2023–24 United States network television schedule (afternoon)

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The 2023–24 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 2023 to August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2022–23 season. The daytime schedules for the four major networks that offer afternoon programming are expected to remain consistent with the prior television 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 The CW and MyNetworkTV (as the programming services do not offer daytime programs of any kind except for LIV Golf, Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Arizona Bowl) and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).

Fox is not included on the weekday schedule as it only airs afternoon programming (in the form of sports content) during weekends.

Please note that the schedules for the networks are affected by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.

Legend[edit]

  •   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.
  •   Light yellow indicates the current schedule.

Schedule[edit]

  • 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.[1] 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[edit]

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[2] General Hospital*[3] Local and/or syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight[4] Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS Local and/or syndicated programming The Young and the Restless[5] The Bold and the Beautiful[6] The Talk[7] CBS Evening News[8]
NBC NBC News Daily Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Nightly News[9]

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.
  • 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[edit]

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 ESPN College Football on ABC[10] College Football Scoreboard ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC[11]
(continued to game completion)
Winter Local and/or syndicated programming ABC Hockey Saturday Pregame ABC Hockey Saturday Local and/or syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS Fall Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming College Football Today SEC on CBS[10]
Winter College Basketball on CBS Local and/or syndicated programming CBS Weekend News
Fox Fall Fox College Football (continued to game completion)[12]
Winter Fox College Hoops (continued to game completion)
Spring Local, syndicated programming Fox Sports programming Baseball Night in America (continued until game completion)
NBC Fall Local and/or syndicated programming Premier League on NBC[13] NBC Sports programming[10] College Football on NBC Pre Game College Football on NBC[14]
(continued to game completion)
Winter Golf Channel on NBC Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Nightly News Local and/or syndicated programming

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.
  • NBC Nightly News will only air in the Eastern and Central time zones during fall if Notre Dame Football on NBC airs a 2:30 p.m. ET game (all other time zones will either air the program live (if available) or otherwise preempted due to College Football on NBC).
  • CBS Weekend News is preempted in the Eastern and Central time zones when SEC on CBS airs a 3:30 pm ET game, all other time zones air the program.

Sunday[edit]

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 and/or syndicated programming WNBA on ABC[15] Local and/or syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight[4]
Winter Local and/or syndicated programming NBA Countdown NBA Sunday Showcase Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS Fall The NFL Today NFL on CBS (continued until game completion)[16]
Winter College Basketball on CBS Local and/or syndicated programming CBS Weekend News
Fox Fall Fox NFL Sunday[17] Fox NFL (continued to game completion)[16]
Winter Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming NASCAR RaceDay NASCAR on Fox
Spring Local, syndicated programming Fox Sports programming
NBC Fall Local and/or syndicated programming NASCAR America NASCAR on NBC[18] Local and/or syndicated programming NBC Nightly News[9]
Winter NBC Sports programming Golf Channel on NBC

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 singleheader 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 singleheader 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 singleheader game, must air a late singleheader 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[edit]

ABC[edit]

Returning series:

CBS[edit]

Returning series:

Fox[edit]

NBC[edit]

Renewals and cancellations[edit]

Series renewals[edit]

ABC[edit]

  • NHL on ABC—Renewed for an eleventh season on March 10, 2021; deal will into a fourteenth season in 2027.[20]
  • United Football League—Renewed for a fourth season on May 17, 2022; deal will into a sixth season in 2027.[30]

CBS[edit]

Fox[edit]

NBC[edit]

Cancellations[edit]

CBS[edit]

NBC[edit]

  • USFL on NBC—On December 5, 2023, NBC announced it would opt out of the final year of its contract with the USFL, which ultimately merged with the XFL to form the United Football League later that month.[36]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Third revival on ABC and second contractually shared with ESPN; previously aired on ABC from 1992–94 under a time-buy agreement, and from 1999–2004.

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