The Simpsons of the 70s? 
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Didnât Backchat also have viewer feedback about the ABC too? I remember SBS also had time where they read viewer feedback letters, transcripts from phone calls, faxes and later emails.
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Most news outlets on 9/11 was running their late night bulletins when the news broke in Australia.
What was the TV guide for Wednesday, September 12, 2001 with all networks running coverage of the attacks during the day and abandoning their scheduled programming
Petitioning Channel 0 to get the rights to Happy Days and run it in the 6pm slot - Change.org
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Backchat was purely for viewers to write in with their feedback about ABC programs. It dated back to around the late 1980s but I guess that its timeslot varied and may have been used to fill the 15 minute gap left by Media Watch
SBS had Hotline for its viewer feedback
Published listings would have been as normal as coverage was coming and going on an ad hoc basis and nobody would have known in advance
Channel 10 did do that in the late 90s 
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10:00 Wheel of Fortune on Channel 7. I thought that this episode was on repeat.
The Oblongs didnât last long lol. Plenty of outrage over that one.
Iâm guessing cricket pushed National Nine News to 6:30pm.
Ten Late News on a Saturday night those were the days.
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1 episode aired before it got the axe from memory? and then it appeared late evenings / early mornings some time after, that was back in the day that Nine tried to air everything it got out of that output deal even if it didnât match their demosâŚ
The other thing that sticks out was Ten still producing Late News / ST even at a 11:30pm air time⌠I remember especially on Saturday nights it would often air at 12:30am or even late due to movie run times. Unthinkable these days.
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A quick search finds that the Optus Pay TV channel âOh!â aired Meet The Oblongs (which I presume is the same show as this) months before Nine did. Also that both The Oblongs and Nikki were pulled from Nineâs programming schedule in favour of Airline and Maneaters: Sharks respectively for 15/12/2001.
The Oblongs mustâve been a pretty bad show for it to be pulled from Nine after only one episode during the non-ratings period! 
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Melbourne TV Guide 31st October 2001.
6:00 Lifelong
Learning [G] French In Action
6:30 Lifelong
Learning [G] Writers On Writing
6:55 Mixy [G] Includes: Teletubbies. ÂŽ
7:25 Sali Mali [G]
7:30 Bear In The Big
Blue House [G]
8:00 Tiny Planets
[G]
8:05 Bill And Ben The
Flowerpot Men
[G]
8:15 The Tales Of The
Little Grey
Rabbit [G]
8:30 Sesame Street
[G]
9:25 Bananas In
Pyjamas [G]
9:30 Play School [G]
10:00 Schoolâs
Programs [G] Include: For The Juniors. ÂŽ
10:15 Number Crew [G]
10:45 Brazil 2000 [G]
11:05 Behind The News
[CC]
11:30 Waterworks [G]
12:00 World At Noon
[CC]
12:30 Something In The
Air [G,CC]
1:00 National Press
Club Address John Anderson, Deputy Prime Minister
2:00 G.P [PG,CC]
3:00 Tweenies [G]
3:20 Plonsters [G]
3:25 Maisy [G]
3:30 Play School [G]
4:00 Bananas In
Pyjamas [G]
4:05 Preston Pig [G]
4:15 Sheeep [G]
4:25 Pingu [G]
4:30 Madeline [G]
4:55 The Trap Door
[G]
5:00 CatDog [G]
5:25 Fly Tales [G]
5:30 The Mystery Of
Black Rose
Castle [G]
5:55 Freaky Stories
[G]
6:00 Something In The
Air [CC]
6:30 People
Dimensions
[G,CC]
7:00 News [CC]
7:30 Federal Election
2001 [CC] ALP Policy Launch
8:00 The 7.30 Report
[CC] With Kerry OâBrien.
8:30 Federal Election
2001 [CC] Australian Greens Talk
8:35 Bad Behaviour
[Mla,CC]
9:30 Foreign
Correspondent
[CC]
10:30 Lateline [CC]
11:00 Stranger Than
Fiction [G,CC]
12:30 George VI: The
Reluctant King
[G,CC]
1:25 Movie: Pot Luck
[PG]
2:35 Movie: Ferry To
Hong Kong [PG]
4:30 Lifelong
Learning [G,CC] Australian Studies: Images Of Australia
5:00 Lifelong
Learning [G,CC] Out Of Empire
5:30 Lifelong
Learning [G] Destinos: An Introduction To Spanish
6:00 Sunrise News
[CC] Presented by Georgie Gardiner and Mark Beretta.
