2023–24 United States network television schedule (afternoon)

The **2023–24 afternoon network television schedule** for the major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend afternoon hours from September 2023 to August 2024. The daytime schedules for the major networks that offer afternoon programming are expected to remain consistent with the prior television 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 and The CW (as the programming services also does not offer daytime programs of any kind except for LIV Golf), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).

Fox is not included on the weekday schedule as it only airs afternoon programming (in the form of sports content) during weekends.

## 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 and/or primetime programming by affiliates after game completion.
* Fox's afternoon programming is scheduled to be preempted from November 21–25 and 28–30, December 1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14 for the network’s coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

### Weekdays

**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.
* 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).
* NBC stations have the option of airing ***NBC News Daily*** anytime between 12:00–2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, depending on the station's choice of feed.
* ABN affiliates air various programming provided by the network during the 7-8 time period.

### Saturday

**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 with Jose-Diaz Balart* is preempted in the Eastern and Central Time zones when Notre Dame Football on NBC airs a 3:30 p.m. ET game, all other time zones air the program or sometimes may be preempted for other sporting events scheduled to air in the Afternoon (primetime in the Eastern and Central Time zones).
* *CBS Weekend News* is preempted in the Eastern and Central time zones when SEC on CBS airs a 3:30 pm ET game, all other time zones air the program.

### Sunday

**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 doubleheader 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 doubleheader 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 a NFL doubleheader game must air a late doubleheader 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 with Kate Snow* 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.