# 1980–81 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1980–81 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 1980 to August 1981.

## 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.

### Monday–Friday

| Network | 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 | Local/syndicated programming | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | The Love Boat | The Love Boat | Family Feud | Ryan's Hope FYI (12:58) | All My Children | All My Children | One Life to Live FYI (2:58) | One Life to Live FYI (2:58) | General Hospital FYI (3:58) | General Hospital FYI (3:58) | The Edge of Night | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight |
| ABC | Summer | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Three's Company | Three's Company | Family Feud | Ryan's Hope FYI (12:58) | All My Children | All My Children | One Life to Live FYI (2:58) | One Life to Live FYI (2:58) | General Hospital FYI (3:58) | General Hospital FYI (3:58) | The Edge of Night | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight |
| CBS | Fall | Sunrise Semester | Sunrise Semester | Morning | Morning | Captain Kangaroo | Captain Kangaroo | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | The Jeffersons | Alice | The Price Is Right CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) | The Price Is Right CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) | Local/syndicated programming | Search for Tomorrow | The Young and the Restless | The Young and the Restless | As the World Turns | As the World Turns | Guiding Light CBS News Newsbreak (3:57) | Guiding Light CBS News Newsbreak (3:57) | One Day at a Time | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | CBS Evening News |
| CBS | Summer | Sunrise Semester | Sunrise Semester | Morning | Morning | Captain Kangaroo | Captain Kangaroo | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | The Jeffersons | Alice | The Price Is Right CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) | The Price Is Right CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) | Local/syndicated programming | The Young and the Restless | The Young and the Restless | As the World Turns | As the World Turns | Search for Tomorrow | Guiding Light CBS News Newsbreak (3:57) | Guiding Light CBS News Newsbreak (3:57) | One Day at a Time | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | CBS Evening News |
| NBC | NBC | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Today | Today | Today | Today | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Las Vegas Gambit | Blockbusters | Wheel of Fortune | Password Plus | Card Sharks | The Doctors | Days of Our Lives | Days of Our Lives | Another World | Another World | Texas | Texas | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | Local/syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News |