History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1976

1976/01/19:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
* The only change is the title of the Pyramid game show.
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Let's Make a Deal (through 7/09/76)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Rhyme and Reason (through 7/09/76)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (through 1/13/78)
pm02:30-pm03:00: The Neighbors (through 4/09/76)
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 Edge of Night (S) (through 12/28/84)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1976/01/19:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Rhyme and Reason (airs 1:30pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: The Neighbors (airs 2:30pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: The Edge of Night (S) (airs 4:00pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 1:00pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (airs 12:00pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (follows 2:00pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1976/04/12:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Let's Make a Deal (through 7/09/76)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Rhyme and Reason (through 7/09/76)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (through 1/13/78)
pm02:30-pm03:00: Break the Bank (through 7/23/76)
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 Edge of Night (S) (through 12/28/84)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1976/04/12:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Rhyme and Reason (airs 1:30pm ET)
am11:30-om12:00: Break the Bank (airs 2:30pm ET)
om12:00-om12:30: The Edge of Night (S) (airs 4:00pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 1:00pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Let's Make a Deal (airs 12:00pm ET)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (follows 2:00pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1976/07/12:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Hot Seat (through 10/22/76)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Family Feud (through 4/22/77)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (through 1/13/78)
pm02:30-pm03:00: Break the Bank (through 7/23/76)
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 Edge of Night (S) (through 12/28/84)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1976/07/12:
* Pacific Time
* For the next two weeks, this pattern was used on the West. Four shows followed CT time slotting,
four followed ET time slotting, one followed Mountain Time (outside of Arizona) time slotting,
and one not following any time zone pattern. They returned the second show to the CT time zone
slotting at 11am. Break the Bank was cancelled and two soaps would expand to 45 minutes two weeks
later.

am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Hot Seat (follows 11:00am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (follows 11:30pm MT)
om12:00-om12:30: The Edge of Night (S) (airs 4:00pm ET)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 1:00pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Break the Bank (follows 1:30pm CT)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (follows 2:00pm ET)
pm02:30-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 2:30pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: General Hospital (S) (follows 3pm ET)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1976/07/26:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Hot Seat (through 10/22/76)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Family Feud (through 4/22/77)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (through 1/13/78)
pm02:30-pm03:15: One Life to Live (S) (through 1/13/78)
pm03:15-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (through 1/13/78)
pm04:00-pm04:30: The Edge of Night (S) (through 12/28/84)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1976/07/26:
* Pacific Time
* The expansion of two soaps resulted in a much less convouluted time zone pattern.
Six followed the CT zone pattern, two followed the ET zone pattern, and two followed
the MT zone pattern. Note that if you flip flop FF with AMC and Pyramid with RH,
you would get the CT zone pattern; add one hour to get the ET zone pattern.
Also note that this change finally puts "EON" in the latest time slot, following
the CT zone pattern.

am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Hot Seat (follows 11:00am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (follows 11:30pm MT)
om12:00-om12:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (follows 12:00pm MT)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 1:00pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:15: One Life to Live (S) (follows 1:30pm CT)
pm02:15-pm03:00: General Hospital (S) (follows 2:15pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: The Edge of Night (S) (follows 3:00pm CT)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials


1976/10/25:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Don Ho Show (through 3/04/77)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 12/31/76)
pm01:30-pm02:00: Family Feud (through 4/22/77)
pm02:00-pm02:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (through 1/13/78)
pm02:30-pm03:15: One Life to Live (S) (through 1/13/78)
pm03:15-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (through 1/13/78)
pm04:00-pm04:30: The Edge of Night (S) (through 12/28/84)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1976/10/25:
* Pacific Time
am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Don Ho Show (follows 11:00am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (follows 11:30pm MT)
om12:00-om12:30: The $20,000 Pyramid (follows 12:00pm MT)
om12:30-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:30pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 1:00pm ET)
pm01:30-pm02:15: One Life to Live (S) (follows 1:30pm CT)
pm02:15-pm03:00: General Hospital (S) (follows 2:15pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: The Edge of Night (S) (follows 3:00pm CT)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials