2001–02 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 2001–02 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States in operation during that television season covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2001 to August 2002. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2000–01 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 stations affiliated with Pax TV, as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns although it also carried some first-run programs.

The September 11 attacks hindered the ability to start airing daytime programming in a timely manner.

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.^[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 or other contracted station 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.

Monday-Friday

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	- !bgcolor="#C0C0C0"colspan="2"		Good Morning America				Local and/or syndicated programming				The View		Local and/or syndicated programming	Port Charles	All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		Local and/or syndicated programming					ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
		The Early Show				Local and/or syndicated programming				The Price Is Right		Local and/or syndicated programming	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns		Guiding Light		Local and/or syndicated programming					CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	- !bgcolor="#C0C0C0"colspan="2"		Today						Local and/or syndicated programming						Days of Our Lives		Passions		Local and/or syndicated programming							NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw	- !bgcolor="#C0C0C0"rowspan="2"	Fox^†	Fall	The Magic School Bus	Local and/or syndicated programming															Life with Louie The New Woody Woodpecker Show Action Man	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Power Rangers Time Force		Local and/or syndicated programming				-	Winter	Local and/or syndicated programming
UPN		Local and/or syndicated programming																	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	The Legend of Tarzan	Recess	Local and/or syndicated programming
The WB	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming																Sailor Moon	Pokémon	Pokémon	Batman Beyond	Local and/or syndicated programming
	Mid-September																	Cardcaptors Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team			Jackie Chan Adventures
	October																	Pokémon Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team
	December																		Cardcaptors
	January																		Scooby-Doo
	April																	Scooby-Doo Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team	Yu-Gi-Oh!
	May																				The Powerpuff Girls
	July																		Jackie Chan Adventures		Yu-Gi-Oh!

Notes

• † Fox returned its daytime programming hours back to its affiliates when Fox Kids ended its weekday block in December 2001. Many Fox affiliates preempted kids programming in daytime or deferred it to other television stations, opting to air syndicated programs or local news instead.
• On September 11, 2001, all six major networks suspended their daytime programing due to live coverage of the September 11 attacks. Daytime programming resumed for Fox and The WB on September 12, while the Big Three networks resumed their regular daytime programs during the week of September 17. UPN, which did not carry any daytime programming at the time, resumed normal programming on September 13.

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		House of Mouse	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Teacher's Pet	Lloyd in Space	Recess		Lizzie McGuire	Even Stevens		The Weekenders	College Football on ABC
	October			Teacher's Pet	Lloyd in Space	Recess		Lizzie McGuire	Even Stevens	Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!	The Weekenders	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	House of Mouse
	December			Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!	Teacher's Pet					Lloyd in Space				ABC Sports and/or local programming				ABC Sports programming						Local news	ABC World News Saturday
	Winter										Teamo Supremo
	Spring									Teamo Supremo	Lloyd in Space
	August			Teamo Supremo
CBS	Fall	Oswald	Dora the Explorer	Blue's Clues	Little Bill	The Saturday Early Show				Franklin	Bob the Builder	SEC on CBS
	Spring	Bob the Builder									Oswald	CBS Sports and/or local programming						CBS Sports programming						Local news	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		Today				City Guys	All About Us	Just Deal	Sk8	City Guys	NBA Inside Stuff	NBC Sports and/or local programming				NBC Sports programming						Local news	NBC Nightly News
	Winter										City Guys	Sk8
Fox	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Power Rangers Time Force		Medabots	Moolah Beach		The Ripping Friends		Fox Sports and/or local programming
	October							The Ripping Friends		Mon Colle Knights
	February				Power Rangers Wild Force			Medabots
	March						Medabots		Transformers: Robots in Disguise
	May			The New Woody Woodpecker Show				Medabots		Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Mon Colle Knights	Local and/or syndicated programming	This Week in Baseball	Fox Sports and/or local programming
The WB	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		Pokémon	Cubix: Robots for Everyone	Jackie Chan Adventures	The Mummy	Pokémon		The Nightmare Room	Yu-Gi-Oh!	Local and/or syndicated programming
	January			Cubix: Robots for Everyone	Static Shock
	March						The Zeta Project			The Mummy
	June						The Powerpuff Girls		Yu-Gi-Oh!		Phantom Investigators
	July			The Zeta Project			Jackie Chan Adventures			Yu-Gi-Oh!

