Setiap program di dalam jadual CCTV-1 tetap sama dan tidak berubah selama lebih 20 tahun.

• 12:00 PM: 新闻30分, Thirty-minute News, basic news program.
• 12:38 PM: 今日说法, Legal Report, small documentary on various civil legal concerns and a specific case, followed by expert discussion.
• 5:27 PM: 大风车, Big Windmill, children's program, has cartoons.
• 6:13 PM: 东方时空, Time for the East.
• 7:00 PM: 新闻联播, Xinwen Lianbo, usually the most authoritative source of Party and Government news.
• 7:30 PM: 天气预报, National Weather Forecast.
• 7:37 PM: 焦点访谈, Focus, attempts to show dark areas of society.
• 7:55 PM: Some kind of Chinese TV series.