1994 in television

For the American network television schedule, please see 1994-95 American network television schedule.

Events

• February 4 - The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Winter Heat airs on NBC.
• March 27 - Actress Lynne Perrie makes her last appearance as Ivy Tilsley on the soap opera Coronation Street, after 23 years of being affiliated with the programme.
• 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 high powered DBS service in the world.