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Today’s TV: Monday 7 June 1976 (Queen’s Birthday)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
Noon Lunchbox
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Today at One
1.30 Days of Our Lives
1.50 Chroniques e France
2.07 Sport on One - Harness Racing
The Cathedral Chimes Handicap - live from the Hutt Park Raceway
2.20 Crossroads
2.42 Sport on One - Harness Racing
The King’s Play Handicap - live from the Hutt Park Raceway
2.55 Crown Court
3.23 Sport on One - Harness Racing
Indianapolis Handicap (second leg of double) - live from the Hutt Park Raceway
3.35 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships 1976
3.57 Sport on One - Harness Racing
Zancali Handicap - live from the Hutt Park Raceway
4.10 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships 1976 (Continued)
4.38 Follow the North Star
5.30 Ready to Roll
6.05 Dr Seuss
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 Sutherland’s Law
8.20 Motor Show
8.35 Epidemic (Part 3)
9.00 The Family (Part 10)
9.30 Tonight
10.00 Mururoa 1973
10.30 News and Weather
10.35 Closedown

TV2 South Pacific Television
1.00pm The Box
1.25 Dinah!
2.15 Search for Tomorrow
2.35 Chicaboom!, including:
2.35 Rainbow
2.55 Romper Room
4.00 Here’s Andy, including:
4.00 Here’s Lucy
4.25 The High Chaparral
5.30 I Dream of Jeannie
6.00 News at Six
6.30 Mister Roberts
7.00 And Mother Makes Five
7.25 Mobile One
8.25 Porridge
9.00 Starsky and Hutch
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

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Today’s TV: Thursday 8 June 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.50am Teletext in Vision
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.35 Play School (Rpt, G)
11.00 Rainbow (Rpt, G)
11.15 Alphabet Zoo (Rpt, G)
11.25 Sooty (Rpt, G)
11.40 Stoppit and Tidyup (G)
11.45 Kohanga Reo (Rpt, G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon Network News at Noon
12.15 Santa Barbara (PGR)
1.10 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.10 Aphrodite Inheritance (Rpt, AO)
3.10 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Rpt, G)
3.45 A Big Country (Rpt, G)
4.15 It’s a Living (G)
4.45 Emmerdale Farm (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters (G)
6.00 Network News at Six
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Fast Forward (Starting tonight) (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.30 Foreign Correspondent
9.15 Critically Speaking
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 NBA Basketball 1989
11.00 Bulman (PGR)
12.00am Closedown

Network Two
10.50am Teletext in Vision
11.05 The Young and the Restless (G)
Noon Love Connection (G)
12.30 Mama’s Boy (Rpt, G)
12.55 Highway to Heaven (Rpt, G)
1.50 Small Wonder (G)
2.15 After 2, including:
2.16 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.45 Sesame Street (G)
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Danger Mouse (Rpt, G)
4.05 Count Duckula (G)
4.35 Grange Hill (Final) (G)
5.10 Dr Who - The Awakening (Part 1) (G)
5.40 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (G)
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Dear John (PGR)
8.00 That’s Fairly Interesting (PGR)
8.30 The Bronx Zoo (Final) (AO)
9.30 A Year in the Life (G)
10.30 Newsbreak
Followed by a Māori news summary with English subtitles
10.35 British Comedy Classics - Steptoe and Son (1972) (Rpt, AO)
12.20am Closedown

@OnAir In June 1989 TVNZ introduced an on-screen programme classification system which was based on Australia’s until 1993. The original classifications and timebands were:

  • G - General, i.e. approved for general viewing and suitable for screening at any time;
  • PGR - Parental Guidance Recommended, i.e. suitable for screening between 9am-4pm on weekdays and after 7pm until 6am on any day; and
  • AO - Adults Only, i.e. suitable for screening between 12-3pm on weekdays (except during school and public holidays) and after 8.30pm until 5am on any day.

News, current affairs, sport and live-to-air programmes were exempt from classification.

In some circumstances, some programmes were yet to be classified. An asterisk (*) indicated that, as listed in some newspapers (e.g. The Press), the programme classification was unavailable at the time of going to print - so viewers had to look for it on screen.

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Today’s TV: Saturday 9 June 1979
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 Top of the Morning
12.15 The Carpenters’ First TV Special (Rpt)
1.05 This Week in Britain
1.15 Sport on One
Includes racing from Ellerslie, tennis (World Championships), UK rugby league and motorsport (“Celebrity Demolition Derby”)
5.00 Wings
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 News
7.00 The Muppet Show
7.30 Paddy’s Market
8.00 1979 Cannes International Festival Awards
10.00 News
10.10 Flight to Holocaust
12.00am News and Weather
12.05 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
Noon Search for Tomorrow (Double episode)
1.05 The Sullivans (Double episode)
2.05 Saturday Matinee - D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) (Rpt)
3.55 Dr Who - The Seeds of Doom (Part 1)
4.25 The Tarzan Season - Tarzan’s Peril (1951) (B&W)
6.00 Weekend Edition News
6.28 Weather
6.30 Little House on the Prairie
7.30 Mind Your Language
8.00 Going Straight
8.35 Dawson and Friends
9.35 Weekend Edition News
9.45 Saturday Late Show (Movie) - The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978)
11.30 Within These Walls
12.30am Weather Outlook and Goodnight Kiwi (Closedown)

