# Classic TV Listings

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**Category:** TV History\
**Created:** [January 1, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511 "2016-01-01T20:28:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1513 "2019-03-17T01:19:52Z")

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Today’s TV: 17.3.1989, Melbourne

 ![tv_170389_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/d/ade5f9551a7edffde54b94416f9c4bf162792f78.jpeg)

 ![tv_170389_0002](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/0/f0de156e371d5453ddea3e7bfc1a914779a89ddf.jpeg)

Source: TV Week

Bert Newton returns to TV to host the _TV Week Logie Awards_, broadcast for the first time on the Seven Network.

The following Monday, Seven launches _The Bert Newton Show_ and _The Power The Passion_ up against Nine’s _Midday_

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1514 "2019-03-17T02:01:37Z")

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_The Power, the Passion_ was devised as an attempt to lure viewers away from _The Young and the Restless_. Unfortunately the plan failed and TPTP was axed after 168 episodes.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1515 "2019-03-19T09:48:41Z")

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The Melbourne TV Guide for Thursday 20 October 2005, taken from the Herald Sun.

 ![tv-2005oct20](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/2/f2014f2d7025519f3063acafa2d0c5bd250eba74.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1516 "2019-03-19T10:09:26Z")

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> [@Super\_SC](#):
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> The AFL match was shown on 1-3 hour delayed telecast in Southern States while in the northern states they had to wait for more than 5 hours!

I still believe that 2002-2006 TV deal curbed the popularity growth of AFL in NSW and QLD. Prime Television in both states were doing fine by showing Friday night AFL on the main channel, at the same time as Prime Victoria. Under the new deal, fans in those states lost the privilege. Nine’s priority in NSW and QLD was (and still is) the NRL and there was no way it would let its then affiliate WIN to show AFL in primetime. Things didn’t improve under the 2007-2011 broadcast deal as fans had to subscribe to Foxtel in order to watch Friday night matches live on Main Event, then pop up channel Fox Sports Plus.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1517 "2019-03-19T10:33:25Z")

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> [@Herb](#):
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> The Melbourne TV Guide for Thursday 20 October 2005, taken from the Herald Sun.

Robert Fidgeon’s review of Home & Away which mainly focused on the program’s high ratings of the time (2005 probably would’ve been around the time H&A peaked in popularity/ratings?) is certainly quite a contrast to how things are now!

Aside from that, not an overly amazing Thursday night of TV. 20 to 1 (with what would’ve been one of the last new appearances on Australian TV for the always brilliant Charles “Bud” Tingwell) might’ve been passable viewing but apart from that, probably would’ve a good one to hire a DVD or head off to the cinema on!

> [@JohnsonTV](#):
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> I still believe that 2002-2006 TV deal curbed the popularity growth of AFL in NSW and QLD. Prime Television in both states were doing fine by showing Friday night AFL on the main channel, at the same time as Prime Victoria. Under the new deal, fans in those states lost the privilege.

I’m not sure how widely supported the AFL was in Regional NSW back in 2002-06, but I doubt the sport had too much of a following in Regional Queensland even prior to that broadcast deal with Seven Queensland likely following Seven Brisbane’s scheduling of AFL. The only area of Regional QLD which would’ve had access to Prime Television at that time would’ve been the Gold Coast.

From what I recall, Seven continued to treat the AFL with contempt from a Sydney (and probably also Brisbane) perspective even after 2007 with delayed late night broadcasts for years until the start of multichannel coverage on 7mate.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1518 "2019-03-19T11:07:57Z")

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In 2005, Dr Phil used to be shown on Nine during midday but has moved to 10 in 2007 (IIRC). I also remembered that TEN aired The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2006 during midday but then this show moved to the Nine Network.  
During that year, The Price is Right struggled against its rival game show, Deal or No Deal, in its lead in to 6PM News. The launch of Deal or No Deal saw Seven News Melbourne increase their numbers. At the end of that year, The Price is Right ended on Nine, where Larry moved to Channel Seven to host Wheel of Fortune, which was put on hiatus.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1519 "2019-03-19T11:35:15Z")

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> [@SydneyCityTV](#):
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> Robert Fidgeon’s review of Home & Away which mainly focused on the program’s high ratings of the time (2005 probably would’ve been around the time H&A peaked in popularity/ratings?) is certainly quite a contrast to how things are now!

