<P> NBC is currently the home to only one daytime program, the hour - long soap opera Days of Our Lives, which has been broadcast on the network since 1965 . Since NBC turned back an hour of its then two - hour daytime schedule to its affiliates as a result of the September 2007 expansion of Today to four hours, the network currently ties with The CW for the fewest daytime programming hours of any major broadcast television network . </P> <P> Long - running daytime dramas seen on NBC in the past include The Doctors (1963--1982), Another World (1964--1999), Santa Barbara (1984--1993), and Passions (1999--2007, later moving to The 101). NBC also aired the final 41⁄2 years of Search for Tomorrow (1982--1986) after that series was initially cancelled by CBS, although many NBC affiliates did not clear the show during its tenure on the network . NBC has also aired numerous short - lived soap operas, including Generations (1989--1991), Sunset Beach (1997--1999), and the two Another World spin - offs, Somerset (1970--1976) and Texas (1980--1982). </P> <P> Notable daytime game shows that once aired on NBC include The Price Is Right (1956--1963), Concentration (1958--1973 and 1987--1991 as Classic Concentration), The Match Game (1962--1969), Let's Make a Deal (1963--1968 and 1990--1991, as well as a short - lived primetime revival in 2002), Jeopardy! (1964--1975 and 1978--1979), The Hollywood Squares (1966--1980), Wheel of Fortune (1975--1989 and 1991), Password Plus / Super Password (1979--1982 and 1984--1989), Sale of the Century (1969--1973 and 1983--1989) and Scrabble (1984--1990 and 1993). The last game show ever to air as part of NBC's daytime schedule was the short - lived Caesars Challenge, which ended in January 1994 . </P> <P> Notable past daytime talk shows that have aired on NBC have included Home (1954--1957), The Ernie Kovacs Show (1955--1956), The Merv Griffin Show (1962--1963), Leeza (1994--1999) and Later Today (1999--2000). </P>

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