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Today’s TV: Saturday 17 June 1978
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 Top of the Morning
12.10 Laurel and Hardy - Our Wife
12.30 Saturday Matinee - First Men in the Moon (1964)
2.00 This Week in Britain
2.05 Sport on One
Includes racing from Awapuni, rugby (Middlesex Sevens Tournament), rugby league (Canterbury v West Coast - second half; live), indoor bowls (NZ Championships - men’s singles final) and showjumping (from Hickstead)
5.00 Westway (Part 7, final)
5.30 Swiss Family Robinson (Rpt)
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 News
7.00 The Muppet Show
7.30 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game
8.30 News
8.40 Saturday Night at the Movies - The Man from Laramie (1955)
10.40 Saturday Night at the Movies - Murder or Mercy (1974)
12.00am News and Weather
12.05 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
Noon Max and Dinah and Friends (with Max Cryer), including:
Noon Another World (Part 1)
12.30 Dinah! (Part 1)
1.00 The Bob Newhart Show
1.30 Dinah! (Part 2)
2.00 Another World (Part 2)
2.30 Saturday Matinee - Lucky Me (1954) (B&W) (Rpt)
4.10 Hey Hey It’s Andy, including:
4.10 Skatebirds
4.35 Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
4.55 Stars on Ice
5.30 Land of the Lost
6.00 Weekend Edition News
6.30 Opportunity Knocks
7.00 Wonder Woman
8.00 On the Buses
8.30 Hudson and Halls
9.00 The Duchess of Duke Street
10.00 Weekend Edition News
10.10 Saturday Late Show (Movie) - Number One (1969)
12.10am (approx) Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

The earlier part of Saturday afternoons on South Pacific Television (SPTV - now TVNZ 2), from noon until 2.30pm, was rebranded as Max and Dinah.

Max and Dinah was introduced in February 1978 where the late Dinah Shore hosted her own talk/variety show, Dinah!, featuring interviews with an array of well known celebrities from Hollywood and beyond. Back home, the selection and local personalities were introduced by the late Max Cryer.

By the end of April that year, Max and Dinah was renamed Max and Dinah and Friends.

Max and Dinah and Friends included two portions of Dinah! (i.e. part one at 12.30pm and part two, 1.30pm), two instalments of a daytime US soap (Another World - i.e. part one at noon and part two, 2pm) and a half hour US sitcom (The Bob Newhart Show - at 1pm). All of which were introduced by Max Cryer, who blended the mix with local personalities.

By the start of July, Max and Dinah and Friends had disappeared and a midday movie replaced it, and by September the US soap Search for Tomorrow was moved from its weekday timeslot (at 3pm) to Saturdays at midday in a double episode format.

When SPTV merged with TV One (now TVNZ 1) to form TVNZ in February 1980, Search for Tomorrow remained in its usual timeslot until October 1983 when it was replaced by the British rural soap, Emmerdale Farm (now Emmerdale).

In February 1990 Another World was brought back to NZ TV screens by TV3 (now Three) and screened five days a week, Monday to Friday, until February 1992 when it was replaced by the daytime US talk show, Donahue.

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Today’s TV: Sunday 18 June 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 Rupert the Bear (G)
7.05 The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail (G)
7.15 Superbook (G)
7.40 Tube Mice (G)
7.45 Tumbledown Farm (G)
7.55 Dastardly and Muttley (Rpt, G)
8.15 Top Cat (Rpt, G)
8.40 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
9.05 Scientific Eye (G)
9.25 Praise Be (G)
9.55 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.20 A Taste of Health (Rpt, G)
10.45 Life on Earth (Rpt, G)
11.40 Angels (G)
12.05pm Smithsonian World (G)
1.00 News Review
1.30 Six Women Writers (Part 2) (G)
1.55 Through the Himalayas with Edmund Hillary (G)
2.20 Live at City Hall (G)
2.45 Tomorrow’s World (G)
2.55 Return Journey (Part 6) (G)
3.45 Heirs and Graces (G)
4.15 Sunday Grandstand
Includes rugby (NZ v France & Queensland v Lions - highlights), basketball (Auckland v North Shore - highlights), tenpin bowling (women’s Winfield Masters) and golf (US Open - round three; highlights)
6.05 A Dog’s Show (G)
6.30 Network News and Sport
6.50 Frontline
7.30 Mastermind (G)
7.55 Colin’s Sandwich (Part 2) (PGR)
8.25 Mobil Masterpiece Theatre - When We Are Married (G)
10.25 Kaleidoscope (G)
10.50 Network News
11.00 Lillie (Rpt, PGR)
12.00am Closedown

Network Two
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 Sports Special - Golf
US Open 1989 - round three; live from Oak Hill in Rochester, New York, USA
10.00 (approx) Closedown
10.50 Teletext in Vision
11.05 Waka Huia (G)
Noon Opus (G)
1.30 USA Today (G)
1.50 A Country Practice (G)
2.35 Superman’s 50th Anniversary Special (G)
3.20 Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt, G)
4.10 The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Final) (G)
4.40 Last of the Summer Wine (Rpt, G)
5.10 The Planets (Part 4) (G)
5.35 Life in the Fridge Exists (G)
6.00 Strangers (Starting tonight, part 1) (G)

6.25 A Different World (Series return) (G)
6.50 Your Choice (G)
7.05 Don’t Tell Me (G)
7.30 Sunday Night Movie - Into Thin Air (1985) (PGR)
9.00 Duet (PGR)
9.25 Werewolf (PGR)
9.50 CV (PGR)
12.00am Closedown

Strangers, a six-part drama of mystery and magic from award-winning author Margaret Mahy, made its debut on Network Two (now TVNZ 2) at 6pm on the evening of Sunday 18 June 1989.

A young Martin Henderson (in his screen debut), Amber McWilliams (who went on to star in The New Adventures of Black Beauty) and Hamish McFarlane (fresh from movie The Navigator) were featured, along with deaf actor Sonia Pivac. Between them, they created their own clubhouse and secret society called Zan-Em-Mor-Kel (the first few letters of each of their names: Zane, Emma, Morgan and Kelsey). Also featured in the six-parter was a young Joel Tobeck as Ludo, a mysterious fire-eating magician.

And speaking of golf, round three of the US Open was broadcast live on Network Two at 7am that morning with highlights in Sunday Grandstand on TV One (now TVNZ 1) later in the day. Once the live coverage ended (at approx 10am), Network Two temporarily closed down transmission and started again at 10.50am with 15 minutes of in-vision pages from TVNZ’s now-defunct Teletext service, followed by Waka Huia (at 11.05am).

