Classic NZ TV Listings

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Friday 11 November 1977
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Forearmed
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Today at One
1.25 Days of Our Lives
2.20 Play School
2.50 Peyton Place (Rpt)
3.20 Nice One
3.25 Sesame Street
4.25 Bewitched (Rpt)
5.00 Arthur of the Britons
5.30 Ready to Roll (Rpt)
6.00 Hogan’s Heroes (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Weekends with One
7.10 Coronation Street
7.40 Planet of the Apes
8.40 Two on One
9.30 News
9.40 Power Sailing
10.10 The Friday Film: Widow (1976)
12.00am Risko (1976)
12.50 Barney Miller (Rpt)
1.15 Charlie’s Angels
2.05 Dick Emery
2.30 Sport on One Special - Rugby
France v NZ - live from Toulouse (kick-off at 3am)
Followed by Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Chic Chat, including:
3.00 Romper Room
3.45 Rainbow
4.00 Search for Tomorrow
4.20 Hey Hey It’s Andy, including:
4.20 A Little Bit of Booma
4.25 The Cisco Kid (Rpt)
4.50 Freewheelin’
5.10 Seven Little Australians (Rpt)
5.35 The Beverly Hillbillies (Rpt)
6.00 First Edition (News)
6.30 Police Five
6.35 The David Nixon Show
7.20 News Stand
7.30 World Snooker
8.00 Sam
8.50 Van der Valk
9.45 Late Edition (News)
9.55 Kaleidoscope
Followed by Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Friday 12 November 1982
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.25am Play School
10.50 You and Your Child
11.00 Good Morning!
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.45 See Here
1.00 Beauty and the Beast
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.15 Glimpses (Rpt)
2.20 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.55 A Handful of Songs
3.05 Rainbow
3.20 The Munch Bunch (Rpt)
3.30 After School, including:
3.30 The Kwicky Koala Show
3.55 Catweazle (Rpt)
4.20 Movie for After School: Superbug - Craziest Car in the World (1975)
6.00 Dig This
6.15 Agreport
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 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.20 Fourth Estate
8.30 Kaleidoscope
9.25 The Week with One
9.30 Butterflies (Rpt)
10.00 Police
10.40 Encore - Escape (Part 2) (Rpt)
11.30 The Late Late Show
12.00am News
12.05 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Dallas (Rpt)
3.20 Diff’rent Strokes
4.00 City Lights
4.50 Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way (Rpt)
5.20 Spring and Autumn (Rpt)
5.50 News
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 Solid Gold
7.30 The Incredible Hulk
8.30 Armchair Thriller (Part 3, final)
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.15 Friday Feature: Chisum (1970)
12.10am Closedown

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Thursday 16 November 1972
from The Press

CHTV3
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 On Camera ‘72
2.45 Judd for the Defence
3.35 Family Affair
3.59 Untamed World
4.24 Play School
4.49 The Adventures of Rupert Bear
5.00 The Paper Hangers
5.08 You are There
5.30 News and Weather
5.46 Getting Together
6.12 Hogan’s Heroes
6.30 In Your Garden
6.50 General Election
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather / The South Tonight
7.47 Coronation Street
8.19 The Storefront Lawyers
9.15 Newsbrief
9.17 Gallery
9.55 Rugby
New Zealand v London Counties - highlights
10.38 All in the Family
11.08 Late News and Weather
11.14 Closedown

[PaddyTePou]

Extra: 16 & 17 September 1972 (CHTV3)
from The Press

Saturday 16 September 1972
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 Get Smart
2.28 International Rugby
New Zealand v Australia - third test (live from Eden Park, Auckland)
4.08 Ver-r-y Interesting
5.05 The Lancelot Link Secret Chimp Show (Rpt)
5.32 Headline News and Weather
5.35 Pin Point
6.01 Why It Is So
6.13 Happen Inn
7.00 Network News
7.22 Weather / The South on Saturday
7.47 Olympic Report
8.14 Z Cars
9.10 Newsbrief
9.12 Saturday
9.40 Cinema Showtime (Movie): Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
11.30 Late News and Weather
11.36 Rugby
Ranfurly Shield highlights
Followed by Closedown

