The Preemption/Out of Pattern Thread

[Franko]

Two looks at Kansas City/Topeka:

 

Monday, July 11, 1994

NBC (two stations, KC first, then Topeka)

9 a.m.: Leeza/Sally Jessy

10 a.m.: Bertice Berry/Jerry Springer

11 a.m.: Geraldo/Rolonda

12 p.m.: News/DAYS

1 p.m.: AW (both)

2 p.m.: DAYS/Leeza

3 p.m.: Maury/Ricki Lake

4 p.m.: American Journal and A Current Affair/Oprah

 

CBS (two stations)

9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee/Donahue

10 a.m.: TPIR (both)

11 a.m.: Y&R (both)

12 p.m.: News and B&B (both)

1 p.m.: ATWT (both)

2 p.m.: GL (both)

3 p.m.: Ricki Lake/Star Trek: TNG reruns

4 p.m.: Hard Copy and Jeopardy!/Hard Copy and Entertainment Tonight

 

ABC (two stations)

9 a.m.: Sally/Regis and Kathie Lee

10 a.m.: Rolonda/Vicki!

11 a.m.: Mike and Maty (both)

12 p.m.: AMC (both)

1 p.m.: OLTL (both)

2 p.m.: GH (both)

3 p.m.: Donahue/Goof Troop and The Flintstones

4 p.m.: Oprah/Bonkers and Full House reruns

 

Three years later, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997:

NBC (two stations, still KC and Topeka in that order)

9 a.m.: Crook & Chase/Leeza

10 a.m.: Leeza/Dr. Quinn reruns

11 a.m.: All in the Family and Dear John reruns/SUNSET BEACH

12 p.m.: SUNSET/DAYS

1 p.m.: AW (both)

2 p.m.: DAYS/American Journal and Extra

3 p.m.: Dr. Quinn reruns/Rosie O'Donnell

4 p.m.: Rosie O'Donnell/Oprah

 

CBS (two stations)

9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee/Andy Griffith reruns

10 a.m.: TPIR (both)

11 a.m.: Y&R (both)

12 p.m.: News and B&B (both)

1 p.m.: ATWT (both)

2 p.m.: GL (both)

3 p.m.: Ricki Lake/Maury

4 p.m.: American Journal and Jeopardy!/Montel

 

ABC (two stations)

9 a.m.: Sally Jessy/Regis and Kathie Lee

10 a.m.: Rolonda/The View

11 a.m.: The View/I Love Lucy reruns and PORT CHARLES

12 p.m.: AMC (both)

1 p.m.: OLTL (both)

2 p.m.: GH (both)

3 p.m.: Jerry Springer/Roseanne and Coach reruns

4 p.m.: Oprah/Home Improvement reruns

 

KQTV, ABC's St. Joseph station, aired The View and PC in pattern at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively

[Franko]

Okay, last for tonight:

Seattle and vicinity, Thursday, May 31, 1979 (which goes well with the schedule @Paul Raven shared at the top of the last page.)

 

ABC, KOMO

9 a.m.: Dusty's Treehouse and EDGE (between Nov. 1977-May 1979, EDGE moved from 3 p.m.)

10 a.m.: Laverne & Shirley, Pyramid (from 10:30-1, ABC's lineup was also on independent CKVU in Vancouver)

11 a.m.: Family Feud and RYAN'S HOPE

12 p.m.: AMC

1 p.m.: OLTL (OLTL and GH may have normally run in Vancouver, but were preempted for sports)

2 p.m.: GH (EDGE aired by its lonesome at 2 p.m. on CBUT, the CBC in Vancouver)

3 p.m.: Merv Griffin

 

NBC, KING

9 a.m.: Seattle Today (Same as before, with preemptions of Card Sharks and All Star Secrets)

10 a.m.: High Rollers and Wheel of Fortune

11 a.m.: Password Plus and Hollywood Squares

12 p.m.: DAYS

1 p.m.: THE DOCTORS and AW (AW also aired on CHAN, the CTV in Vancouver)

2 p.m.: AW conclusion

3 p.m.: Movie

 

CBS, KIRO (Seattle) and KVOS (Bellingham)

9 a.m.: Donahue/Dick Van Dyke reruns (not the network-scheduled All in the Family) and Whew!

