I was going to comment on this too. Quite bizarre and I don’t remember it - mustn’t have lasted too long.
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Maybe they were going through a phase of ditching infomercials during the late 90’s or something.
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Today’s TV: Sunday 24 November 2002
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.00am UK Today (Rpt, G)
6.10 Sunday (Rpt)
7.00 Adventure Central (Rpt, G)
7.30 Tikitiki (G)
8.00 Tagata Pasifika (Rpt)
8.30 Asia Down Under (G)
9.00 Praise Be (G)
9.30 Inside/Out (G)
10.00 Waka Huia
11.00 Marae
Noon One Sport: America’s Cup 2003
Louis Vuitton Cup - quarterfinal, live from the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland
4.50 Quantum International
5.20 The Naked Chef (Rpt, G)
6.00 One News
7.00 The Zoo (G)
7.30 Sunday
8.35 Sunday Suspense: Second Sight (Part 2, final) (AO)
10.15 1 Giant Leap (G)
10.50 One Sport: America’s Cup 2003
Louis Vuitton Cup - quarterfinal, highlights
12.00am BBC World, including:
12.00 BBC News
12.30 Africa Direct
1.00 BBC News
1.10 Great Railway Journeys
2.00 BBC News
2.05 Dateline London
3.00 BBC News
3.30 Reporters
4.00 BBC News
4.10 The World Debate: Iraq
5.00 BBC News
5.30 This Week (Continues to 6am)
TV2
6.00am Archibald the Koala (Rpt, G)
6.30 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
6.55 Ketchup (G)
7.00 Buzz and Poppy (G)
7.05 Adventures from the Book of Virtues (G)
7.30 What Now
10.00 Coca-Cola Chart Show
Noon Movie: Dr Quinn - The Movie (1999) (Rpt, PGR)
1.50 Wildlife (Rpt, G)
2.00 Behind the Scenes: “Blue Crush”
2.30 The Tick (PGR)
3.00 Shell Helix Motorsport
Includes Champcars (round 19), MotoGP (round 16), Formula Three (round seven) and the Nations Cup (round eight)
5.00 Primo Freerider 2002
5.30 Smokefree Rockquest 2002 (G)
6.00 Girlfriend ZM Model Competition 2002
7.00 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
7.30 Fear Factor (PGR)
8.30 Movie: The Bachelor (1999) (AO)
10.30 Movie: Air America (1990) (PGR)
12.45am Queer Nation (Rpt, AO)
1.20 Movie: The Morrison Murders (1996) (AO)
3.15 Destiny Television
3.45 Movie: Invasion UFO (1980) (Rpt, AO)
5.30 Infomercial (Continues to 6am)
TV3
6.00am Bayless Conley
6.30 Hillsong TV
7.00 Charles Stanley (In Touch Ministries)
8.00 Hour of Power
9.00 Pukana (G)
9.55 The Tribe (Double episode) (G)
10.45 Caitlin’s Way (G)
11.10 Most Wanted (PGR)
Noon Cathay Pacific Destination Planet Earth (Starting today) (Rpt, PGR)
12.30 Birth of a Used Car Salesman (Rpt, G)
1.30 3 Sport: Rugby League
Great Britain v New Zealand (Kiwis) - full delayed coverage
3.30 3 Sport: Rugby
Wales v New Zealand (All Blacks) - full delayed coverage
6.00 3 News
7.00 Wannabes Duos
7.30 20/20
8.30 Movie: The House on Haunted Hill (2000)
10.30 Movie: Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (2000) (AO)
12.30am Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer Life in the Word
5.30 Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)
TV4
Noon Infomercials
3.00 Most Wanted (G)
4.30 The Virginian (G)
6.00 I Dream of Jeannie (Rpt, G)
6.30 Remington Steele (G)
7.30 Knight Rider (PGR)
8.30 Miami Vice (AO)
9.30 E! True Hollywood Story: The Cosby Kids (PGR)
10.30 Ironside (PGR)
11.30 Traders (AO)
12.25am Teletrader (Continues to 9am)
Prime
6.00am Challenger (G)
6.25 Here’s Humphrey (G)
7.00 Religious Programming
10.30 Movie: The Maggie (1953) (B&W) (Rpt, G)
Noon BBC World: Salmon - The Silver Tide (Rpt, G)
1.00 Any Day Now (G)
2.00 Gillette World Sport (G)
2.30 At the Helm (Rpt, G)
3.00 Business Sunday
Delayed broadcast - direct via satellite from TCN9 Sydney
4.00 Sunday
Delayed broadcast - direct via satellite from TCN9 Sydney
