Yep, watching it too - wasn’t intending to but it’s been great, so many things I’d never seen because it wasn’t my era but geez the TV landscape has changed. I’ve been watching and thinking about all the various groups that would be going off and which bits wouldn’t be allowed these days.
So great seeing the live commercials.
It was a great reflection of Bert’s life. You can see that the folk that put it together had great pride in him.
Here is what the ident looked like in 4:3 as originally broadcast.
wasnt stretched at all from where i watched it, in regional NSW through WIN
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Yep, was done from ATV, there’s a bit floating around online, mostly posted by contestants.
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We had the in-laws here so when we watched The Block tonight after they left we watched the Adelaide feed instead and I’m pretty sure it was in 16:9 when it aired… still looked cool though!
The other odd one was a Today promo saying thanks for making them number one in the eastern states and then thanking Sydney for watching them… Hopefully that was just an error and Adelaide isn’t usually subjected to that sort of treatment.
What was the show that Bert Newton did with channel 7?
Worked at Seven twice in his career.
The Bert Newton Show in 1989. A daytime show which went against Nine’s Midday Show.
Also started his career at HSV-7 Melbourne in 1957 with The Late Show.
Nine clearly knew he didn’t have much time left and that’s how they manage to produce and air tonight’s special one day after his death.
And that’s a really sad thought and must have been hard for all those involved.
I think you’ll find whenever there is any wind of a high profile person with life threatening health problems, tributes are made straight away ready to roll. This tribute would have taken weeks to produce, and probably would have been organised several months ago when he had his leg amputated.
It’s very morbid, but there’s heaps of these stories ready to go. 
At the extreme end of the scale, the British media is reportedly well prepared for when Her Majesty eventually moves on. They’ll already have tribute packages and montages prepared and on-air personnel will have been doing practice runs and rehearsals. I imagine Australian media will also have plans in place though probably not as rigorous as the Brits.
I’ve got no doubt they update these packages yearly too.
Ha, I was expecting that to be a gag. I’ve seen Station Ids and promos being sent up
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I wasn’t planning on watching it, but after seeing the tribute on the Ch7 news it reminded me how funny he was, and like you, watched to the end. Ch7 would probably be upset that their tribute prompted viewers to watch a program on another channel.
People know who knew, knew he didn’t have long left for the past few weeks.
In 1992 TV3 (now Three) had screened the Australian talent quest/variety show “New Faces” where Bert Newton, who died recently, was on Channel Ten at the time. It gave us as New Zealanders the opportunity to showcase their talent across the Tasman.
Thanks for the memories, Bert.
Incredible story - Bert gifted one of his Gold Logies to Peter’s friend who was dying from AIDS.