The 1977–78 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1977 to August 1978.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.
Schedule
Monday-Friday
Notes
Programs aired before 9:00AM aired at the same time in all time zones. CBS's Sunrise Semester was a half-hour program which aired at either 6:00 or 6:30 AM, depending on the station. Programs scheduled after 10:00 AM Eastern aired one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 AM) in the Central and Pacific time zones. Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year. Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs. On ABC, ABC Evening News / World News Tonight was produced at 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central, and aired live by some affiliates. This early feed of the broadcast was discontinued in 1982. A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show.
Saturday
In the News aired ten times during CBS' Saturday morning shows.
Sunday
By network
ABC
Returning Series
The $20,000 Pyramid
ABC Evening News
All My Children
American Bandstand
Animals, Animals, Animals
The Better Sex
The Edge of Night
Family Feud
General Hospital
Good Morning America
The Great Grape Ape Show
Happy Days
Issues and Answers
Jabberjaw
The Krofft Supershow
One Life to Live
Ryan's Hope
Schoolhouse Rock!
New Series
ABC Weekend Special
ABC World News Tonight
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
Not Returning From 1976-77
The Don Ho Show
Hot Seat
Junior Almost Anything Goes! The Mumbly Cartoon Show The New Adventures of Gilligan The Oddball Couple The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour Second Chance Super Friends The Tom and Jerry Show
CBS
Returning Series
All in the Family
Ark II
As the World Turns
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
Camera Three
Captain Kangaroo
CBS Children's Film Festival
CBS Evening News
CBS Morning News
Face the Nation
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
The Ghost Busters
Guiding Light
Here's Lucy
Lamp Unto My Feet
Look Up and Live
Love of Life
Match Game
The New Adventures of Batman
The Price Is Right
Search for Tomorrow
The Secrets of Isis
Speed Buggy
Sunrise Semester
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Tattletales
The Young and the Restless
New Series
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
The New Tic Tac Dough
Pass the Buck
The Robonic Stooges
Space Academy
The Skatebirds
Wacko
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Not Returning From 1976-77
Clue Club
Double Dare
Far Out Space Nuts
Gambit
The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show
Shazam! Way Out Games
NBC
Returning Series
Another World
Chico and the Man
Days of Our Lives
The Doctors
The Gong Show
High RollersThe Hollywood Squares
Hong Kong Phooey
Land of the Lost
Meet the Press
NBC Nightly News
NBC Saturday Night News
NBC Sunday Night News
Think Pink Panther
Sanford and Son
Today
Wheel of FortuneNew SeriesI Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad AliAmerica Alive!Baggy Pants and the NitwitsCard SharksCB BearsThe Go-Go Globetrotters For Richer, For PoorerKnockoutThe New Archie and Sabrina HourThe Red Hand GangSearch and Rescue: The Alpha TeamSpace SentinelsThunderTo Say the LeastNot Returning From 1976-77'50 Grand SlamBig John, Little JohnIt's Anybody's GuessThe Kids From C.A.P.E.R.Lovers and FriendsMcDuff, the Talking DogMonster SquadMuggsyName That TuneShoot for the StarsSomersetStumpers!''