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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editNotes:
- 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
editIn 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.
- 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
edit| 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
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