1985–86 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1985–86 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 1985 to August 1986.

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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.

Monday–Friday
CBS note: CBS returned the 4:00 p.m. time slot to the affiliates beginning September 29, 1986, after Press Your Luck finished its run three days earlier, making CBS the last of the Big Three to return the time slot to affiliates. Many CBS affiliates did not air network programming in the 4:00 p.m. time slot, opting to air local and/or syndicated programming instead.

Saturday
In the News aired at the end of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Muppet Babies and CBS Storybreak; CBS would also move the Pacific Time Zone schedule feed for its Saturday Morning lineup from its 8 AM-2 PM (Eastern Time) pattern to the 7 AM-1 PM (Central Time) pattern. Also, the shows past 1PM were removed in January.

One to Grow On aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except Punky Brewster and Mister T.

ABC
Returning series
 * ABC Funfit
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * ABC World News This Morning
 * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
 * All My Children
 * All-Star Blitz
 * American Bandstand
 * The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Laff-A-Lympics (reruns)
 * The Littles
 * Loving
 * One Life to Live
 * Pink Panther and Sons (reruns) (moved from NBC)
 * Ryan's Hope
 * This Week with David Brinkley

New series
 * The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
 * Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
 * Ewoks
 * Fame, Fortune and Romance
 * Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
 * New Love, American Style
 * Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
 * Star Wars: Droids
 * The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
 * Three's a Crowd (reruns)

Not returning from 1984-85
 * Angie (reruns)
 * Celebrity Family Feud
 * Dragon's Lair
 * The Edge of Night
 * Family Feud revived in 1988 on CBS
 * Mighty Orbots
 * The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
 * The Puppy's Great Adventures
 * Rubik the Amazing Cube (reruns)
 * Scary Scooby Funnies
 * Schoolhouse Rock!
 * Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
 * Trivia Trap
 * Turbo Teen
 * Wolf Rock TV

CBS
Returning series
 * The $25,000 Pyramid
 * As the World Turns
 * Body Language
 * Capitol
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS Morning News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * CBS Storybreak
 * The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
 * Dungeons & Dragons
 * Face the Nation
 * The Get Along Gang (reruns)
 * Guiding Light
 * Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
 * Land of the Lost (reruns)
 * Pole Position (reruns)
 * Press Your Luck
 * The Price Is Right
 * Richie Rich (reruns)
 * The Young and the Restless

New Series
 * The Berenstain Bears
 * Card Sharks
 * Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
 * Little Muppet Monsters
 * The Wuzzles

Not Returning From 1984-85
 * The Biskitts (reruns)
 * The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * Pryor's Place
 * Saturday Supercade
 * Shirt Tales (reruns)

NBC
Returning Series
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks
 * Another World
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Kidd Video
 * Meet the Press
 * Mister T
 * NBC News at Sunrise
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Sale of the Century
 * Santa Barbara
 * Scrabble
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * The Smurfs
 * The Snorks
 * Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (reruns)
 * Super Password
 * Today
 * Wheel of Fortune

New Series
 * Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
 * Family Ties (reruns)
 * It's Punky Brewster
 * Your Number's Up

Not Returning From 1984-85
 * The Facts of Life (reruns)
 * Going Bananas
 * The Incredible Hulk (reruns)
 * Pink Panther and Sons (moved to ABC)
 * Silver Spoons (reruns)
 * Time Machine