1983–84 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1983–84 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 1983 to August 1984.

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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 programming.
  •   Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
  • New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule

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  • 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 to other timeslots) 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

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Network 6:00 am 6:30 am 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 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Fall ABC World News This Morning Good Morning America Local/syndicated programming Benson Loving Family Feud Ryan's Hope

FYI (12:58; until December 30)

All My Children One Life to Live

FYI (2:58; until December 30)

General Hospital

FYI (3:58; until December 30)

The Edge of Night Local/syndicated programming ABC World News Tonight
Summer The Love Report
August Celebrity Family Feud
CBS Fall Local/syndicated programming CBS Early Morning News The CBS Morning News Local/syndicated programming The $25,000 Pyramid Press Your Luck The Price Is Right Local/syndicated programming The Young and the Restless As the World Turns Capitol Guiding Light Tattletales Local/syndicated programming CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Summer Body Language
NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming NBC News at Sunrise Today Local/syndicated programming Diff'rent Strokes Sale of the Century Wheel of Fortune Dream House The Facts of Life Search for Tomorrow Days of Our Lives Another World Fantasy Local/syndicated programming NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
October GO
Late October Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Winter The Facts of Life Hot Potato
Summer Scrabble Diff'rent Strokes Santa Barbara

Notes:

  • During the two weeks that the 1984 Summer Olympics was broadcast on ABC, all regular programming was pre-empted except for 40-minute versions of All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital, which ran from July 30 through August 3 from 2 pm ET/11 am PT to 4 pm ET/1 pm PT and August 6 through August 10 from 1 pm ET/10 am PT to 3 pm ET/12 noon PT.
  • The New Newlywed Game aired on ABC from February 13 to 17, 1984 at 11:00AM EST. Hosted by Jim Lange, it was a test week of shows to see if a daytime version of Newlywed Game might be feasible for ABC. The series did re-emerge eighteen months later in syndication with Bob Eubanks hosting again; he couldn't host the February 1984 week of shows because he was hosting Dream House on NBC at the time.

Saturday

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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 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The Best of Scooby-Doo

Menudo on ABC (8:25)

The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour

Menudo on ABC (10:25)

The Littles The Puppy's Further Adventures The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show

Schoolhouse Rock! (11:55)

ABC Weekend Special American Bandstand ABC Sports and/or local programming Local news ABC World News Saturday
February Monchhichis The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

Schoolhouse Rock! (8:55)

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show The Best of Scooby-Doo

Menudo on ABC (11:55)

CBS Fall Captain Kangaroo The Biskitts Saturday Supercade Dungeons & Dragons The Dukes The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show The New Fat Albert Show CBS Children's Film Festival CBS Sports and/or local programming Local news CBS Evening News
November Plastic Man (R)
February The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (R) The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show The Biskitts Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
NBC Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The Flintstone Funnies Shirt Tales The Smurfs Alvin and the Chipmunks Mister T The Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk Thundarr the Barbarian (R) NBC Sports and/or local programming Local news NBC Nightly News

In the News aired at the end of most of CBS' Saturday morning shows.

One to Grow On aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except The Flintstone Funnies, Mister T, and Thundarr the Barbarian.

Sunday

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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 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Local and/or
syndicated programming
This Week with David Brinkley ABC Sports and/or local programming Local news ABC World News Sunday
CBS Fall Captain Kangaroo Meatballs and Spaghetti (R) Gilligan's Planet (R) CBS News Sunday Morning Face the Nation Local and/or
syndicated programming
The NFL Today NFL on CBS and/or local programming
Mid-winter Local and/or
syndicated programming
CBS Sports and/or local programming Local news CBS Evening News
NBC Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
Meet the Press NFL '83 NFL on NBC and local programming
Mid-winter NBC Sports and/or local programming Local news NBC Nightly News

By network

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See also

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Sources

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