10 a.m.: TPIR (both) (at some point, KIRO gained Donahue and dropped LOL and Match Game)

11 a.m.: Y&R and SEARCH/The 700 Club

12 p.m.: News and ATWT/Donahue (SEARCH aired at 12:30 on CBUT)

1 p.m.: ATWT and GL/LOVE OF LIFE and All in the Family reruns

2 p.m.: GL and MASH reruns/Two's Company (Elaine Stritch's sitcom) and MASH reruns

3 p.m.: Dinah!/Match Game (syndicated, not network) and Gong Show

Edited December 14, 2020 by Franko

[soapfan770]

Holy moly, from KMVT 11 Twin Falls Idaho 12-9-1994: 

 

 

5:00 Off The Air
5:30 Headline News
6:30 CBS Morning News
7:00 This Morning
9:00 The Price is Right
10:00 Family Feud
11:00 Susan Powter
11:30 Bold and the Beautiful
12:00 Regis & Kathie Lee
1:00 Guiding Light
2:00 Young and the Restless
3:00 As The World Turns
4:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
5:00 Jeopardy
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Diagnosis Murder
8:00 MOVIE: In the Heat of the Night "Who Was Geli Bendi?"
10:00 News
10:35 Cheers
11:05 Late Show
12:05 Off the Air
 

And then, from KGGM 13 Albuquerque 11-27-1991: 

 

6:00 CBS This Morning
8:00 Sally Jessy Raphael
9:00 Donahue
10:00 As The World Turns
11:00 Designing Women
11:30 Family Feud
12:00 News
12:30 The Price is Right
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 Guiding Light
3:00 Young and the Restless
4:00 Candid Camera
4:30 Family Feud
5:00 Jeopardy
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Now It Can Be Told
7:00 Brooklyn Bridge
7:30 The Royal Family
8:00 Movie: "The Wizard of Oz"(1939)
10:00 News
10:30 College Basketball: Texas Tech vs. New Mexico
12:30 Then and Now
1:00 Cheers
1:30 Apollo Hair Systems
2:00 The $100,000 Pyramid
2:30 Off the Air
4:30 CBS Morning News
5:00 This Morning
 

[Franko]

I think that's the first time I've ever seen ATWT airing either that early or that late.

 

Okay, big one for tonight. A while back, I did my hometown, Grand Rapids, Michigan, as it looked on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992. Now here's the whole state, plus portions of Canada and Toledo, Ohio.

 

CBS

(Nine affiliates: Detroit/Kalamazoo/Escanaba/Lansing/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie/Toledo/Alpena/Saginaw)

9 a.m.: Joan Rivers/Sally Jessy Raphael/CBS This Morning end/Jenny Jones/Jenny/Jenny/Cosby Show reruns and That's Amore!/Jenny/Vicki!

10 a.m.: Cristina/Family Feud/Regis & Kathie Lee/ALF and Cosby Show reruns/Feud/Feud/Feud/Feud/Feud

11 a.m.: The Price Is Right (Across the board)

12 p.m.: News/News/Y&R/News/News/News/Love Connection/People's Court

12:30 p.m.: Y&R (except in Escanaba, airing the second half-hour of the show)

1 p.m.: News (Escanaba only)

1:30 p.m.: B&B (Across the board; also aired at 4 p.m. on CHBX, CTV in Sault Ste. Marie)

2 p.m.: ATWT (Across the board)

3 p.m.: GL (Across the board)

4 p.m.: News/Oprah Winfrey/Oprah/Maury Povich/Maury/Maury/Oprah/Highway to Heaven reruns/Jenny Jones

(Donahue aired at 5 p.m. in Detroit and Kalamazoo)

 

NBC

(Seven affiliates: Detroit/Grand Rapids/Lansing/Traverse City/Cheboygan/Toledo/Bay City)

9 a.m.: Maury/Jenny/Regis & Kathie Lee/Vicki!/Vicki!/Sally Jessy/Regis & Kathie Lee

10 a.m.: Jerry Springer/Highway to Heaven reruns/Matlock reruns/Montel Williams/Montel/Springer/Matlock reruns

11 a.m.: Faith Daniels and Doctor Dean/Infatuation/Doctor Dean and Classic Concentration/DD and CC/DD and CC/DD & Faith/Classic Concentration and Night Court reruns

12 p.m.: News and Classic Concentration/News and CNN News/News and Rush Limbaugh/Whoopi Goldberg and Faith Daniels (this may be a typo, unless Whoopi's show was offered in 30 and 60-minute formats)/Whoopi and Faith/Unknown -- presumably news or Whoopi/News and Faith

