This volume serves as a comprehensive reference guide designed to catalog and evaluate television programming available to viewers during the 1996 broadcast year. The author, Oliver Daniel, compiles a structured database of shows, providing critical assessments and logistical information for each entry. The text functions as a navigational tool for audiences to identify and select content within the landscape of mid-1990s television.

This text is utilized primarily as a historical record of the television landscape during the mid-1990s. Researchers and media historians frequently reference this guide to understand the programming standards and critical reception of shows from that specific era.