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Today’s TV: Wednesday 9 January 1985
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon Lunchtime Movie: Home in Indiana (1944) (Rpt)
2.05 Chameleon
2.10 Bewitched (Rpt)
2.35 Sesame Street (Rpt)
3.35 Mickey and Donald (Rpt)
4.00 The Adventures of Black Beauty (Rpt)
4.25 Top Cat (Rpt)
4.55 Coral Island (Rpt)
5.25 Our John Willie (Part 2) (Rpt)
6.00 Taxi (Rpt)
6.30 News
7.00 The Goodies (Rpt)
7.35 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.35 Partners in Crime
9.35 Fawlty Towers (Rpt)
10.15 Summertime Movie: Otley (1969) (Rpt)
11.50 News
11.55 Late Movie: The Wrong Box (1966) (Rpt)
1.50am Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Fantasy Island (Double episode) (Rpt)
3.50 C’est La Vie (Rpt)
3.55 Wednesday Afternoon Movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) (B&W) (Rpt)
5.50 News
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Sullivans
7.30 Blake’s 7
8.30 79 Park Avenue
10.25 News
10.35 WKRP in Cincinnati (Rpt)
11.05 The Untouchables (B&W) (Rpt)
12.00am Closedown

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What the Hell is Blake’s 7?

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It’s an old BBC sci fi show set 700 years into the future.

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Today’s TV: Saturday 10 January 1976
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Sport on One
Includes racing preview and “Vintage Rugby” (Barbarians v NZ 1963)
11.00 Of Course You Can Do It
11.30 A Good Innings
Noon Saturday Matinee: Petticoat Pirates (1961) (B&W) (Rpt)
1.25 News
1.30 Sport on One
Includes tennis (Benson & Hedges Open semifinals) and bowls (National Tournament)
5.00 Swiss Family Robinson
5.30 The Iron House
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 The Waltons
8.00 Jokers Wild
8.25 News
8.30 Saturday Night at the Movies: The Alamo (1960)
11.35 News and Weather
11.40 Closedown

TV2
1.00pm Free Time
2.00 Doc Elliot (Final)
2.50 Saturday Matinee: The Bargee (1965)
4.40 The Pink Panther Show (Rpt)
5.00 Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
5.30 The Runaway Summer (Rpt)
6.00 News: The Six O’Clock Report
6.15 One More Time
7.10 The Mod Squad
8.05 Saturday Premiere Movie: Triple Play
Wednesday Night Out
Call Holme
Keeping Up with the Joneses
9.50 Late News
10.05 Barnaby Jones
11.00 Journey to the Unknown
11.55 Closedown (Time approximate)

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified

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Today’s TV: Saturday 11 January 1986
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.00am Unicorn Tales
7.25 The Muppet Babies
8.00 What Now (Rpt)
8.30 Hong Kong Phooey (Rpt)
9.00 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids
9.30 Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo (Rpt)
10.00 The Beverly Hillbillies (B&W) (Rpt)
10.30 Hogan’s Heroes (Rpt)
11.00 Sport on One
Includes tennis (Benson & Hedges Open semifinals) and cricket (Benson & Hedges World Series - NZ v India, live)
6.30pm News
6.45 Sport on One Special: Cricket
Benson & Hedge World Series - NZ v India, live
9.15 Mystery Theatre: A Distant Scream
10.30 Entertainment This Week
11.25 News
11.30 Late Movie: 9 to 5 (1980) (Rpt)
1.20am Closedown

