What surprises me about the Aussie commercial networks is that there is little or no consistency when it comes to using program-specific bumpers or stings at the beginning or end of ad breaks. Some shows have a bumper at the beginning and end of each part, some only at the end, and many neither. News, for example, can cut straight from an ad or promo back to the presenter. A musical sting is an extra cue for a live presenter and might have avoided embarrassments such as the Mary Louise Theale incident where they are caught off the hop. I know imported shows often have different breaks to the original network so a bit of editing would be necessary, but Iâm surprised the networks donât specify a standard for locally produced programs.
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They used to, but along with editing out content from old programmes, they discarded the bumpers to squeeze in more ads.
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Thatâs not surprising! To be honest though, I canât remember a time when every show had a bumper or end-of-part caption. Returning from breaks, the PRG kinda replaces the need for one (the program title being included) but even then, some shows had bumpers and some didnât.
Found this link that mentioning all Number 96 episode survived until the least the end of 1987.
Thereâs a list of the fate of other titles from the 1960s and 1970s in that article as well.
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I see Bellbird suffered majorly with only 294 episodes surviving.
ABC were good at re-using videotape to save money.
So many tapes of dramas series and plays produced from ABC found themselves wiped over with football games etc.
But ABC was not alone in that respect. I think all channels did it to some extent. Most of them did not have the foresight to see the future merchandising potential and the home entertainment market. Crawfords and to a certain extent Grundys were about the only ones to keep their old shows.
Iâm surprised to read that Number 96 still existed as late as 1987. When TEN10 repeated the series at midnight in 1980, it only started at episode 585, the first colour episode. Given the timeslot, Iâm sure airing the B&W episodes would have not been prohibitive if they still existed.
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In the case of Rush, the team from The Late Show would later find one of the missing episodes mislabelled in a film can.
Anyone remember when the band Reef played on HHIS?
Is that when they stuck it up Daryl and performed Yer Old rather than place Your Hands and Daz cracked it?
No wonder he didnât like bands playing live! Bet that wonât show up on heyhey.tv
They were supposed to play the song they rehearsed, but changed their mind after seeing Red call an act in Red Faces âa freak of natureâ.
Hi guys, my partner and I are arguing over whether Rage (the music show) was ever on SBS. Iâm 99% sure it never was on SBS, but my partner is 100% sure that Rage was on SBS at one point.
Any help or info is much appreciated! 
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Hi there, Iâm also sure it was never on SBS
Canât see any mention of it on Wikipedia
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Rage has always been on ABC. Although in the showâs early days it was never aired in Victoria due to some industrial dispute (plenty of those at the ABC in the 80s). The first episode to be shown in Victoria was on the Queenâs Birthday long weekend in 1987, and was shown on and off sometimes because of industrial disputes. But it has aired continuously there from October 1987. I remember staying up late trying to watch it and seeing a test pattern with a super âNO RAGE TONIGHTâ. I even complained to the ABV2 switchboard about it.
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Ah brilliant, thank you! I also checked the Wiki and couldnât find any mention of it, but my partner is ADAMANT that it was on after Aeon Flux on SBSâŚapparently Iâm âdiscounting his life experiencesâ and got rather upset with me! 
See, I have a memory problem, so he usually assumes that itâs me thatâs remembering incorrectlyâŚNOT THIS TIME HAHA!
Thanks for backing me up, itâs been driving me nuts lol! Your help is much appreciated!
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Go back even further and they used to have repeats of Rock Around The World late on Friday nights 
(Simulcast on 3RRR in Melbourne, and IIRC, 2JJJ in Sydney)
I used to watch MC Tee Vee on occasions but I donât know if that was on Friday nights.
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I primarily remember this from the parodies on Fast Forward.
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âAnd wild horses could not drag me away from that one.â
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MC Tee Vee used to be on Sunday afternoons in SBS around 1992-93, at 4.30pm before The Noise at 5pm.
There was another music show on SBS around 2007-08 called Noise TV it featured live performances from Australian artists, I think it was on late Saturday nights. It was filmed at the now-defunct Noise Bar in Brunswick, Melbourne, and it was a spinoff from a similar show on C31.
Apologies if this has been asked before, but who did these voiceovers for the Seven Network in the early 90s?
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