One of the Sources: The Daytime TV Archive: 1977 (as Eastern Times only)
On NBC, in the 4pm ET, 3pm CT/PT slot, it canceled the soap opera "Somerset" after being trashed in the ratings by ABC's "The Edge of Night" it imported from CBS a year earlier. It moved "The Gong Show" to that time period.
NBC also made changes in other time slots. In the 11:30am ET/10:30am CT/PT slot, it canceled "Stumpers" and replaced it with "Shoot For The Stars" hosted by Geoff Edwards, canceled "50 Grand Slam" and returned "Name That Tune" to the network schedule at noon ET/11am CT/PT, still hosted by Tom Kennedy, and debut a new soap opera called "Lovers and Friends (S)" in the 12:30pm ET/11:30am ET/PT slot.
NBC News at 12:55pm ET/11:55am CT/PT was also canceled.
Note that some NBC affiliates shifted airings of "The Gong Show" to run at 1pm ET/12pm CT and PT if the station elected to not run a locan noon newscast, local or syndicated programming.
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC [local]
am11:00-am11:30: CBS Double Dare
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Happy Days
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC The Don Ho Show
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S) (12:30 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Lovers and Friends (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (12 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
ABC did not flip flop the two soaps on the Pacific feed. It may have been for the reason that ABC was planning to expand "All My Children" to an hour, and the 12:30pm time slot for the 30-minute soaper during the first four months of 1977 would become the second half of the 60-minute soap when it expanded on April 25 (airing at NOON Pacific).
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC [local]
am11:00-am11:30: CBS Double Dare
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Happy Days
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC The Don Ho Show
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Lovers and Friends (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: ABC All My Children (S) (12:30 PT)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (12 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
re: wikipedia-January 5, 1970 – July 4, 1975: 1:00–1:30 PM (12:00–12:30 PM, CT/PT)
ABC aired "AMC" in the 1-1:30pm slot in the Pacific time zone during that time. ABC aired all of the shows in the Pacific zone at the same time slots as they were seen in the Eastern time zone during this time through early 1974. After that, most of the shows followed the Eastern time zone pattern, with some following Central and no pattern afterwards.
For one week when the soap expanded to an hour, it aired from 12:30-1:30pm Pacific time, same as the Eastern timeslot feed.
re: wikipedia-July 7, 1975 – January 14, 1977: 12:30–1:00 PM (11:30 AM–12:00 PM, CT/PT)
AMC aired at 12:30pm and RH aired at 1pm respectively in the Pacific time zone (same time slots as the Eastern time zone) during the time.
re: wikipedia:-January 17, 1977 – April 22, 1977: 1:00–1:30 PM (12:00–12:30 PM, CT/PT)
AMC and RH changed time slots on the East and Central time zones (12:30/11:30 CT with 1/12 CT). On the Pacific time zone, it was seen on some sources that AMC and RH stayed at their time slots at 12:30 and 1pm respectively.
April 25, 1977 – September 23, 2011: 1:00–2:00 PM (12:00–1:00 PM, CT/PT)
On this date, AMC aired at NOON in the Pacific time zone. That time is correct. RH aired at 1pm Pacific; RH would move to 11:30am in early 1978.
Also this date, CBS flip flopped the times for "Double Dare" and "The Price is Right".
am10:00-am10:30: CBS Double Dare
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:30: CBS The Price is Right
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC [local]
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Happy Days
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC Second Chance
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Lovers and Friends (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: ABC All My Children (S) (12:30 PT)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (12 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
"Happy Days" reruns moved to 11am ET/10am CT/PT.
On the Eastern/Central feed, ABC moved "Family Feud" to the 11:30am ET/10:30am CT slot from 1:30pm ET/12:30pm CT. "Feud" stayed at 11:30am PT. "Feud" was the only show airing on the west coast that followed the east coast time slotting at 11:30am.
To summarize: "Feud" aired at 11:30am PT and ET, 10:30am CT. "Pyramid" aired at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, and 10:30am PT. Happy Days" aired at 11am ET, 10am CT/PT and "Chance" at NOON ET/11am CT/PT.
All these moves were made so that ABC could finally expand "All My Children" to a full hour from 1-2pm ET, 12-1pm CT/PT.
On the West Coast, "AMC" moved to the noon-1pm slot when it expanded to a full hour. AMC was seen in the same time slot on the Pacific time zone as it was in the Central time zone. "Ryan's Hope", however, continued to air at 1pm PT while airing at 12:30pm ET/11:30am CT.
A quirk on the West coast schedule lists the Pacific time zone feed "RH" beginning three hours AFTER it ended on the Eastern time zone feed. RH aired from 12:30-1pm on the Eastern feed, then three hours after it ended, it began airing on the Pacific feed from 1-1:30pm (or 4-4:30 Eastern time).
This was also the third half hour where three networks competed with soap operas with the addition of the 1:30pm ET half hour. Three networks also had soaps opposite each other in the 12:30pm and 2:30pm ET half hours. While the game show genre was shrinking in numbers on daytime, the soap operas continued to take up the time left behind by failing game shows.
All My Children at a full hour's length caused ratings headaches for the CBS and NBC soapers at 1:30pm ET, 12:30pm CT/PT. ABC further made sure that AMC's audience stay tuned for the second half hour with the practice of having the first half of the soap end a few minutes after the 30 minute mark at about 1:33ET, 12:33 CT/PT. It helped AMC become a top-rated soap in 1979.
Also with the move, Family Feud became a top rated show this year.
Due to a schedling quirk on the East coast pattern, there was just a half hour game show, Pyramid, that split up ABC's 3 1/2 hour soap opera time. In January 1978, Pyramid would move to the noon ET/11am CT (staying at 10:30 PT) slot and ABC would expand OLTL and GH to an hour each, causing further problems with audience erosion of NBC's soaps.
On the west coast ABC stations, the soaps ran continuously without a 30-minute game show interruption from NOON-3:30pm.
In 1978 when OLTL and GH would expand to 60 minutes each, and Pyramid moved to NOON ET/11am CT (10:30 PT), ABC's East and Central stations as well as Pacific had a long four-hour continuous block of soaps.
am10:00-am10:30: CBS Double Dare
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:30: CBS The Price is Right
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Happy Days
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC Second Chance
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Lovers and Friends (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (10:30 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
am10:00-am10:30: CBS Here's Lucy
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:30: CBS The Price is Right
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Happy Days
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC Second Chance
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Lovers and Friends (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (10:30 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
am10:00-am10:30: CBS Here's Lucy
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Sanford And Son
am10:30-am11:30: CBS The Price is Right
am10:30-am11:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Happy Days
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Family Feud (11:30 PT)
am11:30-am11:55: CBS Love of Life (S) (through 4/20/79)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Shoot For The Stars
am11:55-pm12:00: CBS CBS News (through 4/20/79)
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC Second Chance
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Name That Tune
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S) (1 PT)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Chico and the Man
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: CBS, NBC [local]
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (10:30 PT)
pm02:30-pm03:15: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: NBC The Doctors (S) (through 3/02/79)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS All in the Family
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:15-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:30-pm04:00: CBS Match Game '75/'76/'77
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS Tattletales
pm04:00-pm04:30: NBC The Gong Show
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
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