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Today’s TV: Saturday 21 June 1980
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Turf Talk
10.35 Of Course You Can Do It
11.00 Rugby League Knockout Cup (Tooth Cup) 1980
11.50 Top of the Morning
Noon News
12.02 Saturday Matinee - The Bounty Hunter (1964)
1.35 Sport on One
Includes motorsport (Southern 500 - from Darlington, South Carolina, USA), boxing (WBC - Sugar Ray Leonard v Roberto Duran; live), rodeo (Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo - from Prescott, Arizona, USA), diving (World Target Diving Championship - from Port Lauderdale, Florida, USA) and test rugby preview
4.55 Rugby Special
Australia v New Zealand - first test; live from the SCG, Sydney
6.30 News
7.00 That’s Country (Final)
8.00 Saturday Night at the Movies - Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)
9.50 Shelley (Part 7, final)
10.20 Parkinson
11.35 The Evil Touch
12.00am News
12.05 Closedown

TV2
Noon Search for Tomorrow (Double episode)
1.00 Be My Guest (Final) (Rpt)
1.55 Saturday Afternoon Movie - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
3.40 Celebrity Charades
4.05 Eight Is Enough (Rpt)
5.00 The Sullivans (Double episode)
5.55 News
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 Laverne and Shirley
7.00 CHiPs
8.00 Benson
8.30 Lido Spectaculair - Shirley MacLaine at the Lido
10.25 News
10.40 Saturday Late Cinema - Dead of Night (1977)
Three stories - “Second Chance”, “No Such Thing as a Vampire” and “Bobby”
12.00am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Friday 22 June 1984
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.25am Play School
11.50 You and Your Child
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.45 See Here
12.50 Beauty and the Beast
1.20 Today in France
1.35 Days of Our Lives
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 Rainbow (Rpt)
3.10 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
3.35 After School, including (all time approx):
3.35 Pinocchio
3.40 Flipper (Rpt)
4.05 Bookworm
4.10 Sign Time
4.15 The Smurfs (Rpt)
4.30 Movie for After School - The Adventures of Jody Shanan (1978)
Programme ends at 6pm on TV One everywhere - except East Coast viewers (see below)
5.55 Te Karere
East Coast viewers only
6.00 M-A-S-H
6.25 Te Reo (The Language)
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.15 Fourth Estate
8.30 Kaleidoscope
9.25 The Week with One
9.30 Steptoe and Son (Rpt)
10.00 Horizon: The Spike
10.55 Encore - Willie’s Last Stand (Rpt)
11.45 News
11.50 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Dynasty (Rpt)
3.20 General Hospital
3.45 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4.45 Omni: The New Frontier
5.10 Diff’rent Strokes (Rpt)
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere
On TV2 everywhere - except East Coast viewers (TV One)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 Solid Gold
7.30 Knight Rider
8.30 The Comedy Hour
Includes Emery: Legacy of Murder (Part 4) and Benny Hill in the USA
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Friday Feature - The Greek Tycoon (1978)
12.05am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Thursday 23 June 1988
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Teletext in Vision
10.15 Aerobics Oz Style
10.40 Play School (Rpt)
11.05 Rainbow
11.20 Pob’s Programme
11.45 Kohanga Reo
Noon Midday News
12.15 Santa Barbara
1.10 Room at the Bottom
1.40 Days of Our Lives
2.35 Prisoner
3.30 The World of Survival
4.00 The Lovers (Rpt)
4.30 Crossroads (Double episode)
5.15 Emmerdale Farm
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 Kate & Allie (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 Hot Metal
8.30 Foreign Correspondent
9.00 King and Castle
10.00 Wimbledon 1988 (Highlights)
11.00 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (Rpt)
12.05am Closedown

Network Two
11.00am Teletext in Vision
11.15 The Young and the Restless
12.15pm Love Connection
12.40 Hotel
1.30 The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
1.50 Sha Na Na (Rpt)
2.30 Play School
2.55 After School, including (all times approx):
2.55 Sesame Street
3.56 The Curiosity Show
4.30 Danger Bay
5.00 Seal Morning
5.30 It’s Academic
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Perfect Strangers
7.00 Growing Pains
7.30 Telethon Tonight
7.35 World Expo 88
8.05 The Thursday Feature - To Be or Not to Be (1983) (Rpt)
10.15 EyeWitness
Current affairs, “WorldWatch” and a news update
11.15 The Untouchables (B&W) (Rpt)
12.15am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 24 June 1992
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.30am Teletext in Vision
10.45 Kilroy
11.30 New Zealand Today
12.30pm ABC World News Tonight
1.00 Film on One - Thief of Hearts (1984) (Rpt, AO)
2.40 Singles (PGR)
3.15 Knots Landing (PGR)
4.15 I Love Lucy (B&W) (Rpt, G)
4.45 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.30 Jeopardy! (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 Open Home (Series premiere) (G)
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

8.30 Lovejoy (G)
9.30 Waiting for God (PGR)
10.00 Counterpoint
10.30 Tonight (News)
11.00 One World of Sport - Motorsport
Rothmans Rally of New Zealand - preview
11.15 One World of Sport - Tennis
Wimbledon 1992 - day two (highlights)
12.15am Closedown

