After-school game shows

AFAIK, The Big Arvo was axed in May 2005. Don’t remember which of It’s Academic or Go Go Stop replaced it.

IIRC, TBA aired throughout the whole (ratings) year.

There was also Time Masters with Tony Johnston in 1996-1998, I believe though only one of A*mazing or Time Masters ever aired at a time throughout the years.

I believe it was somewhere between 2011 and 2013. I thought it was not long after 11 was launched, but on thinking about it, they originally had Couch Time at 4pm initially. I am now leaning to 2013 given I think it was no later than early 2013 that Nine News Now was launched in 2013 or 2014

This is an episode of Wipeout on Channel Seven from Thursday August 31st 2000.

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Yes, similar to Girl TV and The Big Arvo. Both crossed over during the year.

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This is a episode of Go Go Stop on Channel Seven from 2004.

This is a episode of Total Recall on Channel Seven from Tuesday June 13th 1995.

These two tended to alternate in the 4pm timeslot into the late 2000s - early 2010s.

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Pretty sure Go Go Stop had wrapped filming by 2007 and ‘Jesse’ Tobin :wink: was pretty much focussed on WS from 2009 onwards.

But It’s Academic finished up around 2013 I think. They still aired repeats regularly across several years, including 7Two and 7flix and to meet children’s quotas ans ‘C’ classification educational regulations.

Also, I could’ve sworn Academic started more around 2004/2005-ish?

Mid-2000s was a great period for all this:

You’d have Go Go Stop fun and It’s Academic or Totally Wild and Scope or Rollercoaster, Deal or No Deal, Ten News At Five, Neighbours, The Simpsons, Futurama, TBL/BB/Idol (often from 7 and sometimes 30min eps back then too) and the likes of Raymond, The OC, Smallville, Numbers, NCIS, Medium, Supernatural, etc :star:

This is a promo of Download on Channel Nine from 2002.

This is the opener to Download on Channel Nine from 2000.

I remember when this show first came out, without even seeing it, I wondered why Channel 7 were putting on an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie on at 4pm, lol.

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Great question mate Total Recall the Game Show shares the same name as in the Movie Total Recall.

Does anyone remember the afternoon quiz show “My Generation” that aired on Nine circa 1996? Originally hosted by Jeff Phillips then by Tony Johnstone, the show used some rather cool, state of the art at the time computer graphics and a set that looked like a castle from memory. Cannot find any trace of it on YouTube.

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No but Jeff Philips also hosted Child’s Play which is on YouTube.

After Download Nine had Pick Your Nose and The Shake yes?

Yuck!!!

Wasn’t it Pick Your Face?

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Haha… I think so. All I can remember was the large noses :nose:

There is an episode on YouTube.

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I remember it and have been looking for years. Never been uploaded to youtube.

You’d think one of the contestants would have recorded their episode when it aired.