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2706

Would love to have a lot of the channel names changed to the way they were.

2707

It was the first afternoon news-talk show in the country with no success

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2708

Wow, that’s the golden age of Television right there, what Digital TV was meant for!
So much variety and actual quality imported programs. Imagine getting to choose between The Wire or The Sopranos in the same timeslot. And that entire GO! lineup is superb, makes ABC Comedy look like a bad joke.

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2709

You know, Google still had this page as one of the top results for ‘ABC TV guide’ up until recently.

https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/

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2710

Doesn’t surprise me. It wasn’t that many years ago that you’d click a link on ABCs main page for something and you’d be transported back in time to the late 90s because they’d never updated the links correctly on all pages.

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2711

Sydney TV listings: Sunday, May 14, 2000
from Sydney Morning Herald

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2712

Ahh yes, the final of Popstars. I would like to think that around this time, Bardot’s “Poison” debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts.

Also, Ryan O’Keefe debuted for the Sydney Swans that day.

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2713

At the Time of Publication, The Sydney Swans were the Only Professional AFL Club in New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Equlivalent to The Brisbane Lions in Queensland.

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2714

If that were today it wouldn’t be 30mins, it’s be 90mins 4 times a week.

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2715

Funny how when I read that guide, I thought “Oh, it only went for 30 minutes?” Shows how conditioned we are by the networks!

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2716

It would also be interesting to see how Popstars fared in the current reality TV show format that you noted (4 x 90 min episodes).

Also - I think I know how Gameday worked/operated - it would start at 1:00pm AEST and then break off at a certain time in each market depending on the game that was to be shown.

That day, there were three matches - Essendon vs Adelaide at Colonial Stadium (now Marvel Stadium), Western Bulldogs vs Sydney (as noted in the image) and Kangaroos vs Fremantle.

I’d like to think that Gameday would end in Adelaide before the start of the Bombers vs Crows match, in Sydney before the Bulldogs vs Swans and in Melb/Bris/Perth before Kangaroos vs Fremantle (which was the replayed game in Sydney).

2717

I think Melbourne would have got the Bulldogs v Sydney (which was a Bulldogs home match at the SCG) live and highlights of Essendon v Adelaide before the news.

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2718

From what I can gather, the Bulldogs had an arrangement to “host” the Sydney Swans at the SCG, which effectively gave the Swans another home game, between 2000 (I think?) to 2006.

Then there was a five-year deal for the two clubs to play in Canberra (as a Bulldogs home game); it wasn’t until 2012 that the Dogs would play a proper home game (finals excluded) against the Swans in Melbourne.

Also between 2001-07, Melbourne had an arrangement to “host” the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.

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2719

That’s right, North also played some home games at the SCG. The Bulldogs also played matches in Darwin.

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2720

Of which a few were against the Swans, most recently in 2002. It was around this time that the idea of a second Sydney team (later turned out to be the Greater Western Sydney Giants) was being floated, but it didn’t really gain any momentum after the Swans won the 2005 premiership.

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2721

ABC showed kids shows in the mornings on Sundays. Game Day is similar to AFL Game Day which was hosted by now-Sydney coach John Longmire.

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2722

This was to compete against the Sunday morning public affairs shows on Seven (Sunday Sunrise) and Nine (Today). The same thing happened on weekdays as well.

Weekday “Sunrise” (then known as “Seven News Sunrise”) was also in its infancy, having been revived after a ten-month absence. That was followed by All Music Video, which didn’t last too long (IIRC, it disappeared from Seven’s morning schedule by the end of 2001).

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2723

I’m guessing that the Essendon v Adelaide match would have been live on Pay TV, with highlights on FTA before the news. Or maybe the Kangaroos vs Fremantle was the Pay Tv game?

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2724

Given what the score graphics look like, the Essendon v Adelaide match would have been live on Pay TV, with highlights on FTA before the news.

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2725

Aren’t those Seven’s graphics?

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