Channel 2
6.20am Care Bears (Rpt, G)
6.50 Te Karere (Rpt)
7.00 ITN World News
7.25 Heathcliff (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the 7am bulletin
8.30 Victor and Maria (Rpt, G)
8.35 Sesame Street (G)
9.35 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Santa Barbara (PGR)
Noon The Young and the Restless (G)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 Designing Women (G)
2.30 Jase TV, including:
2.33 Play Schol (Rpt, G)
3.00 Thomas the Tank Engine (G)
3.05 Sooty (G)
3.30 The Son of a Gunn Show
4.00 The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Rpt, G)
4.30 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show (G)
5.30 Face the Music (G)
6.00 Neighbours (G)
6.30 Wheel of Fortune (G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Beverly Hills 90210 (PGR)
8.30 Mini-Series - Stephen King’s It (Starting tonight, part 1) (AO)
10.25 Studs (aka “Late Night Studs”)
10.55 Lowedown on League
11.25 Hill Street Blues (Rpt, AO)
12.30am Closedown

TV3
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
1.00 Donahue (PGR)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 The Billy T James Show (Rpt, PGR)
3.00 3PM, including:
3.10 Widget (G)
3.45 DuckTales (Rpt, G)
4.25 TaleSpin (G)
5.00 Get Smart (Rpt, G)
5.30 The Addams Family (B&W) (Rpt, G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Give Us a Clue (G)
7.30 Hunter (PGR)
8.30 Hard Copy (AO)
9.30 The Ralston Group
10.00 Murphy Brown (PGR)
10.30 Nightline
11.15 Sunset Beat (Series premiere) (AO)
12.15am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.30am ESPN Direct - Clay Target Shooting
7.00 Little 500 Bicycle Race
8.00 Global Supercard Wrestling
9.00 Monster Trucks
9.30 Clay Target Shooting
10.00 NBA Today
10.30 Up Close
11.00 Glory Days
11.30 Sky Sport - Horse Racing
Live from Ellerslie - race one, 11.40am; race two, 12.15pm; race three, 12.45pm; race four, 1.20pm; race five, 1.50pm; race six, 2.25pm; race seven, 3pm; race eight, 3.30pm; race nine, 4.05pm; race ten, 4.35pm
5.00pm Motorsport
NASCAR Checkered Flag - from Brooklyn, Michigan, USA
5.30 Motorsport
Offroad Racing (Nevada 500) - from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
6.00 Motorsport
Tunisia Rally
6.30 Aussie Rules
AFL 1992 - highlights
7.30 Tennis
Wimbledon 1992 - Match of the Day
10.00 Rugby
Otago v NZ Universities - full delayed coverage
11.30 Basketball
NCAA Basketball (World Series)
1.00am Tennis
Wimbledon 1992 - day three, live
4.00 ESPN Direct - Bodies in Motion
4.30 Bodyshaping
5.00 AMA Supercross (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features (schedule incomplete):
6.00am World Business Today
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 International Hour
8.00 World News
9.00 World Business Today Update
9.30 Showbiz Today
10.00 The World Today
11.00 Moneyline
11.30 Crossfire
Noon Prime News
1.00 Larry King Live
2.00 World News
3.30 Showbiz Today
5.30 Moneyline
6.00 Worldwide Update
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.45 CNN Newsroom
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
9.00 Larry King
10.00 Moneyline
10.30 Crossfire
11.00 World News
11.30 Business Day
12.00am World News
12.30 Asia Business
1.00 Larry King
2.00 World Day
3.30 Crier & Company
4.00/5.00 World News (Continues to 6am)

Sky Movies
Noon Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) (GY)
1.35 Best of British (G)
2.00 Marvin and Tige (1983) (GA)
4.00 Hard Road (GY)
5.30 Primo Music Box (G)
6.00 You Can’t Hurry Love (1988)
7.35 Box Office America
8.00 My Blue Heaven (1990) (GA)
10.00 Showcase International - A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987) (GA)
A Hungarian film with English subtitles
11.40 Parenthood (1989) (GA)
1.39am Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV)
5.00pm Susan Sells
5.30 First Report (News)
7.00 Oderings Homes and Gardens (G)
7.30 CTV News
8.00 Jim Hopkins Live
8.30 Gifford & Balani
9.30 Netball 1992
Coverage of the feature match played in Christchurch last Saturday
10.45 Susan Sells (Rpt)
11.15 Closedown

At 8pm on the evening of Wednesday 24 June 1992 on TV One (now TVNZ 1), TVNZ introduced a new programme about homes and architecture.

Called Open Home, this programme aired on TVNZ from 1992-95 and explored grand designs and their architects of the 90s, renovation dilemmas and Kiwi personalities in their houses. Late builder (and future mayor of Dunedin) Dave Cull was accompanied as successive co-hosts by actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand (1992) and NZ TV personalities Susan Wood (1993-94) and Jude Dobson (1995).

You can watch the first ever edition of Open Home - featuring items on architect Roger Walker and late DJ Kevin Black - via NZ On Screen by clicking its link above.

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Hey @PaddyTePou another question. Would you happen to know whether Thingee really hosted After 2 from 1989 to 1991?

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In fact, Jason Gunn hosted both After 2 (weekday afternoons) and The Breakfast Club (Saturday mornings - just before What Now with Catherine McPherson and Simon Barnett) but there was no mention of Thingee (voiced by the late Alan Henderson) in both shows… yet. However, from my point of view, Thingee made occasional appearances since After School.

With After 2 and The Breakfast Club ended and the duration of What Now extended to three hours long in 1992, Jason and Thingee co-hosted two new after-school shows on weekdays - Jase TV and The Son of a Gunn Show.

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Paddy, Have you have any listings that Australian medical drama Medivac ever broadcasted in New Zealand?

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Sorry, I don’t have any of it. Furthermore, it is hard for me to find an overseas programme that was broadcast on NZ TV in the late 1990s and beyond.

The original title for the Australian medical drama was Medivac, which, according to Wikipedia, was also known as Adrenaline Junkies overseas. It was set in the emergency department of Brisbane’s fictional Bethlehem West Hospital, where a dedicated medical team works in the demanding world of emergency medicine. The team specialises in the evacuation of disaster areas, journeying by helicopter to remote areas inaccessible by ambulance. They also work in the city streets and the suburbs involving themselves with the patients, their families and the police.

