you did say it started in 1973 and other than Saturday 8 May, this is the only evidence it was in 1976 on the TV guide
What year are these listings from. Judging from World Championship Wrestling it wouldâve been mid to late 70s
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1976
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Todayâs TV: 27.5.1973, Sydney.
Source: TV Week
- National Nine News with Jim Waley followed by Disneyland.
- Australian drama series Boney on Seven with New Zealand actor James Laurenson playing a part-Aboriginal detective
- ABC has a Johnny Farnham special at 5.55pm followed by a new comedy series Taste For Blue Ribbons starring Sally Conabere (daughter of actor Syd Conabere and later the wife of John Waters) and Ron Graham
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Victoria, Wednesday 5 June 1968
from TV Week
ABC
10.10-10.35 Play School
12.45 English by Television âConnie and the Burglarsâ
1.00 News
1.05-1.10 This Week in Britain
3.20 The Flowerpot Men âGarden Forksâ
3.35 Play School
4.00 Adventure Island
4.30 Animal Parade
4.45 The Magic Boomerang âA Visit from Grandmaâ
5.10 Lens on Lilliput
5.20 Doctor Who âThe Underwater Menaceâ (pt 1)
5.50 Donna Reed âThe Boys in 309â
6.15 F Troop âFrom Karate with Loveâ
6.40 Bellbird
6.55 (Melbourne) This Week in Britain/(regionals) Regional News
7.00 News/Newsreel/Weather
7.30 This Day Tonight
8.00 Not in Front of the Children âThe Wordâ (A)
8.28 News in Brief
8.30 Wednesday Theatre Ballet âThe Best of the Bolshoiâ (pt 1, filmed during their US tour)
9.30 Survey
10.10 News/Weather
10.20 Esther Waters âLondon Prideâ (AO)
11.05 close
ATV0 Melbourne
10.00 Magic Circle Club
10.30 The Little People
10.55 Interlude
11.00 Morning Magazine
noon Yarra Glen races
5.00 Three Stooges
5.30 Blind Date
6.00 News/Sport/Weather
6.30 Gilliganâs Island
6.55 Waltons TV Windfall
7.00 Bewitched âTabathaâs Cranky Spellâ
7.30 Bonanza âMaestro Hossâ
8.30 Garrisonâs Gorillas âThe Big Lieâ
9.30 Starlight Theatre âThunder in the Sunâ
12.05 Late News
12.35 close
HSV7 Melbourne
9.55 Romper Room
10.25 Charity Corner
10.30 Morning Movie âFatherâs Dilemmaâ
11.50 Herald-Sun News
noon Get Smart
12.30 Motel
1.00 Casebook
1.30 Beauty & the Beast
2.30 People in Conflict
3.00 Marriage Confidential
3.30 Citizen James âSit Downâ
4.00 Mickey Mouse Club
4.30 Peterâs Fun Fair
5.00 Happy Club âYoung Entertainerâ
5.05 Wackiest Ship in the Army âLiberty was a Ladyâ
6.00 Green Acres âAn Old-Fashioned Christmasâ
6.30 News/Sports Report/Weather
7.00 Coles $6000 Question
7.30 Something Special: June Bronhill Show (guests Nancye Hayes, the Kuban Cossacks, and Ian Turpie)
8.30 Movie of the Week âTop Secret Affairâ
10.30 Late News
10.50 A Man Called Shenandoah âMuted Fifes, Muffled Drumsâ (A)
11.20 close
GTV9 Melbourne
6.30 Marvel Superheroes
7.00 Today
9.00 77 Sunset Strip âCollectorâs Itemâ (A)
10.00 Nature Walkabout
10.30 Playroom
11.00 Hereâs Humphrey
11.30 Many Loves of Dobie Gillis âThree Million Coins in the Fountainâ
noon Days of Our Lives
12.30 Channel 9 Theatre Matinee âThat Wonderful Urgeâ
2.00 Tommy Hanlon
2.30 Everybodyâs Talking
3.00 Divorce Court
3.30 The Unloved
4.00 Bugs Bunny
4.30 Superman
5.00 Phantaman
5.30 Addams Family âGomez the Cat Burglarâ
6.00 Bachelor Father âThe Rescue of Rufusâ
6.30 Television City News/Newsreel/Weather
7.00 Tommy Hanlon
7.30 Hunter âWar Hawksâ
