One of the Sources: The Daytime TV Archive: 1980 (as Eastern Times only)
Due to CBS alterting its schedule on February 4, 1980, and ABC still having a slightly altered schedule at this time until June 30, we're presenting separate pages for the Eastern, Central and Pacific time zone feeds for 1980.
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The All New Beat the Clock
am09:00-am09:30: NBC Card Sharks
am09:30-am09:55: CBS Celebrity Whew!
am09:30-am10:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am09:55-am10:00: CBS CBS News
am10:00-am10:30: ABC Laverne and Shirley
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC The New High Rollers
am10:30-am11:00: ABC Family Feud
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:00-am11:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid
am11:00-am11:30: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (through 2/01/80)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Chain Reaction
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (through 6/05/81)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Password Plus
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local]
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:30: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm01:30-pm02:30: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm01:30-pm03:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:30-pm03:00: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS Love of Life (S)
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
In another major network move related to soap operas, CBS makes a bold move to move the half-hour local window to 12 ET, but at the same time, have a half-hour local window at 12 CT/PT as well. How? Here's what they did.
With CBS beginning to feel a lot of heat from NBC and ABC with their soap opera expansions into the 1pm ET, 12 CT/PT hour, making "As the World Turns" at 1:30 ET, 12:30 CT/PT suffer, CBS decided to expand "The Young and the Restless" to one hour and place it at the 1 ET, 12 CT/PT slot. In exchange, CBS moved the half-hour local window to 12 ET, 11 CT/PT. It moved "As the World Turns" to 2 ET, 1 CT/PT, "Guiding Light" to 3 ET, 2 CT/PT, and "One Day at a Time" to 4 ET, 3 CT/PT.
CBS canceled "Love of Life", which was slotted in the network's death slot.
But wait! What about the TV stations in the Central and Pacific time zones having a local window at 12? What happened to that? Well, with the help of leasing satellite space, CBS pre-fed "Restless" in advance for stations to run in an earlier time slot if they wish. In the case of the Central and Pacific time zones, they could run "Restless" at 11 CT/PT, followed by the local news at 12 CT/PT. At 11:30 CT/PT, the CBS stations taped "Search for Tomorrow" while airing "Restless", then played the soap at 12:30 CT/PT. Stations could still move their local news to 11 CT/PT and use the live CBS feed where "Search" aired at 11:30 and "Restless" aired at 12.
Noted that with this move and options, "Search" aired at 12:30pm ET/CT/PT, an oddity in network daytime scheduling. On the CT and PT, it was preceeded by the combo of "Restless" and local news depending on the city, but on the ET, "Restless" followed "Search", with the news at NOON ET preceding it.
Here's what the three CBS shows with a local news timeslot looked like:
a. Eastern-Live: 12pm Local; 12:30pm Search for Tomorrow; 1pm The Young and the Restless; 2pm As the World Turns
b. Central/Pacific-Live: 11am Local; 11:30am Search for Tomorrow; 12pm The Young and the Restless; 1pm As the World Turns
c. Central/Pacific-Alt: 11am The Young and the Restless, 12pm Local; 12:30pm Search for Tomorrow; 1pm As the World Turns
The schedules you see for the Central and Pacific time zones reflect the alternative optional times with the live feed times listed for each of the three shows.
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am09:30: NBC Card Sharks
am09:30-am09:55: CBS Celebrity Whew!
