The second season to be jolly.

The second U.S. TV season orders for primetime drama series beat out comedies by a nose. Here's a line-up of what CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox have on their boards.

Of the four networks, CBS makes the most changes, adding eight new series to its schedule -- five one-hour dramas and three sitcoms. The first drama to kick off the schedule is Second Chances, followed by Christy, then Down Home (working title), Burkes' Law (Worldvision) and Traps. Comedies in production or development are 704 Hauser (Columbia), Tom and Muddling Through (Columbia). Bob and It Had To Be You will be returning in a revamped style, the latter sans Faye Dunaway. Programs that were either pulled or were not renewed are Trouble With Larry, South of Sunset and Angel Falls. MOW's up to March are Jane's House (Worldvision), Armed and Innocent(Republic), Terror in the Night (CBS). Bitter Blood, The Family Secret -- Incident in a Small Town (RHI), Cries Unheard, Breathing Lessons and The Babymaker. Specials are Gramrays Greatest Moments, The Olympics and The Grammys. As for daytime programming, there were no changes.

NBC is adding two new comedy series -- The Good Life (Disney) and a sitcom starring Gaby Hoffman (Disney). In the one-hour drama series department there are three additions, Homicide: Life on the Street is being brought back and will join Worldvision's Winnetka Road and Paramount's Viper. The latter will preview as an MOW. Completing their '93-'94 MOW schedule are Betrayal of Trust, Bermuda Grace (NBC), Murder Between Friends (Multimedia), Secret Sins of the Father, Two Fathers Return, Confessions: Two Faces of Evil, In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (WIN). To My Daughter With Love (Disney), Danielle Steel's Once In a Lifetime (NBC), Cradle to Grave, Danielle Steel's Mixed Blessings, The Diedre Hall Story (Columbia), The Heart of a Child, Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges, Moment of Truth: The Eddie Kenting Story, Moment of Truth: Somebody Had To Stop Him, Return of the Jackal (Tango), Roommates, Search and Rescue, Tombstone Law (Paramount). Unwanted Attentions (Saban), The Wisdom Keeper (Paramount), Visions of Murder, Witness to the Execution (NBC), and the untitled Bill Cosby project. As for specials, The Golden Globe's 50th Anniversary Celebration is on the boards. Daytime programming sees two new additions: The lane Whitney Show (WB) and Leeza Gibbons will host an, as yet untitled, new talk show from Paramount to replace John and Leeza.

ABC will add four new series -- a situation comedy, two dramas, and a half-hour animated series to its mid-season schedule. Sister, Sister (Paramount) is the sitcom; The Critic (Columbia) is the animated series; and the two one-hour dramas are Birdland (Columbia) and The Byrds of Paradise (tentative title). Rounding out its '94 MOW line-up are A Daughter's Secret: The Traci DiCarlo Story (WB), A Place For Annie, Betrayed By Love, Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey (MCA), French Silk, My Name Is Kate (ABC), Out of Darkness (ABC), Ride The Wind (Hearst), A Passion For Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story, The Yarn Princess, Heaven and Hell: North and South and Book III (WB). Specials are ABC's 40th Anniversary Special, ABC's World of Discovery, The 21st Annual American Music Awards The Barbara Waiters Specials, The Billy Ray Cyrus Special, Edith Ann, The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards, The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The Joan Lunden Special, People Magazine's 20th Anniversary Special (WB), The Prince and the Pauper (Disney), The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, Time/Life Specials and The 1994 World Music Awards (Marcor). Daytime programming will see one change: The Mike and Maty/Show (Disney) will be replacing The Home Show at the end of the first quarter.

Fox is adding an original: The George Carlin Show (WB). The sitcom, Bakersfield P.D. will be pulled temporarily until its return in the summer.