2020–21 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 2020–21 daytime network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 2020 to August 2021. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series; no new series, but only one series is canceled after the 2019–20 season are included at present, as the daytime schedules of the four major networks that offer morning and/or afternoon programming is expected to remain consistent with the prior television 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 also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns). Fox does not air network programming on weekdays. This is the last season in which The CW (which does not carry programming on Sunday mornings or afternoons) would program a daytime hour on weekdays.

Schedule

• New series are highlighted in bold.
• 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 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 airs live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.

Weekdays

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	7:00 pm	7:30 pm
ABC		Good Morning America				Local and/or syndicated programming				The View		Local and/or syndicated programming				General Hospital		Local and/or syndicated programming							ABC World News Tonight with David Muir	Local and/or syndicated programming
CBS		CBS This Morning				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	The Talk									CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell
NBC		Today				Today Third Hour		Today with Hoda & Jenna		Local and/or syndicated programming				Days of Our Lives		Local and/or syndicated programming									NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
The CW		Local and/or syndicated programming																The Jerry Springer Show		Local and/or syndicated programming

Notes:

• ABC, CBS and NBC offer their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
• ABC stations have the option of airing General Hospital at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station's choice of feed.
• Depending on their choice of feed, CBS stations have the option of airing Let's Make a Deal at either 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. Eastern (airtime adjusted by time zone), and/or The Young and the Restless at 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. local time (in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones).
• NBC stations have the option of airing Days of Our Lives at varying airtimes (usually between Noon and 2:00 p.m. local time), depending on the station's preference and choice of feed. Days was pre-empted from July 26–August 6, 2021 due to the network's live coverage of the 2021 Summer Olympics from Tokyo, Japan.^[2]
• On May 13, 2021, The CW announced it would return the 3:00 p.m. slot to its affiliates effective September 6, in exchange for allowing the network to occupy the Saturday 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT timeslot.^[3]

Saturday

Network		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	Good Morning America				Sea Rescue	Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin	Oh Baby! with Anji Corley	Hearts of Heroes	Outback Adventures	Rock the Park	ESPN College Football on ABC														College Football Scoreboard	Saturday Night Football
	Winter											Local, syndicated or ESPN on ABC sports programming						ESPN College Basketball on ABC				Local and/or syndicated programming		Local news	ABC World News Tonight with Whit Johnson	Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring										Free Enterprise	Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming		WNBA on ESPN
	Summer											ESPN on ABC sports programming
CBS	Fall	CBS This Morning Saturday				Lucky Dog	The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca	Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove	Hope in the Wild	Pet Vet Dream Team	All In with Laila Ali	Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming						College Football Today	SEC on CBS / College Football on CBS
	Winter											College Basketball on CBS												Local news	CBS Weekend News
	Spring											Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming						PGA Tour on CBS
	Summer											Big3 on CBS
The CW		Local and/or syndicated programming		Jack Hanna's Into the Wild			This Old House: Trade School	Jewels of the Natural World	Tails of Valor	Local and/or syndicated programming
Fox	Fall	Xploration Awesome Planet	Xploration Outer Space	Xploration Life 2.0	Xploration Weird But True	Xploration DIY Sci	Xploration Nature Knows Best	Big Noon Kickoff				Fox College Football
	Winter							Weekend Marketplace			Fox College Hoops															Local and/or syndicated programming
	Spring							Weekend Marketplace				Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming						TSL on Fox						Local and/or syndicated programming		Fox Major League Baseball
	Summer											Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming												MLS on Fox
NBC	Fall	Today				Vets Saving Pets	The Voyager with Josh Garcia	Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer		A New Leaf	The Champion Within with Lauren Thompson	Premier League on NBC						Notre Dame Football on NBC								Local and/or syndicated programming
	Winter							Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer	One Team: The Power of Sports	Wild Child	Roots Less Traveled							Golf Channel on NBC						Local news	NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz-Balart
	Spring																	NHL on NBC
	Summer											IndyCar Series on NBC						Olympic Channel on NBC

