On August 17, 1992, ABC officially stopped programming the Noon/11:00am CT timeslot. "Loving" was then made available to affiliates at Noon/11 or 12:30/11:30. Some affiliates in the Central and Pacific Time Zones moved "Loving" to 11:00 AM to air local newscasts at 11:30. Despite the time slot changes on some affiliates, the national ratings for the show never improved. In fact, the show's national ratings were never strong enough to climb above tenth place. However, "Loving" did beat the genre's top-rated program, CBS' "The Young and the Restless", in markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia, which were home to four of ABC's owned-and-operated stations, despite only competing with the first half hour of "The Young and the Restless".