1 p.m.: DAYS (across the board)

2 p.m.: AW (across the board; also aired on CHBX and CKCO, CTV in Sarnia)

3 p.m.: SANTA BARBARA (except in Detroit, airing Montel; also aired on CHBX and then-independent WGPR)

4 p.m.: Sally/Maury/Full House and Married with Children reruns/Matlock reruns/Matlock reruns/Maury/Cosby Show and MASH reruns

 

ABC

(Nine affiliates: Detroit/Grand Rapids/Battle Creek/Marquette/Lansing/Traverse City/Sault Ste. Marie/Toledo/Flint)

9 a.m.: Company/Regis & Kathie Lee/People's Court (2 episodes)/A Closer Look with Faith Daniels and One on One/Sally Jessy/Regis & Kathie Lee/Regis & Kathie Lee/Regis & Kathie Lee/Sally Jessy

10 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee/Geraldo/Newhart and I Dream of Jeannie reruns/Candid Camera and Cosby Show reruns/Donahue/700 Club/700 Club, Vicki!/Maury

11 a.m.: Jenny Jones/Joan Rivers/Home/Home/Geraldo/Home/Home/Home/Home

12 p.m.: News or filler

12:30 p.m.: Loving (across the board)

1 p.m.: AMC (across the board)

2 p.m.: OLTL (across the board)

3 p.m.: GH (across the board)

4 p.m.: (There was an Afterschool Special that day, but normally, Oprah/Growing Pains and Head of the Class reruns/Heathcliff/Oprah/Oprah/Oprah/Oprah/Brady Bunch and Laverne and Shirley reruns/Donahue

[Franko]

New Mexico/West Texas/Durango, Colorado, October 1989:

 

NBC (four stations -- Albuquerque, Roswell, El Paso and Farmington)

8 a.m. -- Today conclusion in all but El Paso (airing Scrabble and Golden Girls reruns)

9 a.m. -- Scrabble and Jackpot! (El Paso aired Donahue)

10 a.m. -- I Love Lucy reruns and GENERATIONS (El Paso aired Sally Jessy Raphael)

11 a.m. -- DOOL (all four)

12 p.m. -- AW (all four)

1 p.m. -- SB (all four)

2 p.m. -- GENERATIONS and Classic Concentration in El Paso, Highway to Heaven on the others

3 p.m. -- Divorce Court and People's Court on all but El Paso, Highway to Heaven in EP

 

CBS (four stations -- El Paso, Durango, Roswell and Albuquerque)

8 a.m. -- Joan Rivers in El Paso, Sally Jessy on the others

9 a.m. -- TPIR in El Paso and Durango, Donahue in Roswell and Albuquerque

10 a.m. -- Family Feud and Y&R in El Paso; Y&R on the others

11 a.m. -- Y&R conclusion and B&B in El Paso; Golden Girls and Wheel of Fortune (network, I'm assuming) in Durango; ATWT in Roswell and Albuquerque

12 p.m. -- ATWT in El Paso; news and Family Feud on the others

1 p.m. -- GL in El Paso and Durango; TPIR in Roswell and Albuquerque

2 p.m. -- Three's Company and Win, Lose or Draw in El Paso, ATWT in Durango, GL in Roswell and Albuquerque

3 p.m. -- Geraldo in El Paso; B&B and People's Court in Durango, Family Feud (syndicated) and Love Connection in Roswell and Albuquerque

 

ABC (five stations -- Carlsbad, Albuquerque, El Paso, Silver City and Clovis)

8 a.m. -- GMA conclusion in all but Clovis (airing Donahue)

9 a.m. -- Home in Carlsbad and El Paso, Joan Rivers in Albuquerque and Silver City, Regis & Kathie Lee in Clovis

10 a.m. -- Webster reruns and Loving in Carlsbad and El Paso, Regis & Kathie Lee in Albuquerque and Silver City, Sally Jessy in Clovis

11 a.m. -- AMC in all but Clovis, which aired news and 3rd Degree

12 p.m. -- OLTL (all five)

1 p.m. -- GH (all five)

2 p.m. -- Inside Edition and Jeopardy! in Carlsbad and El Paso, The Judge and Inside Edition in Albuquerque and Silver City, Geraldo in Clovis

3 p.m. -- Family Ties and Growing Pains in Carlsbad and El Paso, Oprah in Albuquerque and Silver City, Family Feud and Win, Lose or Draw in Clovis

[Franko]

I guess adding B&B sometime between late 1989-late 1991 inspired KGGM, the CBS in Albuquerque, to shake things up. Of note: all of the network programming is accounted for in '91, while the network version of Wheel of Fortune apparently didn't air (stopped airing?) in '89.

