Random time, But that would be an example of one of the shows WWF would primarily send out to international markets as a recap show though I think Superstars might still have been airing on cable in the U.S. at that point.
Always thought that if say 9 or 10 is showing a hr recap of a wrestling show that they would get to show a PPV on delay after a certain time. I guess either Optus or foxtel had the rights to the events.
Before PPV became a thing here didnât they used to show them on FTA on a several month delay?
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Looks like Ten did show PPV events including the very first Wrestlemania for a few years in the 80s.
Nothing after that from what iâve seen
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Thatâs not too bad but the best place to watch such stuff from that era at the time was foxtel or Optus.
Is the Prime Local News listed at 6pm a mistake (for a Saturday)?
Prime used to have their own composite bulletin on weekends in Northern NSW until it was axed in February 2001.
Hereâs an example from 1998.
Credit: BraydsTwo
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Didnât know that happened - but makes a lot of sense given NBN were 7 nights a week.
The version of The Mission for the coming up in sports sounds weird - almost like a MIDI rendition of it.
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Melbourne TV: Sunday 17 March 1974
from The Age
ATV0
10.00 test pattern/music
10.30 Walk a Young World
11.30 Mass for You at Home
12.00 Variety Italian Style
1.00 Racing Review
1.45 Movie âIncident in an Alleyâ
2.55 Movie âMy Wild Irish Roseâ
4.30 Daniel Boone
5.30 News
6.00 Animal Kingdom
6.30 The Waltons
7.30 Willesee Show (current affairs)
8.30 Movie âThe Green Beretsâ
11.15 Movie âGoinâ to Townâ
12.35 sign-off
ABV2
10.50 test pattern/music
11.00 Divine Service (from Brisbane)
12.00 The Farming Game
12.30 Science Report
12.45 Sow What
1.00 Four Corners (repeat)
1.45 Movie âEscort Westâ
3.00 Australian Softball Championships (live from Hakoah Soccer Ground)
5.05 The World About Us
5.50 In a Good Cause
5.55 Why it is So
6.05 The Challenging Sea
6.30 You Asked for It
7.00 News (and Weekend Magazine)
7.30 Address to the Nation (message from the Leader of the Opposition)
7.40 Castaway
8.05 Bless This House
8.30 News in Brief/Weather
8.35 Marion
9.30 Challenge
10.20 News
10.30 For the Love of Ada
10.55 sign-off
HSV7
9.00 test pattern/music
9.15 It is Written
9.45 Sunday Magazine
10.00 World of Sport Replay
12.00 World of Sport
2.00 Motor Racing (from Calder Raceway)
5.00 The Young Rebels
6.00 News
6.30 Disneyland âJohnny Shilohâ (part 2)
7.30 Doctor in Charge
8.00 Dick Emery
8.30 Movie âIce Station Zebraâ
11.15 This Week
12.15 Insight
followed by sign-off at 12.45
GTV9
8.00 testcard/music
8.30 Focus on the Stars
10.00 Religious Feature âBrothers in the Darkâ
10.30 Speedway (from Brisbane)
11.30 Five-a-Side Soccer (from Melbourne)
12.00 World Championship Wrestling
1.00 Movie âThe Devilâs Cavalierâ
2.30 Point of View
2.40 Movie âFast and Sexyâ
4.30 Skippy
5.00 Wagon Train
6.00 News (and Magazine)
6.30 New Faces
7.30 Carol Burnett
8.30 Movie âTorn Curtainâ
10.40 News
10.45 Address to the Nation (as ABV2, 7.30pm)
10.55 Towards the Year 2000 (mass transit)
11.25 Wonderful World of Golf
12.25 Epilogue/sign-off
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IIRC, Channel Ten in December of 1998 aired that yearâs Survivor Series to promote WWF Superstars being moved from 12 AM Fridays to Saturday nights during the non ratings summer period.
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Todayâs TV: 17 March 2006, Perth
Source: The West Australian
I looked on the TV Guide and noticed that Perth had 2x Nine News. I wondered who read the 3pm during the Games? Because I noticed that Dixie Marshall read the News at 6pm. I noticed in WIN territory, that they skipped the 3pm news and instead had Neighbours. They didnât have the 6pm news and instead had a very late news at 11pm (via Ten Late News).
In WA, they had the NRL at a very late time at midnight (via WIN) and 1am (via Nine). I assume in NSW/QLD that they had the NRL at 7:30pm and hence they missed out a few hours of Games coverage.
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Which was normal for WA. WIN being bigger supporters of RL had a habit of running it around 11.30/12.00 where they could instead of the later timeslots STW would give it.
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Thatâs a weak ABC Kids lineup in the afternoon.
At that time the afternoon airing of Sesame Street was reduced to 30 minutes.
I forgot Roseanne once had her town talk show.
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23 March 1997, Sydney
Source:SMH
I assume NBN choosing a different shorter movie so they can air the delayed ARL game slightly earlier.
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Yes, so they can rejoin the Nine feed at 12.40am⌠1 hr 55 mins is a good length for a full match replay.
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