TV2
11.00am Cosmos (Rpt)
Noon Strange Creatures of the Night (Rpt)
12.55 Whiz Kids (Rpt)
1.45 The Miss Asia Pacific Beautiful Quest 1985
3.25 Affairs of the Heart (Rpt)
4.15 The People’s Court
4.40 More Real People
5.00 Emmerdale Farm
5.55 News
6.00 Shadows on the Land
6.30 Mind Your Language (Rpt)
7.00 Fast Forward Rewinds
7.30 The New Pacific
8.30 Mini-Series: AD (Part 4)
10.10 News
10.25 Agony (Rpt)
10.50 World Cinema: Father and Son (1981) (Rpt)
A film from Hong Kong, in Cantonese with English subtitles
12.20am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Saturday 12 January 1991
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.45am Teletext in Vision
11.00 Elephant (G)
Noon The Best of Nature (G)
1.00 A Royal Birthday Gala (Rpt, G)
4.00 I Love Lucy: The First Episode
5.00 One World of Sport: International Athletics
Grand Prix athletics - highlights
6.00 One Network News
6.30 All Creatures Great and Small (G)
7.30 48 Hours
8.30 Saturday Night at the Movies: Plenty (1985) (AO)
10.55 The Film Club: WUSA (1970) (AO)
1.15am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Adventures of a Blue Knight
6.40 Popples (Rpt, G)
7.00 Dink the Little Dinosaur
7.30 Alvin and the Chipmunks (Rpt, G)
8.00 ALF: The Animated Series
8.30 Yogi’s Galaxy Goof-Ups (Rpt, G)
9.00 Batman (Double episode) (Rpt, G)
10.00 Pepsi RTR Sounz!
11.00 Out of This World (G)
11.30 Learning the Ropes (Final) (G)
Noon The New Leave It to Beaver (G)
12.30 The Love Connection (G)
1.00 Top of the Hill (G)
1.50 Saturday Cinema: Plaza Suite (1971) (Rpt, G)
4.00 Supergran (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
4.30 The Hogan Family (G)
5.00 A Country Practice (G)
6.00 Pepsi RTR Summer Countdown
6.30 Prime Time Pets
7.00 Full House (Rpt, G)
7.30 Doogie Howser, MD (G)
8.00 Lotto (Live draw)
8.05 New Zealand’s Funniest Home Videos
8.30 The Young Riders (PGR)
9.30 Cops (Rpt, AO)
10.00 New Mission: Impossible (Rpt, PGR)
11.00 WWF Superstars of Wrestling (AO)
12.00am The Hitchhiker (AO)
12.30 Closedown

TV3
7.00am EBS, including:
7.00 DuckTales
7.30 Garfield
7.40 Annabel’s Kitchen
8.00 Infocus / The Real Ghostbusters
8.30 Dinosaucers
9.00 Infocus / Top 9 at 9
10.00 Infocus / Vid-Phone Music Requests / Write-In Music Requests / Top 5 Shakedowns
11.00 Coca-Cola Shakedown (G)
Noon Honda Summer of Tennis
Benson & Hedges Open semifinals - live from Auckland
5.45 3 National News
6.00 Get Smart (Rpt, G)
6.30 Give Us a Clue (G)
7.00 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (Rpt, G)
8.00 The Golden Girls (G)
8.30 Saturday Night Adventure Movie: Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) (B&W) (G)
10.30 Late Movie: Turtle Diary (1986) (Rpt, PGR)
12.30am Closedown

Sky Sport
Noon College Football
Mobile Cotton Bowl
2.00 Rugby League 1990
4.30 Pro-Box
6.30 Golf
Tucson Open - round two
8.00 NBA Basketball
9.30 Motorsport
NASCAR Year in Review
10.00 Bodybuilding
NFC Women’s and Mixed Pairs
11.00 Snooker
Asian Open
12.00am Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon Willow (1988) (GY)
2.05 Home Is Where the Heart Is (1987) (GA)
4.00 Bach and Broccoli (1986)
6.00 Scandal (1989) (RP16)
8.00 National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) (GA)
10.00 The Seventh Sign (1988) (R16)
11.40 The Honeymoon Killers (1970) (R13
1.28am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newshour
7.00 BBC News
7.30 Sonya Live
8.00 Newsday
9.00 International 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 Live
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 Showbiz Today
12.00am Daybreak
12.30 International Correspondents
1.00 Daybreak
1.30 CNN Sports Close-Up
2.00 Daybreak
2.30 The Big Story
3.00 News Update / Health Week
3.30 Moneyweek
4.00 News Update / Showbiz This Week
4.30 Style with Ella Klensch
5.00 News Update / Science & Technology
5.30 College Football Preview (Continues to 6am)