6.00 MacGyver (G)
7.00 Just Kidding! (G)
7.30 Mad, Mad World of Sports (G)
8.00 Life, Camera, Action! (G)
8.30 Maximum Exposure (PGR)
9.30 Enterprise (PGR)
10.25 Star Trek (G)
11.20 Real TV (AO)
11.45 TVSN (Continues to 6.30am)
Sky Movies
6.30am Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (Special Edition) (2000) (G)
8.05 Beethoven: The Story of a Dog (1992) (G)
9.30 CineNews
10.00 Legends of the Fall (1994) (M)
12.10pm Heroes’ Mountain (2002) (M)
1.55 The Replacements (2000) (M)
3.55 Crimson Tide (1995) (M)
5.55 Gladiator (2000) (M)
8.30 Chocolat (2000) (M)
10.30 Boss of Bosses (1999) (16)
12.05am Dr No (1962) (PG)
1.55 The Directors: Martha Coolidge
2.25 The Replacements (2000) (M)
4.50 Crimson Tide (1995) (M) (Continues to 6.45am)
Sky Sport
6.00am Cricket
Ashes, Australia v England - second test, day three, highlights
7.00 Rugby League
Great Britain v New Zealand (Kiwis) - live from Wigan
9.15 Rugby
Wales v New Zealand (All Blacks) - full replay
11.15 Rugby
England v South Africa - full delayed coverage
1.00pm Cricket
Ashes, Australia v England - second test, day four, live from the Adelaide Oval
3.35 Mantis and the Cricket
4.00 Cricket (Continued)
Ashes, Australia v England - second test, day four, live from the Adelaide Oval
8.30 Rugby
Wales v New Zealand (All Blacks) - full replay
10.30 Rugby League
Great Britain v New Zealand (Kiwis) - full replay
12.30am Golf
Australian Open - round four, highlights
2.30 Cricket
Ashes, Australia v England - second test, day four, highlights
3.30 Motorsport
Speedway Grand Prizx - round nine, highlights
4.30 ESPN’s Great Footy Debate
5.00 Motorsport
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Chevy Silverado 150 (Continues to 7am)
CNN
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.30am Inside Africa
7.30 Golf Plus
8.30 Business Unusual
9.30 World Report
10.30 People in the News
11.30 Next@CNN
12.30pm ebizasia
1.30 Talk Asia
2.00 The Music Room
2.30 World Sport
3.00 Larry King Weekend
4.00 Your Health
4.30 Inside Asia
5.30 International Correspondents
6.30 World Report
7.30 Design 360
8.30 TV3: 3 News
9.30 Business Unusual
10.00 Larry King Weekend
11.30 World Sport
12.30am Talk Asia
1.30 World Sport
2.30 Inside Asia
3.00 ebizasia
3.30 The Music Room
4.00 Global Challenge
4.30 World Sport
5.30 The Daily Show: Global Edition (Continues to 6am)
Sky 1 (UHF)
6.00am Nickelodeon
4.30pm Time of Your Life
5.30 As If
6.00 Young Americans
7.00 Two Guys and a Girl
7.30 Malcolm in the Middle
8.00 Tough Enough 3
8.30 Raw
10.20 WWE Survivor Series Preview
10.35 South Park
11.00 Brooklyn South
12.00am Oz
1.00 Resurrection Blvd.
1.55 Raw (Rpt)
3.45 Brooklyn South (Rpt)
4.35 Oz (Rpt)
5.35 Mad About You (Continues to 6am)
Discovery (UHF)
6.30am The New Detectives
7.30 Extreme Machines
8.30 Island Life
9.30 Intruders
10.30 Ghosts of the Killing Fields
11.30 House of the Spirits
Noon Trackside (Free to air)
Includes live racing from Te Rapa (gallops), Ascot Park (gallops), Sale, Goulburn and the Sunshine Coast (all gallops), plus “Ford Report”
7.00 On the Inside
7.30 Discovery Sunday - Land of the Golden Buddhas
8.30 Discovery Sunday - Beyond Angkor
9.30 Discovery Sunday - Dalai Lama: Birth of a God
10.30 Powerzone - Extreme Machines (Double episode)
12.30am Trauma: Life in the ER
1.30 Equinox
2.30 Land of the Golden Buddhas
3.30 Beyond Angkor
4.30 Dalai Lama: Birth of a God
5.30 On the Inside (Continues to 6.30am)
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Extra: Week commencing 2 March 2002
from the NZ Listener
In March 2002, Prime entered into a joint venture with Australia’s then leading broadcaster, the Nine Network.
