Today’s TV: Friday 31 August 1990
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.30am Massey University, including:
6.30 Massey University News
6.33 50.000 Māori Studies - “Waikaremoana”
6.45 36.101 Education and Society (Part 2)
7.04 77.101 Principles of Economics (Part 3) - “Examination aids”
7.23 26.210/363 Public Administration - “Case study solution”
7.30 Closedown
10.00 Teletext in Vision
10.15 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.40 Sooty (G)
11.00 The Onedin Line (Rpt, G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.05 Film on One - The Wilderness Family Part 2 (1978) (G)
1.55 Rediscovery of the World (G)
2.50 Knots Landing (PGR)
3.50 Marblehead Manor (G)
4.20 Homeroom (G)
4.50 Emmerdale (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 Magic Kiwis (G)
8.30 Shark in the Park
9.30 One World of Sport - Sports Week
10.00 One Network News
10.30 The Two Ronnies (Starting tonight)
11.35 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Starting tonight)
12.10am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
7.00 Secret Squirrel (Rpt, G)
7.25 The New Scooby-Doo Show (Rpt, G)
7.50 Porky Pig (Rpt, G)
8.15 The Smurfs (G)
8.40 Babar (G)
9.05 Alvin and the Chipmunks (Rpt, G)
9.15 Bad Boyes (Final) (G)
9.40 The Electric Company (G)
10.10 Duet
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Album (Part 5)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.50 Fireman Sam (Rpt, G)
3.00 Moschops (G)
3.10 Poddington Peas (G)
3.15 Peter Pan (G)
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Centurions (G)
4.20 Hotshotz (Starting today, part 1) (Rpt, G)
5.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date (G)
6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 Richmond Hill (G)
8.30 Beyond 2000 (G)
9.30 Married… with Children (G)
10.00 Sledge Hammer! (Starting tonight) (Rpt, PGR)
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 Unsolved Mysteries (PGR)
11.35 Radio with Pictures (Starting tonight) (PGR)
12.40am Werewolf (Rpt, AO)
1.10 Closedown
TV3
Noon The Midday Matinee - The Secret of the Pond (1975) (G)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 Another World (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
4.00 DuckTales (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
Includes “The Westcott File” with Genevieve Westcott
7.00 Family Feud (G)
7.30 The Greatest American Hero (G)
8.30 Airwolf
9.30 Ohara
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Late Movie - The King of Love (1987)
1.00am Closedown
Sky Sport
11.30am Tennis
US Open 1990 - day four
5.00pm Rugby Weekend
6.00 Athletics
Weltklasse Games
6.30 Basketball
1990 Rheineck Basketball League - first semifinal
8.15 Athletics
Weltklasse Games
8.45 Basketball
1990 Rheineck Basketball League - second semifinal
10.30 Tennis
US Open 1990 - day four (“Match of the Day”)
12.00am Closedown
Sky Movies
Noon Ask Dr Ruth (Final) (GY)
12.25 The Ewoks (Final) (G)
1.00 The Making of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
2.00 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (GY)
4.05 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) (GY)
6.15 The Whistle Blower (1986) (GA)
8.00 Stop Making Sense (1987) (GA)
10.00 Blind Date (1987) (GA)
11.43 Closedown
Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newsday
7.00 CNN International Hour
7.30 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
8.00 Newsday
9.00 Early Prime
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 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 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Showbiz Today
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 (Continues to 6am)
At 11.35pm on the evening of Friday 31 August 1990 via Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2), TVNZ brought back the iconic Radio with Pictures - this time in an all music video format with no studio hosts.