1980–81 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1980–81 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 1980 to August 1981.

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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.

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

Ask NBC News aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except Batman and the Super 7, Jonny Quest, and Drawing Power. Time Out aired after Jonny Quest.

ABC
Returning series
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * ABC World News Tonight
 * All My Children
 * American Bandstand
 * Animals, Animals, Animals
 * The Edge of Night
 * Family Feud
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Issues and Answers
 * Kids Are People Too
 * The Love Boat (reruns)
 * One Life to Live
 * The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy
 * Schoolhouse Rock!

New series
 * The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
 * Heathcliff and Dingbat
 * The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
 * Super Friends
 * Three's Company (reruns)
 * Thundarr the Barbarian

Canceled/Ended
 * The $20,000 Pyramid continued in syndication in 1981, then returned in 1982 on CBS
 * Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * Laverne & Shirley
 * Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
 * Spider-Woman
 * The World's Greatest Super Friends

CBS
Returning series
 * 30 Minutes
 * Alice (reruns)
 * The All New Popeye Hour
 * As the World Turns
 * The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (reruns)
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * Face the Nation
 * Guiding Light
 * Jason of Star Command (reruns)
 * The Jeffersons (reruns)
 * Morning
 * The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
 * The New Fat Albert Show
 * One Day at a Time (reruns)
 * The Price Is Right
 * The Robonic Stooges (reruns)
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * The Skatebirds (reruns)
 * Sunrise Semester
 * The Young and the Restless

New series
 * Drak Pack
 * The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
 * The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

Canceled/Ended
 * Beat the Clock
 * Love of Life
 * Shazam!
 * Tarzan and the Super 7
 * Whew! / Celebrity Whew!

NBC
Returning series
 * Another World
 * Card Sharks
 * The Daffy Duck Show (reruns)
 * Days of Our Lives
 * The Doctors
 * Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
 * Gambit (renamed Las Vegas Gambit)
 * Godzilla (reruns)
 * The Godzilla / Dynomutt Hour (reruns)
 * Hong Kong Phooey (reruns)
 * The Jetsons (reruns)
 * Jonny Quest (reruns)
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Password Plus
 * Texas
 * Today
 * Wheel of Fortune

New series
 * Batman and the Super 7
 * Blockbusters
 * Drawing Power
 * The Flintstone Comedy Show

Canceled/Ended
 * Casper and the Angels
 * Chain Reaction
 * The David Letterman Show
 * Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
 * The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour
 * High Rollers
 * The Hollywood Squares
 * Hot Hero Sandwich
 * Mindreaders
 * The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
 * The New Shmoo
 * The Super Globetrotters