Sunday 17 September 1972
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2.30 International Football
New Zealand v New Caledonia - live from the Basin Reserve, Wellington
4.28 The Porewa Plan
4.49 One Man
5.03 The Woodentops
5.17 Lidsville
5.39 Headline News and Weather
5.42 Disneyland
6.30 Contributions
7.00 Network News
7.15 Local News / Weather
7.23 Country Calendar
7.40 The Rolf Harris Show
8.35 Newsbrief
8.37 Elizabeth R (Part 6)
9.57 Workshop - Claudio Monteverdi
10.47 Middlemen
10.56 Late News and Weather
11.02 Closedown

The third test between New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park, Auckland, on the afternoon of Saturday 16 September 1972 was the first live telecast of a rugby test match in New Zealand. Peter Montgomery introduced that afternoon’s telecast, and the commentator was Bill McCarthy. New Zealand won the game 38-3.

Meanwhile, the fourth football test match between New Zealand and New Caledonia was telecast live the Basin Reserve, Wellington, the next day (Sunday 17 September 1972). New Zealand won the game 4-1.

[Michael_S]

Can you please post:
31.05.1991
7.06.1991
14.06.1991
21.06.1991
28.06.1991
05.07.1991
12.07.1991
19.07.1991
26.07.1991
02.08.1991

Thank you very much.
Also what happened to the listings on FB?

[foxyrover]

Bit demanding, hey? At least say please…

[Michael_S]

Connection issues. I fixed it.

[PaddyTePou]

@Michael_S

what happened to the listings on FB?

@foxyrover

Bit demanding, hey?

@Michael_S @foxyrover There is a new look for Facebook which allows me to switch between my timeline and my Facebook page, although all the listings haven’t been deleted. (NB: You must log in before you can find the old NZ TV listings, especially from 1991.)

Patrick Te Pou - Paddy

Additionally, I can only post 20 images (or less) in a single post at a time, according to Media Spy.

[PaddyTePou]

@Michael_S

Can you please post:
31.05.1991
7.06.1991
14.06.1991
21.06.1991
28.06.1991
05.07.1991
12.07.1991
19.07.1991
26.07.1991
02.08.1991

Thank you very much.

As requested by @Michael_S, here are the listings:

31 May 1991

7 June 1991

14 June 1991

21 June 1991

28 June 1991

5 July 1991

12 July 1991

19 July 1991

26 July 1991

2 August 1991

[Michael_S]

Really appreciate it.

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Friday 18 November 1988
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.10am Teletext in Vision
10.25 Aerobics Oz Style
10.50 Play School (Rpt)
11.15 Rainbow (Rpt)
11.30 Let’s Read… with Basil Brush (Rpt)
11.40 Mr Hiccup
11.45 Kohanga Reo
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon Network News at Noon
12.15 Santa Barbara
1.10 Last of the Summer Wine (Rpt)
1.40 Days of Our Lives
2.40 Knots Landing
3.35 The World of Survival
4.00 Crossroads (Double episode)
4.45 Emmerdale Farm
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters
6.00 Network News at Six
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.00 Fast Forward
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 The Bill
8.30 Watching
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.15 The Friday Movie: Between Two Women (1970)
12.10am Closedown

Network Two
11.00am Teletext in Vision
11.15 The Young and the Restless
12.15pm The Love Connection
12.40 The Friday Matinee: Convicted (1950) (B&W) (Rpt)
2.10 Carol Burnett and Friends (Rpt)
2.30 Play School
2.55 After School, including (all times approx):
2.55 Tales of the Wizard of Oz
3.04 The Telebugs
3.10 Alphabet Zoo (Final)
3.21 Orm and Cheep
3.34 Pound Puppies
4.00 Storybook International (Final)
4.30 Voyagers!
5.25 Newsbreak
5.30 Doctor Who (Rpt)
6.00 Benson (Rpt)
6.30 Mac and Mutley
7.00 Neighbours
7.30 Every Second Counts
8.00 Misfits of Science
9.00 Miami Vice
10.00 Married… with Children
10.30 Newsbreak
10.33 Friday Night (Final)
12.00am Closedown

