1980–81 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 1980–81 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 1980 to August 1981.

Legend

• New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule

• 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

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	- !bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"	ABC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Good Morning America				Local/syndicated programming				The Love Boat		Family Feud	Ryan's HopeFYI (12:58)	All My Children		One Life to LiveFYI (2:58)		General HospitalFYI (3:58)		The Edge of Night	Local/syndicated programming				ABC World News Tonight
Summer	Three's Company	Three's Company
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester		Morning		Captain Kangaroo		Local/syndicated programming		The Jeffersons	Alice	The Price Is RightCBS News Newsbreak (11:57)		Local/syndicated programming	Search for Tomorrow	The Young and the Restless		As the World Turns		Guiding LightCBS News Newsbreak (3:57)		One Day at a Time	Local/syndicated programming				CBS Evening News
	Summer														The Young and the Restless		As the World Turns		Search for Tomorrow
		Local/syndicated programming		Today				Local/syndicated programming		Las Vegas Gambit	Blockbusters	Wheel of Fortune	Password Plus	Card Sharks	The Doctors	Days of Our Lives		Another World		Texas		Local/syndicated programming					NBC Nightly News

Notes

• ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for World News Tonight, depending on stations' 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 and/or syndicated programming		Super Friends Hour / Schoolhouse Rock! (8:56AM)		The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:26AM)		Heathcliff and Dingbat	The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy	Thundarr the Barbarian	ABC Weekend Special	American Bandstand		ABC Sports and/or local programming									Local news	ABC World News Saturday
	November						The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:26AM)		Thundarr the Barbarian	Heathcliff and Dingbat	The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle	The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show			The All New Popeye Hour		Drak Pack	The New Fat Albert Show	The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour		30 Minutes	CBS Sports and/or local programming								Local news	CBS Evening News
	March			The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show			The All New Popeye Hour		The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour			Drak Pack	Jason of Star Command
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		The Godzilla / Dynomutt Hour		Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo			The Daffy Duck Show	Batman and the Super 7		Jonny Quest	The Jetsons (Sept. 27/Oct. 4) Drawing Power (starting Oct. 11)	NBC Sports and/or local programming										Local news	NBC Nightly News
	November			The Godzilla / Hong Kong Phooey Hour		bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=1 colspan=3	The Flintstone Comedy Show
	May			The Flintstone Comedy Show		Godzilla	Batman and the Super 7			The Jetsons	Hong Kong Phooey		The Flintstones

In the News aired ten times during CBS's Saturday morning shows.

Ask NBC News aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except Batman and the Super 7, Jonny Quest, and Drawing Power. Time Out aired after Jonny Quest.

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		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	Local and/or syndicated programming		bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=1	The Skatebirds	bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=1	The Robonic Stooges	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	bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=1	The Robonic Stooges	bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=1	Jason of Star Command	bgcolor=white rowspan=1 colspan=2	Local and/or syndicated programming							CBS Sports and/or local programming												Local news	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming										Meet the Press	NFL '80	NFL on NBC and local programming
	Mid-winter												NBC Sports and/or local programming											Local news	NBC Nightly News

By network

ABC

Returning series

• ABC Weekend Special
• ABC World News Tonight
• All My Children
• American Bandstand
• Animals, Animals, Animals
• The Edge of Night
• Family Feud
• General Hospital
• Good Morning America
• Issues and Answers
• Kids Are People Too
• The Love Boat
• One Life to Live
• The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy
• Schoolhouse Rock!

New series

• The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
• Heathcliff and Dingbat
• The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
• Super Friends
• Three's Company
• Thundarr the Barbarian

Canceled/Ended

• The $20,000 Pyramid
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
• Laff-A-Lympics
• Laverne & Shirley
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
• Spider-Woman
• The World's Greatest Super Friends

CBS

Returning series

• 30 Minutes
• Alice
• The All New Popeye Hour
• As the World Turns
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
• Captain Kangaroo
• CBS Evening News
• CBS News Sunday Morning
• Face the Nation
• Guiding Light
• Jason of Star Command
• The Jeffersons
• Morning
• The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
• The New Fat Albert Show
• One Day at a Time
• The Price Is Right
• The Robonic Stooges
• Search for Tomorrow
• The Skatebirds
• Sunrise Semester
• The Young and the Restless

New series

• Drak Pack
• The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
• The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

Canceled/Ended

• Beat the Clock
• Love of Life
• Shazam!
• Tarzan and the Super 7
• Whew! / Celebrity Whew!

NBC

Returning series

• Another World
• Card Sharks
• The Daffy Duck Show
• Days of Our Lives
• The Doctors
• Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
• Gambit (renamed Las Vegas Gambit)
• Godzilla
• The Godzilla / Dynomutt Hour
• Hong Kong Phooey
• The Jetsons
• Jonny Quest
• Meet the Press
• NBC Nightly News
• Password Plus
• Texas
• Today
• Wheel of Fortune

New series

• Batman and the Super 7
• Blockbusters
• Drawing Power
• The Flintstone Comedy Show

Canceled/Ended

• Casper and the Angels
• Chain Reaction
• The David Letterman Show
• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
• The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour
• High Rollers
• The Hollywood Squares
• Hot Hero Sandwich
• Mindreaders
• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
• The New Shmoo
• The Super Globetrotters

See also

• 1980-81 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1980-81 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html