I’ve never been a _H&A_ fan but ratings did spike when they had the Summer Bay stalker storyline that dragged out for some time. That may have been around 2005.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1520 "2019-03-19T18:45:09Z")

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> [@TelevisionAU](#):
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> I’ve never been a _H&A_ fan but ratings did spike when they had the Summer Bay stalker storyline that dragged out for some time. That may have been around 2005

Yes, the stalker storyline played out in the first half of 2005. The show was quite decent back then. One of the mistakes they made IMHO was resurrecting the stalker and basically having the same storyline again in 2006!

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1521 "2019-03-20T03:33:38Z")

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Today’s TV: 20.3.1982, Melbourne

 ![tv_200382](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/5/75a3d0d2c1c1785ba4e9b24fe37c3be289f14b5b.jpeg)

Source: Woman’s Day / TV Day

Plus the regional pages for the full week

 ![tv_200382_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/1/a186b557885dc575685ef7577ea3f219db834800.jpeg) ![tv_200382_0002](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/1/f1e416723a55e681c60f698529d1887fd90fd2b2.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1522 "2019-03-20T22:55:56Z")

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Melbourne/regional Victoria TV listings: Saturday, March 21, 1998  
from _The Age_

**ABV2**  
6.00 Rage (cont’d)  
9.00 Recovery  
12.00 Stateline  
12.30 Men’s Water Polo: Western Sydney v. Balmain  
1.00 Netball: Perth Orioles v. Adelaide Ravens  
2.00 Tennis: Junior Challenge  
4.00 Cycling: Austral Wheel Race  
5.00 Women’s Basketball: Melbourne v. Dandenong  
6.00 Stephen Hawking’s Universe (part 5 of 6)  
7.00 ABC News  
7.30 Pie in the Sky  
8.25 ABC News Update  
8.30 The Bill  
9.20 ABC News Late Edition  
9.30 The Aristocracy (part 3 of 4)  
10.20 Rumpole of the Bailey  
11.15 Rage (simulcast with Triple J from 1am)

**HSV7**  
6.00 Cross Country  
6.30 Bob in a Bottle  
7.00 Saturday Disney  
9.00 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh  
9.30 Adventures of the Bush Patrol  
10.00 White Fang  
10.30 Saved by the Bell: The New Class  
11.00 California Dreams  
11.30 The Mask  
12.00 Movie “Change of Habit”  
2.00 Movie “Sailor Beware”  
4.30 Blossom  
5.00 Get Smart  
5.30 Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures  
6.00 Seven Nightly News  
6.30 The World Around Us “Across the Cape”  
7.30 Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures in Albany  
8.28 Tattslotto  
8.30 AFL: St. Kilda v. North Melbourne (Ansett Australia Cup final)  
11.30 Movie “The Krays”  
2.00 Telemall Shopping  
3.00 Movie “Death Valley”  
4.30 Movie “The Log of the Black Pearl”

**GTV9**  
6.00 Gillette World Sport Special  
6.30 The Dinki Di’s  
7.00 Challenger  
7.30 Goodsports  
8.00 Today on Saturday  
9.00 Ship to Shore  
9.30 Wishbone  
10.00 Cricket-second test: India v. Australia (highlights of day 3 from Calcutta)  
11.00 Fish  
11.30 The Racing Show  
12.00 Nine’s Wide World of Sports  
4.00 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman  
5.00 Burke’s Backyard (Keno at 5.59)  
6.00 National Nine News  
6.30 Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday  
8.30 The Pretender  
9.30 Movie “The Hidden” (News at 11.30)  
11.35 Madonna: Ray of Light  
12.05 John Larroquette  
12.35 Renegade  
1.35 Late Show with David Letterman  
2.35 Movie “Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop”  
4.35 Valerie  
5.00 Kenneth Copeland

