These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three American television networks for each calendar season, beginning in September 1979. All times listed are Eastern time.
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Talk shows are highlighted 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.
NOTES:
1) Programs marked with an asterisk (*) aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester and NBC News at Sunrise were half-hour programs which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station.
2) Programs scheduled after 10:00 AM Eastern aired one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 AM) in the Central and Pacific time zones. Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year.
2) Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs.
3) On ABC, World News Tonight was produced at 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central, and aired live by some affiliates. This early feed of the broadcast was discontinued in 1982.
Winter 1979–1980
NOTE: On CBS, Love of Life aired its final episode on February 1, 1980. The following Monday, February 4, The Young and the Restless expanded to a full hour.
Spring 1980
NOTE: On CBS, The Young and the Restless was expanded from 30 minutes to one hour on February 4, 1980. The noon time slot is rescinded to affiliates in exchange for 1:00 pm.
Summer 1980
NOTES: On NBC, The David Letterman Show debuted on June 23, and Texas debuted on August 4. Another World and The David Letterman Show were reduced from 1 1⁄2 hours to one hour on August 4 to accommodate the one-hour timeslot of Texas.