1988–89 United States network television schedule (daytime)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning in September 1988. All times are Eastern; local schedules may differ.
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.
Fall 1988
Winter 1988-1989
| 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 | |
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| ABC | ABC World News This Morning | Good Morning America | local programming | The Home Show | Growing Pains reruns | Loving | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | local programming | ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings | |||||||||||||||
| CBS | CBS Morning News | CBS This Morning | local programming | Family Feud | Card Sharks | The Price is Right | local programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | local programming | CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | |||||||||||||
| NBC | NBC News at Sunrise | The Today Show with Jane Pauley & Bryant Gumbel | local programming | Sale of the Century | Classic Concentration | Wheel of Fortune | Win, Lose or Draw | Super Password | Scrabble | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Santa Barbara | local programming | NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw | ||||||||||||
Spring 1989
| 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 | |
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| ABC | ABC World News This Morning | Good Morning America | local programming | The Home Show | Growing Pains reruns | Loving | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | local programming | ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings | |||||||||||||||
| CBS | CBS Morning News | CBS This Morning | local programming | Family Feud | Now You See It | The Price is Right | local programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | local programming | CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | |||||||||||||
| NBC | NBC News at Sunrise | The Today Show with Jane Pauley & Bryant Gumbel | local programming | Scrabble | Classic Concentration | Wheel of Fortune | Win, Lose or Draw | local programming | Generations | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Santa Barbara | local programming | NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw | ||||||||||||
NOTE: NBC returned the 12:00 noon time slot to its affiliates beginning March 27, 1989, after Super Password finished its run three days earlier. Many NBC affiliates did not air the show in this timeslot, instead opting to air local news.
Summer 1989
| 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 | ABC World News This Morning | Good Morning America | local programming | The Home Show | Growing Pains reruns | Loving | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | local programming | ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings | |||||||||||||||
| CBS | CBS Morning News | CBS This Morning | local programming | Family Feud | Wheel of Fortune | The Price is Right | local programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | As the World Turns | Guiding Light | local programming | CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | |||||||||||||
| NBC | NBC News at Sunrise | The Today Show with Jane Pauley & Bryant Gumbel | local programming | Scrabble | Classic Concentration | The Golden Girls reruns | Win, Lose or Draw | local programming | Generations | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Santa Barbara | local programming | NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw | ||||||||||||
NOTE: The June 30 episode of Wheel of Fortune was the show's last episode to air on NBC at the time. After some changes were made to the show's format, CBS broadcast new episodes of the show starting July 17.