 

10 a.m.: From Y&R to ATWT

11 a.m.: From ATWT to Designing Women and Family Feud

12 p.m.: From news and FF to news and TPIR

1 p.m.: From TPIR to TPIR's second half and B&B

2 p.m.: GL, both times

3 p.m.: From FF's syndicated version and Love Connection to Y&R

[Franko]

Atlanta, April 1988:

ABC:

9:00 Geraldo
10:00 The Judge
10:30 Superior Court
11:00 Newlywed Game
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12:00 News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Oprah Winfrey

 

CBS:

9:00 Donahue
10:00 Sally Jessy Raphel
10:30 Divorce Court
11:00 The Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 The Young and The Restless
1:30 The Bold and The Beautiful
2:00 As The World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light.
4/4:30 The Jeffersons

 

NBC:

9:00 Jeopardy!
9:30 Win Lose or Draw
10:00 Will Shriner
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Concentration
12:00 Noonday
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Knots Landing

 

[Franko]

Checking in on this area, July 1983:

 

NBC (listings only for Sacramento (KCRA) and San Francisco (KRON))

9 a.m.: still Finnerty & Company/reruns (now Diff'rent Strokes) and Sale of the Century

10 a.m.: still Wheel of Fortune on both, with Sacramento still airing Tic Tac Dough and SF airing the new network game, Dream House, at 10:30

11 a.m.: Dream House and Sale of the Century in Sacramento/Facts of Life reruns and news in SF

12 p.m.: still news in Sacramento/DAYS in SF

1 p.m.: Fantasy in Sacramento/AW in SF

2 p.m.: AW in Sacramento (there's a YouTube promo of AW joining or returning to KCRA)/Merv Griffin in SF

3 p.m.: still DAYS in Sacramento/Mary Tyler Moore and Entertainment Tonight in SF

4 p.m.: Donahue in Sacramento/TGI4 (local talk show) in SF

 

CBS (listings for Sacramento, San Francisco, Chico and Eureka)

9 a.m.: Pyramid and Child's Play in all but KIEM in Eureka, which aired Donahue

10 a.m.: TPIR on all but KPIX in San Francisco (it aired on independent station KTZO; KPIX aired People Are Talking)

11 a.m.: Y&R on all but KIEM, which aired Jim Bakker

12 p.m.: News on all but KIEM, which aired Pyramid, followed by ATWT across the board

1 p.m.: ATWT conclusion, then CAPITOL, across the board

2 p.m.: GL across the board

3 p.m.: Y&R in Eureka, Hour Magazine in Sacramento & SF, Lie Detector and Little House reruns in Chico

4 p.m: Child's Play and Tattletales in Eureka, a shorter afternoon version of People are Talking and Tattletales in SF, California Afternoon in Sacramento and the conclusion of Little House and start on Bonanza in Chico

 

ABC (listings for Sacramento/Stockton, San Francisco, Eureka and Redding)

9 a.m.: Good Morning California and RH/AM San Francisco/EDGE and All in the Family reruns/Donahue

10 a.m.: Too Close for Comfort reruns in all but Redding, which aired AM California, followed LOV across the board

11 a.m.: AMC in Sacramento, Family Feud and RH in SF, Eureka and Redding

12 p.m.: news in Sacramento, AMC in SF, Eureka and Redding

1 p.m.: OLTL across the board

2 p.m.: GH across the board

3 p.m.: The People's Court and All in the Family in Sacramento, EDGE and a movie in SF, Hour Magazine in Eureka and EDGE and DAYS in Redding

4 p.m.: Three's Company and The Jeffersons in Sacramento, the rest of SF's movie, The Waltons in Eureka and the DAYS conclusion and People's Court in Redding

 

According to the EDGE Homepage, the show was dropped from KOVR in Sacramento in August 1980.

[Franko]

Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1983:

 

KTTU, the NBC station in Anchorage, also aired ABC shows:

9 a.m.: AMC

10 a.m.: GH

11 a.m.: Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune

12 p.m.: LOV and SFT

1 p.m.: DAYS

2 p.m.: AW

3 p.m.: Dream House and Go!