8:30 The Book Place
[P] .
9:00 A Country
Practice [G]
10:00 Concentration
[G]
10:30 News [CC]
11:00 Ricki Lake [PG]
12:00 Movie: Born
Yesterday
[PG,CC]
2:00 Where The Heart
Is [PG] Getting Better - Drama series.
3:10 Passions [PG]
4:00 The Big Arvo
[C]
4:30 Home And Away -
The Early Years
[G,CC]
5:00 Home Improvement
[G]
5:30 Wheel Of Fortune
[G] Hosted by Rob Elliott and Sophie Falkiner.
6:00 News [CC]
6:30 Today Tonight
[CC] Presented by Naomi Robson.
7:00 Home And Away
[G,CC]
7:30 Ground Force -
How Does Your
Garden Grow II
[G,CC]
8:28 Wednesday Lotto
[G,CC] Draw No. 92. Hosted by James Sherry.
8:30 Blue Heelers
[M,CC]
9:30 Providence
[PG,CC]
10:30 Once And Again
[PG,CC]
11:30 News [CC]
12:00 Wasteland [PG]
1:00 NBC Today
[G,CC] With Katherine Couric and Matt Lauer.
3:00 Victor Paul Home
Shopping [G]
4:00 Telemall
Shopping
5:10 USA High [G]
5:35 Sweet Valley
High [G]
6:00 Early News [CC]
7:00 Today [CC]
9:00 Hi-5 [P]
9:30 Cushion Kids
[G]
9:35 Barney And
Friends [G]
10:00 Pacific Drive
[PG]
10:30 Fresh [G]
11:00 News [CC]
11:30 Entertainment
Tonight [PG]
12:00 Days Of Our
Lives [PG]
1:00 The Young And
The Restless
[PG]
2:00 The Pretender
[PG]
3:00 Hardcastle &
McCormick [G]
4:00 Y? [C]
4:30 Courage The
Cowardly Dog
[G]
5:00 Family Ties [G]
5:30 Burgoâs Catch
Phrase [G]
6:00 News [CC]
6:30 A Current Affair
[CC]
7:00 Sale Of The
Century [G,CC]
7:29 Keno [G,CC]
7:30 McLeodâs
Daughters
[PG,CC]
8:30 Survivor III:
Africa [PG,CC]
9:30 Stingers [M,CC]
10:30 Nightline [CC]
11:00 Roswell [PG]
12:00 Viper [PG]
12:55 Late Show With
David Letterman
[PG]
1:55 The Ananda Lewis
Show [PG]
2:45 Invasion America
[PG]
3:15 Victor Paul Home
Shopping [G]
4:15 Turn 'Round
Australia [G]
4:45 Nine Lives [G]
5:00 Paradise Beach
[G]
5:30 Entertainment
Tonight [PG]
6:00 Aerobics Oz
Style [G]
6:30 Cheez TV [G]
8:30 In The Box [P]
9:00 Good Morning
Australia With
Bert Newton
[PG]
11:00 Hueyâs Cooking
Adventures [G]
11:30 News
12:00 Jerry Springer
[M a]
1:00 Judge Judy [G]
1:30 Beauty And The
Beast [PG]
2:30 The Oprah
Winfrey Show
[PG]
3:30 Neighbours [G]
4:00 Totally Wild
[C]
4:30 The Bold And The
Beautiful [G]
5:00 News [CC]
6:00 The Simpsons
[G,CC]
6:30 Neighbours
[G,CC]
7:00 Seinfeld [G,CC]
7:30 The Simpsons
[PG,CC]
8:30 Mysterious Ways
[PG,CC]
9:30 The Panel
[Mal,CC]
10:45 News [CC]
11:15 Sports Tonight
[CC]
11:45 Talking Point
[PG]
12:45 Falcone [M]
1:45 Video Hits [G]
2:00 Suzanne Paul
Home Shopping
[G]
3:00 Victor Paul Home
Shopping [G]
4:00 Life In The Word
[G]
4:30 Kenneth Copeland
[G]
5:00 Marilyn Hickey
[G]
5:30 This Is Your Day
With Benny Hinn
[G]
6:00 WorldWatch
6:25 Mandarin News
6:55 Telegiornale
7:30 Das Journal
8:00 Ta Nea Ton
Ennea
9:00 Le Journal
9:30 Sevodnia
10:10 Telediario
11:00 Siaran Berita
11:30 The Journal
12:00 Business Report
12:30 Movie: The
Murderess [M a]
2:05 WeatherWatch &
Music
3:00 TV Ed
3:30 Global Village
[G]
4:30 World Sport
5:00 Newshour With
Jim Lehrer Current affairs.
