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Today’s TV: Thursday 7 December 1978
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Special Edition
1.25 Days of Our Lives
2.20 Couples
2.45 Play School
3.10 Nice One
3.15 Sooty
3.40 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (Rpt)
4.05 Nice One
4.10 Gilligan’s Island (Rpt)
4.35 Animals, Animals, Animals
5.00 Nice One
5.05 Land of the Giants (Rpt)
6.00 Gomer Pyle, USMC
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 Toward Tomorrow
8.00 Three’s Company
8.30 The Streets of San Francisco
9.30 News
9.45 Entertainment Special - The Tony Martin Show (Rpt)
10.45 Maude
11.10 News and Weather
11.15 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Chic Chat, including:
3.00 Romper Room
3.30 Rainbow
3.50 The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo
3.55 The Good Time Show, including:
3.55 The Flintstones (Rpt)
4.30 Movin’ On (Rpt)
5.30 My Three Sons (Rpt)
6.00 News at Six
6.30 Superkids
7.00 The Tony Randall Show
7.30 The Champions
8.30 Eye Witness
9.00 Within These Walls
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 On the Mat
11.00 Snooker - The Black & Decker Snooker Series
11.30 Pacific Viewpoint (Rpt)
11.55 Goodnight Kiwi (Closedown)

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

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Today’s TV: Friday 8 December 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 The Shoe People
10.50 The Wombles (Rpt)
10.55 Crossroads (Double episode)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One: The Stranger’s Hand (1953) (B&W) (Rpt)
1.45 Fragments of Eden (Rpt)
2.50 Knots Landing
3.35 The World of Survival
4.00 Designing Women
4.30 Sports Special - Boxing
Sugar Ray Elonard v Roberto Duran - live from Las Vegas, Nevada
5.45 Te Karere
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!
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 Friday Documentary - Sacrifice at Pearl Harbour
11.20 Unsolved Mysteries
12.20am 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 (Update)
8.05 Bluffers
8.35 Ragdolly Anna
8.45 Sesame Street (Rpt)
9.45 Noozles
10.10 Three Up, Two Down (Rpt)
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 (Final), including (all times approx):
2.21 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 Doris
2.55 The Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
3.20 The Mysterious Cities of Gold
3.45 Live! (Final), including (all times approx):
3.50 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
4.20 The Flintstones (Rpt)
5.15 Blind Date
5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes (Final)
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 Richmond Hill (Series return)
8.30 Beauty and the Beast (Series return)
9.30 Baby Boom (Series premiere)
10.00 Married… with Children
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 Superstars of Wrestling
11.35 The Friday Frights: Frankenstein - The True Story (1973, part 2)
1.20am Closedown

TV3
7.00am Early Bird Show
Includes Garfield, DuckTales, The Wuzzles and Dennis the Menace, plus news updates 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: Anne of the Indies (1951)
2.00 Fame, Fortune and Romance
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 Hey Dad…! (Series premiere)
8.00 Empty Nest (Series premiere)
8.30 In the Heat of the Night
9.30 Rafferty’s Rules (Series premiere)
10.30 The Benny Hill Show
11.00 Friday Night at the Movies: Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)
1.00am (approx) Closedown

The finals of After 2 (with Jason Gunn) and 3.45 Live! (with Fenella Bathfield and Rikki Morris) screened on this day (8 November) in 1989, as did the regional news programmes in Channel 2’s (now TVNZ 2) 5.45-6pm timeslot.

Auckland’s Top Half and Wellington’s Today Tonight were axed by TVNZ, but Christchurch’s The Mainland Touch and Dunedin’s The South Tonight continued for another year with funding support from NZ On Air (formerly known as the Broadcasting Commission).

The regional news programmes - which were broadcast on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 5.45pm and preceded by a Bugs Bunny cartoon (at 5.20pm) and a delayed broadcast of Te Karere (at 5.35pm) for South Island viewers - were axed altogether at the end of 1990 and their final broadcasts were on 14 December that year. For North Island viewers Te Karere was broadcast live (at 5.20pm) and followed by a sitcom rerun (at 5.30pm).

@TelevisionAU Over on TV3 (now Three), two Australian classics - Hey Dad…! and Rafferty’s Rules - aired on New Zealand television. Hey Dad…! was a sitcom about a solo dad (played by disgraced actor Robert Hughes) and his problems with his domestic life, while Rafferty’s Rules was a drama about a tough senior magistrate who came down from the bush to hold court in Manly, NSW.

John Wood, who played the title character in Rafferty’s Rules, went on to appear in every episode of the much-beloved Australian police drama, Blue Heelers (1994-2006), and won a Gold Logie for his performance in 2006. The series also featured New Zealander Catherine Wilkin.

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I wish I could find the magazine that I got this from, but this was from an early print ad for TV3 that appeared in B&T magazine here targetting advertisers

TV3

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Love Connection, a classic US dating game show with host Chuck Woolery, made its debut on TVNZ in mid-1987 and screened at midday every weekday on Network Two (now TVNZ 2). These days, a double episode of this show screens on JONES! too (Sky channel 208) at 7.30pm on weeknights.