The joint venture enabled Prime to access Nine’s own programming, and to gain leverage from Nine’s positioning in the international television market. Prime could offer first-run movies and series from the USA with the added impetus of fresh and exciting programmes from Australia. In a determined demographic broadening strategy, the all-new Prime Television would provide ample new opportunities to viewers and advertisers alike.
A preview of Prime’s new look in 2002 was detailed in a “TV Week” feature from the NZ Listener (below).
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The programming arrangements on this channel would last until February 2006 when SKY TV purchased Prime TV which is now full of Sky’s programming
Today’s TV: Saturday 25 November 1989
from the NZ Listener
TV One
8.45am Teletext in Vision
9.00 A Big Country (Rpt)
9.30 The Olympiad
10.20 Mr Belvedere
10.45 Highway to Heaven
11.35 Tagata Pasifika
Noon The Virginian
1.30 Sport on One
Includes rugby league (Laude v NZ), bowls (Super Bowls final), tenpin bowling (Tyre Power Championship), cricket (Australia v NZ - test, day two, live)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 It’s in the Bag
7.00 International Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - test, day two; live from the WACA, Perth
8.40 One Network News
8.50 International Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - test, day two; live from the WACA, Perth
11.00 At the Movies
11.30 Saturday Night at the Movies: Straight Time (1978)
1.25am Movie: Brothers in Law (1957) (B&W) (Rpt)
3.00 Rugby Special
Barbarians v New Zealand (All Blacks) - live from Twickenham
5.00 Closedown (Time approximate)
Channel 2
The Coca-Cola Music Weekend
6.40am The Great British Pop Machine
7.40 Jason Donovan and Friends
8.25 Bros Live: The Big Push Tour
9.35 Def Leppard: Rock of Ages
10.40 Pagan in a Pagan Land
11.45 The Fifties Show
12.20pm Paul McCartney: Put It There
1.25 The Prince’s Trust: Rock in Concert
3.15 Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night: Live
4.25 Crowded House Live
6.00 RTR Countdown
6.30 Saturday Live
8.00 Lotto
8.10 The Making of “U2: Rattle and Hum”
8.40 Movie: The Blues Brothers (1980) (Rpt)
11.00 CV - Viewers’ Requests
1.30am The Neville Brothers Band
2.30 Movie: The Last Waltz (1978)
4.30 Jethro Tull: This Is the First 20 Years
5.30 Movie: American Hot Wax (1978) (Continues to 7.30am)
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That is the last full day of TVNZ channel duopoly before TV3 came the next day which will change NZ TV for the next decades
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Today’s TV: Sunday 26 November 1989
from the NZ Listener
TV One
8.50am Teletext in Vision
9.05 Praise Be
9.35 Sunday Magazine
10.05 A Sickness in the Air
10.35 What’s in the Fridge? (Starting today, part 1)
11.00 Opus
Noon English Soccer
1.00 News Review
1.25 Sports Special
Includes track and field (from Auckland), yachting (Whitbread report), cricket (Australia v NZ - test, day three, live)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.00 Supersense (Part 2)
7.30 International Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - test, day three; live from the WACA, Perth
8.40 Howards’ Way (Final)
9.40 International Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - test, day three; live from the WACA, Perth
11.00 One Network News
11.10 The Dark Side of the Sun (Part 3) (Rpt)
11.55 I Didn’t Know You Cared (Final) (Rpt)
12.30am Closedown
Channel 2
The Coca-Cola Music Weekend (until 8pm)
7.30am Moscow Music and Peace
9.30 Flying Nun, Anything Can Happen
10.30 Robert Plant: Now and Zen
11.05 UB40 Live
11.25 Warratahs: Staking Their Claim in Country
12.25pm The South Bank Show - Eric Clapton
1.25 Genesis Live: The Invisible Touch Tour
3.00 Bryan Adams: Live in Belgium
3.55 Cliff and the Shadows at Wembley
5.30 Life in the Fridge Exists
6.00 Kiwi Rock 2: Don’t You Forget It!
8.00 The Cosby Show
8.30 Mini-Series: The Thorn Birds (Part 1)
11.15 Entertainment This Week
12.10am The Film Club: Neighbors (1981)
1.55 Closedown
New Zealand’s first private television network, TV3 (now Three), began at 8pm with a two-hour preview of what to expect and what would screen on TV3 - involving programme previews, interviews with network stars, personality profiles and much more.
