2024–25 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 2024–25 afternoon network television schedule for the four major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend afternoon hours from September 2024 to August 2025. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2023–24 season.

Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS, which offers daytime programming through a children's program block (PBS Kids) is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are MyNetworkTV and Ion Television as their schedules are composed mainly of syndicated reruns.

The CW and Fox are not included on the weekday schedule as they only air afternoon programming (in the form of sports content) during weekends.

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  •   Light blue indicates local programming.
  •   Yellow indicates talk shows.
  •   Chartreuse indicates soap operas.
  •   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  •   Light green indicates sporting events.
  •   Light teal indicates programs not applicable to the above categorizations.

Schedule

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  • New series are highlighted in bold.
  • 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 in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or digital subchannel in their regular timeslot) 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.
  • All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.

Weekdays

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Network Noon 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
ABC Local and/or syndicated programming GMA3: What You Need To Know General Hospital Local and/or syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS Fall Local and/or syndicated programming The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful The Talk CBS Evening News
Winter Beyond the Gates (2/24)[1][2]
NBC NBC News Daily Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Nightly News

Notes:

  • ABC stations have the option of airing General Hospital at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station's choice of feed.
  • ABC stations have the option of airing GMA 3: What You Need To Know anytime between Noon and 2 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station’s choice of feed.
  • Depending on their choice of feed, CBS stations have the option of airing Let's Make a Deal at either 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. Eastern (airtime adjusted by time zone), and/or The Young and the Restless at 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. local time (in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones).
  • NBC News Daily airs live every hour from noon until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and NBC stations have the option to choose which hour they carry.

Saturday

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Network Noon 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
ABC Fall College Football on ABC College Football Scoreboard Saturday Night Football (continued to game completion)
CBS Fall Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming CBS College Football Kickoff College Football Today College Football on CBS CBS College Football Postgame Local and/or syndicated programming
The CW Fall College Football on The CW NASCAR Countdown Live NASCAR on The CW CW Sports programming
Fox Fall Fox College Football (continued to game completion)
NBC Fall Local and/or syndicated programming Premier League on NBC NBC Sports programming College Countdown College Football on NBC (continued to game completion)

Notes:

  • To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.

Sunday

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Network Noon 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming WNBA on ABC Local and/or syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight
CBS Fall The NFL Today NFL on CBS (continued until game completion)
Fox Fall Fox NFL Sunday Fox NFL (continued to game completion)
NBC Fall Local and/or syndicated programming NASCAR America NASCAR on NBC Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Nightly News

Notes:

  • To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
  • Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend.
  • When CBS and/or Fox offer an early single NFL game, a post-game show airs after the game from 4:30–5:00 p.m. ET (the length of which may vary depending on the timing of the early game's conclusion) with local, syndicated or non-NFL sports programming airing after from 5:00–7:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, when CBS and/or Fox offer a late single NFL game, local, syndicated or non-NFL sports programming airs from 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. PT.
  • CBS and Fox stations in the Pacific Time Zone receiving an NFL single game, must air a late single game, if possible.
  • ABC, CBS and/or NBC stations may air their corresponding network's early evening newscast at 6:00 or 6:30 p.m. ET and PT/5:00 or 5:30 p.m. CT/MT, depending on the station's choice of feed.
  • NBC Nightly News airs live in all time zones during Fall to avoid pre-emption due to the live airing of NBC Sunday Night Football.
  • CBS Weekend News is preempted on the Eastern and Central time zones when NFL on CBS airs late NFL games. All other time zones air the program.

By network

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Returning series:

Returning series:

Returning series:

Renewals and cancellations

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Series renewals

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  • Fox NFL—Renewed through the 2032–33 season on March 18, 2021.[22]

Cancellations

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  • The Talk—It was announced on April 12, 2024 that season fifteen would be its last.[24]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Cordero, Rosy (November 12, 2024). "CBS Daytime Soap Beyond The Gates Sets Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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  4. ^ "Watch GMA3: What You Need to Know TV Show". ABC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPECIAL (ABC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "SATURDAY NIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL (ABC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Watch General Hospital TV Show". ABC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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  9. ^ "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell". CBS. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  10. ^ Swift, Andy (April 12, 2024). "The Talk Ending With Season 15 at CBS". TVLine.
  11. ^ Rice, Lynette (February 27, 2024). "The Young And The Restless Renewed For Four More Seasons". Deadline Hollywood.
  12. ^ a b "The CW Network Announces Its Seven-Night Primetime Schedule for 2024-2025" (Press release). The CW. May 16, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
  13. ^ "The CW Network to Broadcast Pac-12 Football Games to a National Audience in 2024" (Press release). The CW. May 14, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
  14. ^ a b "The CW Network and NASCAR Announce Full Schedule for 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series" (Press release). The CW. August 29, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
  15. ^ "CFB ON FOX (FOX)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Katz, A.J. (August 3, 2022). "NBC to Launch Daytime National News Program in Former Days of Our Lives Timeslot". Adweek.
  17. ^ "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt". NBC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "BIG TEN SATURDAY NIGHT (NBC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  19. ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 10, 2015). "NBC Retains Rights to Premier League in Six-Year Deal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  20. ^ Pedersen, Erik (March 10, 2021). "NHL & ESPN/ABC Confirm Seven-Year TV Deal Including 1,000-Plus Streamed Games Per Season". Deadline Hollywood.
  21. ^ Steinberg, Brian (2022-05-17). "Disney Strikes Deal to Put XFL on ESPN, FX, ABC". Variety. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  22. ^ a b "NFL Announces New Broadcast Deals Running Through 2033 Season". NFL. March 18, 2021.
  23. ^ Rice, Lynette (February 27, 2024). "The Young And The Restless Renewed For Four More Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  24. ^ Rice, Lynette (April 12, 2024). "The Talk Renewed For 15th And Final Season, Sets December End Date On CBS". Deadline Hollywood.