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Hi, Paddy. Absolutely love the work you do and I appreciate it! Sorry, to ask, but it would have been in January 1988, but I’m just wondering if TVNZ showed the TV series (2 episodes) Hitlers SS?

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@Skud Hitler’s SS, as a telemovie, screened on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 8.30pm on the evening of Wednesday 27 January 1988 and ran for almost three hours, i.e. 2 hours, 50 minutes (including commercial breaks).

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Today TV: Monday 9 December 2002 (Free-to-air channels only)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am One News
6.30 TelstraClear Business
7.00 Breakfast
9.00 Gardening Australia
9.30 The National Bank Country Calendar (Rpt, G)
10.00 Good Morning
Noon Midday (News)
12.15 Te Karere
12.35 One Sport - Yachting
America’s Cup 2003 (Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals) - live from the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland
6.00 One News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Fighting Fit (Final) (PGR)
8.35 Frontier House (PGR)
9.35 Blokes: The Kiwi Male Revealed (AO)
10.05 Nga Reo (G)
10.30 One Late Edition
11.05 One Sport - Yachting
America’s Cup 2003 (Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals) - highlights
12.15am Peak Practice (PGR)
1.10 BBC World, including:
1.10 BBC News
1.30 World Business Report
1.45 Sport Today
2.00 BBC News
2.30 The Money Programme
3.00 BBC News
3.30 Asia Today
4.00 BBC News
4.30 HARDtalk
5.00 BBC News
5.30 Correspondent (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.00am Creflo Dollar
6.30 Destiny Television
7.00 Toad Patrol (Starting today) (G)
7.25 Beyblade
7.55 Hi-5 (Rpt, G)
8.30 Blue’s Clues (G)
8.55 Tweenies (G)
9.15 Bumble (G)
9.35 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.05 Infomercials
11.30 Home and Away (Rpt, G)
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.00 High Flyers (Starting today) (G)
3.00 Make Way for Noddy (G)
3.15 Rugrats (G)
3.40 Ed, Edd ‘n’ Eddy (G)
4.05 Transformers: Car Robots (G)
4.30 Digimon (G)
5.00 Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Rpt, G)
5.30 Neighbours (G)
5.55 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Rpt, G)
6.30 Spin City (Starting tonight) (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 The Best of Carters My House My Castle (Starting tonight)
8.30 Presidio Med
9.30 The Bachelor (PGR)
10.30 That’s Life (G)
11.30 Movie: The Price of Love (1995) (AO)
1.15am Infomercial
1.45 Christian City TV
2.15 Movie: Black Scorpion - Ground Zero (1996) (AO)
4.05 Damon Wayans (Rpt, AO)
4.35 UFO (Rpt, G)
5.30 Infomercial (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.00am Hillsong TV
6.30 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
6.55 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
7.00 Crocadoo (Rpt, G)
7.30 Pokémon (Rpt, G)
7.55 Brum (Rpt, G)
8.05 Disney’s Hercules (Rpt, G)
8.35 Bananas in Pyjamas (Rpt, G)
8.40 Bob the Builder (Rpt, G)
8.50 Elmo’s World (G)
9.05 You and Me (Rpt, G)
9.30 Infomercials
10.30 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The Series (PGR)
11.30 Home and Away (Rpt, G)
Noon School Holiday Movie: The Incredible Elephant (2001) (G)
2.00 Oprah (Rpt, G)
3.00 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
3.25 Caillou (Rpt, G)
3.30 Sticky TV (G)
5.00 Home and Away (G)
5.30 Judge Judy (G)
6.00 3 News
7.00 Home Improvement (Rpt, G)
7.30 That ‘70s Show (PGR)
8.00 Grounded for Life (Series return) (PGR)
8.30 Mini-Series: NetForce (Part 1) (Rpt, PGR)
10.10 Nightline
10.40 The Living Room (AO)
11.10 Shortcuts (Rpt, AO)
11.40 ABC World News Tonight
12.10am Infomercials
1.10 America’s Most Wanted
1.55 Real Kids, Real Adventures
2.20 Home and Away
2.45 Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer: Life in the Word
5.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)

TV4
6.00am Teletrader (Continued)
9.00 Infomercials
6.00pm Saved by the Bell: The New Class (Rpt, G)
6.30 Power of Attorney (Rpt, G)
7.00 Most Wanted (PGR)
7.30 Jet Set (G)
8.30 America’s Most Wanted (AO)
9.30 Movie: Rattled (1996) (Rpt, AO)
11.20 Total Recall (Rpt, AO)
12.15am Infomercials
1.15 Teletrader (Continues to 9am)