Regular transmission commenced at 7am the next morning with “The Early Bird Show”, featuring Russell Rooster, Kiri Kea, the Quack Ups, the Dawn Chorus and Joanna Paul with news updates on the half hour.
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C4
On Friday 3 October 2003, TV4 was relaunched as C4 - the music channel.
C4 was free to air music television running daily from 4pm through to midnight, extending to 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
When C4 began it offered interactive music programming from 4pm through to 7.30pm on a daily basis where viewers could choose the videos they wanted to see via text. Later in the evening more genre specific shows were screened, covering rock through to dance and hip hop, hosted by a number of specialist presenters.
American stunt comedy “Jackass” also screened on C4 along with “South Park” and New Zealand’s own “Pulp Sport”. 25% of videos played on C4 were local, demonstrating the current strength of NZ music. C4 was about adding meaning to videos and placed a special emphasis about how and why videos were made. It catered for the music intelligent and passionate.
Here’s a taste of C4’s first week of regular programmes on air:
MONDAY 6 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: Top 10s - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a themed top-10 show.
8.30pm: The Hijack - Artists take over the show, playing and discussing their favourite music videos. This week: Blondie.
9.00pm: A List - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a magazine-style show, featuring the biggest hits and the latest releases.
10.00pm: Jackass - The hit MTV reality show that features a group of masochistic lunatics, such as Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O, who inflict painful and embarrassing stunts upon themselves and their friends.
10.30pm: The Holla Hour - Hip hop authority DJ Sir-Vere presents an hour of his favourite stuff.
11.30pm: Final Run - More videos as you hit the sack.
12.00am: Closedown
TUESDAY 7 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: Top 10s - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a themed top-10 show.
8.30pm: Clipped - Hot tracks and interviews from top artists.
9.00pm: Homegrown - New Zealand music, from Nesian Mystik to the Datsuns, presented by Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford.
10.00pm: South Park - All new episodes of the most unsuitable-for-children animated comedy series ever made.
10.30pm: Intellectual Property - Camilla Martin presents a video show that’s a little left of centre.
11.30pm: Final Run - More videos as you hit the sack.
12.00am: Closedown
WEDNESDAY 8 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: Top 10s - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a themed top-10 show.
8.30pm: Clipped - Hot tracks and interviews from top artists.
9.00pm: A List - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a magazine-style show, featuring the biggest hits and the latest releases.
10.00pm: The Hijack - Artists take over the show, playing and discussing their favourite music videos. This week: Blondie.
10.30pm: The Soundlab - Nick D presents an electronica and dance show.
11.30pm: Final Run - More videos as you hit the sack.
12.00am: Closedown
THURSDAY 9 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: Top 10s - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a themed top-10 show.
8.30pm: Clipped - Hot tracks and interviews from top artists.
9.00pm: AMP’d - Jono Pryor rocks out.
10.00pm: Clipped - Hot tracks and interviews from top artists.
10.30pm: Homegrown - New Zealand music, from Nesian Mystik to the Datsuns, presented by Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford.
11.30pm: Final Run - More videos as you hit the sack.
12.00am: Closedown
FRIDAY 10 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: Top 10s - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a themed top-10 show.
8.30pm: Premieres - Your chance to see brand-new vids, delivered fresh to the studio.
9.00pm: A List - Jaquie Brown and Clarke Gayford present a magazine-style show, featuring the biggest hits and the latest releases.
10.00pm: Pulp Sport - Funny guys Bill and Ben have sprung out of the radio onto their very own TV show.
10.30pm: The Hijack - Artists take over the show, playing and discussing their favourite music videos. This week: Blondie.
11.00pm: Select Late - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see.
12.00am: C4 Presents - Live concerts and TV specials from the biggest artists around. Tonight: Radiohead, Glastonbury 2003.
1.00am: Closedown
SATURDAY 11 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Text Knock Out - A text battling segment in which viewers can text 8824 to decide those important questions of the 21st century: J.Lo v Christina, Scribe v Mareko?