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Saturday 21 November 1992
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.20am Teletext in Vision
10.35 Boating World (G)
11.05 Burke’s Backyard (Final) (G)
Noon Invention (G)
12.30 ABC World News Tonight
1.00 Beyond 2000 (Rpt, G)
2.00 National Geographic Special - Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods (G)
3.00 Hope It Rains (Starting tonight) (PGR)
3.35 Gillette World Sport Special (G)
4.05 In Search of the Dragon (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Last of the Summer Wine (Rpt, G)
7.05 To the Manor Born (Starting tonight) (Rpt, G)
7.40 Pole to Pole (Starting tonight, part 1) (G)
8.50 One World of Sport - Racing Special
1992 DB Draught Dominion Handicap - live from Addington Raceway, Christchurch
9.00 Maigret (Starting tonight, part 1) (AO)
10.40 Saturday Film Club: Matewan (1987) (AO)
1.20am Closedown

Channel 2
6.30am Yo Yogi! (Rpt, G)
7.00 Bobby’s World (G)
7.30 Land of the Lost (G)
8.00 What Now, including (all times approx):
8.05 Mr Bogus
8.15 Mailbag
8.30 Doug
8.45 Sniff
9.00 Wacky Challenge
9.10 Petmania
9.30 Spot the Difference
10.00 Ren & Stimpy
10.10 Face to Face
10.20 Sounds Crazy
10.40 Wonderland Competition
10.45 MDV
10.55 Hopper Draw
11.00 Pepsi RTR Countdown
Noon My Two Dads (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
12.30 Videofashion
1.05 Saturday Cinema: Protocol (1984) (Rpt, PGR)
2.55 Mac and Mutley (Rpt, G)
3.25 Mister Ed (Rpt, G)
4.00 Harry and the Hendersons (G)
4.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday (G)
6.30 It’s in the Bag (G)
7.00 Full House (G)
7.30 Baywatch (Series return, double episode) (PGR)
8.00 Lotto (Live draw)
8.05 Baywatch (Continued)
9.30 Saturday Night at the Movies: RoboCop 2 (1990) (AO)
11.45 Saturday Late Movie: Taps (1981) (Rpt, AO)
2.20am Closedown

TV3
6.30am The Littl’ Bits (Rpt, G)
7.00 EBS (G)
Includes Camp Candy and Super Mario Bros
8.30 Return to the Planet of the Apes (G)
9.00 Ya Hoo! (G)
10.00 Coca-Cola TVFM: Megamix (G)
11.00 NBA Action (G)
11.30 Living Earth (Rpt, G)
Noon Movie Matinee: High Sierra (1941) (B&W) (G)
2.00 Nocon on Photography (Final) (G)
2.30 Get Smart (Rpt, G)
3.00 Holiday (G)
4.00 Those Amazing Animals (Rpt, G)
5.00 Noah’s Ark (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game (Final) (Rpt, G)
7.35 Family Night at the Movies: Superman II (1980) (Rpt, G)
10.20 World Entertainment Report (PGR)
11.20 The Secret World (AO)
11.50 Late Movie: The Kindred (1987) (AO)
1.50am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Bodies in Motion
6.30 Bodyshaping
7.00 Thoroughbred Digest
7.30 Inside the PGA Tour
8.00 Sky Sport - UK Rugby League (Live)
10.15 ESPN Direct - Billiards
PBTA Tour Championships
11.00 Motorsport
NHRA Drag Racing - Sears Craftsman Nationals
Noon Motoworld
12.30 Up Close
1.00 Sky Sport - Amazing Games
Turkey
2.00 Basketball
NBA - Portland v Sacramento, live
4.30 Pro-Box
6.00 Tennis
Paris Open - final
8.00 UK Rugby League (Full replay)
9.30 Golf
PGA Tour - Merrill Lynch Shootout
11.00 ESPN Direct - Basketball
NBA - Portland v Sacramento, full replay
1.30am ESPN Outdoors
2.00 The Fishin’ Hole
2.30 Ultimate Outdoors
3.00 Fly Fishing
3.30 The Walkers’ Cay Chronicles
3.55 Sky Sport - Football
English Premier League 1992/93 (The Big Match) - live
5.45 Rock Sport (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, plus BBC News at 7am & 7pm

