Release year

Best TV Shows from 1993

1993 saw a range of new TV premieres. This page ranks them by current popularity.

This 1993 TV shows page highlights 50 titles, led by Quarks, I Love My Family, and Slam Dunk.

1993 sits within the 1990s — seen here alongside other premieres from the decade.

Shows
50
Average
7.3
Years
1993
Updated
2026-07-13

Context

This page highlights the most popular tracked premieres from 1993. The rating for each title is shown for quick comparison, while the order reflects popularity. Top picks right now: Raw, The X-Files, Late Show with David Letterman. 50 shows listed · Average rating: 7.3 · Years: 1993-1993. Updated on July 13, 2026.

Breakout premieres

Shows from this year with especially strong audience ratings.

Quarks
Quarks
1993 · 9.4/10
I Love My Family
I Love My Family
1993 · 8.8/10

The first Mandarin-language sitcom.

Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk
1993 · 8.7/10

Sakuragi Hanamichi is a junior high punk used to getting into fights and being rejected by girls but upon entering high school he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko Akagi. He will do anything in order to win her heart including joining the school basketball team that is aiming to conquer the nation lead by Haruko's brother. The problem is that Sakuragi has never played basketball before and a freshman sensation is stealing the spotlight and Haruko's affection from him.

Tash ma Tash
Tash ma Tash
1993 · 8.5/10

Saudi Arabia's most iconic comedy series, running 19 seasons from 1993 to 2023. Starring beloved duo Nasser Al-Qasabi and Abdullah Al-Sadhan, each episode delivers a self-contained satirical sketch skewering a different facet of Saudi society — from bureaucracy and extremism to marriage, gender relations, and corruption. A Ramadan institution and a landmark of Arab television.

Justice Pao
Justice Pao
1993 · 8.4/10

Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the Chinese official Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. It was hugely popular in Greater China as well as many other countries in the Far East. The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes. The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology.

The X-Files
The X-Files
1993 · 8.4/10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

Release order

GMTV
GMTV
1993 · 5.8/10

GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · 7.6/10

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · 7.9/10

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

Taratata
Taratata
1993 · 7.8/10

Live performances, more live performances. Every episode features a lineup of French and international artists, cult classics, unexpected duets, and original covers... A truly prestigious music stage, graced by both the biggest names and those on their way to stardom.

Raw
Raw
1993 · 6.8/10

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · 6.7/10

Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.

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