# General TV History **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137 "2015-12-28T06:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 297
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6117 "2019-06-16T14:37:23Z")
> [@BrekkyTVFan](#): > > \*When NBC Today extended to 3 hours in 2000, did Seven show all three hours? I think that’s the point I stopped watching regularly because Seven was cutting the show to bits to fit three hours of it into a two hour slot. Interviews and reports would be promoted and you’d wait to see them but they never appeared because we were getting a heavily edited version of the show. It used to piss me off. For many years the show aired dead on 12 midnight so when it was EST in Australia we were viewing it at the same time as west coast USA Pacific Daylight Time and in the Australian summer months we were getting it before west coast USA. There was a brief period, around 1990, when it was airing around 11.30pm. It was quite a novelty when it first aired and gained a dedicated following amongst insomniacs and students who were up at that time studying. Within weeks of the gamble to schedule US overnight news on ATN 7 in 1985 proving successful, HSV 7 was following suit and taking _News Overnight_, also ![26%20AM](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/c/3c253d5c5deebec33724f14512b37d2591f442e8.png) ![42%20AM](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/3/23cc40e98ddc18632305ad45bd244d5c76a57042.png) ---
**Author:** ![Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aurora/32/249208_2.png) [@Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Aurora)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6118 "2019-06-16T23:22:16Z")
Maybe begs the question, why edit to 2 hours if they had nothing special after it? ---
**Author:** ![Vidiot](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/vidiot/32/459050_2.png) [@Vidiot](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Vidiot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6119 "2019-06-17T02:03:25Z")
> [@Aurora](#): > > why edit to 2 hours if they had nothing special after it? And even now Seven wrecks Today by cutting out bits that have been promoted going into ad breaks. They almost always remove Al Roker’s weather segments even on days when there have been major events like tornadoes and flooding. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6120 "2019-06-17T02:46:44Z")
> [@Aurora](#): > > Maybe begs the question, why edit to 2 hours if they had nothing special after it Gotta make room for the infomercials 💰💰💰 ---
**Author:** ![SouthCoastTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/southcoasttv/32/520556_2.png) [@SouthCoastTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SouthCoastTV)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6121 "2019-06-17T04:05:09Z")
> [@theduytv](#): > > **Ahh shit** , why Nine Seven Ten don’t play the PRG from Sydney then transmit to other cities, #myfriends It’s not nice to swear my friend, especially if it’s just over network PRGs. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![theduytv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/theduytv/32/334258_2.png) [@theduytv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/theduytv)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6122 "2019-06-17T06:42:26Z")
… sorry #myfriend ---
**Author:** ![Techster](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Techster](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Techster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6123 "2019-06-17T07:59:33Z")
> [@BJT2](#): > > What year was that? > > I just remember coming home from school and finding my brother watching it. 1992-1994 if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6124 "2019-06-17T08:11:13Z")
I didn’t think it lasted that long though. They could have been showing repeats in 1994. ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6125 "2019-06-17T08:53:32Z")
Hosted by the late Ian Turpie with Tania Zaetta as his assistant. Ran from 10 February 1992 to 4 February 1994 (close to 2 years). ---
**Author:** ![Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aurora/32/249208_2.png) [@Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Aurora)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6126 "2019-06-17T09:26:30Z")
The schedule posted above had I think a documentary airing after it at 2.35am. ---
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6127 "2019-06-17T09:33:11Z")
That schedule was from 1990. When _Today_ extended to three hours in 2000 the infomercials had become an entrenched part of the early morning schedule. Seven was probably contractually obliged to run them. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6128 "2019-06-17T09:50:05Z")
Does anyone remember how Seven covered the 2002 Commonwealth Games (the last time they televised the event prior to last year)? All I can remember is Mark Beretta hosting. ---
**Author:** ![Si-Co](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/si-co/32/498846_2.png) [@Si-Co](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Si-Co)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6129 "2019-06-17T09:59:02Z")
> [@theduytv](#): > > Ahh shit, why Nine Seven Ten don’t play the PRG from Sydney then transmit to other cities, #myfriends > > (As of 2018, Nine Seven Ten’s PRG were played out from each metro stations) If I understand you correctly, each market’s PRGs are inserted separately (due to potential variations in the schedules, I assume). If an affiliate is taking a dirty feed, they will get the PRGs from their relevant metro station. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6131 "2019-06-17T10:49:20Z")
> [@Aurora](#): > > The schedule posted above had I think a documentary airing after it at 2.35am OK. I was probably being a bit facetious and didn’t look at the guide 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sifon/32/65_2.png) [@Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sifon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6132 "2019-06-17T13:23:56Z")
> [@Avatar5991](#): > > Does anyone remember how Seven covered the 2002 Commonwealth Games (the last time they televised the event prior to last year)? I remember the promo [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2-l3SralqFE/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven Network 2002 Commonwealth Games Ident - July 2002") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-l3SralqFE) And I remember during the opening competition day, Seven in Sydney went completely dead for a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![TV-QLD](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv-qld/32/247015_2.png) [@TV-QLD](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-QLD)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6133 "2019-06-18T02:08:08Z")
NTD8 Territory Television’s station close from the 80s/90s. It also has the test pattern. https://streamable.com/t/t27cz ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6134 "2019-06-18T03:19:35Z")
As was the case last year, Seven also televised the Winter Olympics in 2002 (best known for the Steven Bradbury race win called by Basil Zempilas). I believe Nine may also televised a few World Cup (soccer) matches that year too. ---
**Author:** ![AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aussietv/32/319185_2.png) [@AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AussieTV)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6135 "2019-06-18T07:48:11Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2F2kJHcs8U) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8GqR4uaqos) ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6136 "2019-06-18T07:52:18Z")
> [@AussieTV](#): > > Thursday of the final week… …and there’s a hint of things to come after Monday, with Phil Baildon voicing the Lineup! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Super_SC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/6137 "2019-06-18T08:40:09Z")
Did Phil Baildon started voiceover at Nine in January 2006? I would have thought that bob peters has already gone to Ten during that time. Also in that 2004-Jan 2006 era, Steve Britten voices the sponsor billboards! I think in January 2006, Since Bob Peters left, Steve Britten continue to do the voiceover for Sponsor billboards. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137.md?page=296) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137.md?page=298)