# Classic TV Listings **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [January 1, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511 "2016-01-01T20:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 214
**Author:** ![ceejay](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/ceejay/32/223285_2.png) [@ceejay](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ceejay)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4295 "2021-05-29T06:29:42Z")
> [@TelevisionAU](#): > > to have a show axed after two weeks in 1979 is pretty dire. Even the benchmark in TV flops, _Arcade_ , got 6 weeks! … of course Doug Mulray’s Naughtiest Home Videos didn’t make it to the end of one episode thanks to a phone call from Kerry Packer … ---
**Author:** ![littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/littlegezzybear/32/219836_2.png) [@littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/littlegezzybear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4296 "2021-05-29T07:35:29Z")
Peter Ford had the scoop on the story about Packer’s direction and reported the details that night on the Stan Zemanek show on 2UE. That’s back when Ford was a very good entertainment reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Ripley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tim_ripley/32/93548_2.png) [@Tim\_Ripley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tim_Ripley)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4297 "2021-05-29T10:22:34Z")
**Melbourne/Gippsland, Sunday 31 May 1981** from _TV Week_ **ABC** 11.00 Divine Service (from St. Peter’s Lutheran College, Inderphilly, Qld) noon Countrywide 12.40 Sow What 1.00 Four Corners 1.40 British Open Squash Championships 3.30 Sunday Spectrum 6.00 Countdown 6.55 Weather 7.00 News 7.40 To Serve Them All My Days (PGR/finale) 8.30 Therese Raquin (AO) 9.40 News/Weather 9.50 The Shock of the News 10.50 World of Music (Saint-Saens concert by the Melbourne Symphony) 11.20 close **HSV7 Melbourne** 8.45 It is Written 9.15 Sunday Magazine 9.30 VFL Junior Supporters Club 10.00 World of Sport Replay 11.00 World of Sport 2.20 Statewide Cup football: Melbourne v North Melbourne 5.00 In Search of…the San Andreas Fault 6.00 News 6.30 World of Disney 7.30 Against the Wind 8.30 Movie “The Cross” (AO) 10.35 Movie “The 39 Steps” (bw) 12.15 Insight (PGR) **GLV8 Gippsland** 8.00 Jimmy Swaggart 9.00 Ambassador College (World Tomorrow) 9.30 Rex Humbard 10.00 It is Written 10.30 Sunday Magazine 10.45 Point of View 11.00 World of Sport 2.15 Movie “Lullaby of Broadway” (bw) 3.50 Basketball: highlights of Australian U18 girls’ championships 4.10 Bonanza 5.05 Young Talent Time 6.00 News 6.30 Looking Around 6.35 World of Disney 7.30 Eight is Enough (PGR) 8.30 Movie “The Wind and the Lion” (PGR) 10.25 The FBI (PGR) 11.25 Religious Program 11.55 close **GTV9 Melbourne** 6.00 Rocky & His Friends (Bullwinkle) 6.30 King Leonardo 7.00 Look, Listen, Laugh & Learn 7.30 Untamed World 8.00 Day of Discovery 8.30 Good News 9.00 Rex Humbard 9.30 Kenneth Copeland 10.30 Here’s Humphrey 11.20 Enough is Enough 11.50 Point of View noon Movie “Call Me Madam” 2.00 Movie “The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County” 4.00 Seven Seas 5.00 Nature of Things 5.30 Diff’rent Strokes 6.00 News 6.30 New Faces 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie “Posse” (AO) 10.30 Taxi 11.00 Monte-Carlo Grand Prix auto race (live) 1.45 Movie “Valley of the Eagles” (PGR) 3.15 Movie “The Magnificent Seven” (PGR) 5.10 Seaway (PGR) **ATV10 Melbourne** 7.30 You Say the Word 8.30 Hour of Power 9.30 Mass for You at Home 10.00 Greek Variety Show 11.00 Variety Italian Style noon Movie “Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?” 1.45 VFA Football 5.00 Six Million Dollar Man 6.00 News 6.30 M.A.S.H. 7.30 Magnum, PI (premiere) 8.30 Movie “Agatha” (PGR) 10.20 Van der Valk 11.20 Matlock Police (bw) 12.20 close **Network 0-28** 6pm Once Upon a Time…Man (Spanish dub; the series was produced by a French company in partnership with a consortium of international broadcasters, mainly European) 6.30 Movie “My Lonely Father” (Yugoslavia) 7.30 Cabaret 8.30 Movie “The Policeman” (Israel) 10.30 Scoop 11.30 close ---
**Author:** ![BackThen](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BackThen](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BackThen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4298 "2021-05-30T05:15:51Z")
Today’s TV: 30.5.1991, Melbourne ![1991 05 30 GG](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/0/1016f66304dee25ac070b8afdb4fcc01e22d34f0.jpeg) Source: The Age Green Guide ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4299 "2021-05-30T07:09:15Z")
Today’s TV: 30.5.1962, Melbourne ![tv_300562_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/6/668a38743720ac6fbc5b846a083344cf618d6e8a.jpeg) ![tv_300562_0002](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/3/e35af5b8d101666a4c3b8228bb2fb997f783cbec.jpeg) ![tv_300562_0003](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/3/d3eaed12e73edb5c150c8b52f40d623cb059465e.jpeg) Source: TV Times ---
