1977–78 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1977–78 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 1977 to August 1978.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Schedule

Monday-Friday

Network		6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Good Morning America		Local/syndicated programming			Happy Days reruns	Family Feud	The Better Sex	Ryan's Hope	All My Children		The $20,000 Pyramid	One Life to Live	3:00: One Life to Live 3:15: General Hospital		The Edge of Night	Local/syndicated programming	ABC Evening News
	Winter										The $20,000 Pyramid				One Life to Live		General Hospital				ABC Evening News
	Summer										The $20,000 Pyramid				One Life to Live		General Hospital				World News Tonight
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Morning News	Captain Kangaroo	Local/syndicated programming	Here's Lucy reruns	The Price Is Right		Love of Life 11:55 am: CBS Midday News	The Young and the Restless	Search for Tomorrow	Local/syndicated programming	As the World Turns		Guiding Light	All in the Family reruns	Match Game '77	Tattletales	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
	November						The Price Is Right		Match Game '77							Guiding Light		All in the Family reruns	Tattletales
	Winter						Tattletales	The Price Is Right											Match Game '78
	Spring						Pass the Buck
	Summer						The New Tic Tac Dough
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Today		Local/syndicated programming	Sanford and Son reruns	The Hollywood Squares 10:57 am: NBC News Update	Wheel of Fortune	Knockout	To Say the Least	Chico and the Man reruns	Local/syndicated programming	Days of Our Lives		The Doctors	Another World		The Gong Show	Local/syndicated programming	NBC Nightly News
	Winter						Sanford and Son reruns		Wheel of Fortune	Knockout	To Say the Least	The Gong Show 12:57 pm: NBC News Update	For Richer, For Poorer						Local/syndicated programming
	Spring						Card Sharks		The New High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	Sanford and Son reruns	The Gong Show 12:57 pm: NBC News Update
	Summer						Card Sharks		The New High Rollers	Wheel of Fortune	America Alive! 12:57 pm: NBC News Update

Notes

Programs aired before 9:00AM aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester was a half-hour program which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station.
Programs scheduled after 10:00 AM Eastern aired one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 AM) in the Central and Pacific time zones. Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year.
Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs.
On ABC, ABC Evening News / World News Tonight was produced at 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central, and aired live by some affiliates. This early feed of the broadcast was discontinued in 1982.
A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show.

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming		The All-New Super Friends Hour / Schoolhouse Rock! (8:56AM)		Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics / Schoolhouse Rock! (10:56AM)				The Krofft Supershow / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:56AM)		ABC Weekend Special	American Bandstand		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour		What's New, Mr. Magoo?	The Skatebirds		Space Academy	The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour		Wacko	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (R)	The Secrets of Isis (R)	CBS Saturday Film Festival	CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News	Local/syndicated programming
	November			The Skatebirds		The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show			The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour		Space Academy	The Secrets of Isis (R)	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (R)	What's New, Mr. Magoo?
	Spring			The Robonic Stooges	Speed Buggy (R)	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show			The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour		The Secrets of Isis (R)	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (R)	Space Academy	What's New, Mr. Magoo?
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming	Think Pink Panther	CB Bears		Young Sentinels	The New Archie and Sabrina Hour		I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali	Thunder	Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team	Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	The Red Hand Gang	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming			Local/syndicated programming	NBC Saturday Night News
	October		Think Pink Panther	CB Bears		Space Sentinels	The Bang-Shang Lollapalooza Show	Super Witch	I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali	Thunder	Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team	Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	The Red Hand Gang
	Spring		I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali	Hong Kong Phooey (R)	The Go-Go Globetrotters				Space Sentinels	Think Pink Panther	Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	Land of the Lost (R)	Thunder

In the News aired ten times during CBS' Saturday morning shows.

Sunday

Network		7:00 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local/syndicated programming					Jabberjaw (R)	The Great Grape Ape Show (R)	Animals, Animals, Animals	Issues and Answers		ABC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming
CBS	Fall	Local/syndicated programming	Ark II (R)	The Ghost Busters (R)	Local/syndicated programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face The Nation	Local/syndicated programming	The NFL Today	NFL on CBS and/or local/syndicated programming	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
CBS	Winter	Local/syndicated programming	Ark II (R)	The Ghost Busters (R)	Local/syndicated programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face The Nation	CBS Sports and/or local/syndicated programming			Local/syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming								Meet The Press	NFL '77	NFL on NBC and/or local/syndicated programming	Local/syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News
NBC	Winter	Local									Meet The Press	NBC Sports and/or local/syndicated programming/syndicated programming	Local/syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News