7.30pm: The Edge Chart - A chart music show that presents the best pop hits.
10.30pm: Jackass - The hit MTV reality show that features a group of masochistic lunatics, such as Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O, who inflict painful and embarrassing stunts upon themselves and their friends. (Rpt)
11.00pm: Select Late - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
12.00am: Rated R - A selection of adult videos for late night perving.
1.00am: Closedown
SUNDAY 12 October 2003
4.00pm: Select - A jukebox-format show in which viewers can text 8824 with the number of the video they want to see live-to-air.
7.00pm: Premiere Pop - Your chance to see brand-new vids, delivered fresh to the studio.
7.30pm: Homegrown - A New Zealand music show, featuring artists from Augustino to Zed. (Sunday edition)
8.30pm: C4 Presents - Live concerts and TV specials from the biggest artists around. Tonight: Chemical Brothers - 10 Years of Block Rockin’ Beats.
9.30pm: Clipped - Hot tracks and interviews from top artists.
10.00pm: Flashbacks - Retro vids, hosted by James Coleman.
11.30pm: Final Run - More videos as you hit the sack.
12.00am: Closedown
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C4 lineup this time 18 years ago is rather excellent with a music video and a male skew focus that replaced the unnecessary TV4 which programmes are not that good after the last new programme aired on the channel few years ago
Gee thanks… I guess I’ll go now.
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No, I am talking about the TV channel
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Today’s TV: Tuesday 27 November 1984
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Child
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.05 Beauty and the Beast
1.35 Days of Our Lives
2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt)
2.35 Play School (Rpt)
3.00 Sesame Street
3.55 After School, including:
4.00 Mickey and Donald
4.30 Bug of the Week
4.35 Video Dispatch
5.00 All the Green Year (Part 2)
5.30 Shazam!
5.55 Te Karere (East Coast only)
6.00 Alice
6.30 News
Includes Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Hudson and Halls
8.00 Beginners Guide To…
8.30 Give Us a Break
9.30 Duty Free
10.00 Affairs of the Heart: Mary and Louisa
11.05 News
11.10 Closedown
TV2
2.30pm Prisoner
3.30 General Hospital
3.55 Eight Is Enough (Rpt)
4.55 Impressions (Rpt)
5.10 That Girl
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere (Nationwide except East Coast)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Sullivans
7.30 Hart to Hart
8.30 The Tuesday Documentary: Pieces of Eight
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Van Der Valk (Rpt)
11.00 Hawaii Five-O
11.55 Closedown
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Today’s TV: Wednesday 28 November 1990
from the NZ Listener
TV One
10.00am Teletext in Vision
10.15 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.40 Rainbow (G)
10.55 The Adventures of Damien the Cat
11.05 High Risk (PGR)
Noon Mini-Series: Roots - The Next Generations (Part 7) (Rpt, AO)
1.40 From Here to Eternity (PGR)
2.35 Mission: Impossible
3.35 Hilary (Rpt, G)
4.15 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rpt, G)
4.45 Last of the Summer Wine (Rpt, G)
5.20 North and South Island Programmes
NORTH
5.20 Te Karere
5.30 George and Mildred (Rpt, G)
SOUTH
5.20 Bugs Bunny
5.35 Te Karere
5.45 The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) or The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill
8.30 Taggart: Flesh and Blood (Part 1)
9.30 On the Up
10.00 One Network News
10.30 Dempsey and Makepeace (Final)
11.40 Special Squad (AO)
12.30am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 Captain Caveman (Rpt, G)
7.00 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
7.30 Magilla Gorilla (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 The Smurfs
9.00 Wally Gator (Rpt, G)
9.05 Sesame Street (G)
10.05 The Two of Us (G)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Crossbow (G)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 The Hallo Spencer Show (G)
3.15 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (G)
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 The Ewoks
