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1979–80 United States network television schedule (daytime)

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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.

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  •   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

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  • 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

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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
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 The 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

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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
ABC Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The World's Greatest Super Friends / Schoolhouse Rock! (8:56AM) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:56AM) Spider-Woman / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:26AM) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:56AM) ABC Weekend Special American Bandstand ABC Sports and/or local programming Local news ABC World News Saturday
January The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:26AM) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:26AM) Spider-Woman / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:56AM)
March Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
July Laff-A-Lympics (R)
CBS Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show The All New Popeye Hour The New Fat Albert Show Jason of Star Command Tarzan and the Super 7 30 Minutes CBS Sports and/or local programming Local news CBS Evening News
January Shazam! (R)
NBC Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The Daffy Duck Show Casper and the Angels Fred and Barney Meet the Thing The Super Globetrotters The New Shmoo The New Adventures of Flash Gordon Godzilla Jonny Quest (R) The Jetsons (R) NBC Sports and/or local programming Local news NBC Nightly News
November Hot Hero Sandwich
December The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo The Daffy Duck Show Casper and the Angels The New Adventures of Flash Gordon NFL '79 NFL on NBC and local programming
January The Jetsons (R) Hot Hero Sandwich NBC Sports and/or local programming Local news NBC Nightly News
April The Super Globetrotters Casper and the Angels The Jetsons (R) Jonny Quest (R) Godzilla The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
May The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour

In the News aired ten times during CBS's 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.

Sunday

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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
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

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See also

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Sources

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