from TV Times-Melbourne edition (TV Times was published by the ABC; it and TV Guide (Aussie version) were eventually merged with TV Week)
2 ABV2 (ABC)
7 HSV7 (Seven)
9 GTV9 (Nine)
0 ATV0 (0-Ten; the network aired on ch0 in Melbourne and Brisbane and ch10 in Sydney and Adelaide)
Ratings Key
G-General
A-Adult
AO-Suitable for Adults Only
Morning
7.00
9 Super Flying Fun Show
0 Cartoon Carnival
8.00
2 Sesame Street (sign-off at 9)
9.00
9 Here's Humphrey
9.30
2 For Schools: Primary Maths-Section F "Pattern in Number" (pt 3/bw)
9.50
2 Play School
10.00
7 Charles Skase
9 Search for Tomorrow
0 Topper "Topper's Other Job" (bw/G)
10.20
2 For Schools: Senior English Literature "George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier and Animal Farm" (bw)
10.30
9 Search for Tomorrow (A)
0 Swami Sarasvati
10.45
0 Roy Hampson
10.50
2 For Schools: USA 1972 (visiting North Dakota)
10.55
7 News
11.00
7 Until Tomorrow
9 Vi's Pad
11.15
2 For Schools: Scan (bw)
11.30
7 Movie "Raintree County" (A)
11.35
2 For Schools: Senior Biology "Evolution of Vascular Plants: The Ferns" (bw)
11.45
9 TV Kitchen
11.50
0 News
Afternoon
noon
9 Days of Our Lives (A)
0 Pot of Gold
12.15
2 For Schools: The Cell "Cell Theory" (bw)
12.40
2 Weekend Magazine
1.00
2 News
9 Young & the Restless (A)
0 Dr. Kildare
1.20
2 For Schools: Places People Live "Caribbean: Jamaica" (bw)
1.25
9 News
1.30
7 Movie: TBA
9 No Man's Land
0 Mike Walsh
1.40
2 For Schools: The Lost Centuries "A Golden Age"
2.00
9 General Hospital (A)
2.15
2 For Schools: The Living Body "The Break of Life"
2.30
9 Another World (A)
2.35
2 For Schools: Scan (bw)
2.55
2 For Schools: Music Time (bw)
3.00
7 Name That Tune (local version)
0 Matlock Police "Two to One Against" (bw)
3.15
2 Magic Roundabout (bw)
3.20
2 Andy Pandy (bw)
3.30
7 High Rollers (local version)
9 Spending Spree
3.35
2 Play School (bw)
4.00
2 Sesame Street
7 Huckleberry Hound
9 Cartoon Corner
0 Storytime
4.05
0 Animal World
4.30
7 Partridge Family "In 25 Words or Less" (G)
0 Gilligan's Island "Three to Get Ready" (bw/G)
5.00
2 Adventure Island (bw)
7 Flipper "Flipper and the Fugitive" (pt 2/G)
9 Road Runner
0 Laredo "Lazyfoot, Where are You?" (G)
5.20
2 Wombles
5.25
2 Cartoons (bw)
5.30
7 Get Smart "That Old Gang of Mine" (G)
9 My Three Sons "He Wanted Wings" (bw/G)
5.35
2 Forest Rangers
Evening
6.00
2 My Favorite Martian
7 Flintstones "Sheriff for a Day" (G)
9 Happy Days "Kiss Me Sickly" (G)
0 Brady Bunch "Davey Jones" (G; he guest-stars)
6.25
2 GTK (music from Gloria Gaynor, Alvin Stardust, Glitter Band, and William Shakespeare)
6.30
7-9-0 News (Nine's newscast, News Centre Nine, was a two-city affair, with anchors in both Melbourne and Sydney...this was short-lived, due to the deep and abiding hate both cities have for each other
- the news title was later recycled by BTV6 Ballarat and sister GMV6 Shepparton for their newscasts News Centre 6...clips from both versions of the regional News Centres on YouTube)
6.40
2 Bellbird
6.55
2 Take Kerr
7.00
2 News
7 Bewitched (G)
9 A Current Affair
0 Gomer Pyle, USMC "Return of Monroe" (G)
7.26
2 Weather
7.30
2 This Day Tonight
7 Planet of the Apes "The Cure" (A)
9 World at War "Nemesis" (G)
0 Adam-12 "Something Worth Dying For" (both parts air)
8.00
2 Inventors (showing Aussie inventions)
8.30
2 Now Look Here
7 Bless This House "A Rolls by Any Other Name" (A)
9 Odd Couple "Felix's Wife's Boyfriend" (G)
0 Number 96 (this Aussie soap was notorious for nudity, especially the full-frontal variety ;D-many regional stations delayed the show to 9.30 or later)
9.00
2 News/Weather
7 Police Woman "The Company" (A)
9 Don Lane (guests Cheech & Chong (who got called Chang in the listings), Little Pattie, and Tony Braddock)
0 Kojak "A Souvenir form Atlantic City" (AO)
9.05
2 Monday Conference
10.00
2 News/Weather
7 Movie "Two on a Bench" (A)
0 Mission: Impossible "Encounter" (AO)
10.10
2 Avengers "Dead Man's Treasure" (A; sign-off at 11)
10.30
9 News
10.35
9 Baron "Seven Eyes of Night" (A)
11.00
0 Movie "The Italian Secret Service" (AO; sign-off 1am)
11.30
7 News (followed by sign-off)
11.35