4.20 The Video Dispatch
5.00 Charles in Charge (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date
6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours
7.30 Quantum Leap
8.30 The Star Movie: Cloak & Dagger (1984) (PGR)
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 Miami Vice
11.35 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (G)
12.10am Closedown
TV3
Noon Gems (PGR)
1.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
1.30 Another World (PGR)
2.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
2.30 Mighty Mouse and Friends (G)
3.00 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
3.30 DuckTales (G)
4.00 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
4.30 Home and Away (Double episode) (G)
5.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Family Feud
7.30 The Billy T James Show (PGR)
8.00 3 Special: The Making of “Footrot Flats”
8.30 Wednesday Night at the Movies: Battletruck (1982) (Rpt)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Houston Knights (AO)
12.00am Closedown
Sky Sport
Noon College Football
2.00 Bodies in Motion
2.30 Bodyshaping
3.00 College Football
5.00 Superbouts
McCallum v Curry
6.00 College Football
West Virginia v South Carolina
8.00 Football
English League 1990/91
9.00 Snooker
Asian Open
10.00 Football
European Championship - Holland v Greece
12.00am Closedown
Sky Movies
Noon Man in the Moon (1961) (G)
2.00 The Ninth Configuration (1980) (R16)
4.00 Frog Dreaming (1985) (GY)
6.00 Into the Night (1985) (R13)
7.54 Sky Hollywood Report
8.00 Hamburger Hill (1987) (RP16)
10.00 Showcase International: Mon Oncle (1958)
A French film with English subtitles
11.56 Closedown
Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newshour
7.00 BBC News
7.30 Sonya Live
8.00 Newsday
9.00 International News Hour
10.00 Newsday
11.00 Early Prime
11.30 Showbiz Today
Noon The World Today
1.00 Moneyline
1.30 Crossfire
2.00 Prime News
3.00 Larry King
4.00 CNN Evening News
5.00 Moneyline
5.30 CNN Sports
6.00 Newsnight
7.00 BBC News
7.30 Newsnight Update
8.30 CNN Sports
9.00 Newsnight Update
10.00 Larry King Overnight
11.00 Crossfire
11.30 Early Bird News
12.00am Daybreak
12.30 Business Morning
1.00 Daybreak
1.30 Business Day
2.00 Daybreak
3.00 CNN Morning News
4.00 World Day
5.00 Daywatch (Continues to 6am)
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Today’s TV: Sunday 29 November 1987
from the NZ Listener
TV One
8.00am The Great Toy Robbery (Rpt)
8.05 The Adventures of Parsley (Rpt)
8.10 The Adventures of Portland Bill
8.15 Raccoons
8.40 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt)
9.05 Praise Be
9.35 Aerobicise
10.00 Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers (Rpt)
10.25 An Englishman’s Home
11.05 The Wine Programme (Part 5)
11.35 Antiques for Love or Money
Noon News
12.05 Big League Soccer
12.55 British Football Results
1.00 Beacons at the End of the World
1.25 Daily Bread
1.40 House of Cards
2.20 Mr Belvedere (Final)
2.45 The 270 Billion Dollar Game
3.40 Cliff from the Hip
4.35 Scouts!: The Rise of the World Scouting Movement
5.30 News Review
6.00 Hancock’s Half Hour (B&W) (Rpt)
6.30 Network News
7.00 Courage Along the Divide
8.15 Heart of the Country (Part 1, starting tonight)
9.10 Midevening News
9.20 Te Kupenga
9.50 End of Empire
10.45 Boys from the Blackstuff (Part 2) (Rpt)
11.40 Closedown
Network Two
10.00am Waka Huia
11.00 Highway to Heaven (Rpt)
11.45 Science World
Noon Angels (Rpt)
12.50 Sunday Matinee: Lucky Partners (1940) (B&W)
2.35 Insight - Zandra Rhodes (Rpt)
2.50 Opus
3.50 Return to Treasure Island
4.40 Eureka (Rpt)
5.10 Barriers (Rpt)
5.35 Spot On
6.05 The Wonderful World of Disney
Tenderfoot (Part 2)
6.50 I Like That One: 2
7.10 Telequest
7.35 Peppermint Twist
8.00 Sunday Movie: Picking Up the Pieces (1985)
9.30 Brush Strokes
10.00 Radio with Pictures
10.45 Entertainment This Week
11.30 The Avengers (Rpt)
12.25am Closedown
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Yeah, looking at the 2002 listings for TV4 indicated they had given up by then. Six hours of programming the rest of it infomercials.
C4 was a great addition for that time.
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Do you know if this is a silent cartoon?
It was a cartoon series for preschool children… I think.
