2015–16 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 2015–16 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 2015 to August 2016. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2014–15 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).

Legend
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 and/or E/I-compliant 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.
 * Most of NBC's daytime programming had been preempted from August 6 to 21, 2016 due to the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Monday-Friday

 * Note: CBS owned-and-operated and affiliate stations have the option of airing Let's Make a Deal at either 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. Eastern, depending on the station's choice of feed.

Saturday
Notes:
 * (‡) ABC and Fox do not handle programming responsibilities for their programming blocks, but offers syndicated blocks of E/I-compliant programming that are intended for exclusive distribution to their stations. Litton's Weekend Adventure is offered to ABC stations by arrangement with Litton Entertainment and Xploration Station is offered to Fox stations by arrangement with Steve Rotfeld Productions.
 * To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
 * Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend. Scheduling overruns may occur due to events going into overtime, weather delays or other game stoppages, preempting scheduled local or syndicated programming.

Sunday
Notes:
 * To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
 * Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend. Scheduling overruns may occur due to events going into overtime, weather delays or other game stoppages, preempting scheduled local or syndicated programming.

ABC
Returning series:
 * ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
 * ESPN on ABC
 * ESPN College Football on ABC
 * The Chew
 * General Hospital
 * Good Morning America
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure(‡)
 * Born to Explore with Richard Wiese
 * Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
 * Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
 * Sea Rescue
 * The Wildlife Docs
 * The View
 * This Week with George Stephanopoulos

New series:
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure(‡)
 * Rock the Park (moved from The CW's One Magnificent Morning)

Not returning from 2014–15:
 * Litton's Weekend Adventure(‡)
 * Outback Adventures with Tim Faulkner

CBS
Returning series:
 * The Bold and the Beautiful
 * CBS Dream Team
 * Dr. Chris Pet Vet
 * Game Changers with Kevin Frazier
 * Lucky Dog
 * The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca
 * CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley
 * CBS This Morning
 * CBS Sports
 * College Football on CBS/SEC on CBS
 * NFL on CBS
 * The NFL Today
 * CBS Sunday Morning
 * Face the Nation
 * Let's Make a Deal
 * The Price is Right
 * The Talk
 * The Young and the Restless

New series:
 * CBS Dream Team
 * Chicken Soup for the Soul's Hidden Heroes
 * The Inspectors
 * CBS Weekend News

Not returning from 2014–15:
 * CBS Dream Team
 * All In with Laila Ali
 * Recipe Rehab

The CW
Returning series:
 * The Bill Cunningham Show
 * One Magnificent Morning
 * Calling Dr. Pol
 * Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: Family Edition
 * Dog Town, USA
 * Expedition Wild
 * Rock the Park (moved to ABC's Litton's Weekend Adventure)

New series:
 * One Magnificent Morning
 * Dream Quest
 * Hatched
 * Save Our Shelter

Not returning from 2014–15:
 * One Magnificent Morning
 * The Brady Barr Experience

Fox
Returning series:
 * Fox News Sunday
 * Fox Sports
 * Fox NFL
 * Fox NFL Sunday
 * Xploration Station(‡)
 * Xploration Animal Science
 * Xploration Awesome Planet
 * Xploration Outer Space
 * Xploration Earth 2050
 * Weekend Marketplace

New series:
 * Fox Sports
 * Fox NFL Kickoff
 * Xploration Station(‡)
 * Xploration DIY Sci
 * Xploration FabLab
 * Xploration Nature Knows Best
 * Xploration Weird But True

NBC
Returning series:
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Meet the Press
 * NBC Kids
 * Astroblast!
 * The Chica Show
 * Earth to Luna!
 * LazyTown (reruns only)
 * Noodle and Doodle
 * Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
 * Tree Fu Tom
 * NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
 * Today

New series:
 * NBC Kids
 * Clangers
 * Floogals
 * Nina's World
 * Terrific Trucks

Not returning from 2014–15:
 * NBC Kids
 * Poppy Cat (continues on Sprout)