2026–27 United States network television schedule (daytime)
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The 2026–27 afternoon network television schedule for the four major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend afternoon hours from September 2026 to August 2027. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2025–26 season.
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS, which offers daytime programming through a children's program block (PBS Kids) is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are MyNetworkTV (as the programming service does not offer daytime programs of any kind) and The CW Plus (as its schedules is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).
The CW and Fox are not included on the weekday schedule as they only air afternoon programming (in the form of sports content) during weekends.
Additionally, The CW is also not included in the Sunday schedule as it does not air network programming year round (only Women's College Basketball airs on Sundays as network programming in Winter, with local programming filling all other time slots).
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Chartreuse indicates soap operas.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Light teal indicates programs not applicable to the above categorizations.
Schedule
- New series are highlighted in bold.
- 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 in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or digital subchannel in their regular timeslot) 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.
- All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.
Weekdays
| Network | Noon | 12:30 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming | GMA: The Third Hour | General Hospital | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||
| CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | Beyond the Gates | CBS Evening News | |||||||||||
| NBC | NBC News Daily | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News | |||||||||||||
Notes:
- ABC stations have the option of airing General Hospital at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station's choice of feed.
- ABC stations have the option of airing GMA: The Third Hour anytime between Noon and 2 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station's choice of feed.
- Depending on their choice of feed, CBS stations have the option of airing Let's Make a Deal at either 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. Eastern (airtime adjusted by time zone), and/or The Young and the Restless at 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. local time (in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones).
- Depending on their choice of feed, on Tuesdays, NBC stations have the option of airing primetime NBA on NBC games at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and/or 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT. (Therefore, affiliates in the Mountain time zone westward that opt to air the early 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT game may air NBC Nightly News live with the rest of the country, delay it to 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT or air it after the game, except on, Opening Night and MLK Day, in which all NBC affiliates will air a doubleheader/tripleheader that day/ night (at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ET/4:30 and 7 p.m. PT on Opening Night, at 8 and 10:30 p.m. ET/5 and 7:30 p.m PT on any week that the network creates a primetime doubleheader during the season, and on MLK Day 2:30, 5 and 8 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. PT) which will preempt NBC Nightly News due to an hour long pre game preceding the doubleheader on Opening Night, and game telecasts on MLK Day and any night that the network schedules a game an national primetime doubleheader)
- NBC News Daily airs live every hour from noon until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and NBC stations have the option to choose which hour they would like to air.
- NBC Nightly News airs live in all time zones on Monday and Tuesday nights to avoid preemption due to live airings of 2026 NBA playoffs games.
Saturday
| Network | Noon | 12:30 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | College Football on ABC | College Football Scoreboard | Saturday Night Football (continued to game completion) | |||||||||||||
| Winter | ABC Hockey Saturday Pregame | ABC Hockey Saturday | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||
| Spring | Local and/or syndicated programming | WNBA Countdown | WNBA on ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
| Summer | ESPN on ABC sports programming | ||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming | CBS College Football Kickoff | College Football Today | College Football on CBS | CBS College Football Postgame | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||
| Winter | College Basketball on CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Weekend News | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
| Spring | Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming | PGA Tour on CBS | |||||||||||||||
| Summer | Big3 on CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | WNBA Tip off show | ||||||||||||||
| The CW | Fall | CW Football Saturday | NASCAR Countdown Live | NASCAR on The CW | CW Sports programming | ||||||||||||
| Winter | CW Courtside Saturday | NASCAR Countdown Live | NASCAR on The CW | ||||||||||||||
| Spring | Local, Syndicated and/or CW Sports programming | NASCAR Countdown Live | NASCAR on The CW | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) | |||||||||||||||
| Winter | Fox College Hoops (continued to game completion) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | Baseball Night in America (continued until game completion) | |||||||||||||||
| Summer | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | Fox Saratoga Saturday | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Premier League on NBC | NBC Sports programming | College Countdown | College Football on NBC (continued to game completion) | |||||||||||
| Winter | Golf Channel on NBC | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
| Spring | Premier League Goal Zone | NBC Sports programming | |||||||||||||||
| Summer | NBC Sports programming | ||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
- Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend.
- NBC Nightly News will only air in the Eastern and Central time zones during fall if Notre Dame Football on NBC airs a 3:30 p.m. ET game. All other time zones will either air the program live (if available) or otherwise preempted due to College Football on NBC.
- CBS Weekend News is preempted in the Eastern and Central time zones when College Football on CBS airs a 3:30 p.m. ET game. All other time zones air the program.
Sunday
| Network | Noon | 12:30 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming | WNBA on ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight | |||||||||||
| Winter | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBA pregame show[a] | NBA Sunday Showcase | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||
| Spring | ESPN on ABC sports programming | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||||
| Summer | Local, syndicated and/or ESPN on ABC sports programming | WNBA Countdown | WNBA on ABC | |||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | The NFL Today | NFL on CBS (continued until game completion) | |||||||||||||
| Winter | College Basketball on CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Weekend News | |||||||||||||
| Spring | Local, CBS Sports and/or syndicated programming | PGA Tour on CBS | ||||||||||||||
| Summer | Big3 on CBS | |||||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox NFL Sunday | Fox NFL (continued to game completion) | |||||||||||||
| Winter | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | Fox Sports programming | ||||||||||||||
| Spring | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | UFL on Fox | ||||||||||||||
| Summer | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | |||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | NASCAR America | NASCAR on NBC | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News | ||||||||||
| Winter | NBC Sports programming | Golf Channel on NBC | ||||||||||||||
| Spring | NBC Sports programming | |||||||||||||||
Notes:
- To comply with FCC educational programming regulations, stations may defer certain programs featured in their respective network's E/I program blocks to determined weekend late morning or afternoon time periods if a sporting event is not scheduled in the timeslot or in place of paid programming that would otherwise be scheduled.
- Airtimes of sporting events may vary depending on the offerings scheduled for that weekend.
- When CBS and/or Fox offer an early single NFL game, a post-game show airs after the game from 4:30–5:00 p.m. ET (the length of which may vary depending on the timing of the early game's conclusion) with local, syndicated or non-NFL sports programming airing after from 5:00–7:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, when CBS and/or Fox offer a late single NFL game, local, syndicated or non-NFL sports programming airs from 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. PT.
- CBS and Fox stations in the Pacific Time Zone receiving an NFL single game, must air a late single game, if possible.
- ABC, CBS and/or NBC stations may air their corresponding network's early evening newscast at 6:00 or 6:30 p.m. ET and PT/5:00 or 5:30 p.m. CT/MT, depending on the station's choice of feed.
- NBC Nightly News airs live in all time zones year-round to avoid pre-emption due to the live airings of NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC Sunday Night Basketball and NBC Sunday Night Baseball, respectively.
- CBS Weekend News is preempted on the Eastern and Central time zones when NFL on CBS airs late NFL games. All other time zones air the program.
By network
See also
Notes
- Branded as NBA TipOff or NBA Countdown depending on production company.