1998–99 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1998–99 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States in operation during that television season covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1998 to August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1997–98 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, branded as PTV at the time – 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 is Pax TV (now Ion), a venture of Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.

Legend

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  •   Light yellow indicates talk shows.
  •   Green indicates soap operas.
  •   Pink indicates game shows.
  •   Gold indicates news and public affairs programming.
  •   Light teal indicates sporting events.
  •   White indicates local programming.
  •   Light purple indicates children's and/or E/I-compliant programming.
  •   Gray indicates encore programming (e.g., reruns of prime-time programming).
  •   Aquamarine indicates other programs not applicable to the above categorizations.
  • New series are highlighted in bold.

Schedule

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  • 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.[1] 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 or other contracted station 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.

Monday–Friday

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Network 7:00 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:30 am noon 12:30 pm 1:00 pm 1:30 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Good Morning America with Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman Local and/or
syndicated programming
The View Local and/or
syndicated programming
Port Charles All My Children One Life to Live General Hospital Local and/or
syndicated programming
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
CBS CBS This Morning with Mark McEwen and Jane Robelot Local and/or
syndicated programming
The Price Is Right Local and/or
syndicated programming
The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful As the World Turns Guiding Light Local and/or
syndicated programming
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
NBC Fall Today with Katie Couric and Matt Lauer Local and/or
syndicated programming
Leeza+ Sunset Beach Days of Our Lives Another World Local and/or
syndicated programming
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Summer Passions (7/5)
Fox Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
Bobby's World (R) Life with Louie Local and/or
syndicated programming
Cartoon Cabana Spider-Man Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Mon.-Thu.)
Power Rangers in Space (Fri.)
Local and/or
syndicated programming
Mid-September Space Goofs (Mon.)
Spider-Man (Tue.-Fri.)
Toonsylvania (Mon.)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Tue.-Fri.)
Goosebumps (Mon.)
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (Tue.-Fri.)
Goosebumps (Mon.)
Young Hercules (Tue.-Fri.)
October The Magic School Bus (R) Life with Louie (Mon./Fri.)
Ned's Newt (Tue.-Thu.)
Winter Life with Louie (Mon.)
The Mr. Potato Head Show (Tue.)
Space Goofs (Wed.)
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs (Thu.)
Oggy and the Cockroaches (Fri.)
Spider-Man Young Hercules Power Rangers in Space Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
Spring The Magic School Bus (R)
Summer Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (Mon.)
Power Rangers (Tue.-Fri.)
The Magician Spider-Man The New Addams Family
August Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The New Woody Woodpecker Show
The WB Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
Tiny Toon Adventures Animaniacs Local and/or
syndicated programming
Pinky and the Brain Histeria! The New Batman/Superman Adventures Local and/or
syndicated programming
Summer Tiny Toon Adventures (Mon.-Tue., Thu.-Fri.)
Histeria! (Wed.)
Histeria! Animaniacs

Notes:

  • NBC allowed owned-and-operated and affiliated stations the preference of airing Another World and Days of Our Lives in reverse order from the network's recommended scheduling; this structure was carried over when Passions debuted in the 2:00 p.m. ET timeslot on July 5, 1999.
  • Another World aired its last episode on June 25, 1999; the premiere of Passions was scheduled nine days after its timeslot predecessor's series finale due to NBC's scheduled coverage of the Wimbledon tennis tournament preempting the network's daytime schedule during the week of June 28.
  • (+) On September 3, 1999, Leeza aired its final episode on NBC; the program moved to first-run syndication beginning with its September 13 episode. NBC returned the 11:00 a.m. ET hour to its affiliates on September 6; at that time, NBC reclaimed the 9:00 a.m. ET hour from its affiliates in order to air Later Today, a lifestyle and entertainment-oriented extension of Today.
  • The time period that the first hour of the Fox Kids weekday block occupied was turned over to Fox-affiliated stations in September 1999. Prior to the change, some Fox stations had aired that hour of the block in the afternoon in order to air either local morning newscasts or syndicated programming.
  • The WB turned over the morning timeslot occupied by part of its children's programming block to its affiliates on September 3, 1999. A few WB-affiliated stations (mostly major-market outlets owned by Tribune Broadcasting) deferred the block to the afternoon in order to air either local morning newscasts or syndicated programs.

