Yes, it’s a bit like you insinuating that people on Media Spy are not “normal” people 
The lack of an emoji from @Moe may have confused the issue somewhat.
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Hehe, yes you’re right, and I’ve made the same mistake and read things too literally.
Well I definitely count myself in the abnormal category for being way more interested in this sort of stuff compared to the average person in the street.
Normal’s overrated anyway! 
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You’re 100% right there!
I like being slightly un-normal…
I do spend too much time on here when I could be reading “useful” stuff that could win me trivia comps or make me seem much more intelligent.
But this is WAAAY more fun!
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How in the world did this come to be?
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Someone at Nine got drunk and thought it’d be a good idea to get ‘Mr. Sheen’ to host the Midday Show?
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I really want Tony Abbott hosting Nine News Now. Imagine if all three on the panel wore red speedos 
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I rather not imagine that.
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it disappeared around 1992, I remember on Fast Forward as they previously had “Australian Television Network presents” at the start, and seeing a 1992 episode with “The 7 Network presents” with the split 7 in a circle logo. In my opinion I think Seven should bring back the “Australian Television Network” name and logo, because it is an accurate reflection of their business. Over 80% of its main channel programming is Australian made, and its channels are now available in almost every corner of Australia (in most cases via affiliates such as Southern Cross Television, WIN, Prime, GWN etc.). It also reflects its commitment to Australian drama and reality programming.
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Someone made this ATN logo for the Seven Network article on Logopedia:
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Throwback to January 1988 where the struggling HSV Seven Melbourne had a new news format, replacing Greg Pearce with Jennifer Keyte and Glenn Taylor. Also, “Seven National News” became “Seven Nightly News”. And featuring current ABC News Melbourne weeknight weather presenter, Paul Higgins!
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Not just HSV, but the east coast I understand - it was 18 January. AFAIK it was a return to a 30 minute bulletin that in Melbourne and Sydney was followed by Hinch, I’m sure someone can confirm. Brisbane got “Carroll at Seven” though.
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It was a return to a half hour news in Sydney and Melbourne followed by Hinch in Melbourne and Terry Willesee Tonight in Sydney. (TWT was replaced by Hinch a couple of months later)
In Adelaide SAS7 had maintained the one hour news format that it carried over from SAS10.
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Did Peter Mitchell and Jennifer Keyte commence reading at HSV7 the same week? I know he started reading on weekends (around the same time).
Also, I think, the same day that ACA was revived with Jana Wendt to replace Willessee at 6.30.
That I don’t know. Possibly.
HSV had actually signed Jennifer up in mid 1987 but looked like they didn’t put her on air until the new year.
Yes although Willesee and ACA were basically the same show just with a change of host.
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According to Wikipedia, he took the position of weekend news reader succeeding Mark Gillies in 1987 (possible wrong). He was then paired up with Pamela Graham in 1988 and was reading solo in early 1990. There are videos on Youtube of Mitchell as sports reader on National Nine News Melbourne in 1986/87. And then in 2000, he succeeded Johnston and Fulwood to become the weeknight anchor.
Such a tumultuous time for news and current affairs; bulletins changing timeslots, from 30 minutes to one hour back to 30 minutes with new presenters, shows being axed.
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Both Seven and Ten seemed to change their presenters fairly frequently in the East Coast markets during the Late '80s/Early '90s, didn’t they? No wonder Nine was such a powerful ratings force in news during that time…
If I’m not mistaken, Sandra Sully & Natarsha Belling are the only two presenters in that endtag still at Ten!
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Video briefly shows the opener to the first ACA with Jana on 18 January 1988; I also included promo for the show that is for a story by Mike Willesee.
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