2011–12 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 2011–12 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2011 to August 2012. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2010–11 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, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Fox (as the network does not air a daytime network schedule or network news expect on Sundays), MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).

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Light yellow indicates talk shows.

Green indicates soap operas.

Pink indicates game shows.

Gold indicates news programming.

White indicates local programming.

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

Light teal indicates sporting events.

Light purple indicates children's programming.

Light blue indicates other programs not applicable to the above categorizations.

Schedule

 * New series are highlighted in bold.
 * 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 station or digital subchannel 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

 * Note: After Good Afternoon America aired its final broadcast on September 7, ABC turned the 3:00 p.m. ET hour over to its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to accommodate syndicated programming.

ABC
Returning series:
 * ABC World News
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * One Life to Live
 * The View
 * This Week

New series:
 * The Chew
 * Good Afternoon America
 * The Revolution
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure
 * Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
 * Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
 * Born to Explore with Richard Wiese
 * Culture Click
 * Everyday Health
 * Food for Thought with Claire Thomas
 * Sea Rescue

Not returning from 2010–11:
 * All My Children
 * ABC Kids
 * The Emperor's New School
 * Hannah Montana
 * The Replacements
 * The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
 * That's So Raven

CBS
Returning series:
 * The Bold and the Beautiful
 * CBS Evening News
 * CBS News Sunday Morning
 * The Early Show
 * Face the Nation
 * Let's Make a Deal
 * The Price Is Right
 * The Talk
 * The Young and the Restless
 * Cookie Jar TV
 * Busytown Mysteries
 *  Horseland

New series:
 * CBS This Morning
 * Cookie Jar TV
 * Danger Rangers
 * The Doodlebops

Not returning from 2010-11:
 * Cookie Jar TV
 * Doodlebops Rockin’ Road Show
 * Sabrina's Secret Life
 * Sabrina: The Animated Series
 * Trollz

The CW
Returning series:
 * Toonzai
 * Cubix: Robots for Everyone (reruns)
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai
 * Magi-Nation
 * Sonic X (reruns)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! (reruns)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

New series:
 * Dr. Drew's Lifechangers
 * Toonzai
 * Tai Chi Chasers
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Not returning from 2010–11:
 * The Tyra Banks Show
 * Toonzai
 * Dinosaur King (reruns)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

FOX
Returning series:
 * Fox News Sunday
 * Fox Sports
 * Fox NFL
 * Fox NFL Sunday
 * Weekend Marketplace

New series:
 * MLB Player Poll

Not returning from 2010-11:
 * This Week In Baseball

NBC
Returning series:
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News
 * Today with Matt Lauer and Ann Curry / Savannah Guthrie
 * Qubo (shared with Ion Television, ending June 30)
 *  Babar (reruns)
 * Jane and the Dragon (reruns)
 * The Magic School Bus (reruns)
 * Pearlie
 * Shelldon
 * Turbo Dogs
 * Willa's Wild Life
 * The Zula Patrol

New series:
 * NBC Kids (starting July 7)
 * Noodle and Doodle
 * Pajanimals
 * Poppy Cat
 * Justin Time
 * LazyTown
 * The Wiggles

ABC

 * General Hospital—Renewed for a 50th season on April 11, 2012.

CBS

 * The Young and the Restless—Renewed for three additional seasons (encompassing the series' 38th, 39th and 40th seasons) on November 29, 2010.
 * The Bold and the Beautiful—Renewed for two additional seasons (encompassing the series' 48th and 49th seasons) on November 29, 2010.
 * The Talk—Renewed for a third season on November 29, 2010.

NBC

 * Days of Our Lives—Renewed for two seasons (encompassing the series' 46th and 47th seasons) on November 7, 2010.

ABC

 * One Life to Live—Canceled after 43 years on April 14, 2011; the series concluded its ABC run January 13, 2012.
 * The Revolution—Canceled on April 11, 2012; the series concluded on July 6, 2012.

The CW

 * Dr. Drew's Lifechangers—Canceled on February 10, 2012; the series concluded on May 11, 2012.