Sky Movies
6.00am Annie (1982) (G)
8.10 Alice (1990) (GA)
10.00 Rocky V (1989) (GA)
11.40 Christmas Shopping (GY)
Noon Nostalgia at Noon: One Wild Oat (1951) (GA)
1.30 Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) (GY)
3.15 Skeezer (1981) (G)
5.00 Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) (GY)
6.35 Jaffa’s Showtime
7.00 Cadbury Premiere Gold: Kindergarten Cop (1992) (R13)
9.00 The Rookie (1990) (R16)
11.00 Apartment Zero (1988) (R16)
1.05am Music Box (G)
1.25 Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (1976) (R16)
2.55 Salaam Bombay! (1988) (GA)
4.50 Miracles (1986) (GY) (Continues to 6.15am)

[PaddyTePou]

This week on CRY TV & MAX TV (23-29 November 1996)
from the NZ Listener

CRY TV, Christchurch
Saturday 23 November 1996
10.00am Green Zone Back-to-Back (Rpt)
11.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone (Rpt)
1.00pm Zero Hour Zone (Rpt)
3.00 Yellow Zone Back-to-Back
4.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone Highlights
6.00 Tahu FM Planet Dance
8.00 Love Lounge Live
12.00am Zero Hour Zone
2.00 Closedown

Sunday 24 November 1996
10.00am Yellow Zone Back-to-Back (Rpt)
11.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone Highlights (Rpt)
1.00pm Zero Hour Zone 9RPt)
3.00 Yellow Zone Back-to-Back
4.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone Highlights
6.00 CRY Net Highlights
7.00 Indigo Zone Back-to-Back
8.00 Totall Recall - CRY Gold
10.00 The Red Zone
1.00am Closedown

Mon-Fri, 25-29 November 1996
10.00am Yellow Zone Back-to-Back (Mon) (Rpt) / Green Zone Back-to-Back (Tue-Fri) (Rpt)
11.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone (Rpt)
1.00pm Saturday Zero Hour Zone (Mon) (Rpt) / Zero Hour Zone (Rpt)
3.00 Green Zone Back-to-Back
4.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone
5.30 McDonald’s Most Wanted
6.00 CRY Net
7.00 Indigo Zone Back-to-Back
8.00 Rev It Up (Mon) / Total Recall (Tue-Thu) / Sony Blue Zone (Fri)
10.00 Red Zone (Mon-Thu) / Sony Blue Zone (Continued) (Fri)
12.00am Zero Hour Zone
2.00 Closedown

MAX TV, Auckland
Saturday 23 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
9.00 Philips Power Play
11.00 The Pulse
Noon Nike Sport
1.00 MAX Music Videos
5.00 Levi’s New Releases
6.00 Pepsi Chart (NZ Top 40)
9.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm and 11.30pm

Sunday 24 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
9.00 Philips Power Play
11.00 FILA True School TV
Noon Nike Sport
1.00 Monitor
3.00 BK Famous Flames
4.00 Dr Martens Ultrasound (Rpt)
5.00 Coca-Cola Always Jammin’
6.00 MAX Music Videos
9.00 My Two Dads
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
11.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

Monday 25 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
3.00pm The Beat
4.30 The Word
5.00 McDonald’s Most Wanted
5.30 Libra Line
5.35 Steve & Co
6.15 TDK Back Trax
7.00 MAX Music Videos
8.00 Dr Martens Ultrasound
9.00 Levi’s New Releases
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
10.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

Tuesday 26 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
3.00pm The Beat
4.30 The Word
5.00 McDonald’s Most Wanted
5.30 Libra Line
5.35 Steve & Co
6.15 TDK Back Trax
7.00 MAX Music Videos
8.00 Nike Sport
9.00 BK Famous Flames
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
10.00 The Pulse
11.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