Medivac featured New Zealanders Grant Bowler, Simone Kessell, Stephen Lovatt and - fresh from the movie Once Were Warriors - Rena Owen.

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I am trying to focus on late 2000s listings at the moment including putting those TV Listings where The Young and the Restless broadcasted for the final time on TVNZ. Late 2000s and much of the 2010s saw US Dramas dominating TV One’s schedule largely replacing British focused content usually from BBC and ITV, these American Drama’s screened on TV One such as Cold Case, Close to Home, Criminal Minds, Castle, Eleventh Hour, Person of Interest, Prime Suspect USA, Unforgettable and The Following these could have screened on TV2. TV2 is usually American drama focused for TVNZ.

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 25 June 1996 (Free-to-air channels - part 1)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 The World Today (Continued)
7.00 BBC World Headlines
7.05 The Money Programme
7.50 Earth Report
7.55 Te Karere (Rpt)
8.05 eTV, including:
8.05 The Battle for Global Supremacy (Starting today, part 1) (Rpt, G)
9.05 In Our Own Words (Starting today, part 1) (Rpt, G)
9.30 A Cook’s Tour of France (G)
10.00 Infomercials
11.00 Diagnosis: Murder (PGR)
Noon Midday (News)
1.00 The Bill (Rpt, AO)
2.00 Howards’ Way (Rpt, PGR)
3.05 Chatterbox (Rpt, G)
3.25 Johnson and Friends (Rpt, G)
3.35 Ocean Girl (G)
4.05 Doctor in Charge (Rpt, G)
4.40 Te Karere
4.50 Neighbours (G)
5.25 EastEnders (G)
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode) (G)
8.35 Tuesday Documentary - The Game of Our Lives (Part 2)
9.40 Tonight (News)
10.00 Cracker (Rpt, AO)
11.05 The Riff Raff Element (PGR)
12.00am Infomercials
1.00 BBC World, including:
1.00 BBC World News
1.15 World Business Report
1.30 BBC Newshour Asia Pacific
2.30 Time Out - The Travel Show
3.00 BBC World News
3.15 Panorama
4.00 BBC World News
4.30 Time Out - Film 96
5.00 The World Today (Continues to 7am)

TV2
6.10am Video Power (Rpt, G)
6.35 The Hurricanes (G)
7.00 Action Man (G)
7.30 Sailor Moon (G)
8.00 Samurai Pizza Cats (Rpt, G)
8.30 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
9.00 Here’s Humphrey (G)
9.30 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 Good Morning
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 Ricki Lake (AO)
3.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
3.30 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Rpt, G)
4.00 Get Real (G)
4.30 ALF (Rpt, G)
4.55 The Brady Bunch (Rpt, G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 Step by Step (Rpt, G)
6.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 The Thin Blue Line (PGR)
8.05 Father Ted (PGR)
8.40 Cybill (PGR)
9.10 Frasier (G)
9.40 Due South (AO)
10.35 Married… with Children (Final) (Rpt, PGR)
11.10 The Marshal (PGR)
12.05am Movie - The Time Guardian (1987) (Rpt, AO)
1.50 The Beverly Hillbillies (Double episode) (Rpt, G)
2.50 Behind the Scenes - “Balto” (Rpt, G)
3.15 The Ray Bradbury Theatre (Rpt, G)
3.45 The Big Byte (Rpt, G)
4.10 Face the Music (Rpt, G)
4.40 You Asked for It (Rpt, G)
5.10 All in the Family (Rpt, PGR)
5.40 Kenneth Copeland (Continues to 6.10am)

TV3
6.30am Aunties’ Alphabet (G)
6.35 The Magic Box (G)
7.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
7.05 You and Me (G)
7.30 Fraggle Rock (G)
8.00 Gilligan’s Island (G)
8.30 Infomercial
9.05 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
10.00 The Urban Peasant (G)
10.30 Infomercial
11.05 General Hospital (PGR)
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (AO)
1.55 The Love Boat (G)
3.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
3.05 You and Me (G)
3.30 Pingu (G)
3.35 Disney Adventure Afternoon, including:
3.35 DuckTales (G)
4.00 Aladdin (G)
4.30 Gargoyles (G)
5.00 Boy Meets World (G)
5.30 Family Matters (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Beyond 2000 (G)
7.30 Police Stop (PGR)
8.00 3rd Rock from the Sun (PGR)
8.30 NYPD Blue (AO)
9.30 Murder One (Final) (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Entertainment Tonight (PGR)
12.00am ABC World News Tonight
12.30 Donahue (AO)
1.25 Infomercials (Continues to 6.30am)

Horizon Pacific Television (HPTV)
ATV, Coast to Coast, Capital City, CTV, Southern
10.00am TV Shopping
11.30 Marketplace (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s programme
Noon BBC Newsroom
CTV ONLY
Noon Welcome to Canterbury
3.00 BBC World Headlines
3.05 Panorama
4.00 BBC Newsday
CTV ONLY
5.00-6.00 Susan Sells
5.30 Marketplace
6.00 BBC Newsday
7.00 News at Seven
7.30 Local Edition
CTV ONLY
7.30 George Balani
8.00 Top Gear
8.30 60 Minutes
First shown on TV One
9.30 Film 96
10.00 Eurotrash (AO)
10.30 Regional News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the 7pm bulletin
11.00 Marketplace
A repeat screening of today’s programme
ATV ONLY
11.00 BBC World News
CTV ONLY
11.00 Susan Sells (Rpt)
12.00am (approx) Closedown

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 25 June 1996 (Sky channels - part 2)
from the NZ Listener

HBO
Noon When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) (GA)
2.05 Rubdown (1993) (GA)
3.40 Surf Ninjas (1992) (PG)
5.10 Backtrax - Take That
5.30 The King’s Whore (1990) (GA)
7.05 Coneheads (1993) (GY)
8.30 Tuesday Night Thriller - Blink (1993) (RP16)
10.20 Sleepless in Seattle (1993) (PG)
12.05am Jimmy Hollywood (1994) (M)
1.50 Closedown