6:00 Global Village
[G,CC]
6:30 World News [CC] With Stan Grant.
7:00 World Sport
[CC]
7:30 Street Cafe
[G,CC]
8:00 The Movie Show
[CC]
8:30 Dateline Hosted by Jana Wendt.
9:30 World News
Tonight [CC] With Anton Enus.
10:00 Movie: The
School Of Flesh
[MAsa]
11:45 Movie: Fallen
Angels [MA vsl]
1:20 In Search Of
Palestine Edward Said
2:15 Turning Points
3:15 Wildfish
3:45 Tales From A
Suitcase
4:15 A Fork In The
Road
4:45 WeatherWatch &
Music
5:30 Japanese News
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Must be talking about Ten execs when they see Tenâs ratings these days
Whatâs the name of the website where you took that screenshot?
http://www. sofcom .com.au/tv via archive.org
ie https://web.archive.org/web/20011215102601/sofcom.com.au/tv/static/SydneyNight.html
sofcom became ebroadcast which is still around.
Probably not a bad show just wrong network, wrong timeslot and wrong audience. Wouldâve worked on Ten.
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Thank you very much!
Melbourne TV listings: Sunday, January 12, 1997
from The Age
2 ABV ABC
6.00 Rage (simulcast on Triple J)
8.30 The Real Story ofâŚ
9.00 Ghostwriter
9.30 Blinky Bill
10.00 Goggle Eyes
10.25 Banger and Math
10.30 Gardening Australia
11.00 Songs of Praise
11.35 Right Against Poverty
12.00 The Best of Landline
1.00 Between the Lines
1.30 A Distant View
2.00 The Terezin Concert
3.05 Berlioz: Te Deum Philharmonic Orchestra
4.00 Looking for Robinson
4.50 The Great Picture Trail
5.00 The Golden Age of the Piano
6.00 The House of Eliott
6.53 Consuming Passions âDances of the Seaâ
7.00 ABC News
7.30 Middlemarch
8.25 ABC News
8.30 Sunday Stereo Special âGiselleâ
10.10 Radharc in Europe
10.50 Embassy âFalling Coconutsâ
11.40 Movie âAll Night Longâ
1.10 Movie âThe Dark Manâ
2.25 Movie âBehind the Headlinesâ
3.30 Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
4.00 Time to Grow
4.30 French in Action
5.00 Growing Awareness
5.30 Against All Odds
7 HSV Seven Network
6.00 Reach for a Rainbow
6.30 Lamb Chopâs Play-Along
7.00 ZooLife with Jack Hanna
7.30 A*mazing
8.00 Sunday Sunrise
8.30 Face to Face (season premiere)
9.00 Movie âTut and Tuttleâ
11.00 Movie âRio Ritaâ
1.00 Oz Tennis: Celebrity Day (from Melbourne Park)
3.00 Movie âRoad to Utopiaâ
5.00 Lonely Planet âEast Africa: Tanzania and Zanzibarâ
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 The World Around Us âBaboons: Too Close for Comfortâ
