2012–13 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 2012–13 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 2012 to August 2013. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2011–12 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), 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.

Light teal indicates sporting events.

Light purple indicates children's programming.

Light blue 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 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: On September 10, 2012, ABC moved General Hospital to 2:00 p.m. ET (a move done partly to accommodate the addition of the syndicated talk show Katie), and turned over the 3:00 p.m. ET hour to its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates.

ABC
Returning series:
 * ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
 * The Chew
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * The View
 * This Week with George Stephanopoluos
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure
 * Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
 * Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
 * Born to Explore with Richard Wiese
 * Sea Rescue
 * Food for Thought with Claire Thomas

New series:
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure
 * Recipe Rehab

Not returning from 2011–12:
 * Good Afternoon America
 * One Life to Live
 * The Revolution
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure
 * Culture Click
 * Everyday Health

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

New series:
 * Cookie Jar TV
 * Liberty’s Kids

Not returning from 2011-12
 * The Early Show
 * Cookie Jar TV
 * Danger Rangers
 * Horseland

The CW
New series:
 * The Bill Cunningham Show (moved from first-run syndication)
 * Vortexx
 * Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
 * Iron Man: Armored Adventures
 * Justice League Unlimited
 * WWE Saturday Morning Slam
 * Transformers: Prime
 * The New Adventures of Nanoboy
 * The Adventures of Chuck and Friends
 * B-Daman Crossfire
 * Bolts and Blip
 * The Spectacular Spider-Man

Returning series:
 * Yu-Gi-Oh!
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
 * Rescue Heroes
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai
 * Cubix: Robots for Everyone
 * Sonic X

Not returning from 2011–12:
 * Dr. Drew's Lifechangers
 * Toonzai
 * Tai Chi Chasers
 * Magi-Nation
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

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

NBC
Returning series:
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
 * Today with Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie
 * NBC Kids
 * Noodle and Doodle
 * Pajanimals
 * Poppy Cat
 * Justin Time
 * LazyTown
 * The Wiggles

New series:
 * NBC Kids
 * The Chica Show
 * Tree Fu Tom

Not returning from 2011-12:
 * Qubo (continues on Ion Television)
 * Turbo Dogs
 * Shelldon
 * The Magic School Bus (reruns)
 * Babar (reruns)
 * Willa's Wild Life
 * Pearlie
 * The Zula Patrol
 * Jane and the Dragon (reruns)