Today’s TV: Friday 1 December 1989
from the NZ Listener
TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Play School (Rpt)
10.35 Pullover (Rpt)
10.45 Kohanga Reo (Final) (Rpt)
10.55 Crossroads (Double episode)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One: The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983)
2.00 To Serve Them All My Days (Rpt)
2.55 Knots Landing
3.45 The World of Survival
4.15 Designing Women
4.45 In Loving Memory
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 The Bill
8.30 The Dame Edna Experience! (Starting tonight)
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 Documentary: A Shred of Evidence
11.00 Unsolved Mysteries (Series return)
12.00am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Telebugs
6.35 Fraggle Rock (Animated)
7.00 Breakfast News
7.30 Dinky Dog
8.00 Breakfast News
News and weather update
8.05 Bluffers
8.35 Ragdolly Anna
8.45 Sesame Street
9.45 Noozles
10.10 Clarence
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
1.55 The Partridge Family (Rpt)
2.20 After 2, including:
2.21 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 Doris
2.55 The Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales (Rpt)
3.20 The Mysterious Cities of Gold
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Bugs Bunny and Friends (Rpt)
4.10 Just a Regular Kid: An Aids Story
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 Happy Days (Rpt)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode)
7.30 That’s Fairly Interesting (Final)
8.00 Friday Movie: Labyrinth (1986) (Rpt)
10.00 Married… with Children
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 WWF Superstars of Wrestling
11.35 The Friday Frights: Frankenstein - The True Story (1973, part 1)
1.20am Closedown
TV3
7.00am Early Bird Show
Includes Garfield, DuckTales, The Wuzzles, Dennis the Menace and news every half hour
9.00 Dinosaucers
9.30 Welcome Back Kotter
10.00 Chico and the Man
10.30 Check It Out!
11.00 9 to 5
11.30 Holiday World
Noon Matinee Movie: Gunga Din (1939) (B&W)
2.30 Bring 'Em Back Alive
3.30 Mickey Mouse Club
4.00 The Real Ghostbusters
4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00 Get Smart
5.30 Perfect Match
6.00 3 National News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 The Golden Girls
7.30 Letter to Blanchy (Hour-long series premiere)
8.30 In the Heat of the Night (Movie-length series premiere)
10.30 The Benny Hill Show
11.00 Friday Night at the Movies: Meatballs III - Summer Job (1986)
1.00am Closedown (Time approximate)
@OnAir @Leotv “Letter to Blanchy” - a sitcom about three unlikely characters (played by Jon Gadsby, David McPhail and Peter Rowley) who committed various outrages on the good nature of their long-suffering friend Blanchy - kicked off with an hour-long premiere on TV3 (now Three). It was first shown at 7.30pm on the evening of Friday 1 December 1989.
The sitcom was due to screen on TV3 next year, but, for financial reasons, this fell through and never happened. “Letter to Blanchy” was eventually picked up by TVNZ in 1995.
Three series were screened on TV One (now TVNZ 1) in 1995 (7 episodes), 1996 (11 episodes) and 1997 (13 episodes); the episodes were half an hour in duration.
Produced by Isambard Productions, “Letter to Blanchy” was the brainchild of the Christchurch-based AK Grant and McPhail and Gadsby. The sitcom was set in a kinder, gentler small town in New Zealand called Nettleton, where back doors could be left unlocked, although it was filmed on location in Auckland. The original “Blanchy” episodes - directed by Ian Mune - was filmed near Christchurch.
A book (with eight chapters) was published in 1997, and a theatre tour made in 2008.
Meanwhile, the final episode of “That’s Fairy Interesting (TFI)” - a homegrown take on the US show “That’s Incredible!” - was broadcast on Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2) at the same time as the premiere of “Letter to Blanchy”. Produced by Communicado for TVNZ, “TFI” showcased quirky people and events across New Zealand.
Mark Leishman, Juliet Monaghan, Phil Keoghan (who later became famous for hosting the US show “The Amazing Race”) and Vicki Walker presented the final programme from Fairlie (they thought it would be Fairlie (!) interesting), wrapping up with a repeat screening of the TFI’s best stories.
The final of “TFI” was followed at 8pm by a repeat screening of the 1986 musical fantasy film “Labyrinth”, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.
