1987–88 United States network television schedule (daytime)
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The 1987–88 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 1987 to August 1988.
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- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Light yellow indicates talk shows.
- {{Color box|#7fff00|border=darkgray}} Green indicates soap operas.
- {{Color box|#ffc0cb|border=darkgray}} Pink indicates game shows.
- {{Color box|#ffd700|border=darkgray}} Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
- {{Color box|#99ccff|border=darkgray}} Light teal indicates sporting events.
- {{Color box|#ffffff|border=darkgray}} White indicates local programming.
- {{Color box|#bf9fef|border=darkgray}} Light purple indicates children's programming.
- {{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
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- 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 later 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=
| class=wikitable
!bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"|Network !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:00 am !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:30 am !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|noon !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|12:30 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:00 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:30 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:00 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:30 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:00 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:30 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:00 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:30 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:00 pm !width="14%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:30 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:00 pm !width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:30 pm |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="3"|ABC
! Fall |bgcolor="gold" rowspan="3"colspan="2"|ABC World News This Morning |bgcolor="gold" rowspan="3"colspan="4"|Good Morning America |bgcolor="white" rowspan="3"colspan="4"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="C0C0C0" rowspan="2"|Who's the Boss? |bgcolor="C0C0C0" rowspan="1"|Mr. Belvedere |bgcolor="chartreuse" rowspan="3"|Ryan's Hope |bgcolor="chartreuse" rowspan="3"|Loving |bgcolor="chartreuse" rowspan="3"colspan="2"|All My Children |bgcolor="chartreuse" rowspan="3"colspan="2"|One Life to Live |bgcolor="chartreuse" rowspan="3"colspan="2"|General Hospital |bgcolor="white" rowspan="3"colspan="5"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="gold" rowspan="3"colspan="1"|ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings |
|---|
| Winter
|bgcolor="yellow" rowspan="2"|The Home Show |
| Summer
|bgcolor="C0C0C0" rowspan="1"|Growing Pains |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4"|CBS
! Fall |bgcolor="gold"rowspan="1"colspan="3"|CBS Morning News |bgcolor="yellow"rowspan="1"colspan="3"|The Morning Program |bgcolor="white"rowspan="4"colspan="2"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="pink"rowspan="1"|The $25,000 Pyramid |bgcolor="pink"rowspan="4"|Card Sharks |bgcolor="pink"rowspan="4"colspan="2"|The Price Is Right |bgcolor="white"rowspan="4"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="chartreuse"rowspan="4"colspan="2"|The Young and the Restless |bgcolor="chartreuse"rowspan="4"|The Bold and the Beautiful |bgcolor="chartreuse"rowspan="4"colspan="2"|As the World Turns |bgcolor="chartreuse"rowspan="4"colspan="2"|Guiding Light |bgcolor="white"rowspan="4"colspan="5"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="gold"rowspan="4"|CBS Evening News with Dan Rather |
| Winter
|bgcolor="gold"rowspan="3"colspan="2"|CBS Morning News |bgcolor="gold"rowspan="3"colspan="4"|CBS This Morning |bgcolor="pink"rowspan="1"|Blackout |
| Spring
|bgcolor="pink"rowspan="1"|The $25,000 Pyramid |
| Summer
|bgcolor="pink"rowspan="1"|Family Feud |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"|NBC
|bgcolor="gold"|Before Hours |bgcolor="gold"|NBC News at Sunrise |bgcolor="gold" colspan="4"|Today |bgcolor="white" colspan="2"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="pink"|Sale of the Century |bgcolor="pink"|Classic Concentration |bgcolor="pink"|Wheel of Fortune |bgcolor="pink"|Win, Lose or Draw |bgcolor="pink"|Super Password |bgcolor="pink"|Scrabble |bgcolor="chartreuse" colspan="2"|Days of Our Lives |bgcolor="chartreuse" colspan="2"|Another World |bgcolor="chartreuse" colspan="2"|Santa Barbara |bgcolor="white" colspan="5"|Local/syndicated programming |bgcolor="gold"|NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw |
=Saturday=
| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
! width="1.5%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"|Network ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|noon ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|12:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:30 pm |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="3"|ABC
! Fall | bgcolor="white" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Local and/or | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Care Bears Family | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Little Clowns of Happytown | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="3"|My Pet Monster | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|All New Pound Puppies | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Little Wizards | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Real Ghostbusters | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Flintstone Kids | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="3"|Animal Crack-Ups | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="3"|ABC Weekend Special | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="12"rowspan="1"|College Football on ABC |
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| Winter
| bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Little Clowns of Happytown | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="2"|All New Pound Puppies | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Little Wizards | bgcolor="bf9fef" colspan="2"rowspan="2"|The Real Ghostbusters | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Flintstone Kids | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="10"rowspan="2"|ABC Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"|Local news | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"|ABC World News Saturday |
| Summer
| bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Little Wizards | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|The Flintstone Kids | colspan="2"rowspan="1" bgcolor="bf9fef" |The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"|CBS
! Fall | bgcolor="white" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Local and/or | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="2"|Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater | bgcolor="bf9fef" colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Jim Henson's Muppet Babies | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="2"|Pee-wee's Playhouse | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="2"|Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="2"|Popeye and Son | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Teen Wolf | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|CBS Storybreak | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Kidd Video {{small|(R)}} | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="10"rowspan="2"|CBS Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"|Local news | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"|CBS Evening News |
| Winter
| bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Dennis the Menace | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Teen Wolf | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan="1"|Galaxy High {{small|(R)}} |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"|NBC
! Fall | bgcolor="white" rowspan="2"colspan="2"|Local and/or | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan=2 |Adventures of the Gummi Bears | bgcolor="bf9fef" colspan=3 rowspan=2|The Smurfs | bgcolor="bf9fef"rowspan="1"|Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan=2 |Alvin and the Chipmunks | bgcolor="bf9fef"rowspan="1"|ALF | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan=2 |The New Archies | bgcolor="bf9fef" rowspan=2 |Foofur | bgcolor="bf9fef"rowspan="2"|I'm Telling! | bgcolor="99ccff" rowspan="2"colspan="10"|NBC Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold"rowspan="2"|Local news | bgcolor="gold"rowspan="2"|NBC Nightly News |
| November
| rowspan="1" bgcolor="bf9fef" |ALF | bgcolor="bf9fef"rowspan="1"|Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock |
CBS note: Muppet Babies expanded to 90 minutes for this season to take the spot that would have been filled by Garbage Pail Kids; which had been pulled shortly before the season began due to criticisms from groups such as Action for Children's Television and American Family Association.
