1996–97 United States network television schedule (weekday)

All the 3 Commercial Networks airs the Daytime Monday–Friday Schedules for each calendar season beginning in September 1996. All Times are in Eastern; affiliate schedules may differ.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Fall 1996

	6:00 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	11:00 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	ABC World News This Morning	Good Morning America				Local Programs		Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends	Local Programs	The City	All My Children		One Life to Live	General Hospital		Local Programs			ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
CBS	The CBS Morning News	CBS This Morning				Local Programs		The Price is Right	Local Programs	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns	Guiding Light		Local Programs			The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC	NBC News at Sunrise	The Today Show with Bryant Gumbel & Katie Couric				Local Programs	Real Life with Jane Pauley	Leeza	Local Programs		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local Programs					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
FOX	Local Programs		Bobby’s World	Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?	Local Programs									Eek! Stravaganza(Mon)Bobby's World(Tues-Fri)	The Adventures of Batman & Robin(Mon)Life With Louie(Tues-Fri)	Big Bad Beetleborgs(Mon-Thurs)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(Fri)	Power Rangers Zeo	Local Programs

Winter 1996-1997

	6:00 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	11:00 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	ABC World News This Morning	Good Morning America				Local Programs	Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends	Local Programs	The City	All My Children		One Life to Live	General Hospital		Local Programs			ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
CBS	The CBS Morning News	CBS This Morning				Local Programs	The Price is Right	Local Programs	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns	Guiding Light		Local Programs			The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC	NBC News at Sunrise	The Today Show with Bryant Gumbel & Katie Couric				Local Programs	Leeza	Sunset Beach		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local Programs					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
FOX	Local Programs		Casper	Bobby's World	Local Programs								The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Spider-Man(Mon)Life With Louie(Tues-Fri)	Bobby's World(Mon-Thurs)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(Fri)	Power Rangers Zeo	Local Programs

NOTES:

On NBC, Sunset Beach debuted on January 6, 1997. NBC took back the noon slot from its affiliates and returned the 10 am slot to its affiliates.
On ABC, The City aired its last episode on March 28, 1997. Port Charles debuted in its place in June 1997.

Spring 1997

	6:00 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	11:00 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	ABC World News This Morning	Good Morning America				Local Programs	Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends	Local Programs	AMC/OLTL/GH Classics	All My Children		One Life to Live	General Hospital		Local Programs			ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
CBS	The CBS Morning News	CBS This Morning				Local Programs	The Price is Right	Local Programs	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns	Guiding Light		Local Programs			The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC	NBC News at Sunrise	The Today Show with Katie Couric & Matt Lauer				Local Programs	Leeza	Sunset Beach		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local Programs					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
FOX	Local Programs		Spider-Man	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Local Programs								Bobby’s World	Spider-Man(Mon)Life With Louie(Tue-Fri)	Big Bad Beetleborgs(Mon-Thurs)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(Fri)	Power Rangers Zeo(Mon-Thurs)Power Rangers Turbo(Fri)	Local Programs

Summer 1997

	6:00 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	11:00 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	ABC World News This Morning	Good Morning America				Local Programs	The View	Local Programs	Port Charles	All My Children		One Life to Live	General Hospital		Local Programs			ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
CBS	The CBS Morning News	CBS This Morning				Local Programs	The Price is Right	Local Programs	The Young and the Restless		The Bold and the Beautiful	As the World Turns	Guiding Light		Local Programs			The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC	NBC News at Sunrise	The Today Show with Katie Couric & Matt Lauer				Local Programs	Leeza	Sunset Beach		Days of Our Lives		Another World	Local Programs					NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
FOX	Local Programs		Bobby’s World	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(Mon)Life With Louie(Tue-Fri)	Local Programs								The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Eek! Stravaganza	Power Rangers Zeo	Bobby's World(Mon-Thu)Power Rangers Turbo(Fri)	Local Programs

Sources

United States network daytime television schedules