on Hart to Hart) |
| December 18 | Don Fedderson | 81 | Producer (My Three Sons) |
Television debuts
Notes
- Translator of KETK-TV.
- Semi-satellite of KCVU.
- Semi-satellite of KDVR.
- Joined The WB in January 1995.
- Joined UPN in January 1995.
- KTVK began dropping ABC programming on a piecemeal basis in the summer of 1994, much of which KNXV-TV added while still a Fox affiliate. While carrying the majority of ABC programming on December 12, 1994, KNVX did not officially become an ABC affiliate until January 9, 1995.[45][46]
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