1979–80 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1979–80 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 1979 to August 1980.

Legend
Light yellow indicates talk shows.

Green indicates soap operas.

Pink indicates game shows.

Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.

Light teal indicates sporting events.

White indicates local programming.

Light purple indicates children's programming.

Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).


 * New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule

 * All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
 * Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs to other timeslots) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.

Monday–Friday
Notes:
 * Programs aired before 9:00AM aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester was a half-hour program which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Love of Life ended its run on the air on CBS on February 1, 1980. It was replaced by reruns of CBS comedy reruns, such as One Day at a Time.
 * A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show.
 * FYI aired on ABC at 12:58PM, 2:58PM, and 3:58PM starting January 14.

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

On NBC, Ask NBC News aired after Casper and the Angels, Super Globetrotters, and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, and Time Out aired after Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, The New Shmoo and Godzilla.
 * By the end of the season, Ask NBC News aired after The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour, Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo, and The Daffy Duck Show, and Time Out aired after The Jetsons and Jonny Quest.

ABC
Returning Series
 * The $20,000 Pyramid
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * ABC World News Tonight
 * All My Children
 * American Bandstand
 * Animals, Animals, Animals
 * Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
 * The Edge of Night
 * Family Feud
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Issues and Answers
 * Kids Are People Too
 * Laff-A-Lympics (reruns)
 * Laverne & Shirley (reruns)
 * One Life to Live
 * Ryan's Hope
 * Schoolhouse Rock!

New Series
 * The Love Boat (reruns)
 * The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
 * Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
 * Spider-Woman
 * The World's Greatest Super Friends

Not Returning From 1978-79
 * The All New Pink Panther Show
 * Bigfoot and Wildboy
 * Challenge of the Super Friends
 * Fangface
 * Happy Days (reruns)
 * Scooby's All Stars (reruns)
 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

CBS
Returning Series
 * 30 Minutes
 * The All New Popeye Hour
 * As the World Turns
 * The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * CBS Children's Film Festival
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * Face the Nation
 * The New Fat Albert Show
 * Guiding Light
 * Jason of Star Command
 * Love of Life
 * Morning
 * The Price Is Right
 * The Robonic Stooges (reruns)
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * Shazam! (reruns)
 * The Skatebirds (reruns)
 * Sunrise Semester
 * Tarzan and the Super 7
 * Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
 * Whew!
 * The Young and the Restless

New Series
 * Alice (reruns)
 * Beat the Clock
 * The Jeffersons (reruns)
 * The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
 * One Day at a Time (reruns)

Not Returning From 1978-79
 * All in the Family (reruns)
 * Ark II (reruns)
 * Camera Three
 * Clue Club (reruns)
 * Lamp Unto My Feet
 * Look Up and Live
 * M*A*S*H (reruns)
 * Match Game moved to syndication
 * Space Academy (reruns)
 * Tattletales
 * What's New, Mr. Magoo? (reruns)

NBC
Returning Series
 * Another World
 * The Daffy Duck Show
 * Days of Our Lives
 * The Doctors
 * Card Sharks
 * Godzilla
 * High Rollers
 * The Hollywood Squares
 * The Jetsons (reruns)
 * Jonny Quest (reruns)
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Mindreaders
 * Password Plus
 * Today
 * Wheel of Fortune

New Series
 * Casper and the Angels
 * Chain Reaction
 * The David Letterman Show
 * Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
 * Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
 * Hot Hero Sandwich
 * The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
 * The New Shmoo
 * The Super Globetrotters
 * Texas

Not Returning From 1978-79
 * All Star Secrets
 * The Alvin Show (reruns)
 * America Alive!
 * Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (reruns)
 * Buford and the Galloping Ghost
 * Fabulous Funnies
 * The New Fantastic Four
 * Galaxy Goof-Ups
 * Jana of the Jungle
 * Jeopardy! returned in 1984 in first-run syndication
 * The Krofft Superstar Hour
 * The New Fred and Barney Show
 * The Metric Marvels
 * Yogi's Space Race