**ATV10**  
6.00 Barney & Friends  
7.00 Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures  
7.30 Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?  
8.00 Totally Wild  
8.30 Inside Stuff  
9.00 Video Hits  
11.30 Ten-Pin Bowling  
12.00 Bright Ideas  
2.00 Australian Rally Championship preview  
2.30 Rally of New South Wales  
3.00 Yachting: Whitbread Race start  
4.00 Triathlon: St. George Formula One  
5.00 Ten News  
5.30 I Dream of Jeannie  
6.00 Hogan’s Heroes  
6.30 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  
7.30 Xena: Warrior Princess  
8.30 Movie “Remains of the Day”  
11.15 Ten News  
11.45 Sports Tonight  
12.10 Ground Zero  
2.15 Telemall Shopping  
3.45 Aboriginal Australia  
4.00 Life is for Living  
4.30 Key of David  
5.00 Hour of Power

**SBS**  
6.00 Japanese News  
6.30 Weatherwatch & Music  
7.00 Telegiornale Italiano  
7.35 Cantonese News  
8.30 Das Journal  
9.30 Le Journal  
9.40 Weatherwatch & Music  
10.15 Telediario  
11.00 Indonesian News  
11.30 The Journal  
12.00 Nightly Business Report  
12.30 Movie “Alexander Nevsky” (Russia)  
2.00 Icons of the 20th Century  
2.30 Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times  
3.40 Great Arias  
4.00 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales  
4.30 World Soccer  
5.30 Champions League highlights  
6.30 SBS World News  
7.00 World Sport  
7.30 Dateline  
8.30 Soccer: tape-delay broadcast of Australian Olyroos v. Brazil  
10.40 Movie “Hercules Conquers Atlantis” (Italy)  
12.25 Eat Carpet  
1.25 Mini-Series “The Man with the Mask” (Germany)  
3.10 close

**Prime**  
6.00 Reach Out for Christ  
6.30 Cross Country  
7.00 Saturday Disney  
9.00 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh  
9.30 Adventures of the Bush Patrol  
10.00 White Fang  
10.30 Saved by the Bell: The New Class  
11.00 California Dreams  
11.30 Cross Country  
12.00 Regional News Australia  
12.30 Our Sporting Country  
1.00 Bass Strait Adventure with Malcolm Douglas  
2.00 Movie “Sailor Beware”  
4.30 Blossom  
5.00 Get Smart  
5.30 Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures  
6.00 Seven Nightly News  
6.30 The World Around Us “Across the Cape”  
7.30 Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures in Albany  
8.28 Tattslotto  
8.30 AFL: St. Kilda v. North Melbourne (Ansett Australia Cup final)  
11.30 Movie “The Krays”  
2.00 Television Shopping Network (to 6am)

**WIN**  
6.00 Faith Talks  
6.30 Telemall Shopping  
7.00 Challenger  
7.30 Goodsports  
8.00 Today on Saturday  
9.00 Ship to Shore  
9.30 Wishbone  
10.00 Cricket-second test: India v. Australia (highlights)  
11.00 Fish  
11.30 The Racing Show  
12.00 Nine’s Wide World of Sports  
4.00 Basketball: WIN Challenge  
5.00 Burke’s Backyard (Keno at 5.59)  
6.00 National Nine News  
6.30 Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday  
8.30 The Pretender  
9.30 Movie “The Hidden” (News at 11.30)  
11.35 Madonna: Ray of Light  
12.05 John Larroquette  
12.35 Renegade  
1.35 Late Show with David Letterman  
2.35 Movie “Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop”  
4.35 Valerie  
5.00 Kenneth Copeland

