What's good on daytime TV these days?

March 15, 2024 6:29 PM

I'm taking looooong flights in the US this weekend with an Airline that provides access to Live TV. I haven't had Live TV in 10 years. I'll be traveling during the daytime hours on both Saturday and Sunday - let's say 9am-10pm ET. Any good talk shows these days? A new Judge Judy? Soaps not to miss? I realize the weekends are different - are there still Saturday morning cartoons?

I'll plan to click around, but I assume I have access to ABC, CBS, Fox etc. I realize you won't know what exactly is available when I am flying, but if you mention something you enjoy, if I see it when clicking around, I'll be sure to stop to watch.

posted by Toddles to Travel & Transportation (5 answers total)

This weekend you should expect a lot of college basketball as teams compete in their conference championships to win a bid to the Big Dance. I'd expect near wall-to-wall games across ABC, CBS, and Fox for most of your flights.

HGTV and Food Network have been staples for me in similar circumstances, and Bravo seems to frequently play an entire season of TV back-to-back-to-back, which can make for a convenient binge if whatever show is on catches your attention.
posted by matrixclown at 8:33 PM on March 15

Morning-noon Saturday nbc has a EPL game on. Daytime tv always sucks. Morning weekend is kids targeted, afternoon weekend is sports. Infomercials in between. Weekday daytime tv is…just the worst assortment of the worst people talking and yelling, plus one or two soaps still on air?
posted by ixipkcams at 10:58 PM on March 15

If you can get ION, there's a Law & Order SVU marathon every Saturday.
posted by Dolley at 6:12 AM on March 16

I'm assuming this is JetBlue (who else has live TV?). It's DirectTV and has all the cable channels you'd expect, plus the broadcast channels. There will inevitably be some marathon on USA (probably inevitably SVU -- I have watched too much SVU on transcontinental JetBlue flights).

If I'm right that it's JetBlue, there are also a bunch of films and some random TV episodes--expect half a season of some sitcom, some kid stuff and an episode of two of other stuff.
posted by hoyland at 7:34 AM on March 16

(who else has live TV?)

Delta had it on my last flight a couple months ago.
posted by LionIndex at 9:12 AM on March 16