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 schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2022–23 season. 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), 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 programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.
Weekdays[]
| 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. | |
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| ABC | Local and/or syndicated programming | GMA3: What You Need To Know | General Hospital* | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||
| ABN | Saints of Carcer | Code Black Extreme ER | Love Riders | My Family | Timeless | The Bold Americans | The Kevin Duke Show | Lance Norton Live | ABN Evening News | ABN Local News | Various Programming | ||||||
| ACME | Man, Woman, and Sin | Forbidden Hours | The Real | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
| CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | The Talk | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||
| Central | Broadchurch | Grounded for Life | Meeting Unknown Worlds | Central Newsnight with Lisa McRee | |||||||||||||
| DuMont | Peyton Place | Colonial Road | Grosse Pointe | The DuMont News with Richard Cannon | |||||||||||||
| Horizon | Horizon Locals (O&Os): Horizon News Local
Affiliates: Local and/or syndicated programming |
Degrassi: The Next Generation | So You See... | Only Connect | Horizon Locals (O&Os): Horizon News Local
Affiliates: Local and/or syndicated programming |
Horizon News Tonight | Local and or syndicated programming | ||||||||||
| NBC | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC News Daily | Local and/or syndicated programming | NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt | Local and/or syndicated programming | ||||||||||||
| RDN | As The World Turns | Guiding Light | Local and/or syndicated programming | RDN National News | |||||||||||||
| The WB | Local and/or syndicated programming | Winterthorne | Rituals | Swans Crossing | Kids' WB! | Local and/or syndicated programming | NewsFix | ||||||||||
| XYZ | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Ryan's Hope | Port Charles | One Life to Live | Another Life | The Edge of Night | Never Too Young | Local and/or syndicated programming | XYZ Evening News | |||||||
| Winter | One Life to Live | The Edge of Night | The Tipping Point | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||||
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).
- Ryan's Hope, Port Charles, Another Life, and Never Too Young will end their runs on December 22, 2023. After that, XYZ will return the 3-4 PM time slot to its affiliates (who were choosing not air network programming during that time period). In addition, One Life to Live will expand to 1 hour on January 8, 2024
Saturday[]
| 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 | ESPN College Football on ABC | College Football Scoreboard | ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC(continued to game completion) | |||||||||||||
| Winter | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC Hockey Saturday Pregame | ABC Hockey Saturday | Local and/or syndicated programming | ABC World News Tonight | Local and/or syndicated programming | |||||||||||
| ABN | ABN Sports Programming (cont) | ABN Evening News | ABN Local News | ||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Local, syndicated and/or CBS Sports programming | College Football Today | SEC on CBS | |||||||||||||
| Winter | College Basketball on CBS | Local and/or syndicated programming | CBS Weekend News | ||||||||||||||
| Central | Local, syndicated and/or Sports Central programming | Central Newsnight Weekend | |||||||||||||||
| DuMont | Local, syndicated, and/or DuMont Sports programming | The DuMont Weekend News | |||||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) | |||||||||||||||
| Winter | Fox College Hoops (continued to game completion) | ||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | Premier League on NBC | NBC Sports programming | College Football on NBC Pre Game | 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 | |||||||||||||
| The WB | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | NewsFIx | ||||||||||||||
| Winter | Local, syndicated and/or WB Motorpsorts programming | ||||||||||||||||
| XYZ | Local, syndicated and/or XYZ Sports programming | XYZ Evening News | |||||||||||||||
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[]
| 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 and/or syndicated 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 | |||||||||||
| ABN | ABN Sports Programming | ABN News Sunday Edition | ABN Local News | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Central | Local, syndicated and/or Sports Central programming | Central Newsnight Weekend | |||||||||||||
| DuMont | Local, syndicated, and/or DuMont Sports programming | The DuMont Weekend News | |||||||||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox NFL Sunday | Fox NFL (continued to game completion) | ||||||||||||
| Winter | Local, syndicated and/or Fox Sports programming | NASCAR RaceDay | NASCAR on Fox | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| The WB | Fall | Local and/or syndicated programming | NewsFIx | ||||||||||||
| Winter | Local, syndicated and/or WB Motorpsorts programming | ||||||||||||||
| XYZ | Local, syndicated and/or XYZ Sports programming | XYZ Evening News | |||||||||||||
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 singleheader 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 singleheader 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 singleheader game must air a late singleheader 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.