The Warner Bros cartoons were an afternoon staple on ATN7 for years in the 1970s. Bugs Bunny would run Monday to Wednesday, Road Runner would be Thursdays and Porky Pig on Fridays. Used to watch religiously at 5pm every afternoon.
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and they were on Ten in Melbourne in the 1980s before the Nine Network got the Warner Bros output deal in the late 80s, these cartoons moved to Nine, hosted by Sophie Lee and became a ratings success for a couple of years. They even showed cartoons made as early as 1934 (when Warners made their first colour cartoon).
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IIRC Ten only had the really early Bugs Bunny titles, but Nine still had WB shows like Road Runner, Porky Pig, etc., and the slightly later Bugs Bunny?
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does any Aussie TV network (free to air or pay) show classic Warner Bros cartoons today?
I think Boomerang on Foxtel show old WB cartoons.
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That’s my recollection, also. I think TEN had the very early Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cinema shorts distinguished by Bugs having a smaller stature, smaller front teeth and different shaped head.
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The Mike Walsh Show at 10.30am. Adelaide must’ve been showing the previous day’s edition of the show.
Bizarre scheduling.
NWS 9 opening up late at 9.30am.
Also the last to close down for the night.
Some decent weekend programming back then
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Today’s TV: 23.8.1972, Melbourne
Source: TV Week
The $25,000 Great Temptation which launched in 1971 as a weekly prime-time addition to the daytime Temptation, is now extended to two nights a week – Monday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, Philip Brady’s Moneymakers on 0-10 is billed as Australia’s first five-night-a-week game show.
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Never knew Don Lane hosted Beauty and the Beast prior to his talk show
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A search of the SMH indicates Lane’s first Tonight show stint premiered on TCN on 28 January 1965. He was a fill-in host, but proved so popular that Nine extended his show beyond the initial six weeks. The hosts who were scheduled to take over his slot were given a Tonight show on another night on TCN.
A review of the first show:
Sun-Herald 31 Jan 1965.
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Really shows you how much TV here has changed since 1997.
Looks like Deborah Knight was the host of Landline in 1997 on the ABC.
Seven’s Sunday Sunrise was half an hour long, while Chris Bath hosted Face to Face that followed. Sunday mornings were very competitive back then across the board.
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If I’m not mistaken, it was her first role on television.
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