Sky Sport
7.30am ESPN Direct - American Muscle
8.00 Bodyshaping
8.30 Fitness Beach
9.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
9.30 Sportscenter
10.30 International Spotscenter
11.00 Fishing
11.30 Photo Safari
Noon Salt Walter Fishing
12.30 Fly Fishing
1.00 Motorsport
AMA Supercross Series - from St Louis, USA
2.00 Sky Sport - Extreme Scene
3.00 International Rugby
NZ v Scotland - second test; full replay
4.40 Golf
Senior PGA Tour (Bell Atlantic Classic)
6.15 Aussie Rules
AFL 1996 - highlights
7.15 International Cricket
England v India - second test, day five (from Lord’s); highlights
8.00 Sky Sportsweek
8.30 Tennis
Wimbledon 1996 - day two, highlights
10.00 Golf
European PGA Tour (1996 English Open)
11.00 Equestrian
Showjumping (Upperville Classic)
12.00am The Olympic Series
12.30 Motorsport Asia
1.00 Tennis
Wimbledon 1996 - day three, live
5.00 ESPN Direct - Golf (Continues to 7am)
PGA Tour (World Championship of Golf) - round one; from Japan

CNN
Includes the following features (schedule incomplete):
6.00am World Business Today
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 World Report
9.00 World Business Today
9.30 World Sport
10.00 World View
11.30 Moneyline
12.30pm Crossfire
1.00 Larry King Live
2.30 Showbiz Today
3.30 World Report
4.30 Inside Politics
5.30 Moneyline
6.30 World Sport
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Larry King
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
9.30 Crossfire
10.00 Business Day
11.00 World News Asia
11.30 World Sport
12.00am World News Asia
12.30 Business Asia
1.00 Larry King
2.30 World Sport (Continues to 6am)

Orange
7.00am The Juice Music Television - Just Juice (Free to air)
10.00 The George & Alana Show
11.00 Vanessa
11.30 Designing Women
Noon Coronation Street
12.30 Brookside
1.00 Love Connection
1.30 Supermarket Sweep
2.00 The City
2.30 Prisoner (aka “Prisoner: Cell Block H”)
3.00 Tempestt
4.00 Rolonda
5.00 All New Popeye
5.30 Growing Pains
6.00 Full House
6.30 The City
7.00 Bewitched
7.30 Knight Rider
8.30 Highlander II
9.30 Orange at the Movies - H.O.T.S (1979) (R16)
11.05 Night Court
11.30 The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues to 7am)

Discovery
6.00am A World Away
7.00 Beyond 2000
8.00 Those Incredible Animals
8.30 Mac & Mutley
9.00 Jack Thompson Down Under
10.00 The Natural World
11.00 Tycoons
Noon Invention
12.30 Next Step
1.00 Olympic Hall of Fame
1.30 High Adventure
2.00 Invention
2.30 Next Step
3.00 Wings
4.00 Beyond 2000
5.00 Zoo Life with Jack Hanna
6.00 Those Incredible Animals
6.30 Mac & Mutley
7.00 A World Away
8.00 Great Castles of Europe
8.30 Archaeology
9.00 Wildlife Chronicles
9.30 In Care of Nature
10.00 Ancient Secrets of the Bible
10.30 History’s Turning Points
11.00 Connections 2
11.30 Body Atlas
12.00am Secrets of the Deep
1.00 Invention
1.30 Next Step
2.00 Wings
3.00 Beyond 2000
4.00 Zoo Life with Jack Hanna
5.00 Jack Thompson Down Under (Continues to 6am)

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 27 June 1990
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.15am Teletext in Vision
7.30 One World of Sport - International Cricket
England v NZ - second test, day five; highlights
8.30 Throb (G)
8.50 The Paul Daniels Magic Show (G)
9.35 The Munsters (B&W) (Rpt, G)
10.00 Sooty (G)
10.15 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.40 Mother Goose Stories (Rpt, G)
10.50 Willo the Wisp (G)
10.55 Doctor Snuggles (G)
11.00 The Onedin Line (Rpt, PGR)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One - The Malta Story (1953) (B&W) (Rpt, G)
2.00 The Lotus Eaters (Part 4) (Rpt, AO)
3.00 Knots Landing (PGR)
3.50 Mr Belvedere (G)
4.20 Bosom Buddies (G)
4.50 Emmerdale Farm (G)
5.20 North and South Island Programmes
NORTH
5.20 Te Karere
5.30 WKRP in Cincinnati (Rpt, G)
SOUTH
5.20 Bugs Bunny (G)
5.35 Te Karere
5.45 The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) / The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.30 Murder, She Wrote (G)
9.30 Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 One Network News
10.30 One World of Sport - Sports Special
Includes rugby league (Wellington v Great Britain - highlights from the Basin Reserve, Wellington), tennis (Wimbledon 1990 - day two; highlights) and football (FIFA World Cup 1990 - round two; highlights)
1.00am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
7.00 Breakfast News
7.05 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (Rpt, G)
7.30 Breakfast News
7.35 Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (G)
8.00 Breakfast News
8.05 The Flintstone Kids (G)
8.30 Breakfast News
8.35 The Merrie Melodies Show (Rpt, G)
9.00 Bouli (G)
9.05 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
10.05 You Must Be the Husband (Part 3) (Rpt, PGR)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Webster (G)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.50 Care Bears (Rpt, G)
3.15 Wowser (G)
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Centurions (G)
4.20 The Video Dispatch
5.00 Batman (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date (G)
6.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 Quantum Leap (PGR)
8.30 Mini-Series - The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (Starting tonight, part 1) (AO)
10.20 Newsbreak
10.25 Spenser: For Hire (AO)
11.25 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (G)
12.00am Closedown

TV3
Noon Midday Matinee - The Scarlet Hour (1955) (B&W)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 Another World (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt, G)
4.00 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G)
5.00 Home and Away (G)
5.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Family Feud (G)
7.30 The Billy T James Show (PGR)
8.00 Hey Dad…! (G)
8.30 Wednesday Night at the Movies - Sworn to Silence (1987)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Flamingo Road (AO)
12.00am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newsday
7.00 CNN International Hour
8.00 Newsday
8.30 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
9.00 Early Prime
9.30 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
10.00 The World Today
11.00 Moneyline
11.30 Crossfire
Noon Prime News
1.00 Larry King Live
2.00 CNN Evening News
3.00 Moneyline
3.30 CNN Sports Tonight
4.00 Newsnight
5.00 Showbiz Today
5.30 Newsnight Update
6.30 Sports Latenight
7.00 News Overnight
7.45 CNN Newsroom
8.00 Larry King Overnight
9.00 Crossfire
9.30 Earlybird News
10.00 Daybreak
10.30 Business Morning
11.00 Daybreak
11.30 Business Day
12.00am Daybreak
1.00 CNN Morning News
2.00 World Day
3.00 Daywatch
4.00 Newshour
5.00 Sonya Live in LA (Continues to 6am)

Sky Sport
6.55am Football
FIFA World Cup 1990 - live
9.00 Closedown
Noon Bodies in Motion
12.30 Bodyshaping
1.00 Tennis
Wimbledon 1990 - day two (women’s singles); highlights
3.00 Football
FIFA World Cup 1990 - full replay
5.00 Cricket
England v NZ - second test, day five; highlights
6.00 Tennis
Wimbledon 1990 - day two (women’s singles); highlights
8.30 Football
FIFA World Cup 1990 - full replay
11.30 Tennis
Wimbledon 1990 - day three (including men’s singles) - live
5.00am (approx) Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon Ask Dr Ruth (GY)
12.30 Loving (G)
1.00 The Beachcombers (G)
1.30 Wild World of Animals (G)
2.00 Dennis the Menace (1987) (G)
4.00 Tail of a Tiger (1985)
6.00 Raw Deal (1986) (RP16)
8.00 Salvador (1986) (R16)
10.00 The Guardian (1984) (R13)
11.45 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Sunday 28 June 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.45am Teletext in Vision
8.00 Danger Mouse
8.05 Bunny with the Chequered Ears
8.10 The Adventures of a Mouse
8.20 King of the Beasts
8.45 The Jetsons
9.10 Aerobicize
9.35 Praise Be
10.05 The Muppet Show Comman Performances (Rpt)
10.30 Weekend
Noon Midday News
12.03 Benson (Rpt)
12.25 Philip Rosenthal - A Socialist as Capitalist
1.00 World Professional Figure Skating Championships 1986
2.45 Sunday Afternoon Movie - Goodbye, My Lady (1956) (B&W) (Rpt)
4.10 Sunday Grandstand
Includes boxing (NZ v Yugoslavia - highlights), football, gymnastics, parachuting and Keith Quinn’s “The Write Stuff”
6.00 A Dog’s Show
6.30 Network News
7.00 Foreign Correspondent
7.45 Koha
8.00 University Challenge International (Starting tonight)
8.25 Play of the Week - This Is History, Gran
9.20 News
9.30 Issues
10.00 Sports Special - Tennis
Wimbledon 1987 - day six, highlights
10.50 The Paper Chase (Rpt)
11.40 Closedown

TV2
9.45am Teletext in Vision
10.00 Waka Huia
11.00 Little House on the Prairie: A New Beginning
11.45 Sunday Matinee - Spencer’s Mountain (1963)
1.30pm Opus
4.10 More Real People (Starting today) (Rpt)
4.30 The Secret Garden (Starting today) (Rpt)
5.00 Zone 7 (Starting today)
5.30 Spot On
6.00 The Wonderful World of Disney - Disney’s Oscar Winners
6.45 I Like That One: 2
7.00 The Good Life (Rpt)
7.30 Sunday Movie - Mrs Delafield Wants to Marry (1985)
9.05 Sledge Hammer!
9.30 Radio with Pictures
10.15 Sunday Sci-Fi - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (B&W) (Rpt)
11.45 Closedown

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Extra: Sunday 11 September 1988
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 Wil Cwac Cwac
7.10 Rebecca
7.15 Stories of Snowy and Buttercup Buskers (Rpt)
7.25 Raccoons (Final)
7.45 The Winter of Enchantment
8.00 Paddington’s Birthday Bonanza
8.20 The Jetsons
8.45 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt)
9.10 Praise Be
9.40 Aerobics Oz Style
10.05 Business World
10.30 Weekend
Noon Midday News
12.02 British Football Results
12.10 Smithsonian World
1.00 News Review
1.30 Taking Steps
2.05 Dombey and Son (Part 4)
3.05 Mr Belvedere
3.25 For the Honor of Their Country (Final)
3.55 Sunday Grandstand
Includes tennis (US Open 1988 - women’s singles final; highlights), rugby league (Fox Memorial 1988 - highlights), motorsport (world individual speedway championships - highlights) and Keith Quinn’s “Write Stuff”
6.05 A Dog’s Show
6.30 Network News and Sport
6.50 Frontline
7.30 BNZ University Challenge
8.00 Talkback
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

8.50 Frank’s Place
9.15 Koha
9.30 Kaleidoscope
10.10 Network News
10.20 Film International - She’ll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1985)
11.50 Closedown

Network Two
10.45am Teletext in Vision
11.00 Waka Huia
Noon Angels (Rpt)
12.50 Sunday Afternoon at the Movies - Till the End of Time (1946) (B&W)
2.35 Opus
4.15 A Country Practice
5.05 Wavelength (Part 3)
5.35 Spot On
6.00 Sunday Family Movie - The Adventures of an American Rabbit (1986)
7.20 The Hogan Family
7.45 Sunday Night Movie - Can You Feel Me Dancing? (1986)
9.20 Porters (Part 3)
9.45 Radio with Pictures
11.15 Late Night Action - Red Sonja (1985)
12.40am Closedown

@OnAir At 8pm on the evening of Sunday 11 September 1988, TV One (now TVNZ 1) screened a 50 minute drama - Talkback.