7.30 Home Improvement âBlow Upâ
8.00 The Mummies âThe Mother of All In-Lawsâ
8.30 Movie âPacific Heightsâ
10.40 1997 Pre-World Championships Open Water Swimming Event
11.40 Late Movie âLies Before Kissesâ
1.35 Telemall Shopping
2.35 NBC Today
3.35 NBC Meet the Press
4.35 Late Movie âHappy Anniversaryâ
9 GTV Nine Network
6.00 Turn 'Round Australia
6.30 CTA: Challenges
7.00 Wonder World!
7.30 The Adventures of Skippy
8.00 Boston Pops Celebrity Series
9.00 1996 Nobel Awards
10.00 The Shark Files âQuest for the Basking Sharkâ
11.00 Movie âThe Desert Songâ
1.20 Cricket: Australia v. West Indies
5.00 National Nine News
5.30 Cricket: Australia v. West Indies (continued)
9.00 Movie âThe Prince of Tidesâ
11.40 Barbra Streisand: Mirror Has Two Faces
12.10 Wings âIf Elected, I Will Not Liveâ
12.40 Cricket: Australia v. West Indies (highlights)
1.40 Late Movie âSchool Dazeâ
4.05 Dear John âI Had a Secret Loveâ
4.35 Court TV: Inside Americaâs Court
5.05 Mark Walberg
10 ATV Network Ten
6.00 Mass for You at Home
6.30 Swordfish
7.00 Deepwater Haven
7.30 Totally Wild
8.00 Highway to Heaven
9.00 Video Hits
11.00 NRG
11.30 Ten Pin Bowling: Coca-Cola Classic
12.00 NBA Inside Stuff
12.30 Inside Sport
1.00 Indoor Cricket
2.00 Motor Racing: AUSCAR
3.00 St. George Triathlon (menâs round one)
5.00 Ten News
5.30 Wonderful World of Disney âThe Three Lives of Thomasinaâ (part 1)
6.30/7.00 The Nanny
7.30/8.00 The Simpsons
8.30 Movie âThe Big Chillâ
10.40 Ten News
11.10 Sports Tonight
11.40 Malibu Shores âHot Lineâ
12.40 Movie âDiary of a High School Brideâ
2.00 Telemall Shopping
4.00 Life in the Word
4.30 Kenneth Copeland
5.00 Sally Jessy Raphael
28 SBS
7.30 Ukrainian News
8.00 Arabic News
8.55 Oto Polska
9.30 Apo Tin Ellada
10.00 Italian News
10.30 Italian Soccer
11.30 On the Ball
12.30 Movie âHeidiâ (Switzerland)
2.10 Great Arias
2.30 South (UK)
3.30 The Footsteps of Champagne Charlie
4.00 Australian Biography
4.30 Speed Week
5.30 African Portraits
6.00 Glenroe (Ireland)
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Tales from a Suitcase
7.30 Our Century â1918-28: The Years of Jazzâ
8.30 Colours of Infinity (UK)
9.30 Movie âMr. Indiaâ (India)
12.10 Voices of Rap (with Jazzie B)
1.05 close
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Coffs Harbour TV Guide
Thursday 21 August 1975
ABDN2
8.00 Sesame Street
9.30 Play School
1.00 ABC News
1.10 Movie: Two Weekâs In Another Town
2.55 Doctor Doolittle
3.15 Flower Pot Men
3.30 Play School
4.00 Sesame Street
5.00 Adventure Island
5.25 Itâs A Happening World
5.35 The Forest Rangers
6.00 Target
6.30 GTK
6.40 Bellbird
6.55 Grafton/Kempsey News
7.00 ABC News
7.25 Weather
7.30 This Day Tonight
8.00 Comedy Playhouse
8.30 News In Brief and Weather
8.35 Iâm Here Darlings
9:55 Perspective
10.25 State of the Nation
10:55 ABC News and Weather
11.05 1975 Admiralâs Cup Challenge
12.05 Close
NRN11
12.00 Test Pattern and Music
1.00 Days of our Lives
1.25 Social Calendar
1.30 Celebrity Squares
1.55 The Mike Walsh Show
3.15 High Rollers
3.45 Astro Boy
4.05 Lassieâs Rescue Rangers
4.30 Birthday Calls
4.40 Daktari
5.35 The Brady Bunch
6.00 Eyewitness News
6.30 North Coast News
6.35 Hoganâs Heroes
7.00 A Current Affair
7.30 People and Places
7.35 Boney
8.30 Policewoman
9.20 Number 96
10.15 The Box
11.05 Close
Source: Coffs Harbour Advocate 21/08/1975
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Sydney TV listings: Thursday, June 9, 2005
from citysearch.com.au
2 ABN ABC
6.00 Eugenie Sandler PI
6.25 Active Kidz
6.35 Tutenstein
7.00 Cyberchase
7.20 Old Tom
7.35 Henryâs World
8.00 The Save-Ums
8.10 Ebb and Flo
8.15 Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men
8.25 Binka the Cat
8.30 Sesame Street
9.00 Bob the Builder
9.10 Elmoâs World
9.25 Bananas in Pyjamas
9.30 Play School
10.00 For the Juniors
10.15 Our Animals
10.20 Being Me
10.40 Scientific Eye: Materials and Their Properties
11.00 Designers
11.15 Food for Thought
11.30 Spain Inside Out
12.00 Midday Report
