1977–78 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1977–78 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1977 to August 1978.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange , game shows are pink , soap operas are chartreuse , news programs are gold , children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Saturday
In the News aired ten times during CBS' Saturday morning shows.

ABC
Returning Series
 * The $20,000 Pyramid
 * ABC Evening News
 * All My Children
 * American Bandstand
 * Animals, Animals, Animals
 * The Better Sex
 * The Edge of Night
 * Family Feud
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * The Great Grape Ape Show (reruns)
 * Happy Days (reruns)
 * Issues and Answers
 * Jabberjaw (reruns)
 * The Krofft Supershow
 * One Life to Live
 * Ryan's Hope
 * Schoolhouse Rock!

New Series
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * ABC World News Tonight
 * The All-New Super Friends Hour
 * Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Not Returning From 1976-77
 * The Don Ho Show
 * Hot Seat
 * Junior Almost Anything Goes!
 * The Mumbly Cartoon Show
 * The New Adventures of Gilligan (reruns)
 * The Oddball Couple (reruns)
 * The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
 * Second Chance returned in 1983 on CBS as Press Your Luck
 * Super Friends (reruns)
 * The Tom and Jerry Show

CBS
Returning Series
 * All in the Family (reruns)
 * Ark II (reruns)
 * As the World Turns
 * The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
 * Camera Three
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * CBS Children's Film Festival
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS Morning News
 * Face the Nation
 * Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (reruns)
 * The Ghost Busters (reruns)
 * Guiding Light
 * Here's Lucy (reruns)
 * Lamp Unto My Feet
 * Look Up and Live
 * Love of Life
 * Match Game
 * The New Adventures of Batman (reruns)
 * The Price Is Right
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * The Secrets of Isis (reruns)
 * Speed Buggy (reruns)
 * Sunrise Semester
 * Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
 * Tattletales
 * The Young and the Restless

New Series
 * The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
 * The New Tic Tac Dough
 * Pass the Buck
 * The Robonic Stooges
 * Space Academy
 * The Skatebirds
 * Wacko
 * What's New, Mr. Magoo?

Not Returning From 1976-77
 * Clue Club
 * Double Dare
 * Far Out Space Nuts (reruns)
 * Gambit
 * The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (reruns)
 * Shazam!
 * Way Out Games

NBC
Returning Series
 * Another World
 * Chico and the Man (reruns)
 * Days of Our Lives
 * The Doctors
 * The Gong Show
 * High Rollers'''
 * The Hollywood Squares
 * Hong Kong Phooey (reruns)
 * Land of the Lost (reruns)
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News
 * NBC Saturday Night News
 * NBC Sunday Night News
 * Think Pink Panther
 * Sanford and Son (reruns)
 * Today
 * Wheel of Fortune

New Series
 * I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali
 * America Alive!
 * Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
 * Card Sharks
 * CB Bears
 * The Go-Go Globetrotters (Combined reruns of Harlem Globetrotters with Space Ghost, The Herculoids and CB Bears)
 * For Richer, For Poorer
 * Knockout
 * The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
 * The Red Hand Gang
 * Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team
 * Space Sentinels
 * Thunder
 * To Say the Least

Not Returning From 1976-77
 * 50 Grand Slam
 * Big John, Little John
 * It's Anybody's Guess
 * The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.
 * Lovers and Friends
 * McDuff, the Talking Dog
 * Monster Squad
 * Muggsy
 * Name That Tune
 * Shoot for the Stars
 * Somerset
 * Stumpers!