Directed by Alison Maclean (who co-wrote the script with Geoff Chapple), Talkback told the story about Jonah (played by Lucy Sheehan), who worked as the panel operator on an Auckland talkback station. When Roger (Alistair Douglas), the regular host on the midnight-to-dawn shift, walked out Jonah was thrust into the job. But the question, according to the NZ Listener, was, why did Roger leave?

Here are some other questions.

  • Will Jonah’s on-again, off-again affair with Roger survive the night?
  • And what effect will the haunting voices of nighttime Auckland, including the mysterious Jim (Peter Tait), have on the novice host?

The made-for-television drama contained offensive language, including some F-words, despite the fact that it was shown in an 8pm timeslot that night.

You can watch Talkback via NZ On Screen by clicking its link above.

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This weekend’s TV: 1 & 2 July 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

Saturday 1 July 1989
TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 My Little Pony ‘n’ Friends (G)
7.30 Popeye and Son (G)
8.00 What Now (G)
10.00 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
10.30 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (Rpt, G)
11.30 Mister Ed (B&W) (Rpt, G)
Noon The High Chaparral (Rpt, G)
12.55 The Flight of the Condor (Rpt, G)
2.00 Sport on One
Includes All Black rugby (NZ v France - second test; live from Eden Park, Auckland), Lions rugby (Australia v Lions - first test, live from the Sydney Football Stadium) and tennis (Wimbledon 1989 - day four; highlights)
6.35 Network News and Sport
7.00 Never the Twain (G)
7.30 Hi-de-Hi! (Rpt, PGR)
8.05 A Bit of a Do (Part 5) (PGR)
9.10 Time for Murder (AO)
10.15 Network News
10.30 Saturday Night Clive (Final) (AO)
11.25 Cagney & Lacey (Final) (AO)
12.25am Closedown

Network Two
11.20am Teletext in Vision
11.35 Tagata Pasifika (G)
Noon The Munsters (B&W) (Rpt, G)
12.25 Saturday Matinee - Next to No Time (1958) (G)
2.05 F Troop (Rpt, G)
2.30 Fame (G)
3.20 Silver Spoons (G)
3.50 Entertainment This Week (Rpt, G)
4.30 Cooking for Health (Final) (G)
5.00 The Little Vampire (Final) (Rpt, G)
5.30 Batman (Rpt, G)
6.00 RTR Countdown (G)
6.30 Perfect Strangers (G)
7.00 TV 101 (G)
8.00 Lotto (Live draw)
8.05 The Saturday Night Movie - Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
11.10 Dear John
11.35 JJ Starbuck (G)
12.35am Closedown

Sunday 2 July 1989
TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 Gran (Starting today) (G)
7.05 The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail (G)
7.15 Superbook (G)
7.40 Tube Mice (G)
7.45 Tumbledown Farm (G)
7.55 Dastardly and Muttley (Rpt, G)
8.15 Top Cat (Rpt, G)
8.40 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
9.05 Scientific Eye (G)
9.25 Praise Be (G)
9.55 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.20 A Taste of Health (Rpt, G)
10.45 Life on Earth (Rpt, G)
11.40 Angels (G)
12.05pm Smithsonian World (G)
1.00 News Review
1.30 Six Women Writers (Part 4) (G)
1.55 Through the Himalayas with Edmund Hillary (G)
2.25 Return Journey (Part 8, final) (Rpt, G)
3.25 Sunday Grandstand
Includes rugby (North Auckland v Argentina, NZ v France, Australia v Lions - highlights), athletics (Bislett Games - from Oslo), tennis (Wimbledon 1989 - day five, highlights) and “The Write Stuff”
6.05 A Dog’s Show (G)
6.30 Network News and Sport
7.00 Frontline
7.45 Mastermind (G)
8.15 Colin’s Sandwich (Part 4) (PGR)
8.55 Mobil Masterpiece Theatre - Heartland
10.45 Kaleidoscope (G)
11.15 Network News
11.25 Private Schulz (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt)
12.30am Closedown

Network Two
10.45am Teletext in Vision
11.00 Waka Huia (G)
Noon Opus (G)
1.00 USA Today (G)
1.30 Kate & Allie (G)
2.00 Coping After a Stroke (G)
2.15 Fire Power (G)
2.30 A Country Practice (G)
3.30 Mother and Son (Rpt, G)
4.00 Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt, G)
5.00 The Mobil Song Quest 1989 (G)
6.00 Strangers (Part 3) (G)
6.30 A Different World (G)
7.00 Your Choice (G)
7.15 Don’t Tell Me (G)
7.45 Sunday Night Movie - If It’s Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987)
9.45 Duet (AO)
10.15 CV (PGR)
12.00am Closedown

@OnAir Due to high demand from advertisers, the first weekend of July 1989 marked the introduction of commercial advertising on NZ TV on Sundays (except between 6am and noon).

As Sunday advertising began on 2 July that year, TVNZ received a large number of complaints from viewers after it changed its format almost a month earlier (5 June) to have commercials inside programmes instead of between them, putting 2-3 breaks in half hour programmes and 4-5 breaks in hour-long programmes.

The complaints - according to Aline Sandilands, TVNZ’s head of public relations at the time - were for interruptions to British programmes not made with provision for commercial breaks.

Furthermore, locally made programme formats were changed in order to allow commercial breaks to be inserted for broadcast on a typical Sunday. Examples included Frontline and the music programme CV, but some Sunday programmes like Opus and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre would remain advertising-free.

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