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 13 January 1981
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon The McLean Stevenson Show (Rpt)
12.30 Beauty and the Beast
12.55 Family (Rpt)
1.45 Summertime Matinee: Pardners (1956)
3.15 Join In
3.30 Chic Chat
4.10 Ballet Shoes (Part 3) (Rpt)
4.35 Gemini Man (Rpt)
5.30 The Owl Service
6.00 Dave Allen in America
6.30 News
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 Wildlife on One: The Impossible Bird
8.00 Telford’s Change (Rpt)
9.00 The Hong Kong Beat
9.35 Summertime Movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1961)
11.50 News
11.55 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Crown Court
2.55 North and South (Part 1)
3.45 Tuesday Matinee: The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) (Rpt)
5.20 The Goodies (Rpt)
5.55 News
Includes further headline news bulletins at 9pm and 11pm
6.00 Oh Boy!
6.30 The Bionic Woman
7.30 Mind Your Language (Final)
8.00 New Zealand Games Preview
9.00 The Oracle
10.00 News
10.10 Dave Allen at Large (Rpt)
11.00 Nashville 99
11.55 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Sunday 14 January 1979
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 Private Lives
12.30 Dig This
12.45 Premier Soccer
1.30 Sunday Matinee: The Seven Hills of Rome (1957)
3.10 Primitive Man
4.00 George Hamilton IV (Final)
4.25 Open House (Part 2) (Rpt)
4.50 Vision On
5.15 The Wonderful World of Disney (Rpt)
The Magnificent Rebel (Part 1)
6.00 Shoreline (Part 2)
6.30 News
6.45 Sunday’s World (The Best of 1978) (Rpt)
7.00 Fish
7.27 Show of the Week: Whittaker’s Fifth
8.20 News
8.25 Our Mutual Friend
10.05 Offerings
10.10 Classic Movie: Boys’ Town (1938) (B&W)
11.30 News and Weather
11.35 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
Noon Sixty Incredible Years
1.00 From Here to Eternity
1.40 Horizon: And Where Will the Children Play?
2.30 Sportsworld
4.45 Wildlife Cinema
5.10 The Big Valley (Final)
6.00 Weekend Edition News
6.10 World Watch
6.30 Child’s Play
7.00 A Big Country
7.25 The Fred Dagg Lectures on Leisure
7.30 The Goodies
8.00 Sunday Feature: Tortilla Flat (1942) (B&W)
9.45 Weekend Edition News
9.55 Don McLean in Concert (Rpt)
10.40 Goodnight Kiwi/Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified

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Today’s TV: Friday 16 January 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
9.00am Sooty (Rpt)
9.10 Let’s Read… with Basil Brush (Rpt)
9.20 Atom Ant (Rpt)
9.40 The Smurfs
10.05 The New Ed Allen Show (Rpt)
10.25 Crossroads
10.45 Journey into Thailand (Rpt)
11.20 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Rpt)
12.10pm That’s Incredible! (Rpt)
1.00 Wodehouse Playhouse (Rpt)
1.30 Bonanza (Rpt)
2.20 Jamie and the Magic Torch (Rpt)
2.30 The Moomins
2.35 Chorlton and the Wheelies
2.50 Sesame Street (Rpt)
3.45 Cantinflas
3.50 The Smurfs (Rpt)
4.20 Little Vic (Rpt)
4.40 The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Part 3) (Rpt)
5.10 The Road Runner Show (Rpt)
5.35 Butterfly Island (Rpt)
6.00 WKRP in Cincinnati (Rpt)
6.30 Network News
7.00 The Good Life (Rpt)
7.30 Ladies in Charge (Part 4)
8.25 Hope and Glory
9.50 News
9.55 On the Couch (Part 3)
10.25 Late Night Movie: Hustle (1975)
12.30am Closedown

TV2
Noon America’s Cup: Challenge Round Finals
12.15 What Is a Computer?
12.35 Holiday Matinee: Death of a Scoundrel (1956) (B&W)
2.30 International Showjumping
ANZ Bank International Festival of the Horse - live from Isola Equestrian Centre, Waiuku
4.15 Solid Gold
5.05 The Young Doctors (Double episode)
5.55 News
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Early Evening Family Movie: Lost in London (1985)
8.20 Mini-Series: Robbery Under Arms (Part 2)
10.05 News
10.15 Are You Being Served? (Rpt)
10.50 America’s Cup: Challenge Finals
11.05 Van der Valk (Final) (Rpt)
12.00am Closedown

Should the America’s Cup Challenge Round finals be raced that night, the evening programme schedule for TV2 would be as follows:
6.00pm America’s Cup
7.00 Sons and Daughters
7.30 TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes
8.00 (approx) America’s Cup
8.10 (approx) TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes (Continued)
8.30 Mini-Series: Robbery Under Arms (Part 2)
In addition, there would be 30 minutes of live coverage of the race finish, from some time after 9.10pm. Subsequent programmes would run late.