**Author:** ![south\_97](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/south_97/32/535524_2.png) [@south\_97](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/south_97)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4300 "2021-05-30T21:33:13Z")
Melbourne TV: Friday 31 May 1974 from _The Age_ ![Melbourne_31May1974](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/c/3cfea9ab4d0805c761bc3ded5e2ab65ac34266e0.jpeg) _Today_ airs for the last time: the repeats of _Catwalk_ and HSV7’s mid-morning movie were also cancelled. From Monday 3 June, the station axes its morning shows and moves its sign-on time to 11am. ---
**Author:** ![stilesykenny](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stilesykenny](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/stilesykenny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4301 "2021-05-30T23:19:13Z")
11am seems a little late even in 74, given GTV & ATV signs on at 7am, even ABV signs on at 8am, seems HSV didn’t care too much about morning television & would rather air a test pattern instead. ---
**Author:** ![ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/elcapitancranky/32/531872_2.png) [@ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ElCapitanCranky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4302 "2021-05-30T23:20:00Z")
> [@stilesykenny](#): > > would rather air a test pattern instead. I’d rather see them air a test pattern instead today. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4303 "2021-05-30T23:33:39Z")
> [@stilesykenny](#): > > 11am seems a little late even in 74, given GTV & ATV signs on at 7am, even ABV signs on at 8am, seems HSV didn’t care too much about morning television & would rather air a test pattern instead. Up until 1981 HSV7 was still only signing in at 10am. It was only during that year that they extended it to 7am with cartoons etc ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4304 "2021-05-31T01:01:52Z")
…Instead of reality TV. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4305 "2021-05-31T08:57:54Z")
Today’s TV: 31.5.1975, Brisbane and SE Qld ![tv_310575_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/e/6e30ecb97f8c04e440dae19ad98d94e8c06e2d03.jpeg) ![tv_310575_0002](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/2/02a396864d43e76dd36d5bebe25f7d9bb98b9f7f.jpeg) Source: TV Week ---
**Author:** ![TheStyles83](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thestyles83/32/13031_2.png) [@TheStyles83](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheStyles83)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4306 "2021-05-31T10:09:02Z")
Even Brisbane & Gold had the VFL Match of the Day live as well as Sydney while the Aussie Rules Heartlands were Restricted to Replays. ---
**Author:** ![T-Mac](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@T-Mac](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/T-Mac)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4307 "2021-05-31T11:15:01Z")
Possibly to cater for expats ---
**Author:** ![TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehomeofmusic/32/51117_2.png) [@TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHomeOfMusic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4308 "2021-05-31T11:23:18Z")
CTC Canberra, MTN Griffith (but not the other Midstate TV stations) and RVN Wagga also took the VFL Match of the Day live. ---
**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4309 "2021-06-01T04:05:53Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehomeofmusic/32/51117_2.png) [@TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHomeOfMusic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4310 "2021-06-01T07:27:55Z")
Yes I do remember SBS’s Saturday night programming in the nineties, Liquid Television was a fave, that show introduced Aeon Flux to the world. And the movie The Living End is NOT a film about the Melbourne band. I think I saw that movie on SBS. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4311 "2021-06-01T07:38:50Z")
Saturdays on SBS used to mean _Iron Chef_ and _RockWiz_, although the latter I soon tuned out from as the “famous” musician contestants were becoming more and more obscure to me as the show went on (i.e. I was getting older and wondering more and more ‘who are these people’?!) 🥺 ---
**Author:** ![BackThen](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BackThen](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BackThen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4312 "2021-06-01T07:55:06Z")
Today’s TV: 1.6.1982, Melbourne ![1982 06 01 TVW](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/2/7271c2a20a30795566cc93b2b2bf09fd851c0953.jpeg) ![SBS 1982 05 29 to 1982 06 04 TVW](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/d/cd0f069147f317b9fdc7af9538d0ba2f49ac11a8.jpeg) Source: TV Week ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4313 "2021-06-01T09:43:30Z")
HSV7 had a local late news bulletin in 1982. When was it replaced by a national one? ---
**Author:** ![TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehomeofmusic/32/51117_2.png) [@TheHomeOfMusic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHomeOfMusic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/4314 "2021-06-01T09:52:54Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > HSV7 had a local late news bulletin in 1982. When was it replaced by a national one? 1987 when Fairfax took over HSV. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511.md?page=213) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511.md?page=215)