Notes:

• (‡) ABC and Fox do not handle programming responsibilities for their programming blocks, but offers syndicated blocks of E/I-compliant programming that are intended for exclusive distribution to their stations. Litton's Weekend Adventure is offered to ABC stations by arrangement with Litton Entertainment and Xploration Station is offered to Fox stations by arrangement with Steve Rotfeld Productions.
• NBC may occasionally aired NBC Nightly News: Kids Edition on certain Saturdays; depending on the local station's scheduling at their discretion to fulfill the FCC educational programming requirements, and the program is not part of the network's The More You Know block.
• To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
• Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend (in which Fox or NBC could possibly air in the mornings on select weekends in which preempt E/I programming).

Sunday

Network		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	Fall	Good Morning America		Local and/or syndicated programming		This Week with George Stephanopoulos		Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming										WNBA on ESPN				Local and/or syndicated programming		Local news	ABC World News Tonight with Tom Llamas
	Winter																	NBA Countdown	NBA Sunday Showcase
	Spring																	ESPN Major League Soccer					Local and/or syndicated programming
	Late spring							Local and/or syndicated programming					NBA Countdown	NBA on ABC
	Summer							Local and/or syndicated programming				ESPN on ABC sports programming
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													CBS Weekend News
	Spring										Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming							PGA Tour on CBS						Local news
Fox	Fall					Fox News Sunday		Local and/or syndicated programming		Fox NFL Kickoff		Fox NFL Sunday		Fox NFL
	Winter							Local and/or syndicated programming				PBA Tour on Fox						NASCAR on Fox
	Spring							Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming												MLS on Fox				Local and/or syndicated programming
	Summer							Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming								NHRA on Fox
NBC	Fall	Sunday Today with Willie Geist		Local and/or syndicated programming		Meet the Press		Local and/or syndicated programming						NASCAR America		NASCAR on NBC								Local news	NBC Nightly News with Kate Snow
	Winter							Local and/or syndicated programming				NHL on NBC						Golf Channel on NBC
	Spring											NHL on NBC
	Summer											IndyCar Series on NBC						Olympic Channel on NBC

Notes:

• To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
• Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend.

By network

ABC

Returning series:

• ABC News
  • ABC World News Tonight
  • Good Morning America
  • This Week with George Stephanopoulos
• ESPN on ABC
  • ESPN College Basketball on ABC
  • ESPN College Football on ABC
  • College Football Scoreboard
  • ESPN Major League Soccer
  • NBA Countdown
  • NBA Sunday Showcase
• General Hospital
• Litton's Weekend Adventure‡
  • Hearts of Heroes (shared with Go Time in First-run syndication)
  • Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin
  • Oh Baby! with Anji Corley
  • Outback Adventures with Tim Faulkner
  • Rock the Park (shared with Go Time in First-run syndication)
  • Sea Rescue
• The View

New series:

• Litton's Weekend Adventure‡
  • Free Enterprise

Not returning from 2019–20:

• Litton's Weekend Adventure‡
  • Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
• XFL

CBS

Returning series:

• CBS Dream Team
  • All In with Laila Ali
  • Lucky Dog
  • The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca
  • Hope in the Wild
  • Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove
  • Pet Vet Dream Team
• CBS News
  • CBS Evening News
  • CBS News Sunday Morning
  • Face the Nation
  • CBS This Morning
    • CBS This Morning Saturday
• CBS Sports
  • Big3 on CBS
  • College Basketball on CBS
  • College Football Today
  • College Football on CBS
  • NFL on CBS
  • PGA Tour on CBS
  • The NFL Today
• Let's Make a Deal
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Price Is Right
• The Talk
• The Young and the Restless

Not returning from 2019–20:

• CBS Dream Team
  • Best Friends Furever with Kel Mitchell (moved to One Magnificent Morning)

Fox

Returning series:

• Fox News Sunday
• Fox Sports
  • Fox Big Noon Kickoff
  • Fox Big Noon Saturday
  • Fox College Hoops
  • Fox College Hoops Tipoff
  • Fox NASCAR
  • Fox NFL Kickoff
  • Fox NFL Sunday
  • NASCAR RaceDay
• Weekend Marketplace
• Xploration Station‡
  • Xploration Awesome Planet
  • Xploration DIY Sci
  • Xploration Nature Knows Best
  • Xploration Outer Space
  • Xploration Weird But True

New series:

• Xploration Station‡
  • Xploration Life 2.0
• Fox Sports
  • TSL on Fox

Not returning from 2019–20:

• XFL on Fox

The CW

Returning series:

• The Jerry Springer Show
• One Magnificent Morning
  • Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
  • Jewels of the Natural World
  • This Old House: Trade School

New series:

• One Magnificent Morning
  • Tails of Valor (moved from CBS Dream Team)

Not returning from 2019–20:

• One Magnificent Morning
  • Chicken Soup for the Soul's Animal Tales
  • Did I Mention Invention? with Alie Ward (moved to Go Time in First-run syndication)

NBC

Returning series:

• Days of Our Lives
• The More You Know
  • A New Leaf
  • The Champion Within with Lauren Thompson
  • Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer
  • Roots Less Traveled
  • Vets Saving Pets
• NBC News
  • Today
    • Sunday Today with Willie Geist
    • Today Third Hour
    • Today with Hoda & Jenna
  • Meet the Press
  • NBC Nightly News
• NBC Sports
  • NHL Game of the Week
  • Premier League on NBC
  • Golf Channel on NBC
  • NASCAR on NBC
  • NASCAR America

New series:

• The More You Know
  • One Team: The Power of Sports
  • Wild Child

Not returning from 2019–20:

• The More You Know
  • Consumer 101

Renewals and cancellations

Series renewals

ABC

• NHL on ESPN—It was announced on March 10, 2021, that its sister network ESPN will regain the rights to the National Hockey League games (including 25 games slated to air on ESPN and ABC) for seven years through the 2027–28 season.^[4]

Fox

• XFL on Fox—Renewed through the 2022 season on May 6, 2019.^[5] The league announced it would not play a 2021 season on October 1, 2020, but would return for the 2022 season.^[6]

NBC

• Days of Our Lives—Renewed for a 57th and 58th season (running through September 2023) on May 11, 2021.^[7]

Cancellations

The CW

• The Jerry Springer Show—The network daytime run was meant to run for three seasons only. It concluded on September 17, 2021.

NBC

• NHL on NBC—On April 26, 2021, it was announced that NBC had backed out of negotiations for the partial contractual rights of the remainder of the National Hockey League games (including the New Year's Day Winter Classic) and awarded the rights to Turner Sports beginning with the 2021–22 season and lasted through 2027–28 season.^[8]

See also

• 2020–21 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 2020–21 United States network television schedule (late night)
• 2020-21 United States network television schedule (morning)
• 2020-21 United States network television schedule (overnight)

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: TV listings. Yahoo!.
2. Web site: Spangler. Todd. NBC Sports Extends Twitter Olympics Content Deal for Tokyo 2021, Beijing 2022. Variety. October 6, 2020.
3. The CW Network Expands Its Primetime Schedule to Saturday. The CW. The Futon Critic. May 13, 2021. May 16, 2021.
4. Web site: ESPN Scores NHL Package With Stanley Cup on ABC. Broadcasting & Cable. March 10, 2021. May 1, 2021.
5. Web site: XFL Strikes TV-Rights Deal With Fox, Disney. Steinberg. Brian. May 6, 2019. Variety. en. May 6, 2019.
6. Web site: XFL Announces Return to the Field in 2022. 2020-10-03. www.xfl.com. en.
7. Web site: 'Days Of Our Lives' Gets 2-Year Renewal Through Season 58 On NBC. Nellie Andreeva. Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. May 11, 2021. May 12, 2021.
8. Web site: WarnerMedia Snags Remaining NHL TV Rights as NBC Bows Out. Rick Porter. The Hollywood Reporter . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. April 26, 2021. May 1, 2021.