12.30 Something in the Air
1.00 Born and Bred
2.00 The Bill
3.00 Bananas in Pyjamas
3.05 Bear in the Big Blue House
3.30 Play School
4.00 Arthur
4.25 Little Lulu
4.30 Horrible Histories
4.55 Roller Coasters
5.00 The Worst Witch
5.25 Pigeon Boy
5.45 Flatmania
6.05 Doctor Who âNightmare of Edenâ
6.30 Collectors
7.00 ABC News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 Catalyst âSpace Odysseyâ
8.30 Monarchy
9.30 Cecil B: De Mille: American Epic (pt 1)
10.30 Lateline
11.05 Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood
12.00 Movie âNothing But the Nightâ
1.30 Movie âThe Monsterâ
3.00 Movie âVampire Circusâ
4.30 Movie âOh, Mr. Porter!â
7 ATN Seven Network
6.00 Sunrise
9.00 Bambaloo
9.30 Passions
10.30 Seven Morning News
11.00 Life with Bonnie
11.30 Quintuplets
12.00 Movie âWiseguyâ
2.00 Blue Heelers
3.00 The Body Specialists
3.30 Who Dares Wins
4.00 Go Go Stop
4.30 Seven News at 4.30
5.00 MAS*H
5.30 Deal or No Deal
6.00 Seven News
6.30 Today Tonight
7.00 Home and Away
7.30 Las Vegas
8.30 Lost
9.30 The Amazing Race
10.30 Stargate Atlantis
11.30 Last Man Standing
12.30 Rob Nelson
1.30 The Village
2.00 Guthy-Renker Australia
3.00 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
3.30 USA High
4.00 NBC Today
9 TCN Nine Network
6.00 National Nine Early News
7.00 Today
9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne
11.00 National Nine Morning News
11.30 Fresh
12.00 Dr. Phil
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Young and the Restless
3.00 Entertainment Tonight
3.30 Hi-5
4.00 Hot Source
4.30 National Nine News
5.00 Frasier
5.30 The Price is Right
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Temptation
7.30 Getaway
8.35 ER
9.35 The Footy Show [NRL]
11.05 Nightline
11.35 The Footy Show [AFL]
1.30 Late Show with David Letterman
2.30 Trigger Happy TV
3.00 Guthy-Renker Australia
4.00 Entertainment Tonight
4.30 Good Morning America
10 TEN Network Ten
6.00 Totally Wild
6.30 Aerobics Oz Style
7.00 Cheez TV
8.30 In the Box
9.00 GMA with Bert Newton
11.00 Hueyâs Cooking Adventures
11.30 Ten News
12.00 The Nanny
12.30 Seinfeld
1.00 Ready Steady Cook
2.00 Oprah Winfrey
3.00 Hueyâs Cooking Adventures
3.30 Judge Judy
4.00 Totally Wild
4.30 Bold and the Beautiful
5.00 Ten News
6.00 The Simpsons
6.30 Neighbours
7.00 Big Brother
7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
8.30 Law & Order: SVU
9.30 Medical Investigation
10.30 Ten News
11.00 Sports Tonight
11.30 Big Brother Up-Late
1.30 Bread
1.55 Video Hits Up-Late
2.00 Home Shopping
4.00 Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer
4.30 Kenneth Copeland
5.00 Life Today with James Robison
5.30 This is Your Day with Benny Hinn
28 SBS
6.00 Cantonese News
6.50 Filipino News
7.25 Italian News
8.00 Das Journal
8.30 Spanish News
9.20 Le Journal
9.55 Russian News
10.30 Greek News
11.30 Arabic News
12.05 Indonesian News
12.30 Nightly Business Report
1.00 Dateline (repeat from the night before)
2.00 The Jesus Factor (PBS documentary)
3.00 Subsonics (experimental music)
3.30 School Torque
4.00 Toyota World Sport
4.30 The Journal
5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6.00 Global Village âBirdâs Nest Bonanzaâ
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Toyota World Sport
7.30 Bronski & Bernstein (Germany)
8.20 Hotline
8.30 Storyline Australia âIrak, My Countryâ
9.30 SBS World News Tonight
10.00 Happy Tree Friends and Friends
10.30 Movie âFlashback: Murderous Vacationâ (Germany)
12.10/12.40 John Safranâs Music Jamboree (pts 8 and 9)
1.10 temporary close
4.00 Weatherwatch and Music
4.30 Soccer: Australia v. New Zealand (friendly match)
Descriptions for ABC and SBS programs were taken from the networkâs sites:
http://web.archive.org/web/20051215130119/http://abc.net.au:80/tv/guide/netw/200506/20050609.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20070718204638/http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=09:06:2005
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