Historically, the station has either preempted or aired out of pattern certain ABC network programs to make room for other local or syndicated programs or because of internal concerns over a program's content. Beginning in 1970, it was one of a handful of ABC stations that did not carry "American Bandstand", opting to air public service programming instead. It also preempted "Good Morning America" for the first five months of its run from November 1975 to March 1976, in favor of the existing local morning program "The AM Show" ("GMA"s short-lived predecessor "AM America" was also not cleared throughout its run from January to November 1975). Because of its hour-long midday newscast—which aired at noon—WFAA has aired programming scheduled during that hour nationally on a day-behind basis at 11 a.m.: the soap opera "All My Children" aired in that slot until September 27, 2011, when it was replaced by "The Chew". On September 10, 2018, WFAA moved its midday newscast to 11 a.m. in order to carry "GMA Day" (now "") at noon. From the mid-1970s until that soap concluded in December 1984, WFAA aired "The Edge of Night" (which the network recommended be aired at 3 p.m.) on a day-behind basis prior to ABC's morning sitcom rerun block, in order to air feature films after "General Hospital". Following the midday newscast's expansion into an hour-long broadcast in September 1992, WFAA aired "Loving"—which many ABC stations in the Central Time Zone normally aired at 12:30 p.m.—on a day-behind basis until the soap opera (which by that time, was reformatted as "The City") was cancelled in 1996; for similar reasons, it also carried "Port Charles" on Tuesday through Saturday early mornings throughout that soap's run from 1997 to 2004.