Saturday

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Network 7:00 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:30 am noon 12:30 pm 1:00 pm 1:30 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
Hercules Disney's One Saturday Morning (featuring Doug, Recess, and Pepper Ann) The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show / Schoolhouse Rock! (11:26 am) 101 Dalmatians: The Series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Squigglevision ABC Sports and/or local programming College Football on ABC
December ABC Sports and/or local programming ABC Sports programming Local news ABC World News Saturday
May 101 Dalmatians: The Series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Mickey Mouse Works
CBS Fall Franklin Anatole Dumb Bunnies Flying Rhino Junior High CBS News Saturday Morning Birdz Tales from the Cryptkeeper (R) SEC on CBS
November Mythic Warriors
Winter Rupert (reruns) CBS Sports and/or local programming CBS Sports programming Local news CBS Evening News
NBC Local and/or
syndicated
programming
Today Saved by the Bell: The New Class Hang Time One World City Guys Hang Time NBA Inside Stuff NBC Sports and/or local programming NBC Sports programming Local news NBC Nightly News
Fox Fall Local and/or
syndicated
programming
The Mr. Potato Head Show Power Rangers in Space Godzilla: The Series Young Hercules Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs Mad Jack the Pirate Oggy and the Cockroaches Fox Sports and/or local programming
Winter Spider-Man Power Rangers Power Playback Power Rangers in Space Oggy and the Cockroaches The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
March Spider-Man Power Rangers Lost Galaxy The Magician Power Rangers Power Playback
May The New Woody Woodpecker Show
Summer Donkey Kong Country Digimon: Digital Monsters (starting Aug. 14) Local and/or
syndicated
programming
In the Zone Fox Sports and/or local programming
The WB Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
The New Batman/Superman Adventures Men in Black: The Series Invasion America Brats of the Lost Nebula Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Histeria! Local and/or
syndicated programming
November The New Batman/Superman Adventures Men in Black: The Series Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
January The New Batman/Superman Adventures Men in Black: The Series Batman Beyond The Big Cartoonie Show
February Pokémon The Big Cartoonie Show Histeria! The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
July Pokémon

Notes:

  • Fox Kids originally intended to air a series based on Captain America at 10:30 a.m. ET, however Marvel Comics' then-recent bankruptcy caused the series to be cancelled during pre-production; hence, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs was moved there from its originally intended weekday scheduling.
  • Kids' WB also aired Invasion America at 10:00 a.m. ET until October 10.

Sunday

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Network 7:00 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:30 am noon 12:30 pm 1:00 pm 1:30 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
ABC Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
Good Morning America Sunday This Week with Sam & Cokie Local and/or
syndicated programming
ABC Sports and/or local programming Local news ABC World News Sunday
Spring Local and/or
syndicated programming
CBS Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
CBS News Sunday Morning Face the Nation Local and/or
syndicated programming
NFL Today NFL on CBS
Mid-winter CBS Sports and/or local programming Local news CBS Evening News
NBC Local and/or
syndicated programming
Today Meet the Press Local and/or
syndicated programming
NBC Sports and/or local programming Local news NBC Nightly News
Fox Fall Local and/or
syndicated programming
Fox News Sunday Local and/or
syndicated programming
Fox NFL Sunday Fox NFL (and sometimes another Fox Sports event)
Mid-winter Fox Sports and/or local programming Local and/or
syndicated programming
UPN Algo's FACTory Local and/or
syndicated programming
Beetleborgs Incredible Hulk and Friends X-Men Spider-Man Local and/or
syndicated programming

By network

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See also

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References

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Sources

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  • Curt Alliaume. "ABC Daytime Schedule". Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007.
  • Curt Alliaume. "CBS Daytime Schedule". Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007.
  • Curt Alliaume. "NBC Daytime Schedule". Curt Alliaume’s Utterly Irrelevant Web Site. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
  • "Fox Kids Weekday Lineups (1998-1999)". The Kids Block Blog. October 25, 2012.
  • Aaron Greenhouse (October 11, 2000). "Kids WB! Schedule". Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Aaron Greenhouse (October 16, 2001). "UPN Kids Broadcast Schedule". Carnegie Mellon University.