Prime
6.00am TVSN (Continued)
6.30 Here’s Humphrey (G)
7.00 Joyce Meyer: Life in the Word
7.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
8.00 National Nine Early News
Live - via satellite from Australia’s Nine Network
9.00 Today
Live - via satellite from Australia’s Nine Network
11.00 The Late Show with David Letterman (Rpt, G)
Noon Any Day Now (PGR)
1.00 National Nine Morning News
Live - via satellite from Australia’s Nine Network
1.30 Pacific Drive (PGR)
2.00 Prime’s Movie Matinee: Summer Holiday (1963) (Rpt, PGR)
4.00 Judge Joe Brown (PGR)
4.30 Paradise Beach (G)
5.00 Gilligan’s Island (G)
5.30 Happy Days (G)
6.00 Hogan’s Heroes (G)
6.30 Entertainment Tonight (G)
7.00 Murphy Brown (Starting tonight) (G)
7.30 Seinfeld (Double episode) (G)
8.30 The Bill (Special, feature-length episode) (PGR)
10.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PGR)
11.30 The Late Show with David Letterman (G)
12.25am TVSN (Continues to 6.30am)

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Hi, Paddy. Thank you sooooo much!!!

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Today’s TV: Friday 10 December 1976
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
Noon Lunchbox - Take Kerr
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Today at One
1.30 Days of Our Lives
1.55 Crown Court
2.20 Crossroads
2.45 Gizago / Play School
3.15 Sesame Street
4.25 Sam and the River
4.55 Room 222 (Rpt)
5.25 Ready to Roll
5.55 Bewitched (Rpt)
6.25 Weekends with One
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 Town Cryer
8.30 Ellery Queen
9.30 Tonight
10.00 The Friday Film: No Time for Tears (1957)
11.30 Grunt Machine (Final)
12.00am News and Weather
12.05 Closedown

TV2 South Pacific Television
1.00pm Medical Centre
1.50 Dinah!
2.35 Search for Tomorrow
3.00 Chicaboom!, including:
3.00 Romper Room
3.30 Rainbow
3.50 Banana Splits and Friends
4.30 Here’s Andy, including:
4.30 A Little Bit of Booma
4.35 The Rovers
5.00 Freewheelin’
5.10 Wild Kingdom
5.35 Get Smart
6.00 News at Six
6.30 The Fun Factory
6.50 Roobarb
6.55 Police Five
7.00 Horizon: Curtain of Silence
7.30 Doctor in the House
8.15 The Regiment
9.10 The Magician (Rpt)
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Kaleidoscope
Followed by Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

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Hi, Paddy. Sorry, but I have memories of watching the WWF Wresting in 1988-90. It was extremely popular at the time. I recall the WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on a Thursday night in either June or July 1988. I was just wondering if you would be so kind as to confirm this if/when you ever have some time. Thank you heaps in advance.

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@Skud In fact, TVNZ’s spring season began in the last week of July 1988 and WWF Superstars of Wrestling first appeared on New Zealand TV screens on the evening of Thursday 28 July that year. It was shown on Network Two (now TVNZ 2) at 10.48pm that night (following the late newsbreak at 10.45pm). Before that, the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde (starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway) was Network Two’s ‘Thursday feature’.

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Today’s TV: Friday 11 December 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.45am Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Play School (Rpt)
11.30 The Magic Roundabout (Rpt)
11.35 Rainbow
Noon Midday News
12.15 The Young and the Restless
1.10 The Odd Couple (Rpt)
1.40 Days of Our Lives
2.35 Knots Landing (Final)
3.30 Green Acres (Rpt)
4.00 Sports Special - International Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - second test, day one (live from the Adelaide Oval)
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 Network News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 Sharing Time (Part 2)
9.00 Inspiration - A Master of Light: The Life and Work of Brian Brake, Photographer
10.00 Sports Special - International Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - second test, day one (highlights)
10.30 The Friday Night Movie: Scorned and Swindled (1984)
12.25am Closedown

Network Two
Noon Love Connection
12.30 The Friday Matinee: Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
2.30 Play School (Final)
2.55 Puddle Lane (Final)
3.10 Thomas the Tank Engine (Final)
3.20 The Telebugs (Final)
3.25 The Adventures of Spot (Final)
3.30 The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas Special
3.58 After School, including (all times approx):
3.59 Pound Puppies (Final)
4.30 Luna (Final)
5.00 Blake’s 7 (Rpt)
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Head of the Class
7.00 Growing Pains
7.30 TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes
8.30 Dixie Chicken
9.00 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Rpt)
9.30 Carol Burnett and Friends
10.00 EyeWitness
Current affairs, “Worldwatch” and a news update
11.00 Heartbeat City
12.00am Closedown

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Thanks, heaps Paddy. You are the man! Appreciate it so much!

