LOL! Kim Gyngell wasn’t far off the mark with his Stuart Littlemore impression, going by the clips of old Media Watches I’ve seen online before.
Now this leads into something that Australian TV desperately needs these days - a half decent satire/sketch comedy program. You could probably fill up half an episode just on parodies of politics, Gogglebox and the glut of dating/relationship/wedding-themed programs on TV! 
Dear TV networks - I am available to front such a show. I work cheap. DM me. 
Fox tried it a few years ago, with people from the Fast Forward days plus new “comedians.” It was shit. Politically correct and not one bit funny.
We won’t see sketch comedy on TV anymore like we used to because people aren’t interested in that kind of programming these days. Reality shows are here to stay whether you like it or not.
The other reason is the woke mob will go and have the TV networks burnt to the ground all over a seemingly innocent gag by finding a reason to be offended.
Yes, it was Jerry Springer at 8:30pm and WWF Superstars at 9:30pm. IIRC it was around 1998, hopefully someone can post the guide from that time.
Also Xena and Hercules were a staple. What a great lineup compared to the garbage they have on Saturday nights now.
No blackface 
You don’t need blackface to be funny and politically incorrect.
Today’s TV: 7.5.1981, Melbourne
‘Prisoner in Concert’ aired in Melbourne. The TV Week article from the next edition warned readers that it would air in other states at a later date 
. See earlier post by @TelevisionAU for SBS guide for that week.
Source: TV Week
The Herald Shield (now called Herald Sun Shield) is an Aussie Rules competition between high school teams across Victoria. It’s not shown on TV anymore.
