History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1977

1977/01/03:
* 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: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 10/05/84)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (through 4/22/77)
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)

1977/01/03:
* Pacific Time
* Here's something weird. ABC shifted AMC and RH with each other on the Eastern feed,
but left them intact on the West, resulting in six CT, two MT, and two following no
time zone pattern.
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) (airs at 1:00pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (airs at 12:30pm 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


1977/03/07:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:00-am11:30: [local] (through 4/22/77)
am11:30-om12:00: Happy Days (through 4/22/77)
om12:00-om12:30: Second Chance (through 7/15/77)
om12:30-pm01:00: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 10/05/84)
pm01:00-pm01:30: All My Children (S) (through 4/22/77)
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)

1977/03/07:
* Pacific Time
* In late April, the 10am slot will be used by ABC due to the expansion of a soap
to 60 minutes.
am10:00-am10:30: [local] (through 4/22/77)
am10:30-am11:00: Happy Days (follows 10:30am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Second Chance (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) (airs at 1:00pm ET)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (airs at 12:30pm 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


1977/04/25:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:00-am11:30: Happy Days (through 3/30/79)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (through 6/27/80)
om12:00-om12:30: Second Chance (through 7/15/77)
om12:30-pm01:00: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 10/05/84)
pm01:00-pm02:00: All My Children (S) (through 9/23/11)
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)

1977/04/25:
* Pacific Time
* On this date, AMC expands to one hour, and ABC's schedule expands by 30 minutes.
* Some weird things happen. On the East, Pyramid is by itself in a sea of soaps
airing for 3 and a half hours. On the West, Pyramid is part of the two-hour non-soap
block. Family Feud follows the ET zone pattern. AMC's start time on the West was shifted
ahead another 1/2 hour to start at Noon to follow the CT time zone pattern. All of the soaps
from NOON-3:30pm are together on the West.

am10:00-am10:30: Happy Days (follows 10:00am CT)
am10:30-am11:00: The $20,000 Pyramid (airs at 2:00pm ET)
am11:00-am11:30: Second Chance (follows 11:00am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (follows 11:30am ET)
om12:00-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:00pm CT)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (airs at 12:30pm 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


1977/07/18:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:00-am11:30: Happy Days (through 3/30/79)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (through 6/27/80)
om12:00-om12:30: The Better Sex (through 1/13/78)
om12:30-pm01:00: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 10/05/84)
pm01:00-pm02:00: All My Children (S) (through 9/23/11)
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)

1977/07/18:
* Pacific Time
am10:00-am10:30: Happy Days (follows 10:00am CT)
am10:30-am11:00: The $20,000 Pyramid (airs at 2:00pm ET)
am11:00-am11:30: The Better Sex (follows 11:00am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (follows 11:30am ET)
om12:00-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:00pm CT)
pm01:00-pm01:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (airs at 12:30pm 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