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 12 December 2000 (Free-to-air channels only)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World - BBC News
6.15 Te Karere (Rpt)
6.30 Telstra Business
7.00 Breakfast
9.00 Infomercial - LV Martin’s Shop at Home
9.25 Letter to Blanchy (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 Good Morning
Noon Midday (News)
12.35 Soldiers to Be (AO)
1.10 EastEnders (PGR)
1.50 BBC World - BBC News
2.25 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (G)
3.35 Emmerdale (PGR)
4.10 Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook (G)
4.40 Te Karere
5.00 Five O’Clock with Jude Dobson
5.30 Today Live
6.00 One News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Neighbours from Hell (G)
8.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (G)
8.35 Castaway (AO)
9.45 Chambers (PGR)
10.10 Babes in the Wood (Rpt, AO)
10.40 Tonight (News)
11.10 The Black Adder (Rpt, AO)
11.45 Bottom (Rpt, AO)
12.25am Infomercials
1.25 BBC World, including:
1.25 BBC News
1.30 HARDtalk
2.00 BBC News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 Holiday
3.00 BBC News
3.30 Earth Report
4.00 BBC News
4.30 Asia Today
5.00 BBC News
5.30 HARDtalk (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.25am Kenneth Copeland
6.55 Doug (G)
7.20 Jumanji (G)
7.50 Hi-5 (Rpt, G)
8.25 Jellabies (G)
8.30 TV2 Ad-free Preschool Time, including:
8.35 Bumble (Rpt, G)
8.55 Blue’s Clues (G)
9.20 Tweenies (G)
9.35 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.10 Infomercials
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.00 Promised Land (Rpt, G)
3.05 Infomercial
3.30 Bumblettes (G)
3.40 Flint the Time Detective (G)
4.05 Men in Black: The Series (G)
4.30 Digimon (G)
5.00 Full House (Rpt, G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
6.30 Friends (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Stargate SG-1 (PGR)
8.30 Middlemore: Trashed and Smashed (Rpt, AO)
9.30 The Sopranos (AO)
10.40 Seinfeld (Rpt, G)
11.10 Havoc and Newsboy’s Sell-Out Tour (Rpt, AO)
11.40 The New Outer Limits (AO)
12.35am Air America (AO)
1.30 Infomercials
2.30 Chicago Hope (Rpt. AO)
3.20 Hot Summer Down Under (AO)
4.15 Maggie Winters (G)
4.40 LAPD (G)
5.05 Home and Away (Rpt, G)
5.30 The New Addams Family (G)
5.55 Creflo Dollar (Continues to 6.25am)

TV3
6.00am Randy Morrison
6.30 Pingu (Rpt, G)
6.35 Sonic Underground (Rpt, G)
7.00 Donkey Kong Country (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Adventures of Tintin (Rpt, G)
8.00 New Woody Woodpecker (G)
8.30 The Wiggles (G)
8.55 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
9.00 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
9.25 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
9.30 Infomercials
10.30 Cosby (Rpt, G)
11.00 The Roseanne Show (PGR)
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
1.55 Ellen (Rpt, PGR)
2.25 You and Me (Rpt, G)
2.50 Open Sesame (G)
3.20 Suzy’s World (G)
3.30 101 Dalmatians: The Series (Rpt, G)
4.00 Pokémon (Rpt, G)
4.30 Dragon Ball Z (Rpt, G)
5.00 Hollywood Squares
5.30 Judge Judy
6.00 3 News
7.00 The Nanny (PGR)
7.30 Search for a Supermodel (PGR)
8.00 Hot Property
8.30 Law & Order: SVU (AO)
9.30 Sex and the City (AO)
10.00 Will & Grace (Rpt, PGR)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 3 Sport - International Cricket
South Africa v New Zealand - third test, day four (highlights)
12.00am ABC World News Tonight
12.30 Infomercials
1.30 Hollywood Squares (Rpt, G)
1.55 The Roseanne Show (Rpt, PGR)
2.45 Townies (Rpt, PGR)
3.10 Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer: Life in the Word
5.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)

TV4
6.00am Teletrader (Continued)
9.00 Infomercials
5.00pm Saved by the Bell (Rpt, G)
5.30 City Guys (G)
6.00 Sunset Beach (G)
7.00 Most Wanted (PGR)
7.30 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series return) (PGR)
8.30 Xena: Warrior Princess (Series return) (AO)
9.30 Rex the Runt (PGR)
9.40 Spawn (Rpt, AO)
10.15 Married… with Children (Rpt, AO)
10.45 Martial Law (Rpt, AO)
11.40 Melrose Place (Rpt, PGR)
12.30am Infomercials
1.30 Teletrader (Continues to 9am)

Prime
7.00am Infomercials - Shop America
9.00 Joyce Meyer: Life in the Word
9.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
10.00 TVSN
Noon Infomercials - Shop America
1.00 Prime Living
2.00 Cue (Rpt)
3.00 Pie in the Sky (Rpt, G)
4.00 Kate & Allie (G)
4.30 Prime Living
5.30 Regional Programmes
Family Affairs (NZ wide except Hamilton and Christchurch)
Prime Local News (Hamilton and Christchurch only)
6.00 Cheers (Rpt, G)
6.30 Doctor Who (G)
6.55 Last of the Summer Wine (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Bill (PGR)
8.00 Rescue (Starting tonight) (PGR)
8.35 BBC Reports: The Power to Abuse (AO)
9.30 Deep in the City (AO)
10.25 Cue
11.25 TVSN (Continues to 7am)

