History of Daytime TV Schedules

Network Daytime Listings: ABC 1990s-present

1990/07/16:
am11:00-om12:00: The Home Show (through 7/12/91)
om12:00-om12:30: Match Game (through 7/12/91)
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1991/07/15:
am11:00-om12:30: The Home Show (through 9/18/92)
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1992/09/21:
am11:00-om12:00: The Home Show (through 4/08/94)
om12:00-om12:30: [Given to Local Affilliates]
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1994/04/11:
am11:00-om12:00: Mike and Maty (through 6/07/96)
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1995/11/13:
am11:00-om12:00: Mike and Maty (through 6/07/96)
om12:30-pm01:00: The City (S) (through 3/20/97)
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1996/06/10:
am11:00-om12:00: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (through 12/01/97)
om12:30-pm01:00: The City (S) (through 3/20/97)
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-pm05:00: ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)

1996/12/10:
am11:00-om12:00: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (through 12/01/97)
om12:30-pm01:00: The City (S) (through 3/20/97)
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)

1997/03/23:
am11:00-om12:00: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (through 12/01/97)
om12:30-pm01:00: Various Soap Repeats (AMC, OLTL, GH) (through 5/29/97)
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)

1997/06/02:
am11:00-om12:00: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (through 12/01/97)
om12:30-pm01:00: Port Charles (S) (through 10/03/03)
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)

1997/12/04:
am11:00-om12:00: The View (present)
om12:30-pm01:00: Port Charles (S) (through 10/03/03)
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)

2003/10/06:
am11:00-om12:00: The View (present)
om12:00-om12:30: [local]
om12:30-pm01:00: [given to local affilliates]
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)

In April of 2011, ABC cancelled All My Children and One Life to Live.
The lineup from All My Children (S) through General Hospital (S)
had been intact since January 16, 1978.
When All My Children leaves the lineup,
the entire three-soap lineup would have been intact for 33 years and 8 months.
It's a record for a network lineup on American TV and its unlikely
to be repeated anywhere and anytime else since then.

2011/09/26:
am11:00-om12:00: The View (present)
om12:00-pm01:00: [local]
pm01:00-pm02:00: The Chew (present)
pm02:00-pm03:00: One Life to Live (S) (through 1/13/12)
pm03:00-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (present)

2012/01/16:
am11:00-om12:00: The View (present)
om12:00-pm01:00: [local]
pm01:00-pm02:00: The Chew (present)
pm02:00-pm03:00: The Revolution (present)
pm03:00-pm04:00: General Hospital (S) (present)

In the fall of 2012, ABC plans to return the 3pm ET hour to local stations.
Their plan is for the affilliates to purchase a new show hosted by Katie Couric that
Disney is putting into syndication. Note that when a show is offered to TV stations via
syndication, not just the same affilliated stations will necessarily get the rights to
air the show.

As of July 2011, there are no plans to cancel General Hospital yet, nor do we yet know
of ABC's alternate plans for the fall of 2012. Could GH fill the 2pm ET slot if
The Revolution fails, or could ABC cut GH in half and slot it at 2:30, after
another half-hour show? We'll know later.

2012/09/??:
am11:00-om12:00: The View (present)
om12:00-pm01:00: [local]
pm01:00-pm02:00: The Chew (present)
pm02:00-pm03:00: The Revolution (present)
pm03:00-pm04:00: [local]