 

KTVF, then-CBS in Fairbanks:

9 a.m.: Richard Simmons and Pyramid

10 a.m.: Press Your Luck and Tattletales

11 a.m.: TPIR

12 p.m.: News & Y&R

1 p.m.: Y&R and ATWT

2 p.m.: ATWT and CAP

3 p.m.: GL (Another Life aired on the religious station at 3:30)

 

It's crazy to think that as late as 1983, in this market, one could watch up to seven soaps in a day. And up to seven game network game shows.

[Spoon]

During the early 80s General Hospital aired at 10:30am on WTAE Pittsburgh in the morning, after AM Pittsburgh. I was young and my mom would watch GH in the morning and CBS in the afternoon.  

 

Of course As The World Turns didn't air on KDKA for decades until the Summer of 1990. All the local cable systems also carried either WKBN Youngstown or WTRF Wheeling any way. Capitol aired at 1:30, later B&B briefly aired at 2:30.

 

Days has been at 3pm on WPXI ever  since the show's peak in the mid-90s.  Former sister station WTOV Stubenville and WJAC Johnstown used to air the show at 3 as well but no longer do so.

[Franko]

A few things out of the ordinary for St. Louis in February 1981.

 

No EDGE on KTVI (It had been dropped a year and a half previously). The 3 p.m. CST slot went to Match Game, with Family Feud airing at 3:30 rather than 11 a.m. Mary Tyler Moore reruns were RH's lead-in.

 

Over on KSDK, no DOCTORS (maybe it was dropped when it moved to the start of the soap lineup?). Midday ran at 11:30 a.m., followed by news, meaning DOOL, AW and TEXAS were all delayed a half hour, airing from 12:30-3:30 CST. The 3:30 slot went to "The World of People."

 

CBS's full lineup aired on KMOX. However, One Day at a Time reruns aired at 11 a.m. as the lead-in to SFT, rather than after GL. John Davidson's talk show aired at 3 p.m.

 

 

Oklahoma City, June 1982

KTVY 4 (NBC) -- no Diff'rent Strokes reruns, WOF or SFT

9 a.m.: Hour Magazine

10 a.m.: TEXAS

11 a.m.: DOCTORS and Dannysday

Noon: News and DOOL

1 p.m.: DOOL and AW

2 p.m.: AW and CHiPs reruns

3 p.m.: CHiPs and Bewitched reruns

 

KOCO 5 (ABC) -- no Family Feud

9 a.m.: Donahue

10 a.m.: The Love Boat reruns

11 a.m.: AMC (on a delay)

12 p.m.: News and RH

1 p.m.: OLTL

2 p.m.: GH

3 p.m.: EDGE and Here's Lucy reruns

 

KWTV 9 (CBS) -- all of the network schedule

9 a.m.: One Day at a Time and Alice reruns

10 a.m.: TPIR

11 a.m.: Y&R

12 p.m.: News and ATWT

1 p.m.: ATWT and CAPITOL

2 p.m.: GL

3 p.m.: The Waltons reruns

 

 

[Franko]

Salt Lake City, May 1992

KUTV (NBC)

9 a.m.: AW

10 a.m.: A Closer Look and One on One

11 a.m.: Sally Jessy

12 p.m.: News

1 p.m.: SB

2 p.m.: DOOL

3 p.m.: Maury

4 p.m.: Donahue

 

KTVX (ABC)

9 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee

10 a.m.: Home

11 a.m.: AMC

Noon: OLTL

1 p.m.: GH

2 p.m.: People's Court and Candid Camera

3 p.m.: Geraldo

4 p.m.: Montel

 

KSL (CBS)

9 a.m.: TPIR

10 a.m.: Y&R

11 a.m.: ATWT

12 p.m.: News

1 p.m.: GL

2 p.m.: Oprah

3 p.m.: Love Boat reruns

4 p.m.: Perfect Strangers and Cosby Show reruns

 

I'm always a little amazed at markets where one could watch six soap operas in a row. You always think that sort of thing went out when shows started expanding to an hour.

[Franko]

Some Midwest odds and ends:

Minneapolis/St. Paul, January 1988:

RYAN'S HOPE and LOVING aired from 11-12 a.m. CST on independent station KTMA. The ABC station, KTSP, aired Geraldo at 10 a.m., followed by HOME and the news before ALL MY CHILDREN.