**Ten Victoria**  
6.00 Barney & Friends  
7.00 Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures  
7.30 Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?  
8.00 Totally Wild  
8.30 Inside Stuff  
9.00 Video Hits  
11.30 Danoz Direct  
12.00 Bright Ideas  
2.00 Australian Rally Championship preview  
2.30 Tri-Metal Golf Driver  
3.00 Yachting: Whitbread Race start  
4.00 Triathlon: St. George Formula One  
5.00 Ten News  
5.30 I Dream of Jeannie  
6.00 Hogan’s Heroes  
6.30 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  
7.30 Xena: Warrior Princess  
8.30 Movie “Remains of the Day”  
11.15 Ten News  
11.45 Sports Tonight  
12.10 Ground Zero  
2.15 Telemall Shopping  
3.45 Aboriginal Australia  
4.00 Life is for Living  
4.30 Key of David  
5.00 Hour of Power

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Today’s TV: 23.3.1966, Melbourne (2,7,9,0) and Gippsland (4.10)

 ![tv_230366_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/8/1822973ee0548b148f42b7ff69c0e6b9e55292f9.jpeg)

 ![tv_230366_0005](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/6/46e2a817e8a781035b2b5a92a9f45478e75b0812.jpeg)

 ![tv_230366_0002](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/c/2c95c91b46431b7735f3c2d8d748119cf1ac3980.jpeg)

 ![tv_230366_0006](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/a/5a16df01be1d57e36fe2b76ab80b321cff0d8db8.jpeg)

Country Victoria (Albury, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton)

 ![tv_230366_0003](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/6/766ce099ff060d754c762339ea877710657025d0.jpeg)

Source: TV Week

This is a sample of the ads that appeared throughout the magazine for ATV0:

![tv_230366_0004](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/e/4e1c4557e72ace94ad5784e49f3c09ed742ca512.jpeg)

The style of ad taken from the ABC network in the US

> **[ABC TV 1965-66 season promotional 12 pg tabloid about all shows on...](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/abc-tv-1965-66-season-promotional-12-1816204705)**
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> I'm seling a 12 page tabloid advertisement for ABC TV that appeared in Sunday newspapers on Sept. 12, 1965. Titled Turn on the Excitement, the cover features Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched, and goe

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Today’s TV: 23.3.2009, Rome

 ![tv_230309_0001](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/4/9467cc47a57886598060e257c1d4b5fd33a90c74.jpeg)

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 ![tv_230309_0009](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/e/7ee4c36f2bc80bd93325b9d4a3d3e85937dd8a8b.jpeg)

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> [@south\_97](#):
>
> Cycling: Austral Wheel Race

It is still held in Melbourne every year but is no longer shown on TV.

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1526 "2019-03-23T13:39:00Z")

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Hanoi, 1 Januray 1979 (the first day of HanoiTV)

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-tv-listings/511/1527 "2019-03-23T15:46:58Z")

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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Wednesday, March 25, 1998  
from _La Nación_

The picture here is a bit grainy, but I typed the schedules so you could see it better!  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/EXmzN0F.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EXmzN0F.jpg)

**América 2** (the only station with morning programming; it has recently fallen to the 4th place in the ratings after years of being a strong 3rd)  
7.00 Impacto a las 7  
9.00 Movete con Georgina  
noon América Noticias  
1.00 Mediodía con Mauro  
3.00 Sin Vueltas  
4.00 Paso a Paso (Step by Step)  
5.00 Amor y Moria  
6.00 Gente Que Busca Gente  
7.00 América Noticias  
8.00 Insólito TV (contained footage from the American show _Real TV_, that Nine aired in Australia)  
9.00 América Noticias  
10.00 Copa Libertadores: River v. Colón (tape-delay)  
mid. Atorrantes  
1.00 sign-off

**ATC** (the state-owned station, a.k.a. “the also-ran of television” because it has been on the bottom of the ratings for more than 25 years)  
noon Vivir mejor  
1.00 Rumores  
2.00 Dale Lita  
2.30 El reloj de la Historia  
3.00 Buenas Tardes Salud  
4.30 Comicosas  
6.00 Haciendo Escuela  
7.00 DCC  
8.00 Telegaceta  
9.00 Movie “Camaradas en armas” (Comrades in Arms)  
11.00 Ellos Pudieron Hacerlo  
mid. Telegaceta con ECO en el Mundo  
1.00 Informativo de la RAI  
1.30 Avisos en la Madrugada

