1978–79 United States network television schedule (daytime)

These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning in September 1978. All times are Eastern.

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.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Fall 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	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 programming		Good Morning America				local programming				Happy Days reruns	Family Feud	The $20,000 Pyramid	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		The Edge of Night	local				ABC's World News Tonight
CBS	Sunrise Semester		CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		local programming		All in the Family Repeats	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		M*A*S*H Repeats	Match Game '78	local				CBS Evening News
NBC	NBC News Sunrise		The Today Show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley				local programming		Card Sharks	Jeopardy!	High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	America Alive		The Hollywood Squares	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World		local					NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley

Winter 1978-1979

	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	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 programming		Good Morning America				local programming				Happy Days reruns	Family Feud	The $20,000 Pyramid	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		The Edge of Night	local				ABC's World News Tonight
CBS	Sunrise Semester		Morning with Bob Schieffer		Captain Kangaroo		local programming		All in the Family Repeats	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		M*A*S*H Repeats	Match Game '79	local				CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
NBC	NBC News Sunrise		The Today Show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley				local programming		Card Sharks	All Star Secrets	High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	Password Plus	The Hollywood Squares	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World		local					NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley

Spring 1979

	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	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 programming		Good Morning America				local programming				Laverne and Shirley reruns	Family Feud	The $20,000 Pyramid	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		The Edge of Night	local				ABC's World News Tonight
CBS	Sunrise Semester		Morning with Bob Schieffer		Captain Kangaroo		local programming		All in the Family reruns	Whew!	The Price Is Right		The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	local programming	As the World Turns		Guiding Light		M*A*S*H Repeats	Love of Life	local				CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
NBC	NBC News Sunrise		The Today Show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley				local programming		Card Sharks	All Star Secrets	High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	Password Plus	The Hollywood Squares	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World			local					NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley

Notes: Another World expanded from 1 hour to 90 minutes on March 5–9, 1979. The Price is Right moved to 11:00 am time slot on April 23–27, 1979, where as of the 2017-18 season, it remains.

Summer 1979

	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	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 programming		Good Morning America				local programming				Laverne and Shirley reruns	Family Feud	The $20,000 Pyramid	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		One Life to Live		General Hospital		The Edge of Night	local				ABC's World News Tonight
CBS	Sunrise Semester		Morning with Bob Schieffer		Captain Kangaroo		local programming		All in the Family reruns	Whew!	The Price Is Right		The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	local programming	As the World Turns		Guiding Light		M*A*S*H Repeats	Love of Life	local				CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
NBC	NBC News Sunrise		The Today Show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley				local programming		Card Sharks	The Hollywood Squares	High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	Mindreaders	Password Plus	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World			local					NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley

Notes

♦ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast.

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