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Today’s TV: Thursday 17 January 1991
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.50am Teletext in Vision
11.05 The Brothers (Rpt, G)
Noon Hi-de-Hi! (Rpt, PGR)
12.30 Film on One: Back to the Beach (1987)
2.15 Matinee on One: The Pleasure of His Company (1961) (Rpt, G)
4.15 One World of Sport: Cricket
World Series Cricket playoffs - third and final match, live from the MCG
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Foreign Correspondent
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 One World of Sport: Cricket (Continued)
World Series Cricket playoffs - third and final match, live from the MCG
10.30 One Network News
10.40 One World of Sport: Cricket (Continued)
World Series Cricket playoffs - third and final match, live from the MCG
12.15am Closedown
STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket series was already decided)
2.10pm Earthwatch
2.25 Matinee on One: The Pleasure of His Company
4.25 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4.55 Emmerdale
5.25 Dad’s Army (Until 6pm)
7.30 Coronation Street
8.05 The Bill
8.35 Inspector Morse
10.45 One Network News
10.55 South of the Border
12.00am Life Without George
12.35 Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 Gumby Adventures (Rpt, G)
7.00 Woody Woodpecker (G)
7.30 Space Knights (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.25 Heathcliff (G)
8.55 Wally Gator (Rpt, G)
9.00 Porky Pig Cartoons (Rpt, G)
9.05 Sesame Street
10.05 Real Food of China (Rpt, G)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 The Famous Teddy Z
2.30 The Snorks
2.55 The Ratties
3.00 Defenders of the Earth (Rpt, G)
3.25 Pepsi RTR Video Hit
Go West - “King of Wishful Thinking”
3.30 The New Adventures of Batman
3.55 Pepsi RTR Video Hit
Double J and Twice the T - “Def to Be Green”
4.00 Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
4.30 Count Duckula (Rpt, G)
5.00 Charles in Charge (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date
6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 Totally Hidden Video
8.00 Who’s the Boss?
8.30 Booker (AO)
9.30 Magnum, PI (Rpt, PGR)
10.30 Capital City (G)
11.30 Adam-12 (AO)
11.55 Closedown

TV3
Noon Noah’s Ark (G)
12.30 Trial by Jury (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 Mickey and Donald (G)
3.30 The Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt, G)
4.00 Police Academy (G)
4.30 Home and Away (Double episode) (G)
5.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Man About the House (Rpt, G)
7.30 Empty Nest (G)
8.00 Bagdad Cafe (PGR)
8.30 The Great Wall of Iron (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 GP (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Late Movie: Hostage (1988)
1.00am Closedown

The Gulf War - waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes - commenced on 17 January 1991 and most of the programmes, as published in the Listener, were preempted by full coverage of the war.

In response, TV3 (now Three) extended its main evening news to an hour long and moved the start time for the news to 6pm. Once the Gulf War was over, the network continued to screen an hour-long news bulletin at 6pm with a half hour bulletin on weekends and over the Christmas/New Year holiday period.

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All I can say is thank goodness we no longer have to put up with 90 minute interruptions to live sport like this.

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That was Similar to what Channel 10 (then rebranded as The Entertainment Network) did with Their Coverage of The Gulf War, they took Coverage with American Cable Giant CNN Non-Stop and Ten aired suspend Regular Programming for a Few Days.

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Today’s TV: Friday 19 January 1979
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.05 Green Acres (Rpt)
1.35 Angels (Rpt)
2.25 Crown Court
2.55 Sesame Street
3.50 Lassie (Rpt)
4.10 Shadows
4.40 Gilligan’s Island (Final) (Rpt)
5.05 Land of the Giants (Rpt)
6.00 The Muppet Show (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 Space 1999
8.25 Lou Grant
9.20 News
9.30 Good Times
10.00 The Friday Film: Too Late the Hero (1970) (Rpt)
12.15am News and Weather
12.20 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Romper Room
3.30 Felix the Cat (Rpt)
3.35 Colonel Bleep
3.40 Clutch Cargo (Rpt)
3.45 Friends of Man
4.05 The Great Grape Ape Show (Rpt)
4.15 Holiday Showtime: Prince of Pirates (1953)
5.35 My Three Sons (Rpt)
6.00 News at Six
6.25 Police Five
6.30 Doctor Who
6.50 The World Around Us: Holland Against the Sea (Rpt)
7.40 Lorna Doone (Part 1)
8.30 My Honourable Mrs (Rpt)
9.00 The FBI
9.55 Late News
10.10 Holiday Late Show: The Seventh Seal (1956) (B&W)
11.45 Goodnight Kiwi/Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified

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Today’s TV: Monday 20 January 1992
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Teletext in Vision
10.15 One World of Sport: Cricket
New Zealand v England - first test, day three, live from Lancaster Park in Christchurch
6.00pm One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Beyond 2000
8.30 Mini-Series: Voyage of Terror - The Achille Lauro Affair (Part 1) (AO)
10.25 One Network News
10.35 Castrol Motorsport
11.35 The Monday Documentary: The Vet (AO)
12.10am Quincy
1.20 Closedown

Channel 2
6.00am Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table
6.30 The Bullwinkle Show (G)
7.00 The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Rpt, G)
7.25 Jem (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 Breezily and Sneezily (Final) (Rpt, G)
8.40 Sesame Street (G)
9.35 Mac and Mutley (G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless (G)
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Who’s the Boss? (Rpt, G)
2.30 ALF (Rpt, G)
2.55 Charlie Chalk (Final) (Rpt, G)
3.10 Kitty Cats
3.25 Magilla Gorilla (Rpt, G)
3.35 Babar
4.00 The Jetsons (Rpt, G)
4.30 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show
6.00 Studs (G)
6.30 Wheel of Fortune
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 The Flying Doctors (G)
8.30 The Monday Night Movie: Taken Away (1989)
10.25 Late Night Studs (PGR)
10.55 thirtysomething (G)
11.55 Movie: Three on a Match (1987) (Rpt, AO)
1.35am Movie: The Bride Wore Black (1968) (AO)
3.25 Movie: Big Trouble (1986) (PGR)
5.05 A-Z Video Gold (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.25am EBS, including:
6.25 Aunties’ Alphabet (Rpt, G)
6.30 Pinocchio (Rpt, G)
7.00 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Rpt, G)
7.30 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
8.00 The Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt, 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 (Rpt, G)
3.30 Super Mario Bros (G)
4.00 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
4.30 Double Dare
5.00 Perfect Match (Rpt, G)
5.30 Hey Dad…! (Rpt, G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Give Us a Clue (G)
7.30 The Best of Candid Camera (G)
8.00 The Golden Girls (G)
8.30 3 Mini-Series: Napoleon and Josephine - A Love Story (Part 2, final) (Rpt, AO)
11.00 MacGrouder & Loud (AO)
12.00am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - IOGP Powerboat Series
6.30 Foot Locker Road Race of the Month
7.00 1991 NCHA World Championship Cutting Horse Futurity
8.00 US Men’s Pro Ski Tour
9.00 Skiing
Mogul Tour
9.30 Snowmobile Ski-Doo Formula One Series
10.00 East-West Shrine Classic
1.00pm Sky Sport - Tennis
1992 Australian Open - live from Flinders Park, National Tennis Centre
5.00 Rugby League
UK Rugby League 1991/92
6.30 Golf
Bob Hope Classic - final round
8.00 Cricket
World Series Cricket - the second final, live from Sydney
12.30am ESPN Direct - Top Rank Boxing
2.30 The Sunkist Kids
3.00 Basic Training Workout
3.30 Bodyshaping
4.00 Women’s Pro Beach Volleyball
5.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
5.30 Body by Jake (Continues to 6am)

Sky News
CNN News 24 hours a day, plus:
BBC News at 8.30am and 7pm
TVNZ News at 8.30pm

Sky Movies
Noon Nostalgia at Noon: The Deadly Affair (1967) (GY)
2.00 Harry and the Hendersons (1985) (GY)
4.00 Alice in Wonderland (1951) (G)
5.18 Merrie Melodies (G)
6.00 The Naked Gun (1988) (GA)
7.25 Box Office America (G)
8.00 The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980) (RP13)
10.00 Innerspace (1987) (GY)
12.00am Made in Heaven (1987) (GA)
1.39 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV)
5.00pm Susan Sells (G)
5.30 First Report (News) (G)
6.00 What Would You Do? (G)
6.30 George Balani (Rpt, G)
7.00 DB Sport
7.30 The Bush Tucker Man
8.00 First Report (Rpt, G)
8.30 Movie: The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) (PGR)
10.10 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
10.40 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Thursday 21 January 1988
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.45am Aerobics Oz Style
11.10 Play School (Rpt)
11.35 The Magic Roundabout (Rpt)
11.40 Rainbow (Rpt)
Noon Beau Geste (Rpt)
12.30 For Valour (Rpt)
12.55 Three’s Company (Rpt)
1.25 The Invisible Man (Rpt)
2.15 Afternoon Movie: Four Men and a Prayer (1938) (B&W)
3.50 This Britain: Heritage of the Sea (Rpt)
5.00 Crossroads
5.25 Emmerdale Farm
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 Network News
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 All in Good Faith
8.00 Maelstrom (Part 3)
8.55 The Sweeney (Rpt)
9.55 News
10.05 Mid-Week Movie: The Satan Bug (1965) (Rpt)
12.15am Closedown