=Sunday=
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! width="1.5%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"|Network ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|7:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|8:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|9:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|10:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:00 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|11:30 am ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|noon ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|12:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|1:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|2:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|3:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|4:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|5:30 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:00 pm ! width="4%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|6:30 pm |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"|ABC
| bgcolor="white" colspan="7"|Local and/or | bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|This Week with David Brinkley | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="13"|ABC Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold"|Local news | bgcolor="gold"|ABC World News Sunday |
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| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"|CBS
! Fall | bgcolor="white" rowspan="2"colspan="4"|Local and/or | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"colspan="3"|CBS News Sunday Morning | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"colspan="1"|Face the Nation | bgcolor="white" rowspan="2"colspan="2"|Local and/or | bgcolor="99ccff" rowspan="1"|The NFL Today | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="13" rowspan="1"|NFL on CBS and/or local programming |
| Mid-winter
| bgcolor="99ccff" rowspan="1"colspan="12"|CBS Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold"rowspan="1"|Local news | bgcolor="gold"rowspan="1"|CBS Evening News |
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"|NBC
! Fall | bgcolor="white" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Local and/or | bgcolor="gold" colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Sunday Today | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="2"|Meet the Press | bgcolor="white" colspan="4" rowspan="2"|Local and/or | bgcolor="99ccff" rowspan="1"|NFL Live! | bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="13" rowspan="1"|NFL on NBC |
| Mid-winter
| bgcolor="99ccff" colspan="12" rowspan="1"|NBC Sports and/or local programming | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="1"|Local news | bgcolor="gold" rowspan="1"|NBC Nightly News |
By network
=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]=
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Returning series
- ABC Weekend Special
- ABC World News This Morning
- ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
- All My Children
- The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
- The Care Bears Family
- The Flintstone Kids
- General Hospital
- Good Morning America
- Loving
- One Life to Live
- All New Pound Puppies
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Ryan's Hope
- This Week with David Brinkley
- Who's the Boss? {{small|(reruns)}}
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New series
- Animal Crack-Ups {{small|(moving from primetime)}}
- Growing Pains {{small|(reruns)}}
- The Home Show
- Little Clowns of Happytown
- Little Wizards
- Mr. Belvedere {{small|(reruns)}}
- My Pet Monster
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Not returning from 1986–87
- American Bandstand (continued in syndication)
- Bargain Hunters
- Double Talk
- Ewoks
- Fame, Fortune and Romance
- Webster {{small|(reruns)}}
- The Wuzzles {{small|(reruns)}}
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=[[CBS]]=
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Returning series
- The $25,000 Pyramid
- As the World Turns
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- Card Sharks
- CBS Evening News
- CBS Morning News
- CBS News Sunday Morning
- CBS Storybreak
- Dennis the Menace
- Face the Nation
- Family Feud
- Galaxy High {{small|(reruns)}}
- Guiding Light
- Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
- Kidd Video {{small|(reruns)}} (moved from NBC)
- The Morning Program
- Pee-wee's Playhouse
- The Price Is Right
- Teen Wolf
- The Young and the Restless
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New series
- Blackout
- CBS This Morning
- Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- Popeye and Son
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Not returning from 1986–87
- The Berenstain Bears
- Capitol
- Dungeons & Dragons {{small|(reruns)}}
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
- Land of the Lost {{small|(reruns)}}
- The Puppy's Further Adventures {{small|(reruns)}}
- Richie Rich {{small|(reruns)}}
- Wildfire
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=[[NBC]]=
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Returning series
- Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Another World
- Classic Concentration {{small|(reruns)}}
- Days of Our Lives
- Foofur
- Kissyfur
- Meet the Press
- NBC News at Sunrise
- NBC Nightly News
- It's Punky Brewster {{small|(reruns)}}
- Sale of the Century
- Santa Barbara
- Scrabble
- The Smurfs
- Super Password
- Today
- Wheel of Fortune
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New series
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Not returning from 1986–87
- Blockbusters
- Family Ties {{small|(reruns)}}
- It's Punky Brewster
- Kidd Video {{small|(reruns)}} (moved to CBS)
- Lazer Tag Academy
- Main Street
- Search for Tomorrow
- Wordplay
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See also
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
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Category:United States weekday network television schedules