2025–26 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 2025–26 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 2025 to August 2026. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2024–25 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 Ion Television (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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 | GMA3: What You Need To Know | 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 3: What You Need To Know 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 October 21 in which all NBC affilates will air a doubleheader that night at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ET/4:30 and 7 p.m. PT which will preempt NBC Nightly News due to a hour long pre game preceding the 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 carry.
- On Tuesday September 30 and Wednesday October 1, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, ABC will air games 1 and 2 of a MLB Wild Card Series.
Saturday
[edit]| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Horse racing on Fox | 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 2:30 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
[edit]| 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 Countdown | 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 during Fall to avoid pre-emption due to the live airing of NBC Sunday Night Football.
- 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
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Not Returning from 2024–25:
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Renewals and cancellations
[edit]Series renewals
[edit]CBS
[edit]- The Bold and the Beautiful—Renewed through the 2027–28 season on April 8, 2025.[19]
- The Young and the Restless—Renewed through the 2027–28 season on February 27, 2024.[8]
See also
[edit]- 2025–26 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
- 2025–26 United States network television schedule (morning)
- 2025–26 United States network television schedule (late night)
- 2025–26 United States network television schedule (overnight)
References
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- ^ "Watch General Hospital TV Show". ABC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "The Bold and the Beautiful: Will there be more seasons? Know all about the renewal status". The Economic Times. May 4, 2024.
- ^ "CBS Evening News with John Dickerson and Maruice DuBois". CBS. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Rice, Lynette (February 27, 2024). "The Young And The Restless Renewed For Four More Seasons". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (April 15, 2024). "CBS Orders The Gates To Series; Daytime Sudser That Centers On A Black Family To Debut In January". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Swift, Andy (April 12, 2024). "The Talk Ending With Season 15 at CBS". TVLine.
- ^ a b "The CW Network Announces Its Seven-Night Primetime Schedule for 2024-2025" (Press release). The CW. May 16, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ "The CW Network to Broadcast Pac-12 Football Games to a National Audience in 2024" (Press release). The CW. May 14, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ a b "The CW Network and NASCAR Announce Full Schedule for 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series" (Press release). The CW. August 29, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ "CFB ON FOX (FOX)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Katz, A.J. (August 3, 2022). "NBC to Launch Daytime National News Program in Former Days of Our Lives Timeslot". Adweek.
- ^ "NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas". NBC. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ a b "BIG TEN SATURDAY NIGHT (NBC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 10, 2015). "NBC Retains Rights to Premier League in Six-Year Deal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (April 8, 2025). "The Bold And The Beautiful Renewed For Three Seasons On CBS Through 2027-28". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 9, 2025.