Wednesday 27 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
3.00pm The Beat
4.30 The Word
5.00 McDonald’s Most Wanted
5.30 Libra Line
5.35 Steve & Co
6.15 TDK Back Trax
7.00 MAX Music Videos
9.00 Monitor
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
10.00 FILA True School TV
11.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

Thursday 28 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
3.00pm The Beat
4.30 The Word
5.00 McDonald’s Most Wanted
5.30 Libra Line
5.35 Steve & Co
6.15 TDK Back Trax
7.00 MAX Music Videos
8.00 Nike Sport
9.00 Coca-Cola Always Jammin’
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
10.00 The Pulse
11.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

Friday 29 November 1996
6.00am MAX Music Videos
3.00pm The Beat
4.30 The Word
5.00 McDonald’s Most Wanted
5.30 Libra Line
5.35 Steve & Co
6.15 TDK Back Trax
7.00 MAX Music Videos
8.00 Sounds Selection
9.00 MAX TV Special
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm
10.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 11.30pm

[PaddyTePou]

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 (national championships), yachting (Whitbread report) and cricket (Australia v NZ - test match, day three [live from the WACA, Perth])
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.00 Supersense (Part 2)
7.30 International Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - test match, day three (live from the WACA, Perth)
8.40 Howards’ Way
9.40 International Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - test match, 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 Channel 2 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 the 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 (Starting tonight, part 1)
11.15 Entertainment This Week
12.10am The Film Club: Neighbors (1981)
1.55 Closedown

The Channel 2 Coca-Cola Music Weekend ran on Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2) for a whopping 46 hours, from 10pm Friday 24 November until 8pm Sunday 26 November 1989. It was a marathon of music films, documentaries, live concerts, music specials and wall-to-wall music videos, which included:

• CV Viewer Requests: CV hosts Larnie Gifford, Robert Rakete and Mark Tierney introduced 2.5 hours of music videos as requested by viewers via postal mail.
• Kiwi Rock 2 - Don’t You Forget It!: A two-hour compilation of 100% New Zealand music videos from 1964 to 1989 - “She’s a Mod” (by Ray Columbus and the Invaders) to “She’s a Mod/Mod Rap” (by Double J and Twice the T).

Described by TVNZ as ‘New Zealand television’s first stereo broadcast’, the Channel 2 Coca-Cola Music Weekend coincided with the introduction of NICAM stereo sound which was initially available on Channel 2 in the Auckland region. By the early 1990s, NICAM stereo was extended to Wellington. NICAM stereo was not rolled out to the rest of the country or onto TV One (now TVNZ 1) until 1996 and for some regions, such as Southland, NICAM was not available until 2001.

The late Sir Paul Reeves officially opening TV3 (now Three). Image courtesy of Three and The University of Auckland (Chapman Archive).

Also on this day (26 November) in 1989, New Zealand’s first private television network, TV3 (now Three), made its debut. It began transmission at 8pm that evening with ‘a two hour preview of what to expect and what will screen on TV3 - involving programme previews, interviews with network stars, personality profiles and much more’.

The network - presented in NICAM stereo since launch - was officially opened by the late Sir Paul Reeves, the Governor-General of New Zealand at the time, and regular programming started at 7am the next morning with the Early Bird Show, introduced by Russell Rooster, Kiri Kea and friends. Cartoons on the Early Bird Show included Garfield, DuckTales, The Wuzzles and Dennis the Menace, and the news was read on the half hour by Joanna Paul.

