History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1974

1974/04/01: (confirmed date)
* April 1, 1974: Pacific Time (time shifting phasing begins)

* Also note that when ABC aired its "Afternoon Playbreak" from 1:30-3pm
ET/12:30-2pm CT, it aired from 1:30-3pm PT. The problem was that ABC aired
a different pattern on the West coast by airing the third half hour
of the 1:30-3pm ET game show slot, "Girl in My Life", at 11am or 11:30, and ran
"One Life to Live (S)" at 2:30pm. To sync things up and confuse viewers,
"Life" aired at 11am or 11:30 PT whenever "Playbreak" aired from 1:30-3pm PT,
thus "Girl" was pre-empted on both coasts, and "Life" aired on both
coasts.

* Also note that because ABC wanted to keep the paring of "One Life to Live"
with "General Hospital", thus moving "OLTL" ahead one hour to 2:30pm, they moved
the 2:30pm ET show to 11:30am PT. After the new West Coast pattern took effect,
there were six shows that followed the East coast time slotting, two that
followed the Central zone time slotting, one that started two hours earlier
on the West than on the East (11am PT is 2pm ET), and one that ran simultaneously
on the West as it did on the East (11:30am PT is 2:30pm ET) and not necessairily
live. This pattern disrupted as few ABC shows as possible, but resulted in
pairing two sitcoms into a hour long block, moving "Girl in My Life" away from
competeting against the popular "Match Game" offered by CBS, and keeping the late
two soaps paired up.

* The idea of the time shifting of ABC's block to start an hour earlier may
have been under pressure by their West coast affilliates to air more syndicated
programming in the late afternoons, expand their local news to start earlier,
move the movie packages from the early evening to late afternoon, have room
for special times for their early news to accomodate prime time sports broadcasts
which start at 5pm Pacific time, and other matters.

* Also note that the placement of "OLTL" before "GH" on this date in the West
may have influenced ABC to do the same for the Eastern feed in 1976 when
they expanded both soaps to 45 minutes and shifted OLTL an hour earlier to plug
a half-hour hole previously filled with failed game shows.

1974/04/01:
* Pacific Time (follows no pattern in other time zones)
am10:30-am11:00: The Brady Bunch (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Love, American Style (airs 4:00pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: The Girl in My Life (airs 2:30pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: Password (follows 12pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (follows 1pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (follows 1:30pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The Newlywed Game (follows 2pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(occasional specials)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak
am11:30-om12:00: One Life to Live (S) (on days when Playbreak aired)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials

1974/05/06:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: The Brady Bunch (through 4/18/75)
om12:00-om12:30: Password (through 11/15/74)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (through 6/27/75)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (through 6/27/75)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (through 12/26/75)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The Newlywed Game (through 12/20/74)
pm02:30-pm03:00: The Girl in My Life (through 12/20/74)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm03:30-pm04:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm04:00-pm04:30: The $10,000 Pyramid (through 12/20/74)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak (through 8/14/75) (occasional specials)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1974/05/06:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: The Brady Bunch (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: The Girl in My Life (airs 2:30pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: The $10,000 Pyramid (airs 4:00pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: Password (follows 12pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (follows 1pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (follows 1:30pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The Newlywed Game (follows 2pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(occasional specials)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak
am11:00-am11:30: One Life to Live (S) (on days when Playbreak aired)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1974/11/18:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: The Brady Bunch (through 4/18/75)
om12:00-om12:30: Password All Stars (through 2/15/75)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (through 6/27/75)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (through 6/27/75)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (through 12/26/75)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The Newlywed Game (through 12/20/74)
pm02:30-pm03:00: The Girl in My Life (through 12/20/74)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm03:30-pm04:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm04:00-pm04:30: The $10,000 Pyramid (through 12/20/74)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak (through 8/14/75) (occasional specials)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1974/11/18:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: The Brady Bunch (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: The Girl in My Life (airs 2:30pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: The $10,000 Pyramid (airs 4:00pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: Password All Stars (follows 12pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (follows 1pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (follows 1:30pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The Newlywed Game (follows 2pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(occasional specials)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak
am11:00-am11:30: One Life to Live (S) (on days when Playbreak aired)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1974/12/23:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: The Brady Bunch (through 4/18/75)
om12:00-om12:30: Password All Stars (through 2/15/75)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (through 6/27/75)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (through 6/27/75)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (through 12/26/75)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $10,000 Pyramid (through 1/16/76)
pm02:30-pm03:00: The Big Showdown (through 7/04/75)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm03:30-pm04:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 7/23/76)
pm04:00-pm04:30: The Money Maze (through 7/04/75)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak (through 8/14/75) (occasional specials)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1974/12/23:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: The Brady Bunch (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: The Money Maze (airs 4:00pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: The Big Showdown (airs 2:30pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: Password All Stars (follows 12pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: Split Second (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (follows 1pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (follows 1:30pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $10,000 Pyramid (follows 2pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(occasional specials)
pm01:30-pm03:00: ABC Afternoon Playbreak
am11:30-om12:00: One Life to Live (S) (on days when Playbreak aired)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials