1985–86 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1985–86 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 1985 to August 1986.
Legend
- 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
- 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
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 | |
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ABC | Fall | ABC World News This Morning | Good Morning America | Local/syndicated programming | Three's a Crowd | All-Star Blitz | Ryan's Hope | Loving | All My Children | One Life to Live | General Hospital | Local/syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings | ||||||||||||||
Winter | Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak | New Love, American Style | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spring | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS | Fall | 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 | Body Language | Local/syndicated programming | CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | ||||||||||||
Winter | Card Sharks | Press Your Luck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Fall | NBC News at Sunrise | Today | Local/syndicated programming | Your Number's Up | Sale of the Century | Wheel of Fortune | Scrabble | Super Password | Search for Tomorrow | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Santa Barbara | Local/syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw | ||||||||||||
Winter | Family Ties |
CBS note: CBS returned the 4:00 p.m. timeslot to the affiliates beginning September 29, 1986, after Press Your Luck finished its run three days earlier, making CBS the last of the Big Three to return the timeslot to affiliates. Many CBS affiliates did not air network programming in the 4:00 p.m. timeslot, opting to instead air local or syndicated programming.
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 | 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 | |
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ABC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming |
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour | The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
ABC Funfit (10:25) |
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
ABC Funfit (11:25) |
The Littles | ABC Weekend Special | College Football on ABC | |||||||||||||||
November | Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
ABC Funfit (8:25) |
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour | The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
ABC Funfit (10:55) |
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Winter | American Bandstand | ABC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | ABC World News Saturday | |||||||||||||||||||||
March | Pink Panther and Sons (R)
ABC Funfit (8:25) |
The Littles | The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour | Laff-A-Lympics (R) | The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
ABC Funfit (11:55) | |||||||||||||||||||
CBS | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming |
The Berenstain Bears | Wuzzles | Muppets, Babies and Monsters | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | CBS Storybreak | Dungeons and Dragons | Land of the Lost (R) | The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | The Get Along Gang (R) | Pole Position (R) | CBS Sports and/or local programming | Local news | CBS Evening News | ||||||||||
October | Jim Henson's Muppet Babies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
January | Richie Rich (R)
Astro Minute (11:28) |
Pole Position (R) | The Get Along Gang (R) | CBS Sports and/or local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||
April | Wuzzles | The Berenstain Bears | |||||||||||||||||||||||
July | The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Local and/or syndicated programming |
Snorks | Adventures of the Gummi Bears | The Smurfs | Punky Brewster | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Kidd Video | Mister T | Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (R) | NBC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | NBC Nightly News |
In the News aired at the end of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Muppet Babies and CBS Storybreak.
One to Grow On aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except Punky Brewster and Mister T.
Sunday
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 | |
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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 | Local and/or syndicated programming |
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 | Local and/or syndicated programming |
NFL '85 | NFL on NBC and local programming | |||||||||||||||||||
Mid-winter | Local and/or syndicated programming |
NBC Sports and/or local programming | Local news | NBC Nightly News |
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html