1977–78 United States network television schedule (daytime)
These are the daytime Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk shows are highlited in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
Fall 1977
| 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 | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | |
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| ABC | local programming | Good Morning America | local programming | Happy Days reruns | Family Feud | The Better Sex | Ryan's Hope | All My Children | $20,000 Pyramid | 2:30 PM: General Hospital
3:15 PM: One Life to Live |
The Edge of Night | ||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | CBS Morning News | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | Here's Lucy reruns | The Price is Right | 11:30 AM: Love of Life
11:55 AM: CBS News |
The Young and the Restless | Search for Tomorrow | local programming | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | All in the Family reruns | Match Game '77 | Tattletales | ||||||
| NBC | local programming | The Today Show | local programming | Sanford and Son reruns | Hollywood Squares | Wheel of Fortune | Knockout | To Say the Least | Chico and the Man reruns | local programming | Days of Our Lives | The Doctors | Another World | The Gong Show | |||||||
Winter 1977-1978
| 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 | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | ||
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| ABC | local programming | Good Morning America | local programming | Happy Days reruns | Family Feud | $20,000 Pyramid | Ryan's Hope | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | The Edge of Night | |||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | CBS Morning News | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | The Price is Right | Match Game '78 | 11:30 AM: Love of Life
11:55 AM: CBS News |
The Young and the Restless | Search for Tomorrow | local programming | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | All in the Family reruns | Tattletales | ||||||||
| NBC | local programming | The Today Show | local programming | Sanford and Son reruns | Hollywood Squares | Wheel of Fortune | Knockout | To Say the Least | The Gong Show | For Richer, For Poorer | Days of Our Lives | The Doctors | Another World | local programming | ||||||||
NOTES: Guiding Light expands from 30 minutes to 1 hour on November 7, while One Life to Live and General Hospital expand from 45 minutes to 1 hour on January 16. NBC rescinds the 4:00 PM time slot to its affiliates on December 6 and reclaims 1:00 PM in its place to accommodate the new soap For Richer, For Poorer.
Spring 1978
| 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 | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | Good Morning America | local programming | Happy Days reruns | Family Feud | $20,000 Pyramid | Ryan's Hope | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | The Edge of Night | |||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | CBS Morning News | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | Pass the Buck | The Price is Right | 11:30 AM: Love of Life
11:55 AM: CBS News |
The Young and the Restless | Search for Tomorrow | local programming | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | All in the Family reruns | Match Game '78 | ||||||||
| NBC | local programming | The Today Show | local programming | Card Sharks | Hollywood Squares | High Rollers | Wheel of Fortune | Sanford and Son reruns | The Gong Show | For Richer, For Poorer | Days of Our Lives | The Doctors | Another World | local programming | ||||||||
Summer 1978
| 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 | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | Good Morning America | local programming | Happy Days reruns | Family Feud | $20,000 Pyramid | Ryan's Hope | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | The Edge of Night | |||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | CBS Morning News | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | Tic Tac Dough | The Price is Right | 11:30 AM: Love of Life
11:55 AM: CBS News |
The Young and the Restless | Search for Tomorrow | local programming | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | All in the Family reruns | Match Game '78 | ||||||||
| NBC | local programming | The Today Show | local programming | Card Sharks | Hollywood Squares | High Rollers | Wheel of Fortune | America Alive | For Richer, For Poorer | Days of Our Lives | The Doctors | Another World | local programming | |||||||||