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Today’s TV: Friday 18 December 1998 (free-to-air channels only)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World - BBC World News
6.15 Te Karere (Rpt)
6.30 Telstra Business
7.00 Breakfast
9.30 5.30 with Jude (Rpt, G)
10.00 UK Today (Rpt, G)
10.15 One World of Sport - Cricket
NZ v India - first test, day one (live from Carisbrook, Dunedin)
12.30pm Midday (News)
1.00 One World of Sport - Cricket (Continued)
NZ v India - first test, day one (live from Carisbrook, Dunedin)
3.15 Te Karere
3.25 One World of Sport - Cricket (Continued)
NZ v India - first test, day one (live from Carisbrook, Dunedin)
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Maggie’s Garden Show (Final) (G)
8.30 Ballykissangel (G)
9.35 Tonight
10.00 Michael Crawford in Concert (G)
11.15 Bottom (Rpt, AO)
11.55 MADtv (Double episode) (AO)
1.20am BBC World, including:
1.20 The World Today
1.30 World Focus - Kings of the Jungle
2.00 BBC World News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 The World Today
3.30 World Living - Earth Report: Cina
4.00 BBC World News
4.30 HARDtalk
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 World Focus - Kings of the Jungle (Continues to 6am)

STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket was disrupted):
10.15am BBC World - World Business Report
10.30 World Living - Earth Report: China
11.00 BBC World News
11.10 Europe Direct
Noon Midday (News)
12.30 Mitre 10 Changing Rooms
1.00 Survival
2.00 Real Food for Real People
2.30 human/nature
3.40 The Paul McKenna Hynoptic Show
4.30 Te Karere
4.45 The Great Outdoors
5.30 Corbans Taste New Zealand
6.00 Regular programming continues

TV2
6.00am Creflo Dollar
6.30 Kenneth Copeland
7.00 Sweet Valley High (Rpt, G)
7.30 Macron (G)
8.00 Pokémon (G)
8.30 Bananas in Pyjamas (Rpt, G)
8.35 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
9.00 Here’s Humphrey (Rpt, G)
9.30 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.00 Ricki Lake (PGR)
3.00 Infomercial
3.30 Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (Rpt, G)
4.00 CatDog (G)
4.30 The Angry Beavers (G)
5.00 Rugrats (Rpt, G)
5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Rpt, G)
6.00 Home and Away (G)
6.30 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
7.00 Friends (Rpt, PGR)
7.30 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
8.00 The Drew Carey Show (PGR)
8.30 The 1998 Big Comedy Gala (Rpt, AO)
9.30 Newsflash (PGR)
10.00 Ruby Wax Meets… Tom Hanks and Jean-Claude Van Damme (Rpt, AO)
10.35 WCW Nitro (PGR)
11.35 Late Movie: Hands in Glove (aka “Lady Against the Odds”) (1991) (AO)
1.30am Late Late Movie: Appointment for a Killing (aka “Beyond Suspicion”) (1992) (Rpt, PGR)
3.20 The Ren & Stimpy Show (Triple episode) (Rpt, G)
4.45 Mighty Max (Rpt, G)
5.05 Double Dragon (Double episode) (Rpt, PGR) (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.00am Key of David
6.30 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (G)
7.05 You and Me (Rpt, G)
7.30 Aladdin (Rpt, G)
8.00 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
8.30 Jim Henson’s Animal Show with Stinky and Jake (G)
9.00 Rimba’s Island (G)
9.30 Infomercials
10.30 Holiday World (Rpt, PGR)
11.00 Beyond 2000 (Rpt, G)
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (G)
2.00 Murder, She Wrote (PGR)
3.00 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.05 You and Me (G)
3.30 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.35 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
4.05 Arthur (Rpt, G)
4.30 Mummies Alive! (G)
5.00 The Cosby Show (G)
5.30 Judge Judy (G)
6.00 3 News
7.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Rpt, PGR)
7.30 Touched by an Angel (G)
8.30 Friday Movie: Murder Live! (1997) (AO)
10.25 Nightline
10.55 Late Movie: The Dirty Dozen (1967) (Rpt, PGR)
1.25am Infomercials
2.25 Green Acres (Rpt, G)
2.50 Sunset Beach (Double episode) (Rpt, PGR)
4.50 Infomercials (Continues to 6.30am)