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Today’s TV: Monday 2 December 1991
from the NZ Listener
TV One
9.30am Teletext in Vision
9.45 Classics on One: The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983) (Rpt)
11.30 New Zealand Today
12.30pm ABC World News
1.00 Film on One: Moment by Moment (1978) (AO)
3.05 Secret Army (Rpt, PGR)
4.15 Kate & Allie (Rpt, G)
4.45 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Wheel of Fortune
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Beyond 2000 Special: Aids - What Do Well Tell Our Children? (G)
8.30 Soldier, Soldier (Part 5) (PGR)
9.35 The Piglet Files (Part 2) (G)
10.10 One Network News
10.40 The Monday Documentary: The Second Russian Revolution (Part 1)
11.45 Are You Being Served? (Rpt, PGR)
12.25am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 Bright Sparks (Rpt, G)
7.00 My Little Pony 'n Friends (Rpt, G)
7.25 The Bullwinkle Show (G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 Peter Potamuss (Rpt, G)
8.40 Sesame Street (G)
9.35 Play School (Rpt)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Who’s the Boss? (Rpt, G)
2.30 After 2, including:
2.33 Play School (Rpt)
3.00 Nellie the Elephant (G)
3.05 Poddington Peas (Rpt, G)
3.15 Bidi Bidi to the Rescue
3.30 The Little Flying Bears (G)
4.00 The Jetsons (Rpt, G)
4.30 Peter Pan and the Pirates (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show
6.00 Candid Camera
6.30 Studs
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 The Flying Doctors (G)
8.30 The Monday Night Movie: She Was Marked for Murder (1988) (AO)
10.25 Good Sports (G)
10.55 thirtysomething (G)
11.55 Closedown
TV3
6.25am EBS, including:
6.25 Aunties’ Alphabet (Rpt, G)
6.30 Pinocchio (G)
7.00 The Real Ghostbusters (Rpt, G)
7.30 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
8.00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (G)
8.30 Closedown
Noon The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
12.30 Generations (PGR)
1.00 NBC Nightly News
1.30 Another World (PGR)
2.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
3.30 Super Mario Bros (G)
4.00 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
4.30 Double Dare
5.00 Voltron (G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Hey Dad…! (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Best of Candid Camera (Starting tonight) (G)
8.00 The Golden Girls (G)
8.30 Monday Night at the Movies: K-9000 (1989)
10.30 Nightline
11.05 Twin Peaks (AO)
12.05am Closedown
Sky Sport
6.30am ESPN Direct - Historical Tennis Film
7.00 Cheerleading
1991 College Cheerleading Championship
9.00 American Muscle
9.30 18th Annual World Invitational Double Dutch Championships
10.30 Powerboat Racing
Bud Light IOGP Powerboat Series
11.00 1991 BMV Vintage Fall Festival
Noon Billiards: Challenge of Champions
1.00 Sky Sport - Snooker
World Trickshot Championships
2.00 Bodies in Motion
2.30 Bodyshaping
3.00 Drag Racing
Top Fuel Classic
3.30 Powerboat Racing
4.00 Mountain Biking
1991 World Cup Championships
5.30 Athletics
USTS Triathlon Series
6.00 Tennis
Davis Cup - US v France, reverse singles final
8.00 Football
English Football League - The Big Match
9.45 Rugby League
UK Rugby League - Featherstone v St Helens
11.30 ESPN Direct - Football
Atlantic 10
1.00am Unlimited Hydroplane Racing
2.00 Skydiving
World Freestyle Skydiving Championship
2.30 Glory Days
3.00 Basic Training Workout
3.30 Bodyshaping
4.00 Gymnastics
Brother Cup Rhythmic Gymnastic Championships
5.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
5.30 Body by Jake (Continues to 6am)
Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, plus:
BBC News at 8.30am & 7pm, TVNZ News at 8.30pm
Sky Movies
Noon Nostalgia at Noon: A Man for All Seasons (1966) (GY)
2.00 Burglar (1987) (GA)
4.00 Bye Bye Red Riding Hood (1986)
5.36 The Road Runner Show (G)
6.00 Thunderball (1965) (GA)
8.10 Iron Eagle II (1988) (GY)
10.00 Drowning by Numbers (1987) (RP13)
12.00am Alvin Purple (1973) (R18)
1.24 Closedown
Canterbury Television (CTV)
4.15pm Focus on Living
4.45 Susan Sells
5.30 First Report (News)
6.00 George Balani (Rpt, G)
7.00 DB Sport
7.30 Jim Hopkins Live (G)
8.00 First Report (News) (Rpt)
8.30 Movie: Two for the Road (1967) (PGR)
10.35 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
11.20 Closedown
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