1976–77 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

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

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

♦ABC had a 6pm (ET)/5pm (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

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	The Oddball Couple
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	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	Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr.	Land of the Lost
	Spring			bgcolor=bf9fef	The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.

Sunday

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	The Oddball Couple	Animals, Animals, Animals	Issues and Answers		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
	Spring	bgcolor=pink	Junior Almost Anything Goes!
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show	Far Out Space Nuts	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	bgcolor=pink	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

By network

ABC

Returning Series

• The $20,000 Pyramid
• ABC Evening News
• All My Children
• American Bandstand
• The Edge of Night
• Family Feud
• General Hospital
• Good Morning America
• The Great Grape Ape Show
• Happy Days
• Hot Seat
• Issues and Answers
• The New Adventures of Gilligan
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• The Oddball Couple
• One Life to Live
• Ryan's Hope
• Schoolhouse Rock!
• Super Friends

New Series

• Animals, Animals, Animals
• The Better Sex
• The Don Ho Show
• Jabberjaw
• Junior Almost Anything Goes!
• The Krofft Supershow
• The Mumbly Cartoon Show
• The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
• Second Chance

Not Returning From 1975-76

• The $10,000 Pyramid
• AM America
• Break the Bank
• Devlin
• Groovie Goolies
• Let's Make a Deal
• The Lost Saucer
• Make a Wish
• The Neighbors
• Rhyme and Reason
• Showoffs
• Speed Buggy
• These Are the Days
• Uncle Croc's Block
• You Don't Say!

CBS

Returning Series

• All in the Family
• As the World Turns
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
• Camera Three
• Captain Kangaroo
• CBS Children's Film Festival
• CBS Evening News
• CBS Morning News
• Clue Club
• Face the Nation
• Far Out Space Nuts
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• Gambit
• Guiding Light
• The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show
• Lamp Unto My Feet
• Look Up and Live
• Love of Life
• Match Game
• The Price Is Right
• Search for Tomorrow
• The Secrets of Isis
• Shazam!
• Sunrise Semester
• Tattletales
• The Young and the Restless

New Series

• Ark II
• Double Dare
• Here's Lucy
• The New Adventures of Batman
• Sylvester and Tweety
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
• Way Out Games

Not Returning From 1975-76

• The Edge of Night (moved to ABC)
• The Ghost Busters
• Give-n-Take
• The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine
• Musical Chairs
• The U.S. of Archie
• Valley of the Dinosaurs

NBC

Returning Series

• Another World
• Days of Our Lives
• The Doctors
• Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles
• The Gong Show
• The Hollywood Squares
• Land of the Lost
• Meet the Press
• Name That Tune
• NBC Nightly News
• NBC Saturday Night News
• NBC Sunday Night News
• The New Pink Panther Show
• Sanford and Son
• Somerset
• Space Ghost
• Speed Buggy
• Today
• Wheel of Fortune
• The Woody Woodpecker Show

New Series

• 50 Grand Slam
• Big John, Little John
• Chico and the Man
• It's Anybody's Guess
• The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.
• Lovers and Friends
• McDuff, the Talking Dog
• Monster Squad
• Muggsy
• Shoot for the Stars
• Stumpers!

Not Returning From 1975-76

• Celebrity Sweepstakes
• Emergency +4
• The Fun Factory
• Go!
• High Rollers
• Jackpot
• The Magnificent Marble Machine
• Return to the Planet of the Apes
• Run, Joe, Run
• The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
• Take My Advice
• Three for the Money
• Westwind

See also

• 1976-77 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1976-77 United States network television schedule (late night)

External links

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