Was Breakfast with Jacki MacDonald a show for children- cartoons with Jacki doing the links?
I didn’t know there was a current affairs show called Today Tonight before Seven’s version began in 1995.
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Not sure if there were cartoons but I guess there would have to be
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also staggering to see a city like Brisbane had 3 local current affairs shows (although I believe The Sargent Report was not to last long) as well as a local component on ABC’s Nationwide later in the night. I don’t think Melbourne ever had that level of current affairs coverage.
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Yes it was a cartoon link show. Ironically with the ahead-of-its-time theme “Wake Up” with Jacki Mac
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Do you know what on earth the Jock McEvery Everything Show (BTQ7, 11.45am) was all about?
Sorry but nothing comes to mind.
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There were a few in the days before networking became the norm.
e.g. ATV0 had Breakfast A Go-Go in the early 70s, and then The Early Bird Show in the late 1970s to 1980. I remember being very ‘grown up’ when I was probably about 4 or maybe 5 years old when I decided one morning to switch from watching Sesame Street in the mornings to The Early Bird Show. Sesame Street was clearly for babies so I wanted something more grown up, apparently 
Except a few years later my baby brother came along and so the TV was soon back to ABC in the mornings 
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Brisbane also had Boris The Black Knight and later Agro.
I have recorded some of the theme songs for Jacki Mac’s show over the years, but unfortunately the copyright owner won’t allow them on YouTube - even in monetised form - and would rather they were never heard again!
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Also, a brief snippet from Brekky With Jacki Mac from Ten’s Seriously 40 special in 2005
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Presenting sport on Seven National News in Adelaide was one of the early TV appearances by Bruce McAvaney before he moved to Melbourne in 1983 to join Ten.
And what a name for Nine’s 6pm Adelaide bulletin!
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Bring that name back with an appropriate title sequence.
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Melbourne TV listings: Tuesday 7 November 1989 (Melbourne Cup Day)
from The Age
The final part of Bangkok Hilton was aired that night.
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Today’s TV: 1.11.1980, Victoria / South East SA. Excluding SBS not listed in the “Country” edition
Source: TV Week
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Today’s TV: 2.11.1960, Melbourne. ABV2 presents the live drama production, It’s The Geography That Counts. Written by Australian Raymond Bowers but set in London.
Source: TV Times
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Soaps and sitcoms went up against the running of the 1995 Melbourne cup which was run and won by Doriemus
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Jo Pearson presenting TVQ0 News
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