1997–98 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1997–98 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1997 to August 1998. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1996–97 season.

Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, branded as PTV at the time – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

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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 and/or E/I-compliant programming.

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

White with red border indicates other programs not applicable to the above categorizations.


 * 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 in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated or contracted station in their regular timeslot) 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:
 * ABC, NBC and CBS offered their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
 * NBC allowed owned-and-operated and affiliated stations the preference of airing Another World and Days of Our Lives in reverse order from the network's recommended scheduling. Some NBC affiliates did not air Sunset Beach in the noon timeslot, opting to air local news and/or syndicated programming instead, and often placing the soap opera in a late morning or afternoon time slot.
 * Fox Kids temporarily aired Eerie, Indiana Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. ET from November 10, 1997 to January 2, 1998.

Saturday
Notes:
 * Kids' WB temporarily aired Animaniacs aired at 8:00 a.m. ET until October 25, The New Batman/Superman Adventures aired at 9:00 a.m. ET until October 11, and The Legend of Calamity Jane aired at 10:00 a.m. ET from September 13 to 27, 1997.

ABC
Returning series:
 * ABC World News This Morning
 * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
 * All My Children
 * The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
 * Brand Spanking New! Doug
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Good Morning America Sunday
 * Jungle Cubs
 * The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (reruns)
 * One Life to Live
 * Port Charles
 * Schoolhouse Rock! (reruns)
 * This Week
 * The View

New series:
 * 101 Dalmatians: The Series
 * Disney's One Saturday Morning
 * Recess
 * Pepper Ann
 * Science Court

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * ABC Weekend Special
 * Bone Chillers
 * Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
 * The City
 * DuckTales (reruns)
 * Flash Forward
 * Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
 * The Mighty Ducks
 * Nightmare Ned
 * Street Sharks

CBS
Returning series:
 * As the World Turns
 * Beakman's World
 * The Bold and the Beautiful
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS Morning News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * CBS Storybreak (reruns)
 * CBS This Morning
 * Face the Nation
 * Guiding Light
 * The Price Is Right
 * The Young and the Restless

New series:
 * CBS News Saturday Morning
 * Fudge (reruns)
 * The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
 * The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show
 * The Weird Al Show
 * Wheel 2000

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
 * Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
 * The Mask: The Animated Series
 * Project Geeker
 * Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
 * The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

NBC
Returning series:
 * Another World
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Hang Time
 * Leeza
 * Meet the Press
 * NBA Inside Stuff
 * NBC News at Sunrise
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Saved by the Bell: The New Class
 * Sunset Beach
 * Today

New series:
 * City Guys

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * California Dreams
 * Real Life with Jane Pauley

Fox
Returning series:
 * Bobby's World
 * C Bear and Jamal
 * Eerie, Indiana (reruns)
 * Fox News Sunday
 * Goosebumps
 * Life with Louie
 * Power Rangers Power Playback
 * Power Rangers Turbo
 * Spider-Man
 * The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
 * Stickin' Around
 * X-Men

New series:
 * The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
 * Beetleborgs Metallix
 * Cartoon Cabana
 * Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
 * Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
 * Ned's Newt
 * Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
 * Power Rangers in Space
 * Silver Surfer
 * Space Goofs
 * Toonsylvania

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * The Adventures of Batman & Robin
 * Big Bad Beetleborgs
 * Eek! Stravaganza
 * Fox After Breakfast
 * Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates (reruns)
 * Power Rangers Zeo
 * The Tick
 * Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?

UPN
Returning series:
 * The Incredible Hulk
 * Jumanji

New series:
 * Algo's FACTory
 * Breaker High
 * Sweet Valley High

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * Bureau of Alien Detectors
 * The Mouse and the Monster

The WB
Returning series:
 * Animaniacs
 * Bugs 'n' Daffy
 * Pinky and the Brain
 * Superman: The Animated Series
 * The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

New series:
 * Batman: The Animated Series (reruns)
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers (reruns)
 * Channel Umptee-3
 * The Legend of Calamity Jane
 * Men in Black: The Series
 * The New Batman Adventures
 * Tiny Toon Adventures (reruns)

Not returning from 1996–97:
 * The Daffy Duck Show
 * Earthworm Jim
 * Freakazoid!
 * Road Rovers
 * Waynehead