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Tuesday 30 November 1993
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.50am Te Karere (Rpt)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 All Creatures Great and Small (Rpt, G)
9.30 Infatuation (G)
10.05 Film on One: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) (Rpt, G)
Noon Ruth Rendell Mysteries - No More Dying Then (Part 2) (Rpt, AO)
1.00 CBS Evening News
1.30 Never the Twain (G)
2.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
3.05 Neighbours (Double episode) (Rpt, G)
4.10 Home and Away (G)
4.40 Families (G)
5.10 Te Karere
5.25 Dilemmas (G)
5.55 One World of Sport - The Whitbread Report
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 Tuesday Documentary - Sex, Power & Birth Control
9.40 PrimeTime
10.15 The Charmer (Part 2) (Rpt, AO)
11.20 The Trials of Claus von Bülow (Rpt, PGR)
12.25am Film on One: Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972) (Rpt, AO)
2.15 Closedown

Channel 2
6.25am The Smurfs (Final) (Rpt, G)
6.55 Yogi’s Treasure Hunt (Rpt, G)
7.25 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
7.55 Pound Puppies (Rpt, G)
8.30 The Adventures of Dynamo (G)
8.40 eTV - Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
9.40 Chatterbox (G)
10.00 Candid Camera (Rpt, G)
10.30 Dear John USA (PGR)
11.00 Santa Barbara (G)
Noon The Young and the Restless (G)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
2.30 Chatterbox (G)
2.50 Tiki Tiki Forest Gang (G)
2.55 Astro Farm (Rpt, G)
3.05 The Son of a Gunn Show (G)
Includes Twinkle: The Dream Being at 3.15pm
4.00 Harry and the Hendersons (G)
4.30 The Cartoon Company (G)
5.00 Paradise Beach (G)
5.30 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
6.00 Neighbours (G)
6.30 Face the Music (G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 The Billy T James Collection (Rpt, PGR)
8.00 Wings (PGR)
8.30 Bodies of Evidence (AO)
9.30 Full Frontal (AO)
10.30 Studs (G)
11.00 Sisters (AO)
12.00am 21 Jump Street (Rpt, AO)
1.05 Closedown

TV3
6.30am Mike and Angelo (G)
7.00 Fraggle Rock (G)
7.30 The Muppet Show (G)
8.00 Transformers (G)
8.25 You and Me (G)
8.50 The Magic Box (G)
9.20 The Infomercial Hour
10.20 Murphy Brown (G)
10.55 Yan Can Cook (G)
11.30 The Graham Kerr Show (G)
Noon Entertainment Tonight (G)
12.30 3 Sport - International Cricket/World Series Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - second test, day five (live from Hobart)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Give Us a Clue (G)
7.30 3 Sport - International Cricket/World Series Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - second test, day five (live from Hobart)
9.30 Canned Carrott (PGR)
10.05 Nurses (PGR)
10.35 Nightline
11.05 Late Movie: Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) (B&W) (G)
12.30am The Infomercial Hour
1.30 Closedown

STANDBY PROGRAMMES (for extended weather delays or abandoned play):
12.30pm Donahue
1.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
2.30 World News Tonight
3.00 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (G)
3.45 Movie: Not Quite Human (1987) (G)
5.30 The Torkelsons (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Give Us a Clue (G)
7.30 Nurses (Double episode) (PGR)
8.30 3 Special: Dame Edna’s Hollywood

Sky Sport
7.00am ESPN Direct - Sportscenter
8.00 College Football
10.30 Body by Jake
11.00 Tennis
ATP Tour Championship - doubles final
1.00pm Sportscenter
1.30 Dutch Football
3.00 American Football
NFL - San Diego v Indianapolis (live)
6.00 Sky Sport - Golf
European Tour - Volvo Masters
7.00 Mitsubishi Motors Sportsweek
8.00 Horse Racing
Matriarch Stakes - from Hollywood Park, California
8.30 Dutch Football
10.00 Grand Prix Snooker (WPSBA)
12.00am ESPN Direct - Sportscenter
12.30 Dutch Football
2.00 American Football
NFL - San Diego v Indianapolis (full replay)
5.00 NFL’s Greatest Moments (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.00am News Hour
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
8.00 World Business Today
9.00 International Hour
10.00 World News
11.00 World Business Today Update
11.30 Showbiz Today
Noon The World Today
1.00 Moneyline
1.30 Crossfire
2.00 Prime News
3.00 Larry King
4.00 World News
5.30 Showbiz Today
6.00 World News
6.30 CNN & Company
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Moneyline
8.00 Worldwide Update
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
9.00 Larry King
10.00 Crossfire
10.30 Headline News
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 CNN & Company