TV4
8.00am Active Shopper Network
12.30pm Infomercials
2.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
3.00 Sunset Beach (PGR)
4.00 That Girl (Rpt, G)
4.30 Saved by the Bell: The New Class (Rpt, G)
5.00 The Munsters (B&W) (Rpt, G)
5.30 Breakers (G)
6.00 Blossom (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (G)
7.00 A Wedding Story (Rpt, G)
7.30 Confessions (G)
8.00 Emergency (PGR)
8.30 Murder One (Rpt, AO)
9.30 Is It Bill Bailey? (PGR)
10.05 The Man from Auntie (Starting tonight) (Rpt, AO)
10.35 Live at Jongleurs (AO)
11.05 Later… with Jools Holland (Rpt, PGR)
12.20am Infomercials
1.20 Closedown

Prime
Noon Prime Living (G)
1.00 Infomercials
2.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
3.00 The Golden Girls (G)
3.30 A Country Practice (G)
4.30 Prime Living (G)
5.30 Regional Programmes
Here’s Lucy (NZ wide except Hamilton and Christchurch)
Prime Local News (Hamilton and Christchurch only)
6.00 Bonanza (G)
7.00 Prime Sport (G)
7.30 Family Affairs (PGR)
8.00 Harry’s Practice (G)
8.30 The Chelsea Flower Show (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 Ruling Passions (Part 2) (PGR)
10.05 May to December (PGR)
10.40 Prime Sport (Rpt, G)
11.10 Prime Living (G)
12.00am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Friday 18 December 1998 (Sky channels)
from the NZ Listener

Sky Movies (UHF and satellite)
7.30am Brothers of the Frontier (1995) (G)
9.00 Theodore Rex (1995) (PG)
10.45 The Color of Money (1986) (PG)
12.45pm Fowl Play (1997) (G)
2.15 Marvin’s Room (1996) (M)
4.00 Selena (1997) (M)
6.15 Box Office America
6.45 The Phantom (1995) (PG)
8.30 Friday Double Feature - No Brainers
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) (M)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) (PG)
11.35 Eraser (1996) (R16)
1.25am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1994) (R18)
3.00 Selena (1997) (M)
5.05 Fowl Play (1997) (G) (Continues to 6.30am)

Sky Sport (UHF and satellite)
7.30am ESPN Direct - Hi Tec Adventure Racing
8.00 Bodyshaping
8.30 Co-ed Training
9.00 Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat
9.30 Spanish Fly
10.00 Tournament Fishing Series
11.00 Charlie West’s Back Country
11.30 Sportscenter
12.30pm Sportscenter International
1.00 World Football Report
1.30 Basketball
NCAA - North Carolina v Kentucky (live from the Dean Smith Centre, Chapel Hill)
3.30 Basketball
NCAA - Kansas v DePaul (live from the Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence)
5.30 In Pursuit
6.00 Sky Sport - Yachting
Knickerbocker Cup
6.30 Cycling
Tour of Southland
7.00 Friday Night Cricket
7.30 Cricket
Super Max League - grand final
11.15 The Best of Sport 1998 (Rugby League)
State of Origin 1998
1.15am ESPN Direct - Basketball
NCAA - Kansas v DePaul (full replay)
3.00 Basketball
South American Club Championship
5.00 NBA Action
5.30 Racehorse Digest (Continues to 6am)

Sky Sport 2 (Satellite only)
6.00am ESPN2 Direct - Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat
6.30 Bodyshaping
7.00 Fitness America Pageant
8.00 NFL Pro Bowl Selection SHow
9.00 Unlimited Hydroplane Racing
11.00 ESPNews Day
Noon Ultimate Outdoors
1.00 Motoworld
1.30 NFL 2night
4.00 Ice Hockey
NHL - Vancouver Canucks v Colorado Avalanche (live from General Motors Place, Vancouver)
7.00 Sky Sport 2 - Sportscenter International
7.30 Hohepa’s Half Hour
8.00 The Best of Sport 1998 (Athletics)
Track and field
10.00 Prime Boxing
11.30 Xsport Mk II
12.00am Motorsport
Australian Rally Championship - Rally of Australia
12.30 ESPN2 Direct - Cabela’s Sportsman Quest
1.00 NHL 2night
1.30 NFL 2night
2.30 NHL 2night
3.00 Crunch Fitness
3.30 Kiana’s Flex Appeal
4.00 Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat
4.30 Bodyshaping
5.00 Co-ed Training
5.30 Kiana’s Flex Appeal (Continues to 6am)

CNN (UHF and satellite)
6.30am Science & Technology
7.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
SATELLITE ONLY
7.00 World News
7.45 American Edition
8.30 World Business Today
9.30 Q & A
10.30 CNN Newsroom
11.00 World Business Today (Rpt)
11.30 World Sport
Noon World View
12.30 Moneyline Newshour
1.30 Asia This Day
2.15 Asian Edition
2.30 Q & A (Rpt)
3.00 Larry King
4.30 Showbiz Today
5.00 Travel Guide
SATELLITE ONLY
5.00 World News
5.15 American Edition
5.30 World Report
6.30 Insight
7.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
SATELLITE ONLY
7.00 World News
7.30 Larry King
SATELLITE ONLY
7.30 Moneyline
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
SATELLITE ONLY
8.30 World Sport
9.15 TVNZ - Holmes
SATELLITE ONLY
9.15 Showbiz Today
10.30 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
SATELLITE ONLY
10.30 Insight
11.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
12.30am American Edition
12.45 As They See It
1.00 Asia Tonight
1.30 World Sport
2.15 Asian Edition
2.30 Biz Asia
3.00 Larry King (Rpt)
4.30 World Sport (Rpt)
5.30 Biz Asia (Continues to 6am)

