1971–72 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1971–72 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 1971 to August 1972.

Legend

•   Light yellow indicates talk shows.
•   Green indicates soap operas.
•   Pink indicates game shows.
•   Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
•   Light teal indicates sporting events.
•   White indicates local programming.
•   Light purple indicates children's programming.
•   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.
• ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast, depending on stations' schedule

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	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming											That Girl	Bewitched	Password	All My Children	Let's Make a Deal	The Newlywed Game	The Dating Game	General Hospital	One Life to Live	Love, American Style	Local/syndicated programming				ABC News
	Spring												Bewitched	Password	Split Second
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester	Local/syndicated programming	CBS Morning News		Captain Kangaroo		Local/syndicated programming		The Lucy Show	The Beverly Hillbillies	Family Affair	Love of Life	Where the Heart Is CBS News (12:25)	Search for Tomorrow	Local/syndicated programming	As the World Turns	Love is a Many Splendored Thing	The Guiding Light	The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Local/syndicated programming				CBS Evening News
	Winter										My Three Sons
	Spring																					The Amateur's Guide to Love
	Summer										The Beverly Hillbillies											My Three Sons
NBC	Fall	Local/syndicated programming		Today				Local/syndicated programming		Dinah's Place	Concentration	Sale of the Century	The Hollywood Squares	Jeopardy!	The Who, What, or Where Game NBC News (12:55)	Local/syndicated programming	Three on a Match	Days of Our Lives	The Doctors	Another World	Bright Promise	Somerset	Local/syndicated programming				NBC Nightly News
	Spring																				Return to Peyton Place

Saturday

Network		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	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local and/or syndicated programming		Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (R)	The Road Runner Show	The Funky Phantom	The Jackson 5ive	Bewitched	Lidsville	Curiosity Shop		Jonny Quest	Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (R)	American Bandstand		ABC Sports and/or local programming
CBS		Local and/or syndicated programming		The Bugs Bunny Show	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (R)	Harlem Globetrotters	Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!	The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show	Archie's TV Funnies	Sabrina the Teenage Witch (R)	Josie and the Pussycats (R)	The Monkees	You Are There	CBS Children's Film Festival		CBS Sports and/or local programming								CBS Evening News	Local and/or syndicated programming
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming		The Further Adventures of Dr. Dolittle (R)	The Woody Woodpecker Show	Deputy Dawg	The New Pink Panther Show	Barrier Reef	Take a Giant Step		The Bugaloos	Mr. Wizard	The Jetsons	NBC Sports and/or local programming										Local and/or syndicated programming	NBC Saturday Night News
	Winter				Deputy Dawg	The Woody Woodpecker Show		The Jetsons	Barrier Reef	Take a Giant Step			The Bugaloos

In the News aired after all of CBS's Saturday morning shows, except The Bugs Bunny Show , You Are There , and CBS Children's Film Festival .^{[ citation needed ]}

Sunday

Network		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	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC		Local and/or syndicated programming						The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show	Here Come the Double Deckers	The Bullwinkle Show	Make a Wish	Local and/or syndicated programming			Issues and Answers	ABC Sports and/or local programming
CBS	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming				Tom and Jerry	Groovie Goolies	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face the Nation	NFL on CBS and/or local programming
	Winter											CBS Sports and/or local programming												60 Minutes
	Summer																							Local and/or syndicated programming	CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Local and/or syndicated programming											Meet the Press	NBC Sports and/or local programming										Local and/or syndicated programming	NBC Sunday Night News
	Spring	Local and/or syndicated programming												Meet the Press	NBC Sports and/or local programming

By network

ABC

Returning Series ABC Evening News All My Children American Bandstand Bewitched (reruns) The Bullwinkle Show The Dating Game General Hospital Here Come the Double Deckers (reruns) Issues and Answers Jonny Quest (reruns) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (reruns) Let's Make a Deal Love, American Style (reruns) The Newlywed Game One Life to Live Password The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show (reruns) That Girl (reruns) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (reruns)

New Series Curiosity Shop The Funky Phantom The Jackson 5ive Lidsville Make a Wish The Road Runner Show Split Second

Not Returning From 1970-71 A World Apart Cattanooga Cats (reruns) Dark Shadows Discovery The Hardy Boys (reruns) Hot Wheels The Motormouse & AutoCat Show Skyhawks The Smokey Bear Show (reruns)

CBS

Returning Series Archie's TV Funnies As the World Turns The Beverly Hillbillies (reruns) The Bugs Bunny Show Camera Three Captain Kangaroo CBS Evening News CBS Morning News The Edge of Night Face the Nation Family Affair (reruns) Gomer Pyle, USMC (reruns) Groovie Goolies (reruns) The Guiding Light Harlem Globetrotters Josie and the Pussycats (reruns) Lamp Unto My Feet Look Up and Live Love is a Many Splendored Thing Love of Life The Lucy Show (reruns) The Monkees (reruns) Sabrina the Teenage Witch (reruns) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (reruns) Search for Tomorrow The Secret Storm Sunrise Semester Tom and Jerry (reruns) Where the Heart Is

New Series The Amateur's Guide to Love CBS Children's Film Festival Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! My Three Sons (reruns) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show You Are There

Not Returning From 1970-71 Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines (reruns) The Jetsons (reruns) (moved to NBC) The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (reruns)

NBC

Returning Series Another World Bright Promise The Bugaloos Concentration Dinah's Place Days of Our Lives Doctor Dolittle (reruns) The Doctors The Hollywood Squares Jeopardy! Meet the Press NBC Nightly News NBC Saturday Night News NBC Sunday Night News The New Pink Panther Show Sale of the Century Somerset Three on a Match Today The Who, What, or Where Game The Woody Woodpecker Show (reruns)

New Series Barrier Reef Deputy Dawg (reruns) The Jetsons (reruns) Mr. Wizard Return to Peyton Place Take a Giant Step

Not Returning From 1970-71 The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show Here Comes the Grump (reruns) Hot Dog H.R. Pufnstuf (reruns) Jambo Joe Garagiola's Memory Game The Tomfoolery Show Words and Music

See also

• 1971-72 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1971-72 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984