Sky Movies (HBO)
11.45am Pictures (1981) (G)
1.15pm Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (B&W) (G)
3.30 Babar: The Movie (1989) (G)
5.00 Stanley & Iris (1989) (GA)
7.00 The Godfather: Part III (1990) (R13)
10.00 Men Don’t Leave (1990) (GA)
12.00am The Unbelievable Truth (1989) (RP13)
1.30 Playboy Late Night (1990) (R18)
2.22 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
Noon CTV’s City Life
1.00 Food for Thought (G)
1.30 Closedown
5.00 Susan Sells (G)
5.30 First Report (News)
6.00 CTV’s City Life (Rpt)
7.00 Jimmy’s (PGR)
7.30 CTV News
8.00 Jim Hopkins Live (G)
8.30 Love & Marriage - Let’s Run Away to Africa (PGR)
9.30 Designer Collections (Final) (G)
10.00 CTV World Tonight
10.30 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
11.00 Closedown

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Monday 1 December 1975
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
Noon Note for Note
12.30 Lunchbox
12.35 The Young and the Restless
1.00 Today at One
1.30 Days of Our Lives
1.50 Scotch Corner
2.15 Harriet’s Back in Town
2.40 Play School
3.10 Sesame Street
4.10 Yak
4.20 The Tomorrow People
4.45 Hong Kong Phooey
5.10 Ready to Roll
5.45 Happy Days
6.10 This Week in Britain
6.15 Dig This
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 Rising Damp
7.55 The Motor Show
8.10 Colditz
9.00 Tonight at Nine
9.30 Richard Pearse
10.25 The Villains (Final)
11.15 News and Weather
11.20 Closedown

TV2 South Pacific Television
1.00pm The Box
Different episodes air in Auckland/Waikato/Bay of Plenty and Wellington/Christchurch
1.25 Speakeasy
2.00 Search for Tomorrow
2.25 Dinah!
3.10 Romper Room
3.40 Rainbow
4.00 The Adventures of Rupert Bear
4.15 Now C Here
4.45 Yogi’s Gang (Rpt)
5.10 The Partridge Family (Rpt)
5.40 The Flintstones (Rpt)
6.00 My Three Sons
6.30 Concentration
7.00 News - The Seven O’Clock Report
7.10 Regional Magazine
Two at Seven (Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington)
Points South (Christchurch)
7.30 The Magician
8.25 My Wife Next Door (Final)
9.00 Softly, Softly: Task Force
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Thrillseekers
10.55 Emergency!
11.55 (approx) Closedown

[PaddyTePou]

Extra: Tuesday 9 December 1980
from the NZ Listener

The national final of the children’s quiz show, The W Three Show, was broadcast on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 4.30pm on the afternoon of Tuesday 9 December 1980.

After 39 weeks, intermediate school winners from the northern, central and southern regions - i.e. students from Kirkwood, St Bernard’s and Remuera intermediate schools - competed for a state-of-the-art colour TV in the national final, which was recorded at TVNZ’s Christchurch studios. Future MP, minister and Speaker of the House, Lockwood Smith asked the questions and the late Relda Familton (a National Radio/RNZ National overnight host until her death in 1995) was his co-host and scorekeeper.

The national finalists were quizzed on subjects including geometry, the years 6 BC to 30 AD, Shakespeare quotations, deserts, anatomy, historic England and, appropriately for the quizmaster, cabinet ministers.

You can watch the 1980 final of The W Three Show via NZ On Screen by clicking its link below.

