Quite a chockful lineup of sport on WIN WA as a dual affiliate - US Open Tennis, NRL Finals Footy, Italian Formula 1 GP, and Netball. The Netball was broadcasted on an extensive delayed telecast in REgional WA.
Even on SBS, they showed highlights of a World Cup Qualifier with European nations (Italy and Bulgaria)
By the time Nine axed it in April 2013 they were 16 months behind. I used to flip through the American soap mags in my next door neighbour’s newsagency in the 1990s and read the spoilers. It would’ve been impossible to avoid spoilers by 2013 when the internet had well and truly become part of our lives and younger fans would’ve been discussing the show in forums.
It seems now that on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, Family Guy is at 12 and American Dad at 12:30pm. None on Monday due to Family Guy/American Dad not airing on Sunday and not on Thursday due to the new episodes airing on 7mate the night before.
Channel 7 Perth didn’t air the Today Tonight due to a Live AFL Finals Series match between West Coast Eagles and Collingwood. This match was very notable - Scores were tied at the end of full-time. Therefore, 2 five-minute periods of extra time were played to determine the winner. In my memory, the match finsihed at 9:45PM (Perth Time) where the Pies booked themselves into the preliminary final.
And was replaced with The Simpsons. Just like many other shows. Ten kept trying to replace Simpsons at 6 but the shows they replaced it with failed and back to Simpsons very quickly.