Sydney TV: Monday 8 May 1972
from Sydney Morning Herald
ABN2
8.00 Sesame Street
9.00 sign-off
11.10 Play School
11.35 sign-off
1.00 News
1.05 Is This Your Career?
1.15 Modern Farmer
1.45 Weekend Magazine
2.10 Doctor Who (parts 1 and 2 of “War Games”)
3.10 Pinky & Perky
3.15 Andy Pandy
3.35 Play School
4.00 Adventure Island
4.30 Sesame Street
5.25 Cartoons
5.40 Laurel & Hardy (animated)
6.05 My Favorite Martian
6.30 GTK
6.40 Bellbird
7.00 News (includes Newsreel)
7.30 This Day Tonight
8.00 The Two Ronnies
8.50 Monday Conference
9.10 Bless This House
10.05 News
10.15 English Soccer’s Match of the Day
11.05 sign-off
ATN7
6.50 Roger Ramjet
6.55 Cartoons
7.00 Today
9.00 Heckle & Jeckle
9.30 Romper Room
10.30 Motel
11.30 Jambo (narrated by Marshall Thompson)
11.50 Hair Care by DeLorenzo
11.55 Movie “Jack and the Witch”
1.27 A Woman’s Angle
1.30 Temptation
2.30 Beauty & the Beast
3.30 Dark Shadows
4.00 Johnny Sokko (Japanese anime)
4.25 It’s in the Air
4.30 Flipper
5.00 Superman
5.30 Bugs Bunny Show
6.00 Get Smart
6.30 News
7.00 $25,000 Great Temptation
7.30 Morecambe & Wise
8.30 On the Buses
9.00 Coppers End (premiere)
9.45 TV Ringside (from Melbourne)
11.15 The Battlers
11.45 Reluctant Romeo
12.15 sign-off
TCN9
6.55 Name to Remember
7.00 Super Flying Fun Show
8.30 Here’s Humphrey
9.25 Relaxing with Roma
9.30 Divorce Court
10.00 The Unloved
10.30 King’s Kitchen
11.00 Donna Reed
11.30 Where the Heart Is
12.00 Movie “City of Bad Men”
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.30 General Hospital
3.00 Spending Spree
3.30 Jet Jackson
4.00 Cartoon Corner
5.00 Skeeter’s Music Hall
5.30 Patty Duke
6.00 McHale’s Navy
6.30 News
7.00 A Current Affair
7.30 Bearcats
8.30 Ironside (return)
9.30 Night Gallery
10.30 A Current Affair (replay)
11.15 Movie “Fair Warning”
12.25 Viewpoint, followed by sign-off
TEN10
7.00 Commander Strongarm
8.15 Owly’s School
8.45 Marvellous Munchkins
9.15 Kindy
9.45 Swami Sarasvati (yoga)
10.00 Better Half
10.15 Switched on Living
10.30 Movie “California Passage”
12.00 His & Hers
12.30 Get the Message
1.00 Marriage Game
1.30 Movie “Jungle Adventures of Frank Buck”
3.30 Surprise, Surprise!
4.00 The Flintstones
4.30 National Velvet
5.00 Daniel Boone
6.00 News
6.30 Hogan’s Heroes
7.00 Moneymakers
7.30 Mission: Impossible
8.30 Number 96
9.30 Movie “How Awful About Allan”
10.35 Here’s Harry
11.05 The Long Arm
12.05 sign-off
Today’s TV: 8.5.1976, Sydney
Regional NSW (with some exceptions), Canberra and Southern Downs, QLD:
Source: TV Week
Today’s TV: 12.5.1977, Melbourne
Source: The Sun
And 20 years later …
Today’s TV: 12.5.1997, Melbourne
Source: Herald Sun
Melbourne TV: Thursday 13 May 1993 (Full Frontal premieres on Seven)
from The Age
ABV2
6.00 Images of Australia
6.30 First Edition
7.30 Statistics: Against All Odds
8.00 For All Practical Purposes
8.30 Sesame Street
9.30 Bump
9.35 Play School
10.00 For the Juniors
10.20 Take a Look
10.30 Zardip’s Search for Healthy Wellness
10.45 You Can Write Anything
11.00 Business Concepts
11.25 Science Cafe
11.30 Coming to a Factory Near You
12.00 World at Noon
12.30 The Makers
1.00 Open Learning: Out of Empire
1.30 Australian Environmental Studies
2.00 Parliament Question Time: House of Representatives
3.00 Sesame Street
3.55 Thomas the Tank Engine
4.00 Play School
4.30 Lift Off
5.00 Afternoon Show: Adventures of Tin Tin/Degrassi High
6.00 Dad’s Army
6.30 TVTV
7.00 ABC News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 Every Body (health)
8.30 Phoenix
9.20 Backchat (viewer feedback)
9.30 The Big Picture “The Look: Power of the Press” (part 3)
10.30 Lateline
11.05 Asian Soccer highlights
12.00 First of the Summer Wine
12.30 Australia TV News
1.00 Parliament Question Time: Senate
2.00 Movie “The Camels Are Coming”
3.15 Nice Work (British serial)
4.00 I Love Lucy
4.30 Doctor Who (repeat)
5.00 Destinos: Introduction to Spanish
5.30 French in Action
HSV7
6.00 Challenge of the Machine Men
6.30 Agro’s Cartoon Connection
9.00 The Book Place
9.30 Sons & Daughters
10.30 News
11.00 Eleven AM
12.00 Deceptions (part 1)
2.00 True Blue
3.00 Beverly Hillbillies
3.30 My Three Sons
4.00 Disney Adventures
4.30 Blockbusters
5.00 Family Feud
5.30 Wheel of Fortune
6.00 News
6.30 Real Life
7.00 Home & Away
7.30 Full House
8.00 Home Improvement
8.30 Full Frontal (series premiere)
9.30 The New Statesman
10.30 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard
11.30 Dark Justice
12.30 NBC Today
2.30 Movie “Cast a Giant Shadow”
4.55 Aboriginal Australia
5.00 Sleeping Beauty (performed by the Leningrad-Kirov ballet)
GTV9
6.00 Entertainment Tonight
6.30 ITN World News
7.00 Today
9.00 Here’s Humphrey
9.30 Ernie & Denise
10.30 News
11.00 What’s Cooking?
11.30 Entertainment Tonight
12.00 Ray Martin at Midday
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.30 Young and the Restless
3.30 Supermarket Sweep
4.00 The Flying Nun
4.30 New Adventures of Skippy
5.00 Who’s the Boss?
5.30 Happy Days
6.00 News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Getaway
8.30 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
9.30 Sex
10.30 Cheers
11.00 Nightline
11.30 Wings
12.00 Good Morning America Down Under
2.00 Turn 'Round Australia
2.30 Movie “The Corn is Green”
4.15 Movie “Assassin for Hire”
5.30 The Sullivans
ATV10
6.00 News
7.00 The Big Breakfast
8.30 Mulligrubs
9.00 Good Morning Australia
11.00 Sally Jessy Raphael
12.00 Santa Barbara
1.00 Bold and the Beautiful
1.30 Donahue
2.30 Oprah Winfrey
3.30 General Hospital
4.00 The Wonder Years
4.30 Totally Wild
5.00 News
6.00 Jeopardy!
6.30 Neighbours
7.00 Hinch
7.30 E Street
8.30 Northern Exposure
9.30 Hard Copy
10.30 News
11.00 Comedy Company
12.00 Studs
12.30 Movie “Body Rock”
2.15 Movie “Warpath”
4.00 Prisoner
5.00 New Animal World
5.30 Sledge Hammer!
SBS
3.45pm Novosti
4.15 TV Ed
4.45 English at Work
5.15 Little Missy (Brazil)
5.50 FYI
6.00 World Sports
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Dateline
7.30 Soccer: European Cup Winners’ Cup final (highlights from Wembley Stadium)
8.30 Connections “Punjabi Hip Hop” (UK; in English and Urdu)
9.30 Movie “Prenom Carmen” (Jean-Luc Godard’s contemporary interpretation of Carmen; France)
10.55 Eat Carpet
11.55 Movie “A Barge Called Reality” (France)
1.35 sign-off
Full Frontal would run for five years before making the ill-fated move to Ten in 1998.
Really?? Totally Full Frontal went for two years, it can’t have been that monumental a mistake?
I wouldn’t even rank this one in the top 100 of “mistakes”
It was already on the downhill spiral once Bana, Micallef, et. al., left.