8.27 VFL Computer Football Forecast
8.30 Ironside âMessage from Beyondâ (A)
9.30 In Melbourne Tonight (guests Liz Harris, Frankie Davidson, and the Wesley Three)
10.45 Television City News
11.15 Thriller âParasite Mansionâ (AO)
12.15 Epilogue (by Rev. Bruce Williams)
12.20 close
AMV4 Albury
12.30 Womenâs News
12.40 Relax with Roma
12.45 Marriage Game
1.05 Recipe of the Week
1.10 Knitting Competition
1.15 Movie Matinee âWithout Reservationâ
2.45 Cooking with Zelda
3.00 Painting & Home Decorating
3.10 Knitting Competition
3.15 Beauty & the Beast
4.00 Tommy Hanlon
4.25 Cohns Cobbers
4.30 Batfink
4.55 Cohns Cobbers Teleclub
5.05 Flintstones
5.30 Cohns Cobbers
5.35 MacKenzieâs Raiders
6.00 Andy Griffith
6.25 District News
6.30 News/Weather
7.00 Skippy
7.30 Bonanza âJoe Cartwright, Detectiveâ (A)
8.30 Wednesday Night Movie âKnock on Any Doorâ (A)
10.20 District News
10.30 Keep Fit with Debbie Drake
10.45 close
BTV6 Ballarat
11.30 Hereâs Humphrey
noon Beauty & the Beast
12.30 Everybodyâs Talking
1.00 Tommy Hanlon
1.25 Hilton Competition
1.30 Sewing Hints
1.35 How Does Your Garden Grow?
1.50 Beauty Box
2.00 People in Conflict
2.30 Movie Matinee âMargin for Errorâ
3.45 Focus on France
4.00 Cartoon Carnival
4.30 Flash Gordon âSky Jackersâ
5.00 BTV Juniors
5.30 Batman
6.00 Family Affair
6.30 BTV-HSV News
6.55 Western Victorian News
7.00 Get Smart âMaxwell Smart alias Jimmy Ballantineâ
7.30 Hunter (A)
8.30 Adult Theatre Club âThe Young Savagesâ (A)
10.15 Seven Days âItâs a Better Job Than Yours Mateâ
11.15 News/Weather
11.25 Epilogue/close
GMV6 Shepparton
noon Romper Room
12.25 Willeyâs Story Time
12.30 Everybodyâs Talking
1.00 Tommy Hanlon
1.30 Wednesday Afternoon Movie âBaghdadâ
3.00 Marriage Confidential
3.30 Marriage Game
4.00 Hereâs Humphrey
4.25 Mickey Mouse
4.50 GMV Juniors
5.20 Kit Carson
5.40 Cartoons
6.00 Marine Boy âFlim Flam of the High Seasâ
6.25 Local & District News
6.30 News/Weather
7.00 Skippy âTaraâ (pt 1)
7.30 Lucy Show âLucy Gets Mooney Firedâ
8.00 My Nameâs McGooley-Whatâs Yours?
8.30 Premier Theatre âForever and a Dayâ
10.30 News/Weather
11.10 Epilogue (Presbyterian)
11.15 close
BCV8 Bendigo
noon The Detectives âShort Way Homeâ (A)
12.25 Tommy Hanlon
12.55 News Headlines
1.00 Motel
1.25 Farmerâs Daughter âNey, Ney, A Thousand Times Neyâ
2.00 Cooking Better Electrically
2.15 Community Billboard
2.20 Movietime âIllegal Entryâ (A)
3.50 Hereâs Humphrey
4.15 Cartoon Carousel
4.35 Captain Scarlet
5.00 Addams Family âLurchâs Little Helperâ
5.25 Littlest Hobo âHonored Guestâ
5.50 News
5.55 McHaleâs Navy âDear Diaryâ
6.20 Local News
6.30 News/Weather
7.00 Mothers-in-Law âI Thought Heâd Never Leaveâ
7.30 Hunter (A)
8.25 Doctorâs House Call
8.30 Wednesday Theatre âThe Organiserâ (A)
10.45 The Detectives (A)
11.35 News/Weather
11.45 Epilogue
11.50 close
GLV10 Gippsland
noon Yarra Glen races
4.55 Ansett-ANA Junior Flying Club
5.00 Mickey Mouse Club
5.25 Magic Moments in Sport
5.30 Phantom Agents
6.00 The Second Hundred Years âRight of Wayâ
6.25 Gippsland News
6.30 National News
7.00 Dick Van Dyke
7.30 Hunter (A)
8.30 The Fugitive âPassage to Helenaâ (A)
9.25 Gippsland News
9.30 In Melbourne Tonight
10.45 News
11.15 Epilogue
11.20 close
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Was always surprised that not more regional channels in Victoria carried IMT. GLV10 seems to have been the only one to carry it for any length of time.