**Canal 9** (at the time, it was partly owned by Australia’s Prime Television, which had 20% of its shares: the rest belonged to a local consortium called CEI; the station has recently jumped to the 3rd place in the ratings)  
11.00 Tom & Jerry  
noon 24 Horas  
1.00 Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand  
2.30 Indiscreciones  
4.00 Hablemos Claro  
5.00 Bugs Bunny/Tom & Jerry  
6.00 La Chica del Océano (Ocean Girl)  
6.30 Los Más Escuchados  
7.00 La Red Deportiva TV  
8.00 24 Horas  
9.00 Ricos y Famosos  
10.00 Te Juego lo Que Quieras  
11.00 Son o Se Hacen  
mid. Sunset Beach  
1.00 sign-off

**Telefe** (the absolute leader of television: it has been in first place consistently since 1990, except for a few months in 2010 and 2011, when Canal 13 took the crown spot)  
11.00 Súper Agente 86 (Get Smart)  
noon Telefe Noticias  
1.00 María Mercedes  
1.30 Marimar  
2.00 El Chavo del Ocho  
3.00 La Niñera (The Nanny)  
4.00 Milady, la Historia Continúa  
5.00 Cebollitas  
6.00 ALF  
7.00 Telefe Noticias  
8.00 The Simpsons  
9.00 Verano del '98  
10.00 Movie “Buscando a Vonnie” (The Disappearance of Vonnie)  
mid. sign-off

**Canal 13** (the station has been perpetually in 2nd place since being privatized in 1990, but overtook Telefe for the top spot for a while in the early 2010s)  
11.00 Utilísima  
noon Los Súper Campeones (Captain Tsubasa)  
12.30 Karlos Arguiñano en tu Cocina  
1.00 El Noticiero de Santo  
2.00 Alas, Poder y Pasión  
3.00 De Corazón  
4.00 Chicago Hope  
5.00 Melrose Place  
6.00 Las Chicas de Enfrente  
7.00 Poliladron: Una Historia de Amor (repeat)  
8.00 Telenoche  
9.00 Gasoleros  
10.00 Movie “Un Milagro Para Lorenzo” (Lorenzo’s Oil)  
mid. En Síntesis  
12.20 Ese Amigo del Alma  
12.25 Movie “Romance de verano” (A Summer Story)

**Notes:**  
\*As it was mentioned on a previous post discussing limited transmission hours, there wasn’t early morning television here in Buenos Aires for decades. Only one station (usually ATC) stayed on air 24 hours in the early 1990s with movies and documentaries, but reduced its broadcast time in 1997 to a 11am/noon start time, being now on par it with the private channels. At the same time, América 2 launched its successful 7am news program that lasted 2 years, reducing again its transmission hours in 1999, moving the sign-on time to noon. In May 2000, a show called _Desayuno_ ( **Breakfast** , in English) was launched on Canal 7, the former ATC, hosted by veteran journalist Victor Hugo Morales. The program became an instant hit: it aired from 7am to 10am (while the other stations were dark) but the problem was that during its first 3 seasons on air, it didn’t air all-year round, staying on air between May to December or July to December. In 2003, the program got competition, as Canal 9, who had new owners, premiered the morning edition of _Telenueve_, that took a big portion of the audience, as viewers now had 2 options to choose from. In 2005, Canal 13 didn’t want to stay behind them (as @theduytv mentioned) and created _Arriba Argentinos_, a new morning news show that it’s the most watched program on its timeslot almost since its inception, dethroning both _Telenueve_ and _Desayuno_: the latter was canceled in 2006 due to political reasons.

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Melbourne TV listings: Saturday, May 16, 1987  
from _The Age_

**ABV2**  
7.30 The 7.30 Report  
8.00 Entreé Libre  
8.15 Australian Eye  
8.30 Let’s Learn Japanese  
9.00 Sow What  
9.15 PGR  
10.00 Between the Teeth  
11.00 Countdown  
12.00 Rock Arena  
1.00 Doctor Who (parts 3 and 4 of “Brain of Morbius”)  
1.50 Danger Mouse  
2.00 British Soccer highlights  
2.55 Rugby League: teams TBA (from Sydney)  
4.40 Football Grandstand  
7.00 ABC News  
7.30 Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon (part 2 of 8)  
8.30 Movie “Strikebound”  
10.10 ABC News  
10.15 Howard’s Way  
11.05 FA Cup Final: Coventry City v. Tottenham  
2.15 close

**HSV7**  
6.00 Clue Club  
6.30 Pound Puppies  
7.00 Yogi’s Treasure Hunt  
7.30 The Paw Paws  
8.00 Galtar & the Golden Lance  
8.30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?  
9.00 Sounds  
12.00 Horse Racing (from Moonee Valley)  
5.00 Fame  
6.00 Seven National News  
6.30 The World Around Us “Malcolm Douglas: Bass Strait Adventures”  
7.30 All Creatures Great & Small  
8.30 Tattersall’s Super 66  
8.32 Cagney & Lacey (Tattslotto at 9.30)  
9.32 Bergerac  
10.40 Falcon Crest  
11.40 The Pallisers  
12.50 close

**GTV9**  
6.00 Thunderbirds  
7.00 Cartoon Company  
12.00 Bonanza  
1.00 Wide World of Sports  
6.00 National Nine News  
6.30 Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday  
8.30 Movie “China Rose”  
10.30 News  
10.35 MTV: Music Television (simulcast with FOX-FM)  
2.35 Movie “The Glass Menagerie”  
4.35 Bonanza

**ATV10**  
6.00 Tom Foolery  
6.30 Linus the Lionhearted  
7.00 Early Bird Show  
12.00 Movie “The Mark of Zorro”  
1.35 Movie “Broken Lance”  
3.35 Cartoon Carnival  
4.00 Chopper Squad  
5.00 The Muppets  
6.00 Ten Eyewitness News  
6.30 Young Talent Time  
7.30 Magnum, PI  
8.30 Movie “The Man in Grey”  
10.50 Movie “Island in the Sun”  
1.10 Night Shift  
5.00 Morecambe & Wise  
5.30 Get Some In

**SBS**  
11.00 Basketball  
12.00 On the Ball  
12.30 Learning Network  
1.00 The Noise  
3.30 Movie “Red Boogie” (Yugoslavia)  
5.00 Italians (UK)  
5.30 Soccer News/Results  
6.30 World News  
7.00 The Spice of Life (UK)  
7.25 Come and Get It  
7.30 Dateline  
8.30 Derrick (Germany)  
9.30 The Octopus (Italy)  
10.35 Movie “Obsession” (Turkey)  
12.05 Movie “Love in the City” (Italy)  
1.45 close

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Interesting that Argentina didn’t really have morning television until the 2000s. Surely these national networks had a large enough audience to justify it…

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The stations didn’t have morning programming because its bosses considered it wasn’t very profitable.

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Melbourne TV listings: Wednesday, April 12, 1989  
from _The Age_

**ABV2**  
7.00 Ghostbusters  
7.25 Robo Story  
7.50 Paddington  
7.56 Storybreak  
8.20 Sesame Street  
9.20 PGR  
9.30 Play School  
10.00 For the Juniors  
10.20 Let’s Go Maths  
10.30 Bits & Bytes  
11.00 Maths Break  
11.20 Read All About It  
11.35 Behind the News  
12.00 I Spy  
1.00 Countrywide  
1.30 The Australian Eye  
1.40 Music Time  
2.00 In Transit  
2.30 Powerhouse  
3.00 Sesame Street  
3.55 Jimbo & the Jet-Set  
4.00 Play School  
4.30 The Wind in the Willows  
4.50 Alias the Jester  
5.02 Inspector Gadget  
5.30 Grange Hill  
6.00 The Oz Game  
6.35 Robin’s Nest  
7.00 ABC News  
7.30 April Economic Statement  
8.00 Quantum (ABC News at 8.28)  
8.30 Vigilante: Right or Wrong? (ABC News at 9.28)  
9.30 Couchman  
10.30 ABC News Late Edition  
10.50 Played in Australia  
11.45 Carol Burnett & Friends  
12.10 close