Network Two
Noon The Love Connection
12.30 That’s Incredible! (Rpt)
1.15 The Brothers (Rpt)
2.10 A Family at War (Rpt)
3.00 Sesame Street (Rpt)
4.00 Lucky Luke (Rpt)
4.30 Blake’s 7 (Rpt)
5.30 Private Benjamin (Rpt)
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Scarecrow and Mrs King
7.30 Remington Steele
8.30 Mini-Series: A Fortunate Life (Part 1)
10.15 Soap (Rpt)
11.00 St Elsewhere
12.00am Closedown

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Didnt Home and Away finish up at TV3 two weeks earlier for what reason?

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I don’t know. When TV3 (now Three) first started, coverage was limited. In September 1992, TVNZ secured the broadcast rights to the Australian soap and “Home and Away” made a welcome return, although it was shown on TV One in a 3.30pm timeslot.

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It would later move to Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2), then nearly a decade later TV3 have them again . There is my theory of Home and Away screening on TVNZ 1 today what would be weird. The only Australian soap that is suited to TVNZ 1 is Neighbours

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 22 January 1980
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 Robin’s Nest (Rpt)
12.30 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 The Nature of Things
1.25 Sutherland’s Law (Rpt)
2.20 The George Hamilton IV Show
2.50 Play School (Rpt)
3.25 Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (Rpt)
3.45 Mister Ed (B&W) (Rpt)
4.10 The Secret Garden (Part 4)
4.40 Spread Your Wings
5.05 Donny & Marie
6.00 Happy Days
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 One Day at a Time
8.00 Mastermind
8.30 The Secret Army
9.30 News
9.40 Summertime Movie: Thousands Cheer (1944) (Rpt)
12.00am Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Chic Chat, including:
3.00 Romper Room
3.30 Jana of the Jungle
4.00 The Good Time Show with Tracy, including:
4.00 Battle of the Planets
4.30 Superman
5.00 Solo One
5.30 My Three Sons (Rpt)
6.00 Headlines at Six
6.05 Project UFO
7.00 Two’s Company
7.30 All Creatures Great and Small
8.30 Target
9.30 Helen: A Woman of Today
10.35 Late News
10.50 Banacek
12.15am Weather Outlook and Goodnight Kiwi/Closedown

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Today’s TV: Sunday 23 January 1983
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon Big League Soccer
12.50 Tomorrow’s World
12.55 Secret World of Reptiles
2.25 The ‘82 World Ski Championships
3.25 The 1981 Rolex International Kentucky Horse Trials
3.50 The All New Pink Panther Show
4.10 The Wonderful World of Disney
Mountain Born
5.00 Pacific Journey
5.30 The Danedyke Mystery (Part 3) (Rpt)
6.00 Day One
6.30 News
6.45 World Watch
7.00 Secombe with Music
7.50 Country Calendar (Rpt)
8.05 The Edwards Interviews
8.35 Water Under the Bridge
9.20 News
9.35 Whoops Apocalypse (Part 3) (Rpt)
10.00 Summertime Movie: True Grit (1969) (Rpt)
12.00am News
12.05 The Late Movie: When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
1.35 Closedown

TV2
Noon Sunday Matinee: The Neptune Factor (1973) (Rpt)
1.35 The Bob Newhart Show (Rpt)
2.00 Claudio Arrau: Beethoven Concert (Rpt)
2.55 To Russia for Burns
4.10 Stepping Out (Rpt)
5.00 Jane Austen and Her World (Part 5, final) (Rpt)
5.25 Sing to the Lord (Rpt)
5.55 News
6.00 Jean Michel Cousteau’s People of the Sea
6.20 The Week with 2
6.30 Kidflicks: The Last Giraffe (1979) (Rpt)
8.05 Three’s Company
8.30 Sunday Movie: The Strangers in 7A (1972) (Rpt)
9.45 A Gala Concert
Live from the Sydney Opera House via satellite
NOTE: The concert would continue after the next programme, as listed below
11.00 A Piece of Cake
11.30 A Gala Concert (Continued)
1.10am Closedown

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