Sky 1 (UHF and satellite)
6.00am Cartoon Network
SATELLITE ONLY
Cartoon Network 24 hours a day
4.00pm My Secret Identity
4.30 Hollyoaks
5.00 The Incredible Hulk
6.00 The Dating Game
6.30 The Newlywed Game
7.00 Mad About You
7.30 Party of Five
8.30 Sky 1 at the Movies - Double Feature: The Boys Club (1997) (RP16)
10.00 Sky 1 at the Movies - Double Feature: Carnal Knowledge (1993) (R18)
11.40 Street Legal
12.40am Party of Five (Rpt)
1.25 Sky 1 at the Movies - Double Feature: The Boys Club (1997) (Rpt, RP16)
2.55 Sky 1 at the Movies - Double Feature: Carnal Knowledge (1993) (Rpt, R18)
4.30 The City
4.50 The Dating Game (Rpt)
5.10 The Newlywed Game (Rpt)
5.35 Mad About You (Rpt) (Continues to 6am)

Discovery (UHF and satellite)
6.00am Paleoworld
6.30 Movie Magic
7.00 Passport to Adventure
7.30 Inntimate Escapes
8.00 Travelers
9.00 Lonely Planet
10.00 Two Worlds
10.30 Paleoworld
11.00 Boys Toys
Noon Beyond 2000
1.00 Discovery Profile Series
2.00 Lonely Planet
3.00 Travelers
4.00 High Adventure
4.30 Outer Bounds
5.00 TAB Trackside
SATELLITE ONLY FROM 5-11PM
5.00 Eyewitness
5.30 In Care of Nature
6.00 Medical Detectives
6.30 Ultrascience
7.00 Paleoworld
7.30 Movie Magic
8.00 Go for It!
9.00 The Ultimate Guide
10.00 Boys Toys
11.00 Understanding
12.00am Discovery Profile Series
1.00 Equinox
2.00 Discover Magazine
3.00 High Adventure
3.30 Outer Bounds
4.00 Eyewitness
4.30 In Care of Nature
5.00 Medical Detectives
5.30 Ultrascience (Continues to 6am)

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Bit weird how TV One managed to get MADtv, would’ve been more suitable for a TV2 or 3 audience.

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@LiamP When MADtv began screening in 1997/98 it was shown on TV One (now TVNZ 1) in a late night slot, despite the fact that the US sketch comedy series was designed for a younger audience and TV One itself was aimed at a more mature audience. Within a few years, MADtv was transferred to TV2 (now TVNZ 2).

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Today’s TV: Sunday 19 December 1993
from the NZ Listener

TV One
9.00am Praise Be (G)
9.30 Tagata Pasifika (Final) (G)
10.00 Waka Huia (Final) (G)
11.00 Marae (Final) (G)
Noon The Buried Mirror (Part 2) (G)
1.05 Antiques Roadshow (G)
2.00 One World of Sport - Softball
1993 Softball Fast-Pitch Series - final (live from Fraser Park, Lower Hutt)
4.10 Movie: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (Rpt, G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Wheel of Fortune: Celebrity Christmas (G)
7.30 Keeping Up Appearances (Rpt, PGR)
8.05 Mulberry (G)
8.45 Joyful and Triumphant
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

10.25 One Playhouse: Tell Me That You Love Me (Rpt, AO)
12.20am Late Movie: Tommy (1975) (Rpt, AO)
2.30 Closedown

Channel 2
6.00am Three Little Ghosts (Rpt, G)
6.25 Captain Zed and the Zee Zone (Rpt, G)
6.45 Rupert the Bear (Rpt, G)
7.10 Kwicky Koala (Rpt, G)
7.25 My Little Pony Tales (G)
7.50 The Adventures of Dynamo Duck (Final) (Rpt, G)
8.00 Heroes on Hot Wheels (G)
8.25 The Chipmunks Go to the Movies (Rpt, G)
8.45 Swamp Thing (Rpt, G)
9.10 Ghostwriter (G)
9.40 Joe 90 (Rpt, G)
10.05 Pepsi RTR Showdown (G)
11.10 Drexell’s Class (G)
11.35 Doctor Who (Rpt, G)
Noon EastEnders (Double episode) (G)
1.10 Griffin’s Sunday Cinema: Father Goose (1964) (Rpt, G)
3.35 Laurel and Hardy (Rpt, G)
3.55 Kelly (Final) (G)
4.30 Sunday Dinner (G)
5.00 Road to Avonlea (G)
6.00 Rugrats (Rpt, G)
6.30 Our World - Wild South: Antarctica, Solid Water Liquid Rock (G)
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 The Sunday Premiere Movie: Scrooged (1988) (Rpt, AO)
10.30 The Full Wax (Part 2) (AO)
11.10 The Sunday Horrors: Lust for a Vampire (1970) (AO)
1.05am Closedown

