1979–80 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1979–80 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1979 to August 1980.
Legend[]
- Light yellow indicates talk shows.
- Green indicates soap operas.
- Pink indicates game shows.
- Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
- Light teal indicates sporting events.
- White indicates local programming.
- Light purple indicates children's programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
- New series are highlighted in bold.
Schedule[]
- All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
- Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs to other timeslots) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.
Monday–Friday[]
| Network | 6:00 am | 6:30 am | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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| ABC | Fall | Local/syndicated programming | Good Morning America | Local/syndicated programming | Laverne & Shirley | Family Feud | The $20,000 Pyramid | Ryan's Hope | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | The Edge of Night | Local/syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight | |||||||||||||
| Summer | The Love Boat | Family Feud | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Sunrise Semester | Local/syndicated programming | Morning | Captain Kangaroo | Local/syndicated programming | Beat the Clock | Whew! / Celebrity Whew! (starting Nov. 5)
CBS News Newsbreak (10:57) |
The Price is Right | The Young and the Restless | Search for Tomorrow | Local/syndicated programming | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | One Day at a Time | Love of Life | Local/syndicated programming | CBS Evening News | |||||||||
| February | The Jeffersons | Local/syndicated programming | The Young and the Restless | As the World Turns
CBS News Newsbreak (2:57) |
Guiding Light | One Day at a Time | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Alice | The Price is Right
CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local/syndicated programming | Today | Local/syndicated programming | Card Sharks | Hollywood Squares
NBC News Update (10:57) |
High Rollers | Wheel of Fortune
NBC News Update (11:57) |
Mindreaders | Password Plus
NBC News Update (12:57) |
Days of Our Lives | The Doctors | Another World | Local/syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News | ||||||||||||
| Winter | Chain Reaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | The David Letterman Show | Card Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August | The David Letterman Show | Wheel of Fortune | Password Plus | The Doctors | Another World | Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- Programs aired before 9:00AM aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester was a half-hour program which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station.
- Programs scheduled after 10:00 AM Eastern aired one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 AM) in the Central and Pacific time zones. Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year.
- Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs.
- On ABC, World News Tonight was produced at 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central, and aired live by some affiliates. This early feed of the broadcast was discontinued in 1982.
- Love of Life ended its run on the air on CBS on February 1, 1980. It was replaced by reruns of CBS comedy reruns, such as One Day at a Time.
- A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show.
- FYI aired on ABC at 12:58PM, 2:58PM, and 3:58PM starting January 14.
Saturday[]
In the News aired ten times during CBS' Saturday morning shows.
On NBC, Ask NBC News aired after Casper and the Angels, Super Globetrotters, and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, and Time Out aired after Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, The New Shmoo and Godzilla.
- By the end of the season, Ask NBC News aired after The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour, Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo, and The Daffy Duck Show, and Time Out aired after The Jetsons and Jonny Quest.
Sunday[]
| Network | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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| ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Kids Are People Too | Animals, Animals, Animals | Issues and Answers | ABC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | ABC World News Sunday | ||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Robonic Stooges (R) | The Skatebirds (R) | Local and/or syndicated programming |
CBS News Sunday Morning | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Face the Nation | Local and/or syndicated programming |
The NFL Today | NFL on CBS and/or local programming | |||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | CBS Sports and/or local programming | Local news | CBS Evening News | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | The Skatebirds (R) | The Robonic Stooges (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Meet the Press | NFL '79 | NFL on NBC and local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | NBC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | NBC Nightly News | ||||||||||||||||||||||
By network[]
ABC[]
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Returning Series
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New Series |
Not Returning From 1978-79
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CBS[]
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Returning Series
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New Series
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Not Returning From 1978-79
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NBC[]
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Returning Series
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New Series |
Not Returning From 1978-79
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See also[]
- 1979-80 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
- 1979-80 United States network television schedule (late night)
Sources[]
Categories:
- United States weekday network television schedules
- 1979 in American television
- 1980 in American television