History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1978-79

1978/01/16:
* 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: $20,000 Pyramid (through 6/27/80)
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-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 1/13/12)
pm03:00-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (present)
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)

1978/01/16:
* Pacific Time
* With more changes due to two soaps expanding from 45 to 60 minutes, all except two shows
follow the CT zone pattern. Note that on the East coast, Feud and Pyramid as of Jan 16, 1978,
aired in the same time slot as they did on the West coast between Jul 26, 1976 and April 22, 1977.
On April 25, 1977, Feud on the East coast moved to 11:30am, the same time slot as it aired on the
West coast.

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


1979/04/02:
* Eastern Time (Central subtract one hour)
am11:00-am11:30: Laverne and Shirley (through 6/27/80)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (through 6/27/80)
om12:00-om12:30: $20,000 Pyramid (through 6/27/80)
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-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 1/13/12)
pm03:00-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (present)
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)

1979/04/02:
* Pacific Time
am10:00-am10:30: Laverne and Shirley (follows 10:00am CT)
am10:30-am11:00: The $20,000 Pyramid (airs at 11:00am CT)
am11:00-am11:30: Family Feud (airs at 10:30am CT)
am11:30-om12:00: Ryan's Hope (S) (follows 11:30am CT)
om12:00-pm01:00: All My Children (S) (follows 12:00pm CT)
pm01:00-pm02:00: One Life to Live (S) (follows 1:00pm CT)
pm02:00-pm02:00: General Hospital (S) (follows 2:00pm CT)
pm03:00-pm03:30: The Edge of Night (S) (follows 3:00pm CT)
(Wednesday occasional specials)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC Afterschool Specials