**HSV7**  
6.00 TV-AM  
7.30 Cartoon Connection  
9.20 Community Service  
9.30 Fat Cat & Friends  
10.00 Knots Landing  
11.00 Eleven AM  
12.00 Bert Newton Show  
1.00 The Power, the Passion  
1.30 Movie “Stone Pillow”  
3.30 Still the Beaver  
4.00 Wombat  
4.30 Now You See It  
5.00 Wheel of Fortune  
5.30 Family Ties  
6.00 Home and Away  
6.30 Seven Nightly News  
7.00 Hinch  
7.30 Hey Dad!  
8.00 Family Ties (Tattslotto at 8.28)  
8.30 Fast Forward  
9.30 Midnight Caller  
10.30 Newsworld  
11.30 Hi-de-Hi!  
12.00 NBC Today  
2.00 Movie “Pink Motel”  
3.40 Kenny Everett  
4.45 Science International  
5.00 Newsworld

**GTV9**  
6.00 National Nine Morning News  
6.30 Business Today  
7.00 Today  
9.00 Here’s Humphrey  
9.30 In Melbourne Today  
10.30 General Hospital  
11.30 National Nine Morning News  
12.00 Midday with Ray Martin  
1.30 Days of Our Lives  
2.30 Young and the Restless  
3.30 Diff’rent Strokes  
4.00 C’mon Kids  
5.00 Happy Days  
5.30 Eye on Australia  
6.00 National Nine News  
6.30 A Current Affair  
7.00 Sale of the Century (Keno at 7.28)  
7.30 New Faces  
8.30 Movie “Plenty”  
11.00 Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast  
12.00 Mini Budget 1989  
12.30 It’s Garry Shandling’s Show  
1.00 Movie “The Third Man”  
3.00 Movie “A Talent for Murder”  
4.35 Bonanza  
5.30 The Young Doctors

**ATV10**  
6.00 USA Today  
6.30 Ten News  
7.00 Good Morning Australia  
9.00 'til Ten  
10.00 Mulligrubs  
10.30 Ten News  
11.00 Another World  
12.00 Santa Barbara  
1.00 Bold and the Beautiful  
1.30 One Life to Live  
2.00 Dallas  
3.00 Richmond Hill  
4.00 Double Dare  
4.30 Lassie  
5.00 Gilligan’s Island  
5.30 Perfect Match  
6.00 Ten News  
7.00 Neighbours  
7.30 E Street  
8.30 Movie “The Ambassador”  
10.25 Ten News  
10.30 Ironside  
11.30 Movie “Venom”  
1.35 Movie “I’m Going to Be Famous”  
3.35 So Evil, So Young  
5.00 Archie’s TV Funnies  
5.30 Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends

**SBS**  
4pm Sport Report  
4.30 Australian Mosaic  
5.00 Kaleidoscope  
5.30 Topsy Turvy (Germany)  
6.00 Say Aah… (Netherlands)  
6.30 World News  
7.00 Sport Report  
7.30 The Movie Show  
8.00 Derrick (Germany)  
9.00 Tonight: April Economic Statement  
9.30 Masterpiece “Primo Levi”  
10.10 Movie “My Love Will Never Die” (Lebanon)  
12.05 close

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> [@south\_97](#):
>
> The stations didn’t have morning programming because its bosses considered it wasn’t very profitable.

Australian TV probably would’ve had a similar philosophy for a while? Because for several years, Today was the only news-based program at breakfast while the other three major networks ran children’s programming.

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