TV3
6.30am Music and the Spoken Word (G)
7.00 Swordfish (G)
7.30 This Week with David Brinkley
8.15 Devil’s Mountain (G)
9.50 From Spirit to Spirit (G)
10.20 Graham Kerr’s Kitchen (G)
10.45 Holiday World (G)
11.10 Yellowstone: Four Seasons After the Fire (G)
Noon 3 Sport - Husqvarna Sports Machine (Final)
2.15 3 Sport - International Cricket
The Allan Border Benefit Match - live from the Gabba, Brisbane
8.00 20/20
9.00 Sunday Night at the Movies: Tough Guys (1986) (AO)
11.15 3 Sport - Nike NBA Basketball (G)
1.15am Entertainment Tonight
2.15 Closedown

STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket was disrupted):
2.15pm Movie: Circus World (1964) (G)
5.15 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 World Around Us - Realm of the Alligator (G)
7.30 Home Improvement (PGR)
8.00 Regular programming continues

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Skiing
1993 World Powder 8 Championship
6.30 Skiing
7.00 Bodybuilding
1993 Mr Olympia
8.00 Sky Sport - American Football
NFL - Dallas v Minnesota
10.25 Cricket
Shell Trophy - Auckland v Northern Districts, day four (live from Eden Park, Auckland)
12.55pm SAAB Pro Series
1.25 Cricket (Continued)
Shell Trophy - Auckland v Northern Districts, day four (live from Eden Park, Auckland)
6.30 NBA Action
7.00 Football
English Premier League 1993/94 - The Big Match
8.55 Golf
1993 World Championships
10.30 UK Rugby League
12.00am Cricket
Shell Trophy - Auckland v Northern Districts, day four (highlights)
12.30 ESPN Direct - Ski World
1.00 Grand Sumo Championship
2.00 World Cup American Style
2.30 Dutch Football
4.30 NHL International Weekly
5.30 Sportscenter (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Earth Matters
6.30 Evans & Novak
7.00 World Business This Week
7.30 Newsmaker Saturday
8.00 Healthworks
8.30 BBC News (Early evening bulletin)
9.00 Your Money
9.30 International Correspondents
10.00 Headline News
10.30 Future Watch
11.00 Headline News
11.30 Both Sides with Jesse Jackson
Noon Headline News
12.30 Managing
1.00 Pinnacle
1.30 On the Menu
2.00 The Big Story
2.30 Showbiz This Week
3.00 Larry King Weekend
4.00 World News
5.00 The Capital Gang
5.30 Headline News
6.30 Earth Matters
7.00 BBC News (Late bulletin)
7.30 Healthworks
8.00 Showbiz This Week
8.30 Science & Technology
9.00 Headline News
9.30 The Big Story
10.00 Pinnacle
10.30 World Business This Week
11.00 Larry King Weekend
12.00am Showbiz This Week
12.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
1.00 Earth Matters
1.30 Inside Business
2.00 World Report
4.00 Your Money
4.30 Reliable Sources
5.00 Travel Guide
5.30 This Week in the NBA (Continues to 6am)

Sky Movies (HBO)
7.00am The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) (G)
8.15 Avalon (1990) (GA)
10.30 Shout (1991) (RP13)
Noon Nostalgia at Noon: Clambake (1967) (G)
2.00 Talent for the Game (1991) (GY)
3.30 Mission Top Secret (1992) (G)
5.00 The Leading Edge (1986) (GA)
7.00 Mr Destiny (1990) (GA)
9.00 HBO Sunday Night Movie: Medicine Man (1992) (GA)
10.45 The Sheltering Sky (1990) (GA)
1.00am Playboy Late Night (1990) (R18)
1.52 Closedown

Action TV
12.05pm Trackside Sunday
Includes live racing from Ruakaka, Manukau, Palmerston North and Rangiora
5.45 Results Roundup
6.00 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
6.00am Welcome to Canterbury
Noon Trackside
Includes live racing from Ruakaka, Manukau, Palmerston North and Rangiora
6.00 Oderings Homes and Gardens (G)
6.30 The Vulcan Kitchen (G)
7.00 Return of the Antelope (G)
8.00 The Sexual Imperative (Part 6, final) (PGR)
9.00 City Week (G)
10.00 Hopkins’ Half Hour (G)
10.30 The World Tomorrow (G)
11.00 Closedown

MAX: The Music Channel, Auckland
7.00am The Beat
11.00 MAX Sports
1.00pm MAX Trax
2.00 MAX Classics
5.00 MAX Trax
9.00 Southern Comfort
11.00 Absolutely Anything Show
12.00am Closedown

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