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1976–77 United States network television schedule (daytime)

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The 1976–77 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 1976 to August 1977.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

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 Happy Days reruns Hot Seat All My Children Ryan's Hope Family Feud The $20,000 Pyramid One Life to Live 3:00: One Life to Live
3:15: General Hospital
The Edge of Night Local/syndicated programming ABC News
Late October The Don Ho Show
Winter Ryan's Hope All My Children ABC Evening News
Spring Second Chance
April Local/syndicated programming Happy Days reruns Family Feud All My Children
Summer The Better Sex
CBS Fall Sunrise Semester Local/syndicated programming CBS Morning News Captain Kangaroo Local/syndicated programming The Price Is Right Gambit Love of Life
11:55 am: CBS Midday News
The Young and the Restless Search for Tomorrow Local/syndicated programming As the World Turns Guiding Light All in the Family reruns Match Game '76 Tattletales Local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News
Winter Double Dare Match Game '77
Spring Double Dare The Price Is Right
Summer Here's Lucy reruns
NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming Today Local/syndicated programming Sanford and Son reruns The Hollywood Squares
10:57 am: NBC News Update
Wheel of Fortune Stumpers! 50 Grand Slam The Gong Show
12:55 pm: NBC News Update
Local/syndicated programming Days of Our Lives The Doctors Another World Somerset Local/syndicated programming NBC Nightly News
Winter Shoot for the Stars Name That Tune Lovers and Friends
12:57 pm: NBC News Update
The Gong Show
Spring Chico and the Man reruns
Summer It's Anybody's Guess Shoot for the Stars

Additional Information

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♦ABC had a 6 pm (ET)/5 pm (CT) feed for their newscast

  • In the Pacific Time Zone (from December 1975 to March 1977), ABC's lineup had its game shows aired in the morning, while the 12 Noon to 3 PM block featured The Edge of Night, Ryan's Hope, All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital in succession. After April 1977, ABC's Pacific Time Zone daytime schedule began matching that of its 10 AM-3:30PM Central Time schedule.

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/syndicated programming The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show Jabberjaw The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour The Krofft Supershow Junior Almost Anything Goes! American Bandstand ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
December The Tom and Jerry/Mumbly Show Jabberjaw The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show
Spring The Krofft Supershow Super Friends (R) The Oddball Couple (R)
CBS Fall Local/syndicated programming Sylvester and Tweety The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle The Shazam!/Isis Hour Ark II Clue Club Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Way Out Games CBS Children's Film Festival CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News Local/syndicated programming
Spring Clue Club The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle The New Adventures of Batman The Shazam!/Isis Hour Ark II Way Out Games CBS Saturday Film Festival
NBC Fall Local The Woody Woodpecker Show (R) The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show McDuff, the Talking Dog Monster Squad Land of the Lost Big John, Little John The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. Muggsy NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming Local/syndicated programming NBC Saturday Night News
November Speed Buggy (R) Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. (R) Land of the Lost
Spring The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.

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 Fall Local/syndicated programming The New Adventures of Gilligan (R) The Oddball Couple (R) Animals, Animals, Animals Issues and Answers ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
Spring Junior Almost Anything Goes!
CBS Fall Local/syndicated programming The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (R) Far Out Space Nuts (R) Local/syndicated programming Lamp Unto My Feet Look Up and Live Camera Three Face the Nation Local/syndicated programming The NFL Today NFL on CBS and/or local/syndicated programming Local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News
Winter CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
Spring Way Out Games Local/syndicated programming
NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming Meet the Press Grandstand NFL on NBC and/or local/syndicated programming Local/syndicated programming NBC Sunday Night News
Winter Local/syndicated programming Meet The Press NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming

Notes

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By network

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See also

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