 

Detroit, October 1989:

WJBK (then a CBS station) aired 3rd Degree rather than Family Feud at 10 a.m. (as the lead-in for the network Wheel of Fortune), but did air the syndicated Family Feud at 7 p.m. WDIV (NBC) aired Joan Rivers at 10 rather than Classic Concentration and Scrabble. Santa Barbara, which had previously aired in the morning on WDIV -- at least as of September 1985 -- was in pattern at 3 p.m.. WXYZ (ABC) aired HOME at 4:30 a.m. and Sally Jessy at 11 a.m.

 

Chicago, December 1990:

DAYS OF OUR LIVES aired at 11 a.m. on WMAQ, opposite Trump Card and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS on WBBM and Match Game and LOVING on WLS. DOOL seems to have aired at 11 for at least a few years. Does anyone know exactly how long?

 

And finally, Mason City, Ottumwa, the Quad Cities and Dubuque, Iowa, November 1989:

Everything in pattern on the two CBS stations, KIMT (Mason City) and WHBF (Quad Cities). LOVING aired on KTVO (Ottumwa) and KDUB (Dubuque), but not WQAD (Quad Cities). No Classic Concentration and Scrabble on KWQC (Quad Cities), which aired Sally Jessy.

One more: GENERAL HOSPITAL still wasn't airing in Dayton, Ohio as of July 1993. WDTN aired Maury Povich at 3 p.m. (and GH aired at 3 p.m. on WKRC in Cincinnati). Speaking of Cincinnati, WLWT aired ANOTHER WORLD at 1 p.m. and DAYS OF OUR LIVES at 2 p.m. while they aired in their normal timeslots on WKEF in Dayton. Both WHIO (Dayton) and WCPO (Cincinnati) aired the CBS soaps in pattern.

[Franko]

Yakima, Washington, June 1978

KIMA, the CBS station, aired the syndicated soap HIGH HOPES instead of afternoon news, slotting it between SEARCH and ATWT (and against the dying FOR RICHER, FOR POORER and the start of AMC). Non-soap-related: KNDO (NBC) aired The Mickey Mouse Club instead of Card Sharks.

 

Boston/Providence/Hartford, November 1981

THE DOCTORS did not air on WBZ in Boston (which aired People Are Talking), but did air on WJAR in Providence and WVIT in New Britain. No EDGE in Boston (it had been dropped from ABC affiliate WCVB in 1976 and independent station WLVI in September 1978; WCVB had reruns of The Waltons after GH; WLVI had afternoon cartoons), New Haven (WTNH carried EDGE from August 1976-September 1979 and aired Merv Griffin in the afternoon) or Providence (WPRI dropped Edge by October 1979 and also aired Merv). GUIDING LIGHT aired at 9 a.m. on WLNE in New Bedford (which aired an afternoon movie after SEARCH).

 

San Francisco and Sacramento, April 1982 (a prelude to the 1983 schedules earlier on this page)

KCRA (Sacramento) was airing DAYS at 3 as early as April '82, with TEXAS as its lead-in. No DOCTORS, SEARCH or AW. On KRON (San Francisco), THE DOCTORS aired at 11. No SEARCH (Midday instead) or TEXAS (Ironside reruns, followed by Merv Griffin; by '83, Merv moved up an hour). The CBS and ABC affiliates' schedules are more or less the same/in pattern.

 

Chicago, June 1983

WMAQ aired news at noon, meaning DAYS and AW aired a half-hour out of pattern (and AW directly competed with CAPITOL, plus the end of OLTL). WBBM aired Donahue at 9, with Pyramid, Child's Play and Tattletales airing in a block before Y&R at 11:30 and The Price Is Right airing after the soaps at 3 p.m. WLS aired EDGE at 9:30 a.m., after A.M Chicago.

 

EDGE was not airing on WTEN in Albany, New York, as of July 1984. The 10:30 a.m. slot, which it was at in August 1980 (according to the Edge Homepage), was filled by Mary Tyler Moore reruns.

[edgeofnik]

@Franko Re: St. Louis & Edge - starting in late 1981 or early 1982, KTVI aired Edge 1:30 a.m. This continued at least until 1984 - my brother was a huge Preacher/Jody fan. The Karrie Emerson recast shocked him. I was in college by then.