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1983–84 United States network television schedule (daytime)
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1983
The following is the 1983–84 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. It covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1983 to August 1984.
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#FFFF66 darkgray Light yellow indicates talk shows.
#7fff00 darkgray Green indicates soap operas.
#ffc0cb darkgray Pink indicates game shows.
#ffd700 darkgray Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
#99ccff darkgray Light teal indicates sporting events.
#ffffff darkgray White indicates local programming.
#bf9fef darkgray Light purple indicates children's programming.
#C0C0C0 darkgray Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
New series are highlighted in bold.
Schedule
All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs to other timeslots) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.
Monday–Friday
Network
6:00 am
6:30 am
7:00 am
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
noon
12:30 pm
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm
ABC Fall
ABC World News This Morning
Good Morning America
Local/syndicated programming
Benson
Loving
Family Feud
Ryan's Hope
FYI (12:58; until December 30)
All My Children
One Life to Live
FYI (2:58; until December 30)
General Hospital
FYI (3:58; until December 30)
The Edge of Night
Local/syndicated programming
ABC World News Tonight Summer
The Love Report August
Celebrity Family Feud CBS Fall
Local/syndicated programming
CBS Early Morning News
The CBS Morning News
Local/syndicated programming
The New $25,000 Pyramid
Press Your Luck
The Price Is Right
Local/syndicated programming
The Young and the Restless
As the World Turns
Capitol
Guiding Light
Tattletales
Local/syndicated programming
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather Summer
Body Language
NBC Fall
Local/syndicated programming
NBC News at Sunrise
Today
Local/syndicated programming
Diff'rent Strokes
Sale of the Century
Wheel of Fortune
Dream House
The Facts of Life
Search for Tomorrow
Days of Our Lives
Another World
Fantasy
Local/syndicated programming
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
October
GO
Late October
Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Winter
The Facts of Life
Hot Potato
Summer
Scrabble
Diff'rent Strokes
Santa Barbara
Notes:
During the two weeks that the 1984 Summer Olympics was broadcast on ABC, all regular programming was pre-empted except for 40-minute versions of All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital, which ran from July 30 through August 3 from 2 pm ET/11 am PT to 4 pm ET/1 pm PT and August 6 through August 10 from 1 pm ET/10 am PT to 3 pm ET/12 noon PT.
The New Newlywed Game aired on ABC from February 13 to 17, 1984 at 11:00AM EST. Hosted by Jim Lange, it was a test week of shows to see if a daytime version of Newlywed Game might be feasible for ABC. The series did re-emerge eighteen months later in syndication with Bob Eubanks hosting again; he couldn't host the February 1984 week of shows because he was hosting Dream House on NBC at the time.
Saturday
Network7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pmABC FallLocal and/orsyndicatedprogrammingThe Best of Scooby-Doo
Menudo on ABC (8:25)The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich ShowThe Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour
Menudo on ABC (10:25)The LittlesThe Puppy's Further AdventuresThe New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Schoolhouse Rock! (11:55)ABC Weekend SpecialAmerican BandstandABC Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsABC World News Saturday FebruaryMonchhichisThe Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
Schoolhouse Rock! (8:55)The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo ShowThe Best of Scooby-Doo
Menudo on ABC (11:55)CBS FallCaptain KangarooThe BiskittsSaturday SupercadeDungeons & DragonsThe DukesThe Charlie Brown and Snoopy ShowBenji, Zax & the Alien PrinceThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner ShowThe New Fat Albert ShowCBS Children's Film FestivalCBS Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsCBS Evening News NovemberPlastic Man (R) FebruaryThe Charlie Brown and Snoopy ShowTarzan, Lord of the Jungle (R)The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner ShowThe BiskittsBenji, Zax & the Alien PrinceNBCLocal and/orsyndicatedprogrammingThe Flintstone FunniesShirt TalesThe SmurfsAlvin and the ChipmunksMister TThe Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible HulkThundarr the Barbarian (R)NBC Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsNBC Nightly News
In the News aired at the end of most of CBS' Saturday morning shows.
One to Grow On aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except The Flintstone Funnies, Mister T, and Thundarr the Barbarian.
Sunday
Network7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pmABCLocal and/orsyndicated programmingThis Week with David BrinkleyABC Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsABC World News SundayCBS FallCaptain KangarooMeatballs and Spaghetti (R)Gilligan's Planet (R)CBS News Sunday MorningFace the NationLocal and/orsyndicated programmingThe NFL TodayNFL on CBS and/or local programming Mid-winterLocal and/orsyndicated programmingCBS Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsCBS Evening NewsNBC FallLocal and/orsyndicated programmingMeet the PressNFL '83NFL on NBC and local programming Mid-winterNBC Sports and/or local programmingLocal newsNBC Nightly News
By network
ABC
Returning series
ABC Weekend Special
ABC World News This Morning
ABC World News Tonight
All My Children
American Bandstand
The Best of Scooby-Doo
Celebrity Family Feud
The Edge of Night
Family Feud
General Hospital
Good Morning America
Loving
One Life to Live
Pac-Man
The Puppy's Further Adventures
Ryan's Hope
Schoolhouse Rock!
This Week with David Brinkley
New series
Benson (reruns)
The Littles
The Love Report
Menudo on ABC
The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Rubik, the Amazing Cube
Canceled/Ended
The Best of the Super Friends
The Love Boat (reruns)
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
Too Close For Comfort (reruns)
CBS
Returning series
The $25,000 Pyramid
As the World Turns
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
Capitol
Captain Kangaroo
CBS Children's Film Festival
CBS Evening News
CBS Morning News
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Dukes
Face the Nation
Guiding Light
Gilligan's Planet (reruns)
Meatballs and Spaghetti (reruns)
The New Fat Albert Show
Plastic Man (reruns)
The Price Is Right
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (reruns)
Tattletales
The Young and the Restless
New series
Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
The Biskitts
Body Language
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
Dungeons & Dragons
Press Your Luck
Saturday Supercade
Canceled/Ended
Blackstar (reruns)
Child's Play
The Kwicky Koala Show
The New $25,000 Pyramid
Pandamonium
The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show
Speed Buggy (reruns)
Sunrise Semester
Sylvester & Tweety, Daffy, and Speedy Show
NBC
Returning series
Another World
Days of Our Lives
Diff'rent Strokes (reruns)
Dream House
The Facts of Life (reruns)
Fantasy
The Flintstone Funnies
The Incredible Hulk
Meet the Press
NBC News at Sunrise
NBC Nightly News
Sale of the Century
Search for Tomorrow
Shirt Tales
The Smurfs
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Thundarr the Barbarian (reruns)
Today
Wheel of Fortune
New series
Alvin and the Chipmunks
GO
Hot Potato
Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Mister T
Santa Barbara
Scrabble
Canceled/Ended
The Doctors
The Gary Coleman Show
Hit Man
The Jetsons (reruns)
Just Men!
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
The New Battlestars
Texas
See also
1983-84 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
1983-84 United States network television schedule (late night)
Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
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