I wonder if it was an exercise show. An workout 15 minutes before bed/closeâŚyouâd be buggered, no doubt about it! 
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YouTube: tvdays
Wouldnât this be better as the first program of the day, instead of the last?
AlsoâŚIâm going to hell for saying thisâŚbut to hell with itâŚ
I wonder if this had any effect on certain kinds of randy people before they went to bedâŚ
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Some rather unusual regional timeslots for Sale Of The Century - 11.30am on NBN and 3.30pm on WIN! Presumably forced to air the gameshow earlier in the day due to drama quota regulations and/or because Nine wanted Paradise Beach on at 5.30pm?
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Itâs unclear why WIN and/or NBN couldnât have aired Sale Of The Century at 5.00pm. Not sure why ancient re-runs of Happy Days got preference!
And for fans of Tim Bailey, heâs hosting The Big Breakfast on Ten at 7am!
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I noticed on the 9 and 10 listings that for a regional variation some listings say WR. Iâm guessing Western Region?
Thereâs some typically classy programming on Sally Jesse Raphael and Donahue!
That WR listing is puzzling; I donât remember seeing it in the 90s, only the NBN and WIN opt outs. I notice that NBNâs Today Extra isnât there. I always wanted NBN as a kid because they stuck with Romper Room a lot longer and it was a treat to watch it up at Coffs 
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Donahue was really good before the likes of Sally Jesse and Springer came along and he had to start to compete with their outlandish subject matter. He covered a lot of worthy topics and interviewed all the big stars. I watched a good interview he conducted with Bette Davis in 1987 on You Tube a few months ago after having watched the Feud mini series.
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âThis Morningâ at 10.30am is an NBN programing variant on that listing, maybe the program was rebranded as or replaced by âToday Extraâ at some point?
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Iâm a little surprised that 7 even bothered to show the SA vs WA AFL Origin match at all, let alone at 11:45 (SA won easily and won the whole carnival beating Victoria 3 days later). In those days night matches were rarely shown or were shown on next day delay in that part of Australia.
Todayâs TV: 4.6.2011, Melbourne (and regional variations)
Source: The Age Green Guide
A bit more recent than some of my usuals but how much more interesting are Saturday nights even just 7 years ago? Doctor Who, Iron Chef, Rockwiz, Funniest Home Videos (if youâre into that sort of thing)⌠or if youâre into reality shows, So You Think You Can Dance and The Biggest Loser US on Eleven
We might have more channels now but I donât know if weâre now any better off
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7 years ago Saturday arvo afl games were delayed by 1 hour on Ten in Victoria. I cannot remember whether they had delayed or live coverage of the Saturday arvo games on Ten in SA/WA.
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Todayâs TV: 5.6.1976, Melbourne
Source: TV Week
- Daryl Somers hosting Hey Hey Itâs Saturday in the morning and Bandstand in the evening.
- Jacki MacDonald hosting Happy Go Round from Brisbane in the afternoon
- Seven National News includes the Saturday night football panel, followed by The Big Replay at 7.00pm
- Young Talent Time presents its 5th birthday show (though technically its birthday was in April)
- Penthouse Club featured draw 199 of Tattslotto plus live crosses to the trots at the showgrounds
- Tommy Hanlon Jnr hosts the Pot Oâ Gold Grand Final in a prime time special â âmost unusual variety of talentâ â and I hope people remembered to check their Pot Oâ Gold bingo cards from that weekâs New Idea
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