History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1980-84

1980/06/30:
* Eastern Time (Central and Pacific, subtract one hour)
* With this schedule, the entire West coast feed now follows the Central time zone
pattern, so there's no more separate West coast schedule. Note that Family Feud
on the West stayed at 11am PT, while on the East, it shifted from 11:30am to 12:00pm,
which is 11am Central time.
am11:00-om12:00: The Love Boat (through 6/23/83)
om12:00-om12:30: Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
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)

1983/06/26:
am11:00-am11:30: Too Close For Comfort (through 9/16/83)
am11:30-om12:00: Loving (S) (through 10/05/84)
om12:00-om12:30: Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
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)

1983/09/19:
am11:00-am11:30: Benson (through 6/15/84)
am11:30-om12:00: Loving (S) (through 10/05/84)
om12:00-om12:30: Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
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)

1984/06/18:
am11:00-am11:30: The Love Report (through 7/27/84)
am11:30-om12:00: Loving (S) (through 10/05/84)
om12:00-om12:30: Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
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)

1984/07/30:
* during this and next week, the Olympics pre-empted most of the ABC schedule,
but ABC decided to air its three popular soaps for 40-minutes each for two weeks.
This was the only time the soaps aired on all of the coasts at the same time, meaning
that AMC aired at 2pm ET/1pm CT/11am PT for example.

It was also the first time ABC aired a daytime show simultaneously on all time zones
since "Rhyme and Reason" aired at 2:30ET/1:30CT/11:30PT in 1975.

* Eastern Time
pm02:00-pm02:40: All My Children (S)
pm02:40-pm03:20: One Life to Live (S)
pm03:20-pm04:00: General Hospital (S)
* Central Time
pm01:00-pm01:40: All My Children (S)
pm01:40-pm02:20: One Life to Live (S)
pm02:20-pm03:00: General Hospital (S)
* Pacific Time:
am11:00-am11:40: All My Children (S)
am11:40-om12:20: One Life to Live (S)
om12:20-pm01:00: General Hospital (S)

1984/08/06:
* Eastern Time
pm01:00-pm01:40: All My Children (S)
pm01:40-pm02:20: One Life to Live (S)
pm02:20-pm03:00: General Hospital (S)
* Central Time
om12:00-om12:40: All My Children (S)
om12:40-pm01:20: One Life to Live (S)
pm01:20-pm02:00: General Hospital (S)
* Pacific Time:
am10:00-am10:40: All My Children (S)
am10:40-am11:20: One Life to Live (S)
am11:20-om12:00: General Hospital (S)

1984/08/13:
am11:00-am11:30: Celebrity Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
am11:30-om12:00: Loving (S) (through 10/05/84)
om12:00-om12:30: Family Feud (through 10/05/84)
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)

1984/10/08:
am11:00-am11:30: Trivia Trap (through 4/05/85)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (through 6/14/85)
om12:00-om12:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 1/13/89)
om12:30-pm01:00: Loving (S) (through 11/10/95)
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)

1984/12/31:
am11:00-am11:30: Trivia Trap (through 4/05/85)
am11:30-om12:00: Family Feud (through 6/14/85)
om12:00-om12:30: Ryan's Hope (S) (through 1/13/89)
om12:30-pm01:00: Loving (S) (through 11/10/95)
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: [given to local affilliates]
pm04:00-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)