The 1996–97 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1996 to August 1997. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1995–96 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, branded as PTV at the time – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
| 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="3" | ABC | Fall | ABC World News This Morning | Good Morning America | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | The City | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | Local/syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | All My Children / One Life to Live / General Hospital Classics (3/31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | The View (8/11) | Port Charles (6/1) | - !bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | CBS Morning News | CBS This Morning | Local/syndicated programming | The Price Is Right | Local/syndicated programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | Local/syndicated programming | CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | - !bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2" | NBC | Fall | NBC News at Sunrise | Today | Local/syndicated programming | Real Life with Jane Pauley | Leeza | Local/syndicated programming | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Local/syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | Local/syndicated programming | Sunset Beach (1/6) | - ! rowspan="6" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | Fox | Fall | Local/syndicated programming | Bobby's World | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Local/syndicated programming | Fox After Breakfast | Local/syndicated programming | Eek! Stravaganza | The Adventures of Batman & Robin | Big Bad Beetleborgs | Power Rangers Zeo+ | Local/syndicated programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | The Adventures of Batman & Robin | Spider-Man | - | Spring | Spider-Man | The Adventures of Batman & Robin | Bobby's World | Various programs | Power Rangers Zeo / Power Rangers Turbo / Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | - | Summer | Bobby's World | The Adventures of Batman & Robin | Eek! Stravaganza | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Power Rangers Turbo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July | Round the Twist Stickin' Around | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August | The Vicki Lawrence Show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Bugs 'n' Daffy | Animaniacs | Local and/or syndicated programming | - ! November | Bugs 'n' Daffy Freakazoid! | Animaniacs Freakazoid! | - ! February | Bugs 'n' Daffy | Animaniacs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS note: The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat and Beakman's World switched timeslots on July 12.
| 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 | Good Morning America Sunday | This Week | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | ABC World News Sunday | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS News Sunday Morning | Face the Nation | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Sports and/or local programming | Local news | CBS Evening News | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Today | Meet the Press | Local and/or syndicated programming | NFL on NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | NBC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | NBC Nightly News | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Fox News Sunday | Local and/or syndicated programming | Fox NFL Sunday | Fox NFL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-winter | Fox Sports and/or local programming | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UPN | Local and/or syndicated programming | Jumanji | The Mouse and the Monster | The Incredible Hulk | Bureau of Alien Detectors | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Returning series:
New series:
Not returning from 1995-96:
Returning series:
New series:
Not returning from 1995-96:
Returning series:
New series:
Not returning from 1995-96:
Returning series:
New series:
New series:
Not returning from 1995-96:
Returning series:
New series: