That’s because we, the people of New Zealand, were the first to experience subscription television as Sky started off as three channels (Sky Movies, Sky Sport and Sky News) on scrambled UHF frequencies in 1990.
Extra: Monday 15 July 1991
from the NZ Listener
TV One
10.15am Teletext in Vision
10.30 Classics on One: Death at Broadcasting House (1934) (B&W) (Rpt)
11.45 UK Today (Rpt, G)
Noon ABC World News
12.30 Film on One: Harry and Son (1984) (AO)
2.35 Griffin’s Classic Matinee: The Spiral Staircase (1945) (B&W) (Rpt, PGR)
4.15 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rpt, G)
4.45 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Rpt, G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 'Allo 'Allo! (Rpt, PGR)
8.00 Gillette World Sport Special
8.35 Beyond 2000 (G)
9.35 Surgical Spirit (G)
10.10 One Network News
10.40 The Monday Documentary: Terror (Part 1) (AO)
11.45 Are You Being Served? (Rpt, PGR)
12.25am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Smurfs (Rpt, G)
7.00 ITN World News
7.25 Huckleberry Hound (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News (Rpt)
8.25 Storybook World (G)
8.40 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
9.35 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.05 Santa Barbara (G)
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Benson (Rpt, G)
2.30 After 2, including:
2.33 Play School (Rpt, G)
3.00 Sooty (G)
3.20 Poddington Peas (Rpt, G)
3.30 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
4.05 Danger Mouse (Rpt, G)
4.30 Samurai Pizza Cats (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show
5.30 Wheel of Fortune
6.00 Blind Date
6.30 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 The Flying Doctors (G)
8.30 LA Law
9.30 Jake and the Fatman (G)
10.30 Aussie League on 2
1991 Winfield Cup - round 16, full coverage of yesterday’s match
12.20am Closedown
TV3
Noon NBC Nightly News
12.30 On Trial
1.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
1.30 Another World (PGR)
2.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (G)
4.00 DuckTales (Rpt, G)
4.30 Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (G)
5.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Hey Dad…! (G)
7.30 Candid Camera (G)
8.00 Away Laughing (G)
8.30 Monday Night at the Movies: Those She Left Behind (1989)
10.30 Nightline
11.05 TJ Hooker (AO)
12.05am Closedown
Sky Sport
6.30am ESPN Direct - Motorsport
CART - Marlboro Grand Prix
8.30 Olympic Festival
Women’s figure skating and boxing semifinals
10.30 Major League Baseball Magazine
11.00 Baseball Tonight
Noon Sky Sport - Baseball
Major League Baseball - Texas v Toronto, live
3.00 Bodies in Motion
3.30 Bodyshaping
4.00 Monster Trucks
4.30 ESPN’s Speedweek
5.00 Offroad Racing
6.00 Motorsport
Formula One - British Grand Prix
8.00 Cycling
Tour de France
8.30 Waterskiing
9.00 Surfing
Bells Beach Classic
9.30 Motorsport
IndyCar Series
11.00 Pro Bowling
12.00am Fly Fishing the World
12.30 ESPN Direct - Day at the Beach
1.30 Baseball Tonight
2.30 ESPN’s Speedweek
3.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
3.30 Basic Training Workout
4.00 Bodies in Motion
4.30 Bodyshaping
5.00 Body by Jake
5.30 IMSA GTP: Camel Continental VIII (Continues to 7.30am)
Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.00am Future Watch
8.30 BBC News
10.30 Inside Business
11.00 The Week in Review
5.30pm Moneyline
7.00 BBC News
7.45 CNN Newsroom
10.30 Business Today
11.30 Business Day
Sky Movies
6.00am Breakfast with Classic Hits 97FM (Live)
9.00 Closedown
Noon The Lady and the Highwaywoman (1989)
2.00 Stars and Bats (1988) (GA)
4.00 Rainbow Bright and Star Stealers (G)
6.00 * batteries not included (1987) (GY)
8.00 Goldfinger (1964) (GA)
10.00 Positive ID (1987) (R16)
11.35 For Keeps (1988) (GY)
1.11am Closedown
The Classic Hits 97FM Breakfast show, as heard on 97.4FM in Auckland, became ‘radio with pictures’ on the morning of Monday 15 July 1991. It was broadcast on both radio and television via Sky Movies at 6am when the channel was off air, running through to 9am.
The special free-to-air coverage of the popular 97FM breakfast radio show was the lead-in to a major announcement made by Sky that day. A subscription to Sky’s three channels (Sky Movies, Sky Sport and Sky News) was changed from $14.99 to $9.99 per week.
A video aircheck can be seen on @anon36025973’s YouTube channel. Below is a Sunday Times article with thanks to the late Mark Nicholls, who sadly passed away in 2014.
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Deregulation was the main reason for that, it allowed anyone to buy up TV licenses and start broadcasting, which SKY did to launch pay-tv. Australia’s broadcasting industry is still very heavily controlled.
Today’s TV: Tuesday 7 November 1989
from the NZ Listener
TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Play School (Rpt)
10.35 Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay
10.45 Kohanga Reo (Rpt)
10.55 Crossroads
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon Network News at Noon
12.15 Film on One: Boeing-Boeing (1965) (Rpt)
2.10 Strike It Rich (Rpt)
3.10 Tomorrow’s World
3.15 Sir Tristram: A Living Legend
3.45 Sports Special: Horse Racing
Live from Addington (NZ Trotting Cup) and Flemington (Melbourne Cup)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters
6.00 Network News at Six
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 A Question of Sport
8.00 Brush Strokes (Rpt)
8.30 Crimewatch
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 St Elsewhere
10.55 Crimewatch Update
11.00 Falcon Crest (Final)
12.00am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Telebugs
6.35 Richie Rich
7.00 Breakfast News
7.30 Alvin and the Chipmunks
8.00 Breakfast News
News and weather update
8.05 Babar
8.30 Storytime (Rpt)
8.50 Sesame Street
9.50 The Yearling
10.15 Just Good Friends (Rpt)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
1.55 Webster
2.20 After 2, including:
2.21 Play School (Rpt)
2.45 Sesame Street
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Bugs Bunny and Friends (Rpt)
4.10 Jem
4.40 Wildtrack
5.15 Blind Date
5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 Neighbours
7.30 Cheers
8.00 Night Court
8.30 Mini-Series: Glass Babies (Part 2, final)
10.25 Newsbreak
10.30 The “Slap” Maxwell Story
11.00 Buck James (Final) (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown
@OnAir @Leotv @foxyrover In the first week of November 1989, the programme schedules for TV One (now TVNZ 1) and Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2) were revamped.
Breakfast television on Channel 2 commenced at 6.30am on the morning of Monday 6 November 1989. It was a combination of cartoons and kids’ shows with early morning news at 7am and 8am to keep New Zealanders informed and up to date with overnight events.
In fact, Tom Bradley had presented “Breakfast News”; it was described by the Listener as ‘the first TV news of the day, just off the satellites’. The half hour bulletin, at 7am, also included a business news summary and weather forecasts from Penelope Barr at around 7.08am and 7.22am. A five-minute news and weather update followed at 8am.
Later that month TVNZ changed the title of “Breakfast News” to “Good Morning New Zealand”, but the title was exactly the same as RNZ’s three-hour morning news and information programme which included “Morning Report”. As a result RNZ took legal action against TVNZ over the title “Good Morning New Zealand” and TVNZ had to change the title back to “Breakfast News”.
“Aerobics Oz Style”, “Santa Barbara” and “Days of Our Lives” - as seen on TV One - were transferred to Channel 2.
On weekends, Channel 2 commenced transmission at 7am and all morning children’s programming (including “What Now”) was transferred from TV One. There was a brand new music show called “Sounz!”, and it went to air live at 11am on Saturdays.
Over on TV One, weekend programming began at the later time of 9am.
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Yep, TVNZ were gearing up ahead of the incumbent TV3 launch later that month.
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Today’s TV: Tuesday 8 November 1988
from the NZ Listener
TV One
10.05am Teletext in Vision
10.20 Aerobics Oz Style
10.45 Play School (Rpt)
11.10 Rainbow (Rpt)
11.25 Sooty (Rpt)
11.35 Amigo and Friends
11.45 Kohanga Reo
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon Network News at Noon
12.14 Cup Day at Addington
A look behind the scenes in Christchurch before the 1988 NZ Trotting Cup
12.15 Santa Barbara
1.10 Sink or Swim (Rpt)
1.45 Cup Day at Addington
The buildup in Christchurch to the start of the 1988 NZ Trotting Cup
1.50 Days of Our Lives
2.50 The South Bank Show (Starting today)
3.40 The Cutting Edge
4.15 Sports Special: Harness Racing
1988 NZ Trotting Cup - live from Addington Raceway, Christchurch
4.45 Emmerdale Farm
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters
6.00 Network News at Six
Includes Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.00 Three Up, Two Down
7.30 Matlock
8.30 Crimewatch
9.30 EyeWitnes News
10.15 Crimewatch Update
10.20 A Very Peculiar Practice
11.30 Tales of the Unexpected
12.00am Closedown
Network Two
11.00am Teletext in Vision
11.15 The Young and the Restless
12.15pm The Love Connection
12.40 Remington Steele
1.35 One Day at a Time (Rpt)
2.05 The People’s Court
2.30 Play School
2.55 After School, including:
2.56 Sesame Street (Rpt)
3.59 The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
4.28 Grange Hill
4.55 Wildtrack
5.25 Newsbreak
5.30 The Addams Family (B&W) (Rpt)
6.00 Benson (Rpt)
6.30 My Sister Sam
7.00 Neighbours
7.30 EastEnders
8.00 Family Ties
8.30 Mini-Series: V (Part 5, final)
10.10 Regional Variations
Faithfully Yours (Canterbury)
Twilight Phone (Otago/Southland)
The Tracey Ullman Show (Rest of New Zealand)
10.40 Newsbreak
10.43 Quincy
11.40 Closedown
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Today’s TV: Saturday 8 November 1997
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 BBC World News
6.30 World Living: Top Gear
7.00 The World Today
7.30 Hard Talk
7.45 Te Karere (Rpt)
8.00 Kingdoms of Survival (G)
9.05 UK Today (G)
9.15 Are You Being Served? (Rpt, PGR)
9.50 A Taste of New Zealand (G)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon Agri-Tech 2000 (G)
12.30 All Creatures Great and Small (Rpt, G)
1.35 Middlemarch (Rpt, G)
2.40 The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (G)
3.15 Rick Stein’s Fruits of the Sea (Starting today) (G)
3.50 Road to Avonlea (G)
4.50 The Great Outdoors (G)
5.20 Future Fantastic (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Tux Wonder Dogs (G)
7.00 United Travel Getaway (G)
7.30 Pie in the Sky (Series return, part 1) (PGR)
8.35 Movie: American Friends (1991) (PGR)
10.30 Taggart: Instrument of Justice (AO)
12.50am BBC World, including:
12.50 This Week
1.00 BBC World Headlines
1.05 Weekend World: Horizon
2.00 BBC World Headlines
2.05 Weekend World: Great Railway Journeys
3.00 BBC World News
3.30 World Living: Film 97
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 Weekend World: A Rough Guide to the World
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 Hard Talk (Continues to 6am)
TV2
6.00am Thunderbirds (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
7.00 Squirt, including:
7.00 Street Sharks (G)
7.30 Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (G)
8.00 Pinky and the Brain (G)
8.35 Bobby’s World (Starting today) (G)
9.25 The New Spider-Man (PGR)
10.00 Coca-Cola Video Hits: New Releases
11.00 Mai Time
Noon UK Gladiators (Rpt, G)
1.00 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 Babylon 5 (PGR)
3.00 The Cape (Rpt, G)
4.00 Batman and Robin (G)
4.30 Steven Spielberg Presents: Freakazoid! (Series premiere) (G)
5.00 Family Dog (Rpt, G)
5.30 Hey Arnold! (G)
6.00 Goosebumps (G)
6.30 Spice Up Your Life
7.00 The Gong Show (PGR)
7.30 The Great Kiwi Video Show (G)
8.00 Lotto
8.05 Strange Universe (PGR)
8.35 Saturday Night at the Movies: Midnight Sting (aka “Diggstown”) (1992) (AO)
10.30 Movie: Cahill, US Marshall (1973) (Rpt, AO)
12.30am @Xtra (Rpt, G)
1.05 Movie: Victim of Rage (1993) (Rpt, AO)
2.55 Behind the Scenes: “Paradise Road” (G)
3.25 Pauly
3.55 Roseanne (Rpt, PGR)
4.25 Fallen Angels (Rpt, AO)
5.05 Prostars (Rpt, G) (Continues to 6am)
TV3
6.30am The Tiki Tiki Television Show (G)
7.00 Crocadoo (G)
7.30 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (G)
8.00 Casper (G)
8.30 Bruno the Kid (G)
9.00 Oscar and Friends (G)
9.05 Beast Wars (G)
9.30 Ace Ventura (Rpt, G)
10.00 Wing Commander Academy (PGR)
10.30 Infomercials
Noon 20/20 (Rpt)
1.00 Noel’s House Party (PGR)
2.00 Ice TV (PGR)
3.00 The Drum (PGR)
4.00 All-American Girl (G)
4.30 Beadle’s About/The Joke’s on You! (Rpt, G)
5.00 Candid Camera (G)
5.30 Cin.city (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 3 Special: World’s Wackiest Wedding Videos (G)
7.30 3 Special: Michael Flatley - Eire Apparent (G)
8.35 Saturday Night at the Movies: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) (Rpt, PGR)
10.40 Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, highlights
11.10 Late Movie: Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) (Rpt, AO)
1.25am Infomercials (Continues to 6am)
TV4
10.00am Infomercials
11.45 The Site (PGR)
12.45pm Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, live from the Gabba, Brisbane
3.00 High 5 (G)
3.30 Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, live from the Gabba, Brisbane
8.00 Ice TV (PGR)
9.00 WWF Superstars (AO)
10.00 Movie: Desert Shield (aka “The Finest Hour”) (1992) (AO)
12.10am Closedown
STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket is disrupted)
Noon The Site (PGR)
1.00 Star Trek (PGR)
2.00 World Championship Kick Boxing (PGR)
3.00 High 5 (G)
3.30 Uncut (PGR)
4.00 Movie Television (G)
4.30 TV Bloopers and Practical Jokers (G)
5.00 The Gossip Show (G)
6.00 Santo Bugito (G)
6.30 Moesha (G)
7.00 Clueless (G)
7.30 Ice TV (PGR)
8.30 WWF Superstars (AO)
9.30 Movie: Desert Shield (1992) (AO)
11.40 Talk Soup (PGR)
12.10am Closedown
MTV
6.00am The Morning After Show
Noon And the Winners Are…
1.00 Non-Stop Hits
2.00 Wrekognize
3.00 Up for It: EMA’s Winner’s Edition
5.00 Select MTV: EMA’s Winner’s Edition
6.00 Oddville
6.30 MTV News Weekend Edition
7.00 Access All Areas: EMA’s Special Edition
8.00 1997 European Music Awards (Rpt)
10.00 Amour
11.00 Loveline
11.30 Partyzone
1.30am Club Mix
3.00 Night Videos (Continues to 6am)
HBO
7.15am Savage Land (1994) (G)
9.00 Angels in the Outfield (1994) (G)
10.40 Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (G)
12.30pm The Blue Max (1966) (PG)
3.00 Dancing with Danger (1994) (M)
4.30 Boys on the Side (1994) (M)
6.30 Saturday Family Movie: The Little Rascals (1994) (G)
8.00 The Making of “Down Periscope”
8.30 Saturday Night Comedy: Billy Madison (1995) (M)
10.00 Mortal Kombat (1995) (M)
11.45 Darkman III: Die, Darkman, Die (1995) (M)
1.15am Dancing with Danger (1994) (M)
2.45 HBO Stand-Up Comedy: Judy Gold (1995) (R16)
3.15 The Blue Max (1966) (PG)
5.45 Gulliver’s Travels (1995) (G) (Continues to 8.15am)
Sky Sport
6.00am Wrestling
Freestyle World Cup
7.00 NBA Action
7.30 Racehorse Digest
8.00 Outside the Lines
9.00 Senior PGA Golf
Senior Tour Championship - round two, live
11.00 Boxing
Muhammed Ali Cup
12.30pm Tennis
ATP Tour - highlights
1.00 Motoworld
1.30 Inside the PGA
2.00 International Sportscenter
2.30 Canoeing
Sprint Racing World Championship - 1000m finals
3.30 Rugby
Telecom Sevens - day one, live from Rotorua
6.00 Gymnastics
World Artistic Championships
7.00 Marathon
World Half-marathon Championship
8.00 Basketball
NBA - Detroit Pistons v Orlando Magic
9.45 Senior PGA Golf
Senior Tour Championship - round two
11.15 Basketball
NBA - LA Lakers v New York Knicks
1.30am Reno Air Show
2.25 Canoeing
Sprint Racing World Championship - 1000m finals
3.25 International Rugby League
Great Britain v Australia - second test, live from Old Trafford, Manchester
5.30 Motoworld (Continues to 6.55am)
CNN
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.45am On the Menu
7.30 American Edition
8.30 World Business Today
9.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
9.30 Q & A
11.00 Insight
11.30 World Business Today
Noon World Sport
12.30 WorldView
1.15 Moneyline
2.00 American Edition
2.30 Inside Asia
3.00 Larry King
4.00 7 Days
4.30 Showbiz Today
5.30 World Report
6.30 Diplomatic License
7.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
7.30 Larry King (Rpt)
8.30 World Sport
9.30 ABN: This Week (Rpt)
10.30 Sky News (Via satellite from London) (Rpt)
11.30 Travel Guide
12.30am 7 Days
1.30 World Sport
2.30 Inside Asia
3.00 Best of Larry King
4.30 World Sport (Rpt)
5.30 Earth Matters (Continues to 6am)
Orange
6.00am Cartoon Network, including:
6.00 The Jetsons
6.30 The Flintstones
7.00 The Popeye Show
7.30 Scooby & Scrappy-Doo
8.00 Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics
8.30 Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
9.30 Young Robin Hood
10.00 The Detective Squad
11.00 Wacky Races
11.30 The Tom & Jerry Show
Noon The Bugs & Daffy Show
1.00 Cow and Chicken
1.30 The Addams Family
2.00 The Flintstones
2.30 Goober and the Ghost Chasers
3.00 Casper and the Angels
3.30 Goldie Gold and Action Jack
4.00 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
4.30 The Hogan Family
5.00 The Flying Nun
5.30 The Incredible Hulk
6.30 The Bionic Woman
7.30 The Avengers
8.30 Orange at the Movies: Cry in the Wind (1988) (M)
10.10 WCW World Championship Wrestling
11.10 Dangerous Curves
12.10am The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues to 6am)
Discovery/Trackside
6.00am Supercities
6.30 Wildlife Chronicles
7.00 In Care of Nature
7.30 Eyewitness
8.00 The New Explorers
8.30 High Adventure
9.00 Lonely Planet
10.00 The Arctic
10.30 The Himalayas
11.00 TAB Trackside (Free to air)
Live racing from Wanganui, Te Rapa, Riccarton, Alexandra Park, Moonee Valley, Randwick and Flemington (Australia) throughout the day and evening and up until 11.30pm, plus:
11.00 The Ford Report
11.15 Saturday Scene Set
4.45pm The Chrysler Stakes - live from Flemington
6.05 Queen Elizabeth Stakes - live from Flemington
6.40 Harness racing - live from Alexandra Park
8.25 Nevele R Stud Harness Report
9.00 Harness racing - live from Moonee Valley
11.10 Final race from Alexandra Park
11.30 Next Step
12.00am Wings of the Luftwaffe
1.00 World of Valour
1.30 Walker’s Cay Chronicles
2.00 Wings
3.00 Invention
3.30 Next Step
4.00 The New Explorers
4.30 High Adventure
5.00 Dive to Adventure
5.30 The Adventurers (Continues to 6am)
MAX TV, Auckland
6.00am MAX Music Videos
9.00 Caterpillar Chart
Noon ETA Ripples Sports Explosion
1.00 1 till 3
3.00 MAX Music Videos
4.00 The Risky Business (Rpt)
5.00 Vans New Releases
6.00 True School TV
7.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm and 11.30pm
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Today’s TV: Wednesday 9 November 1994
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.50am Te Karere (Rpt)
7.00 Rush Limbaugh (G)
7.30 eTV - Media TV (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 eTV, including:
8.30 Family (G)
9.25 UK Today (Rpt, G)
9.35 Portrait of a Family (G)
10.00 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Infatuation (G)
11.30 Live It Up (G)
Noon The Flying Doctors (Rpt, G)
1.00 Bread (Rpt, PGR)
1.40 CBS Evening News
2.15 Sally Jessy Raphaël
3.15 Ricki Lake (PGR)
4.10 Families
4.40 One World of Sport: Racing Special
TVNZ 2000 Guineas - live from Riccarton, Christchurch
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Take Your Pick (Rpt, G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Wheel of Fortune (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.35 Marlin Bay (PGR)
9.40 Second Thoughts (G)
10.15 PrimeTime
10.45 London’s Burning (Series return) (AO)
11.50 Surgical Spirit (Rpt, G)
12.20am Film on One: The Fourth War (1990) (Rpt, AO)
1.50 Closedown
Channel 2
6.00am Huckleberry Finn (G)
6.20 Hallo Spencer (Rpt, G)
6.50 The Chipmunks Go to the Movies (Rpt, G)
7.20 Ghostwriter (Rpt, G)
7.55 Madeline (Rpt, G)
8.30 Kitty Cats (Rpt, G)
8.45 Sesame Street (G)
9.40 Chatterbox (Rpt, G)
10.00 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
11.00 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
2.30 Chatterbox (G)
2.50 Old Bear Stories (G)
3.00 The Son of a Gunn Show, including:
3.15 Widget (Rpt, G)
4.00 Bots Master (G)
4.30 Conan the Adventurer (G)
5.00 Home and Away (G)
5.30 Neighbours (G)
6.00 The Cosby Show (Rpt, G)
6.30 Cheers (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Fair Go
8.00 Frasier (G)
8.30 One West Waikiki (PGR)
9.30 Eyewitness
10.30 Newsnight
11.00 Quantum Leap
12.00am The Trials of Rosie O’Neill (Rpt, AO)
1.00 Tribeca (G)
1.55 Crime and Punishment
2.45 Room for Two
3.15 Hearts Afire (AO)
3.40 You Asked for It (G)
4.10 Max Out
4.15 Ricki Lake (Rpt, G)
5.00 Paradise Beach (Rpt, G)
5.30 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G) (Continues to 6am)
TV3
6.30am World News Tonight
7.00 The Muppet Show Command Performances (G)
7.30 Darkwing Duck (G)
8.00 My Three Sons (G)
8.30 You and Me (G)
8.55 Treasures Parent Time (G)
9.00 You Bet Your Life (G)
9.30 Man of the People (PGR)
10.00 The Infomercial Hour
11.00 What’s Cooking? (G)
11.30 The Graham Kerr Show (G)
Noon Donahue (AO)
1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
2.00 Nurses (PGR)
2.30 General Hospital (PGR)
3.30 Treasures Parent Time (G)
3.35 You and Me (G)
4.00 The Addams Family (B&W) (G)
4.30 Get Smart (G)
5.00 Hogan’s Heroes (G)
5.30 The Price Is Right (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Beadle’s About/The Joke’s on You! (G)
8.30 Inside New Zealand: Against the Odds
9.30 Beyond 2000 (G)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Adult Oprah Winfrey Show (AO)
12.00am The Gentle Touch (AO)
1.05 Closedown
Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Off Road Racing
Chevrolet World Championship
7.00 Top Rank Boxing
8.30 AMA Grand National Series, Arizona
9.30 Bridgestone Supercar Series, Arizona
10.00 Women’s World Volleyball Championship
11.30 City Jam
Noon Step Reebok
12.30 Sportscenter
1.00 International Sportscenter
1.30 Sky Sport - Nissan Sportsweek
2.30 Rugby League
English Rugby League - Salford v Wakefield Trinity
4.15 Tennis
1994 Paris Cup - final
6.15 Basketball
NRL - Cleveland Cavaliers v Houston Rockets
8.00 The Deaker Profiles
8.30 Football
English Premier League 1994/95 - highlights
9.30 Hurling
All Ireland hurling final
10.30 Women’s World Volleyball Championships
11.30 ESPN Direct - Racehorse Digest
12.00am Slam Jam
12.30 NBA Action
1.00 Basketball
NBA - Cleveland Cavaliers v Houston Rockets
3.30 Women’s World Volleyball Championships
5.00 Gymnastics (Continues to 6am)
Hilton Challenge
CNN
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.00am World News
7.00 BBC News
7.30 World News
8.00 World Business Today
8.30 World News
9.00 International Hour
10.00 World News
11.00 World Business Today
11.30 Showbiz Today
Noon The World Today
12.30 The World Today
1.00 Moneyline
1.30 Crossfire
2.00 PrimeNews
3.00 Larry King Live
4.00 World News
5.30 Showbiz Today
6.00 World News
7.00 Mitsubishi Motors Newsfile - BBC News
7.30 Mitsubishi Motors Newsfile - Business Asia
8.00 Mitsubishi Motors Newsfile - World News
8.30 Mitsubishi Motors Newsfile - TVNZ News
9.00 Larry King
10.00 Crossfire
10.30 Headlines
11.00 World News
11.30 World Report
12.00am World News
12.30 Business Morning
1.00 World News
1.30 Business Day
2.00 World News
2.30 Business Asia
3.00 Larry King
4.00 World News
5.30 Business Asia (Continues to 6am)
HBO
11.30am Step Kids (1992) (GY)
1.15pm Bad Channels (1992) (GA)
2.45 Living Free (1972) (G)
4.30 Steel Riders (1982, part 1) (G)
6.00 Cocoon (1985) (GY)
8.00 Box Office America
8.30 Dr Giggles (1992) (RP16)
10.15 The Pope Must Die (1991) (GA)
11.55 Pet Sematary 2 (1992) (R16)
1.31am Closedown
Sky 8
7.00am Discovery Launch
9.00 Bush Tucker Man
9.30 Journey into the Himalayas
10.00 How the West Was Lost
11.00 Trackside (Free to air)
Live racing throughout the day and up until 7.30pm, plus:
11.00 Home Shopping
11.30 Gaelic Games
Noon Setting the Scene
12.25 Equestrian
7.20 Day’s Summary
7.30 Bush Tucker Man
8.00 Journey into the Himalayas
8.30 How the West Was Lost
9.30 Country Music Video
10.30 Country Music Radio with Country FM (Continues to 7am)
Canterbury Television (CTV)
4.45pm Teletext
5.00 Susan Sells (G)
6.00 City Life (G)
7.00 CTV’s World: Tonight (G)
8.30 Computer Chronicles (G)
9.00 Gifford & Balani (G)
10.00 City Life (G)
11.00 Susan Sells
11.45 Closedown
Bays Television, Nelson
Noon Bays Today
12.15 City Life
1.15 Closedown
7.00 Bays-Watch
7.15 Bays Today
7.30 City Life
8.30 8-Ball Challenge 94
9.00 DB Sport
10.00 2 on 2
10.30 Bays Today
10.45 Bays-Watch
11.00 Closedown
CRY Television, Christchurch
11.00am New Releases & Charts
1.00pm The Late, Late Breakfast Show (Rpt)
4.00 The Bluebird Jason & Leighton Show
6.00 Petra
9.00 New Releases & Alternative
12.00am Closedown
MAX: The Music Channel, Auckland
4.00pm The Beat
6.00 The Serious Fun Show
9.00 Box Dog
12.00am Closedown
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I did not knew that Fair Go was on 2 as always been associated to TV One
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“Fair Go” was shown on TV2 (now TVNZ 2) in the first half of 1987 and again in the second half of 1992, 1993, 1994 and the first half of 1997.
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Are you able to get the picture of the 23rd May 1983 listings?
Extra: Monday 23 May 1983
from the NZ Listener (requested by @Michael_S)
TV One
10.00am Play School (Rpt)
10.25 You and Your Child (Rpt)
10.30 The Richard Simmons Show
10.55 Yoga with Sandra Riddle (Rpt)
11.00 11AM
Noon The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.00 Beauty and the Beast
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.20 You and Your Child (Rpt)
2.25 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 Pullover
3.00 Chic Chat
3.30 After School, including:
3.30 That’s Ridiculous
3.35 The Munch Bunch
3.50 Vision On
4.15 C-P and Qwik-Stitch
4.20 Once Upon a Story
4.30 Patchograf
4.35 The Lost Islands
5.00 W-3
5.30 Dr Who: Kinda (Part 3)
5.56 Te Karere (East Coast viewers only)
6.00 Koha (Final)
6.30 News
Includes Nationwide and regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Close to Home
8.00 McPhail and Gadsby
8.30 Hill Street Blues
9.30 Never the Twain (Final)
10.00 Dallas
10.55 News
11.00 Closedown
TV2
Noon News
12.05 Midday Movie: Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980) (Rpt)
2.05 In Search Of
2.30 Prisoner
3.30 Monday Afternoon Movie: Tall Story (1960) (B&W)
5.15 Mork & Mindy (Rpt)
5.45 News
5.56 Te Karere (Nationwide - except East Coast viewers)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Dukes of Hazzard
7.30 Our World: One Antarctic Summer
8.30 Falcon Crest
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 The Dismissal
10.55 Kojak
11.50 Closedown
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Much appreciated. Interesting to see what Pullover’s (2:50 on TV One) debut day looked like.
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Yes, the infamous summer where TV4 ended up with test cricket - not very in fitting with its youth model - but TV3 didn’t want to disrupt its early evening programmes for the slower form of the game (ODIs still aired on 3). Also quite unpopular as TV4 wasn’t available everywhere!
I think this may be the last foreign cricket to be shown on FTA TV in New Zealand.
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Today’s TV: Monday 10 November 1980
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.35am Play School
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.30 See Here
12.40 Beauty and the Beast
1.05 Doc (Final)
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 Fun Factory
2.30 Sesame Street
3.30 Chorlton and the Wheelies (Rpt) (Final)
3.40 Fables of the Green Forest
4.05 The New Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt)
4.25 The Clifton House Mystery
5.00 Little House on the Prairie (Rpt)
6.00 The Associates
6.30 News
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
7.30 South (Dunedin)
8.00 M-A-S-H
8.30 The Gentle Touch (Final)
9.30 Pig in the Middle
10.00 Dallas
11.00 News
11.05 Closedown
TV2
2.30pm A Raging Calm
3.20 Matinee Theatre: Waco (1966)
4.40 Diff’rent Strokes
5.05 National Geographic Specials
5.55 News
Includes a further headline news bulletin at 7pm
6.00 Dr Who: City of Death (Part 1)
6.25 I Like That One: Two
6.35 Grange Hill
7.00 Contact: A World of Waders
7.30 The Aphrodite Inheritance
8.20 Kaleidoscope
9.30 Short Story Theatre: A Credit to His Mother
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 World Cinema: Rhinoceros (1973)
12.10am Closedown
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Extra: Monday 30 June 1980
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.35am Play School
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.30 See Here
12.40 Beauty and the Beast
1.05 Doc
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 Fun Factory
2.30 Sesame Street
3.30 Little Blue
3.40 Jig-Saw
4.00 The New Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt)
4.25 Graham’s Gang
5.00 Project UFO
6.00 Last Resort
6.30 News
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
7.30 South (Dunedin)
8.00 Keep It in the Family (Series premiere)
8.30 The Professionals
9.30 Soap
10.00 Dallas
10.55 News
11.00 Closedown
TV2
2.30pm Sara
3.15 Matinee Theatre: Trouble in Store (1953)
4.40 Preludes (Rpt)
5.05 Marie Curie (Part 1) (Rpt)
5.55 News
6.00 Dr Who: The Stone of Blood (Part 4)
6.25 I Like That One: Two
6.35 Grange Hill (Series premiere)
7.00 Contact: Jane
7.30 The Best of Families
8.20 Kaleidoscope
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 World Cinema: That Man from Rio (1964)
12.15am Closedown
@OnAir “Grange Hill”, one of the longest-running programmes on British television, appeared on New Zealand television for the first time and screened on TV2 (now TVNZ 2) at 6.35pm on the evening of Monday 30 June 1980.
The show followed the lives of the children attending Grange Hill, a comprehensive school in the North London borough of Northam, and explored school-related issues such as bullying, learning difficulties, teacher-pupil relationships and conflicts.
“Grange Hill” was made by the BBC and began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1. It was created by Phil Redmond, who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas “Brookside” and “Hollyoaks”; other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella.
After 30 years, the show was cancelled in 2008, as it was felt by the BBC that the series had run its course. The final episode was broadcast on 15 September 2008.
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Very interesting to see that TVNZ were going to have Good Morning NZ, but thwarted by RNZ. Imagine if TVNZ had won, we wouldn’t have had to wait until 1997 for a breakfast show. Such a different time back then.
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What’s Curly and Coconut?
Hrm. It’s a bit of a mystery - maybe an animated or live-action series for children… I think.