2008–09 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 2008–09 daytime network television schedule for the four major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend afternoon hours from September 2008 to August 2009. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2007–08 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 MyNetworkTV (as the programming service doesn't offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns). Fox is not included on the weekday schedule: Fox only airs daytime programming (in the form of sports on weekend afternoons).

Schedule

• New series are highlighted in bold.
• All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (select shows) 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, Pacific (for selected shows), 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 in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or digital subchannel 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.
• All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or primetime programming after game completion.

Weekdays

Network	6:00 a.m.	6:30 a.m.	7:00 a.m.	7:30 a.m.	8:00 a.m.	8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	9:30 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	11:30 a.m.	Noon	12:30 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	2:30 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	3:30 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.
ABC	Local and/or syndicated programming		Good Morning America				Local and/or syndicated programming				The View		Local and/or syndicated programming		All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		Local and/or syndicated programming					ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson	Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS			CBS Mornings				Local and/or syndicated programming		Let's Make a Deal		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							CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
NBC			Today								Local and/or syndicated programming				Days of Our Lives		Local and/or syndicated programming									NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
The CW	Local and/or syndicated programming																				Judge Jeanine Pirro		The Jamie Foxx Show	The Wayans Bros.	Local and/or syndicated programming

Saturday

Network		6:00 a.m.	6:30 a.m.	7:00 a.m.	7:30 a.m.	8:00 a.m.	8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	9:30 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	11:30 a.m.	Noon	12:30 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	2:30 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	3:30 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming				Good Morning America		The Emperor's New School	The Replacements	That's So Raven		Hannah Montana	The Suite Life of Zack and Cody	Power Rangers Jungle Fury		ESPN College Football on ABC													College Football Scoreboard
	Winter															Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming										Local and/or syndicated programming	ABC World News Tonight	Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring													Power Rangers RPM
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		Cake	Horseland	Dino Squad	Sushi Pack	The Saturday Early Show				Strawberry Shortcake		College Football Today	SEC on CBS
	Winter													College Basketball on CBS												Local and/or syndicated programming	CBS Weekend News
	Spring													Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming						PGA Tour on CBS
The CW	Early fall			Will & Dewitt	Magi-Nation	Skunk Fu!	Viva Piñata	The Spectacular Spider-Man	TMNT: Back to the Sewer	Dinosaur King	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Chaotic		Local and/or syndicated programming
	Fall				Skunk Fu!	Viva Piñata	GoGoRiki
	Mid-fall				Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles			The Spectacular Spider-Man		TMNT: Back to the Sewer	Dinosaur King	Chaotic	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
	Winter				The Spectacular Spider-Man	Sonic X		Dinosaur King	TMNT: Back to the Sewer	Chaotic: M'arillian Invasion		Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
	Mid-winter				Chaotic: M'arillian Invasion
	Spring				Sonic X	GoGoRiki				Chaotic: M'arillian Invasion
	Summer			Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's				Sonic X	Dinosaur King	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		Sonic X
	Mid-summer				Sonic X
	Late summer			GoGoRiki	Winx Club	Sonic X		Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		Dinosaur King
Fox	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming				Di-Gata Defenders	Biker Mice from Mars	Sonic X		Chaotic: M'arillian Invasion	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward		Winx Club	Fox College Football														Local and/or syndicated programming
	Winter	Local and/or syndicated programming								Weekend Marketplace				Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming
	Spring													Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming							This Week in Baseball	Fox Saturday Baseball
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming				Today				Jane and the Dragon	The Zula Patrol	3-2-1 Penguins!	VeggieTales	Turbo Dogs	My Friend Rabbit	Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming			Notre Dame Football on NBC							Local and/or syndicated programming	NBC Nightly News
	Winter									VeggieTales	3-2-1 Penguins!	Turbo Dogs	Babar	The Zula Patrol		Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming				Golf Channel on NBC
	Spring															Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming

Sunday

Network		6:00 a.m.	6:30 a.m.	7:00 a.m.	7:30 a.m.	8:00 a.m.	8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	9:30 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	11:30 a.m.	Noon	12:30 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	2:30 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	3:30 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	6:30 p.m.
ABC		Local and/or syndicated programming		Good Morning America Weekend		Local and/or syndicated programming		This Week with George Stephanopoulos		Local and/or syndicated programming		Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming		Local, Syndicated And/or ESPN on ABC sports programming												Local and/or syndicated programming	ABC World News Tonight
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming						CBS News Sunday Morning			Face the Nation	Local and/or syndicated programming		The NFL Today		NFL on CBS
	Winter													College Basketball on CBS												Local and/or syndicated programming	CBS Weekend News
	Spring													Local, Syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming						PGA Tour on CBS
	Summer													Local, Syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming
The CW	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming																						4Real		In Harm's Way
	Mid-fall																									Valentine
	Late fall																							Everybody Hates Chris	The Game	The Drew Carey Show
Fox	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming						Fox News Sunday		Local and/or syndicated programming				Fox NFL Sunday		Fox NFL
	Winter													Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming				NASCAR on Fox								Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring													Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		Today		Local and/or syndicated programming		Meet the Press						Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming												Local and/or syndicated programming	NBC Nightly News
	Winter													NHL on NBC						PGA Tour on NBC
	Spring													IndyCar Series on NBC						Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming
	Summer													Local, syndicated and/or NBC Sports programming

By network

ABC

Returning series:

• ABC World News Tonight
• All My Children
• College Football Scoreboard
• General Hospital
• ESPN College Football on ABC
• One Life to Live
• ABC Kids
  • Power Rangers Jungle Fury

New series:

• ABC Kids
  • Power Rangers RPM

Not returning from 2007–08:

• NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad

CBS

Returning series:

• As the World Turns
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• CBS Evening News
• College Football Today
• Guiding Light
• NFL on CBS
• The NFL Today
• SEC on CBS
• The Young and the Restless

The CW

Returning series:

• Everybody Hates Chris
• The Game

New series:

• 4Real
• The Drew Carey Show
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• Judge Jeanine Pirro
• The Wayans Bros.

Not returning from 2007–08:

• All of Us
• Girlfriends
• Gossip Girl
• One Tree Hill
• Reba
• What I Like About You

Fox

Returning series:

• Fox College Football
• Fox News Sunday
• Fox NFL Sunday
• Fox Saturday Baseball
• NASCAR on Fox
• NFL on Fox
• This Week in Baseball

NBC

Returning series:

• Days of Our Lives
• Early Today
• Meet the Press
• NBC Nightly News
• Notre Dame Football on NBC
• Today
• Qubo
  • My Friend Rabbit
  • The Zula Patrol

New series:

• Qubo
  • Turbo Dogs

Renewals and cancellations

Cancellations/series endings

CBS

• Guiding Light— Canceled after 72 seasons (57 years on television and 19 years on radio, with simultaneous radio and television broadcasts from 1952 to 1956) on April 1, 2009; the series concluded its CBS run on September 18, 2009.^[1]

See also

• 2008-09 United States network television schedule (morning)
• 2008–09 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 2008–09 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

• Web site: ABC Daytime Schedule. Curt Alliaume. Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html. October 15, 2007.
• Web site: CBS Daytime Schedule. Curt Alliaume. Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html. October 15, 2007.
• Web site: NBC Daytime Schedule. Curt Alliaume. Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html. October 12, 2007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: CBS Turns Out 'Guiding Light'. Bill Carter. The New York Times. April 1, 2009. July 16, 2019.