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						This Week with Sam & Cokie		ABC Sports and/or local programming														Local news	ABC World News Sunday
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming				CBS News Sunday Morning			Face the Nation	Local and/or syndicated programming		NFL Today		NFL on CBS
	Mid-winter											CBS Sports and/or local programming												Local news	CBS Evening News
NBC		Local and/or syndicated programming		Today		Meet the Press		Local and/or syndicated programming				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 (and sometimes another Fox Sports event and/or local programming)
	Mid-winter							Local and/or syndicated programming				Fox Sports and/or local programming												Local and/or syndicated programming
UPN		Local and/or syndicated programming				The Weekenders	Recess	The Legend of Tarzan	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Local and/or syndicated programming

By network

ABC

Returning series:

• ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
• All My Children
• General Hospital
• Good Morning America
• House of Mouse
• Lloyd in Space
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (reruns)
• One Life to Live
• Port Charles
• Recess
• Teacher's Pet
• This Week with Sam & Cokie
• The View
• The Weekenders

New series:

• Even Stevens
• Lizzie McGuire
• Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
• Teamo Supremo

Not returning from 2000–01:

• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
• Doug (reruns)
• Mickey Mouse Works
• Pepper Ann

CBS

Returning series:

• As the World Turns
• Blue's Clues
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• Dora the Explorer
• The Early Show
• CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
• CBS News Sunday Morning
• Face the Nation
• Franklin
• Guiding Light
• Little Bill
• The Price is Right
• The Saturday Early Show
• The Young and the Restless

New series:

• Bob the Builder
• Oswald

Not returning from 2000–01:

• Kipper
• Little Bear

NBC

Returning series:

• Days of Our Lives
• Meet the Press
• NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
• Passions
• Today with Katie Couric and Matt Lauer
• TNBC
  • All About Us
  • City Guys
  • Just Deal
  • NBA Inside Stuff

New series:

• TNBC
  • Sk8

Not returning from 2000–01:

• TNBC
  • Hang Time
  • One World

Fox

Returning series:

• Action Man
• Digimon: Digital Monsters
• Fox News Sunday
• Life with Louie (reruns)
• The Magic School Bus (reruns)
• The New Woody Woodpecker Show
• Power Rangers Time Force

New series:

• Medabots
• Mon Colle Knights
• Moolah Beach
• Power Rangers Wild Force
• The Ripping Friends
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Not returning from 2000–01:

• Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
• Cybersix (from fall 1999)
• Dinozaurs
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Escaflowne
• Flint the Time Detective
• Los Luchadores
• NASCAR Racers
• Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
• Real Scary Stories
• Roswell Conspiracies
• Spider-Man Unlimited
• X-Men (reruns)
• The Zack Files

UPN

Returning series:

• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
• Recess

New series:

• The Legend of Tarzan
• The Weekenders

Not returning from 2000–01:

• Pepper Ann

The WB

Returning series:

• Batman Beyond
• Cardcaptors
• Cubix: Robots for Everyone
• Jackie Chan Adventures
• Static Shock
• The Zeta Project

New series:

• The Mummy
• The Nightmare Room
• Phantom Investigators
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Sailor Moon
• Scooby-Doo
• Yu-Gi-Oh!

Not returning from 2000–01:

• Detention
• Dragon Ball Z
• Generation O!
• Histeria!
• Max Steel
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

See also

• 2001–02 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 2001–02 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

Notes and References

1. http://tv.yahoo.com/listings - TV listings - Yahoo.com