Today’s TV: Tuesday 24 April 1990
from the NZ Listener
TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.35 Creepy Crawlies (G)
10.45 Body Talk (Starting today) (G)
10.50 Dr Snuggles (Rpt, G)
10.55 Shoe People (Rpt, G)
11.00 Anna Karenina (Rpt, G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One: Nobody’s Child (1986) (PGR)
2.00 A Sort of Innocence (Part two) (Rpt, PGR)
3.00 EastEnders (PGR)
4.00 Bottle Boys (G)
4.30 227 (G)
4.50 Emmerdale Farm
5.20 North and South Island Programmes
NORTH: 5.20 Te Karere
5.30 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
SOUTH: 5.20 Bugs Bunny (G)
5.35 Te Karere
5.45 The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) / The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 This Is Your Life
8.30 Tuesday Documentary: Maori Battalion March to Victory
10.00 One Network News
10.30 One World of Sport: Goodyear Sports Action
Includes World Superbikes, truck racing, AFL, English Soccer and netball
12.30am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Muppet Babies (Rpt, G)
7.00 Breakfast News
7.05 Ox Tales (Final) (G)
7.30 Breakfast News
7.35 Defenders of the Earth
8.00 Breakfast News
8.05 Raccoons
8.30 Breakfast News
8.35 Maya the Bee
9.00 Windfalls
9.05 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
10.05 No Place Like Home (PGR)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Newhart (G)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 Wisdom of the Gnomes
3.15 The Wind in the Willows
3.45 3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 C.O.P.S
4.20 Wildtrack
5.00 Batman (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date
6.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours
7.30 Cheers
8.00 Night Court
8.30 China Beach (AO)
9.30 Wiseguy (AO)
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 Max Headroom (AO)
11.35 Alexei Sayle’s Stuff (PGR)
12.15am Closedown
TV3
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
1.00 The Power, the Passion (PGR)
1.30 Generations (PGR)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 Another World (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine
3.30 Mickey Mouse Club (G)
4.00 The Real Ghostbusters (G)
4.30 Voltron
5.00 Police Academy (G)
5.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G)
6.00 Home and Away (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Family Feud
7.30 Sidekicks (G)
8.00 Hey Dad…! (PGR)
8.30 Crime Story (AO)
9.30 Hunter (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Diamonds (AO)
12.00am Closedown
“One of nature’s gentlemen” and “very nice, always correct,” that’s the bottom line for many of the guests honouring World War II fighter ace Johnny Checketts - who shot down 14.5 enemy aircraft (one was shared) but played down his own heroics - in an hour-long edition of This Is Your Life, which was shown on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 7.30pm on the evening of Tuesday 24 April 1990. You can watch the full episode via NZ On Screen by clicking their link below.
This Is Your Life was followed at 8.30pm by Maori Battalion March to Victory as part of TV One’s “Tuesday Documentary” slot. The 90-minute documentary - written and directed by Tainui Stephens with narration by George Henare - told the story of the New Zealand Army’s (28th) Maori Battalion, which fought in campaigns during World War ll. You can watch Maori Battalion March to Victory via NZ On Screen by clicking their link below.
@TelevisionAU And speaking of Australian imports, TV3 (now Three) screened the daytime serial The Power, the Passion at 1pm. It was devised by the Seven Network in 1989 to lure audiences away from American imports such as The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless but failed to make an impact and was cancelled due to low ratings and strong competition from Channel Nine’s Midday with Ray Martin (I think) after 168 episodes.
Other Australian imports included Home and Away at 6pm, Family Feud with Rob Brough at 7pm and Hey Dad…! at 8pm.