9 Gideon's Way "The Prowler" (A)
Late Night
12.35
9 Epilogue (followed by sign-off)
2 ABV2 (ABC)
7 HSV7 (Seven)
9 GTV9 (Nine)
0 ATV0 (0-Ten; the network aired on ch0 in Melbourne and Brisbane and ch10 in Sydney and Adelaide)
Ratings Key
G-General
A-Adult
AO-Suitable for Adults Only
Morning
7.00
9 Super Flying Fun Show
0 Cartoon Carnival
8.00
2 Sesame Street (sign-off at 9)
9.00
9 Here's Humphrey
9.30
2 For Schools: Primary Maths-Section F "Pattern in Number" (pt 3/bw)
9.50
2 Play School
10.00
7 Charles Skase
9 Search for Tomorrow
0 Topper "Topper's Other Job" (bw/G)
10.20
2 For Schools: Senior English Literature "George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier and Animal Farm" (bw)
10.30
9 Search for Tomorrow (A)
0 Swami Sarasvati
10.45
0 Roy Hampson
10.50
2 For Schools: USA 1972 (visiting North Dakota)
10.55
7 News
11.00
7 Until Tomorrow
9 Vi's Pad
11.15
2 For Schools: Scan (bw)
11.30
7 Movie "Raintree County" (A)
11.35
2 For Schools: Senior Biology "Evolution of Vascular Plants: The Ferns" (bw)
11.45
9 TV Kitchen
11.50
0 News
Afternoon
noon
9 Days of Our Lives (A)
0 Pot of Gold
12.15
2 For Schools: The Cell "Cell Theory" (bw)
12.40
2 Weekend Magazine
1.00
2 News
9 Young & the Restless (A)
0 Dr. Kildare
1.20
2 For Schools: Places People Live "Caribbean: Jamaica" (bw)
1.25
9 News
1.30
7 Movie: TBA
9 No Man's Land
0 Mike Walsh
1.40
2 For Schools: The Lost Centuries "A Golden Age"
2.00
9 General Hospital (A)
2.15
2 For Schools: The Living Body "The Break of Life"
2.30
9 Another World (A)
2.35
2 For Schools: Scan (bw)
2.55
2 For Schools: Music Time (bw)
3.00
7 Name That Tune (local version)
0 Matlock Police "Two to One Against" (bw)
3.15
2 Magic Roundabout (bw)
3.20
2 Andy Pandy (bw)
3.30
7 High Rollers (local version)
9 Spending Spree
3.35
2 Play School (bw)
4.00
2 Sesame Street
7 Huckleberry Hound
9 Cartoon Corner
0 Storytime
4.05
0 Animal World
4.30
7 Partridge Family "In 25 Words or Less" (G)
0 Gilligan's Island "Three to Get Ready" (bw/G)
5.00
2 Adventure Island (bw)
7 Flipper "Flipper and the Fugitive" (pt 2/G)
9 Road Runner
0 Laredo "Lazyfoot, Where are You?" (G)
5.20
2 Wombles
5.25
2 Cartoons (bw)
5.30
7 Get Smart "That Old Gang of Mine" (G)
9 My Three Sons "He Wanted Wings" (bw/G)
5.35
2 Forest Rangers
Evening
6.00
2 My Favorite Martian
7 Flintstones "Sheriff for a Day" (G)
9 Happy Days "Kiss Me Sickly" (G)
0 Brady Bunch "Davey Jones" (G; he guest-stars)
6.25
2 GTK (music from Gloria Gaynor, Alvin Stardust, Glitter Band, and William Shakespeare)
6.30
7-9-0 News (Nine's newscast, News Centre Nine, was a two-city affair, with anchors in both Melbourne and Sydney...this was short-lived, due to the deep and abiding hate both cities have for each other
- the news title was later recycled by BTV6 Ballarat and sister GMV6 Shepparton for their newscasts News Centre 6...clips from both versions of the regional News Centres on YouTube)6.40
2 Bellbird
6.55
2 Take Kerr
7.00
2 News
7 Bewitched (G)
9 A Current Affair
0 Gomer Pyle, USMC "Return of Monroe" (G)
7.26
2 Weather
7.30
2 This Day Tonight
7 Planet of the Apes "The Cure" (A)
9 World at War "Nemesis" (G)
0 Adam-12 "Something Worth Dying For" (both parts air)
8.00
2 Inventors (showing Aussie inventions)
8.30
2 Now Look Here
7 Bless This House "A Rolls by Any Other Name" (A)
9 Odd Couple "Felix's Wife's Boyfriend" (G)
0 Number 96 (this Aussie soap was notorious for nudity, especially the full-frontal variety ;D-many regional stations delayed the show to 9.30 or later)
9.00
2 News/Weather
7 Police Woman "The Company" (A)
9 Don Lane (guests Cheech & Chong (who got called Chang in the listings
), Little Pattie, and Tony Braddock)0 Kojak "A Souvenir form Atlantic City" (AO)
9.05
2 Monday Conference
10.00
2 News/Weather
7 Movie "Two on a Bench" (A)
0 Mission: Impossible "Encounter" (AO)
10.10
2 Avengers "Dead Man's Treasure" (A; sign-off at 11)
10.30
9 News
10.35
9 Baron "Seven Eyes of Night" (A)
11.00
0 Movie "The Italian Secret Service" (AO; sign-off 1am)
11.30
7 News (followed by sign-off)
11.35
9 Gideon's Way "The Prowler" (A)
Late Night
12.35
9 Epilogue (followed by sign-off)
