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 afternoons 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

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 programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.

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.
* 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.)
* '' 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

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.
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* 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

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

ABC

Returning series:
*''ABC News''
**''ABC World News Tonight''
**'' GMA3: What You Need To Know''
*''ESPN on ABC''
**''College Football on ABC''
**'' College Football Scoreboard''
**''Saturday Night Football''
**''WNBA on ABC''
**'' ABC Hockey Saturday''
**'' NBA Sunday Showcase''
*''General Hospital''

CBS

Returning series:

* ''The Bold and the Beautiful''
* ''CBS Evening News''
* ''CBS Sports''
** ''College Football on CBS''
** '' College Football Today''
** ''NFL on CBS''
** ''The NFL Today''
** PGA Tour on CBS
** College Basketball on CBS
* ''The Young and the Restless''
* ''Beyond the Gates''

Not Returning from 2024–25:

* ''The Price Is Right'' (reruns)
* '' The Talk''

The CW

Returning series:

* ''CW Sports''
** '' ACC on The CW''
** ''CW Football Saturday''
** '' Pac-12 College Football on The CW''
** ''NASCAR Countdown Live''
** '' NASCAR on The CW''
** CW Courtside Saturday
** Grand Slam Track

Fox

Returning series:
*''Fox Sports''
**''Fox College Football''
**''Fox NFL''
**''Fox NFL Sunday''
** Fox College Hoops
**Baseball Night in America
** UFL on Fox

NBC

Returning series:
*''NBC News''
**'' NBC News Daily''
**''NBC Nightly News''
*''NBC Sports''
**'' College Football on NBC''
**'' College Countdown''
**'' NASCAR America''
**''NASCAR on NBC''
**''Premier League on NBC''

Renewals and cancellations

Series renewals

CBS

*''The Bold and the Beautiful''—Renewed through the 2027–28 season on April 8, 2025.
*''The Young and the Restless''—Renewed through the 2027–28 season on February 27, 2024.

See also

* 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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2026 in American television