am09:30-am10:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am09:55-am10:00: CBS CBS News
am10:00-am10:30: ABC Laverne and Shirley
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC The New High Rollers
am10:30-am11:00: ABC Family Feud
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:00-am11:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm live feed)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Chain Reaction
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Password Plus
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am live feed)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am live feed)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm01:30-pm03:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am09:30: NBC Card Sharks
am09:30-am10:00: CBS Alice
am09:30-am10:00: NBC The Hollywood Squares
am10:00-am10:30: ABC Laverne and Shirley
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC The New High Rollers
am10:30-am11:00: ABC Family Feud
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:00-am11:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Chain Reaction
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Password Plus
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm01:30-pm03:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
am10:00-am10:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am10:00-am11:00: NBC The David Letterman Show (first 60 minutes)
am10:30-am11:00: CBS Alice
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Laverne and Shirley
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Price is Right
am11:00-am11:30: NBC The David Letterman Show (final 30 minutes)
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Family Feud (11 PT)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
pm12:00-pm12:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid (10:30 PT)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local]
pm12:00-pm12:30: NBC Card Sharks
pm12:30-pm01:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: NBC Password Plus
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm02:00-pm02:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm02:30-pm04:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm03:00-pm04:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm03:00-pm04:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm04:00-pm04:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm04:00-pm05:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm04:30-pm05:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm04:30-pm05:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am10:00: NBC The David Letterman Show (first 60 minutes)
am09:30-am10:00: CBS Alice
am10:00-am10:30: ABC Laverne and Shirley
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC The David Letterman Show (final 30 minutes)
am10:30-am11:00: ABC Family Feud
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:00-am11:30: ABC The $20,000 Pyramid
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Card Sharks
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Password Plus
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm01:30-pm03:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
On the ABC Pacific feed, "Boat" occupied the 10-11 PT slot, taking over "Laverne and Shirley" and "Pyramid"'s hour, but "Feud" stayed at 11 PT.
As of today, the ABC Pacific time zone feed matches the Central time zone slotting.
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am10:00: NBC The David Letterman Show (first 60 minutes)
am09:30-am10:00: CBS Alice
am10:00-am11:00: ABC The Love Boat
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC The David Letterman Show (final 30 minutes)
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Family Feud
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Card Sharks
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC Password Plus
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm01:30: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm01:30-pm03:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
There were now seven half-hours where there networks competed with soaps from 12:30 ET, 11:30 CT/PT all the way to 4 ET, 3 CT/PT. The lone soap opera that didn't compete with any other soaper was "Edge of Night" at 4 ET, 3 CT/PT.
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am10:00: NBC The David Letterman Show
am09:30-am10:00: CBS Alice
am10:00-am11:00: ABC The Love Boat
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Password Plus
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Family Feud
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Card Sharks
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: NBC Texas (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
In the 10 ET, 9 CT/PT slot, NBC brought back an old CBS game show and rechristened it as
"Las Vegas Gambit," followed by another new game, "Blockbusters" hosted by Bill
Cullen at 10:30 ET, 9:30 CT/PT. The number of game shows went back up to seven.
It would be over seven months before any network would make a schedule change.
am09:00-am09:30: CBS The Jeffersons
am09:00-am09:30: NBC Las Vegas Gambit
am09:30-am10:00: CBS Alice
am09:30-am10:00: NBC Blockbusters
am10:00-am11:00: ABC The Love Boat
am10:00-am11:00: CBS The Price is Right
am10:00-am10:30: NBC Wheel of Fortune
am10:30-am11:00: NBC Password Plus
am11:00-am11:30: ABC Family Feud
am11:00-pm12:00: CBS The Young & The Restless (S) (or 12pm)
am11:00-am11:30: NBC Card Sharks
am11:30-pm12:00: ABC Ryan's Hope (S)
am11:30-pm12:00: NBC The Doctors (S)
pm12:00-pm01:00: ABC All My Children (S)
pm12:00-pm12:30: CBS [local] (or 11am)
pm12:00-pm01:00: NBC Days of Our Lives (S)
pm12:30-pm01:00: CBS Search For Tomorrow (S) (or 11:30am)
pm01:00-pm02:00: ABC One Life to Live (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: CBS As The World Turns (S)
pm01:00-pm02:00: NBC Another World (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: ABC General Hospital (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: CBS The Guiding Light (S)
pm02:00-pm03:00: NBC Texas (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: ABC The Edge Of Night (S)
pm03:00-pm03:30: CBS One Day at a Time
pm03:00-pm04:00: NBC NBC Special Treat (occasional Tuesdays)
pm03:30-pm04:30: ABC ABC Afterschool Specials (Wednesday occasional specials through 12/5/96)
pm03:30-pm04:30: CBS CBS Afternoon Playhouse (occasional Fridays)
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