The W Three Show - 1980 Final | Television | NZ On Screen

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Sunday 3 December 1989
from the NZ Listener

TV One
8.50am Teletext in Vision
9.05 Praise Be
9.35 Sunday Magazine
10.05 Igorots, People of the Mountain
This programme marks the Christian World Service Christmas Appeal
10.35 What’s in the Fridge?
11.00 Opus
Noon Sports Special - Motorsport
Nissan Mobil 500 - live from Wellington
1.00 News Review
1.30 Sports Special - Motorsport (Continued)
Nissan Mobil 500 - live from Wellington (race buildup at 1.30pm and race starts at 1.45pm)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.00 Supersense (Part 3)
7.30 New Zealand 2000 (Part 2)
8.00 Bread
8.30 Just Desserts (Starting tonight)
9.35 One Network News
9.45 Koha
10.10 E Tipu E Rea - The Dream (Te Moemoea)
Presented in Māori on TV One; English translation simulcast on National Radio (RNZ)
Click the NZ On Screen link to watch (in English and Māori)

E Tipu E Rea - Te Moemoea (The Dream) | Television | NZ On Screen

10.35 The Dark Side of the Sun
11.30 I Didn’t Know You Cared
12.05am Late Movie: Victory at Entebbe (1976)
2.25 Too Close for Comfort
2.50 Sports Special - International Rugby League
France v Kiwis - live from Carcasonne
4.30 Closedown

Channel 2
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 PC Pinkerton
7.05 The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail
7.15 Doctor Snuggles
7.20 Gumby
7.45 Puddle Lane
8.00 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
8.25 Drak Pack
8.50 Sky Commanders
9.15 The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
9.45 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt)
10.10 Count Duckula (Double episode)
11.00 Aotearoa Māori Festival of the Arts
Noon Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt)
12.55 USA Today
1.35 Kate & Allie
2.00 Classic Movie: Going My Way (1944) (B&W) (Rpt)
4.10 A Country Practice
5.00 The Storyteller
5.30 Life in the Fridge Exists
6.00 Country Kiwi and the Cool City Cat (Starting tonight)
6.30 ALF
7.00 The Cosby Show
7.30 MacGyver
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie: Ghostbusters (1984)
10.40 Entertainment This Week
11.40 The Film Club: Fellini’s Roma (1972)
1.50am Closedown

TV3
6.30am 3 Sport - Summer of Tennis
1989 Nabisco Masters - live from Madison Square Garden, New York
11.05 The World at War
Noon Black Sheep Squadron (Feature-length series premiere)
2.00 Sportsworld
Includes triathlon (City of Auckland Triathlon), surfing and tennis (1989 Nabisco Masters)
5.00 Life’s Most Embarrassing Moments
6.00 3 National News
6.30 60 Minutes
7.30 The Nutt House
8.00 Murphy Brown (Series premiere)
8.30 Sunday Night at the Movies: Outrageous Fortune (1987)
10.30 Late Movie: Raising Arizona (1987)
12.30am Closedown

On this day (3 December) in 1989, the Nissan Mobil 500 was broadcast on TVNZ for the very last time. That year’s race was won by Italy’s Emanuele Pirro and Roberto Ravaglia (Schnitzer Motorsport). Within the next year New Zealand’s first private television network, TV3 (now Three), secured the broadcast rights to the Nissan Mobil 500, which took place on Wellington’s waterfront until the final running of the race in 1996.

Other highlights on TVNZ that day included a new local puppet/variety series called Country Kiwi and the Cool City Cat (based on TVNZ’s mascots, the Goodnight Kiwi/TV Kiwi and the Cat), the NZ TV premiere of the 1984 film Ghostbusters, the te reo Māori screening of an E Tipu E Rea drama called “Te Moemoeā (The Dream)” and the second international league test between the Kiwis and France at Carcasonne. For non-Māori speakers, an English translation for “Te Moemoeā (The Dream)” was broadcast on National Radio (now RNZ National) at the same time as it was shown on TVNZ.

Over on 3 there was Nabisco Masters tennis, the arrival of 60 Minutes to NZ TV screens, the premiere of the US sitcom Murphy Brown (with Candice Bergen in the title role) and the Sunday night double feature - Outrageous Fortune (starring Bette Midler and Shelley Long) and Raising Arizona (starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter).

[TV4]

those races on the waterfront were awesome, I can still hear Clint Brown calling " and Longhurst has hit the wall!"
I couldn’t imagine such a carbon- hungry event in Welly nowadays, eh!

[PaddyTePou]

Today’s TV: Tuesday 4 December 1984
from the NZ Listener