from TV Week-Melbourne edition
Ratings Key
C children's programs
G general
PGR parental guidance suggested
M mature content
MA for mature audiences
ABV2-ABC
6.00 Rage (all-night music videos, co-produced with sister radio network Triple J)
8.00 Bottom Line
9.00 Open Learning: The Global Economy
9.30 Open Learning: Everybody's Business
10.00 Open Learning: Visual Arts
10.30 Open Learning: Photography
11.00 Open Learning: Growing Awareness
11.30 Gardening Australia
noon Movie "Rosalie Goes Shopping"
1.30 How Do You Manage? "Huddling Up"
2.00 Saturday Afternoon Sport
2.00 ATP Tour Tennis
2.25 Soccer Magazine
2.50 School Sport
3.00 NFL Football
3.35 FISA World Rowing Championships
4.45 Sports News
5.00 Masters' Games Opening Ceremony
6.00 Family Album "Clowning Around"
7.00 ABC News Victoria
7.30 Attitude "Against His Will"
8.00 Frontline "The Siege" (PG/unlike its US namesake, this was a comedy)
8.25 ABC News
8.30 The Bill "Shrinkage"/"Street Legal" (PG/ABC News airs during program)
9.30 Man from Auntie (M; Auntie was a nickname for the ABC)
10.00 Beyond the Clouds "The Fate of a Visiting Relative"
10.50 Movie "Ex" (PG)
12.30 Australia Television News
1.00 Rage
HSV7-Seven
8.00 Grand Final Breakfast
9.00 Juniors Grand Final
11.00 Football-VSFL Grand Final: Northern Knights 117-Geelong Falcons 107 (Aussie rules; now known as the TAC Cup)
2.00 Football-AFL Grand Final: West Coast Eagles 143-Geelong Cats 63; the Cats are taking on perennial powerhouse Collingwood Magpies in this year's final this Saturday
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 Home Improvement "It was the Best of Tims, It was the Worst of Tims"
7.00 Family Matters "Heartstrings"
7.30 Man o Man: Champion of Champions (PG/10 male contestants' activities are judged by an all-female audience)
8.28 Tattslotto
8.30 Mulray (M)
9.30 Movie "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (M)
11.50 Tooheys Top 10 Motor Racing
12.50 Golden Palace (PG)
1.45 Movie "After Midnight" (MA)
3.25 Mancuso FBI (M)
4.20 Movie "Adventure in Ventana"
GTV9-Nine
6.00 Gillette World Sports
6.30 Valvoline World Touring Cars
7.00 GoodSports (C)
7.30 Hot Science (C)
8.00 Barney & Friends
8.30 The Zone
9.00 What's Up Doc (includes Animaniacs, Porky Pig, Merrie Melodies, Bugs Bunny, Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters, and Beetlejuice 2)
noon World Championship Wrestling
1.00 Wide World of Sports (includes racing from Epsom; co-host Ken "Two Dogs from Mudgee" Sutcliffe may be better known Down Under as a straight man for Aussie King of Television Graham Kennedy on Coast to Coast/Graham Kennedy's News Show; clips from that (as well as others with Ken's replacement, newsman John Mangos) on YouTube)
5.00 Burke's Backyard
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Hey Hey It's Saturday
8.30 Movie "Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach" (PG)
10.30 Movie "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege" (PG)
12.25 Late Night with David Letterman (PG)
1.25 Movie "Hollywood Harry" (M)
3.15 Movie "Naked Prey" (PG)
5.00 Kenneth Copeland
ATV10-Ten
6.00 It's a Knockout
7.00 Debate (C)
7.30 Doug (C)
8.00 X-Men
8.30 Biker Mice from Mars
9.00 Video Hits
11.00 Saturday Basketball
2.00 Movie "Botany Bay"
4.00 Healthy, Wealthy & Wise
5.00 Ten News
5.30 A Country Practice "Over the Edge"
6.30 George & Mildred "The Dorothy Letters"
7.00 Brush Strokes
7.30 Unsolved Mysteries (the IRS and FBI are on the hunt for a crook who fleeced 300 investors by way of a false company; a man finds a skeleton while exploring a cave)
8.30 Murder, She Wrote "Lines of Excellence" (PG)
9.30 Columbo "Blueprint for Murder" (PG)
11.00 Ten News
11.30 Sports Tonight
mid. Basketball: NBL Mitsubishi Challenge quarter-finals
2.00 Just for the Record
2.30 Movie "Listen Darling" (bw)
4.00 High School Narc
SBS28-SBS
6.30 Weatherwatch & Music
7.45 Cantonese News (SBS used the Worldwatch banner for its relays of foreign newscasts)
8.00 Mandarin News
8.30 Das Journal
9.00 Le Journal
9.45 Novosti
10.15 Weatherwatch & Music
10.30 Engineering Data Reduction Error
11.00 The Journal
11.30 Nightly Business Report (SBS also aired MacNeil-Lehrer as part of its sked)
noon English at Work
12.30 Movie "Green Green Grass of Home" (Taiwan, in Mandarin)
2.05 Archaeology (US)
2.30 Sunset Gang (PG/US)
3.30 Movie Show
4.00 Nigel Mansell's IndyCar '94 (UK)
4.30 For Better or for Worse (PG/US)
5.30 World Soccer
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Great Chefs of San Francisco (US)
7.30 Dateline "Menzie's Legacy"
8.30 Willie Nelson: My Life (US)
9.30 Movie "Corruption" (PG/bw; Italy)
10.55 Eat Carpet
11.55 Movie "Catwalk" (M, France)
1.25 sign-off
Sky Channel (pay TV)
10.00 Boxing: Garcia-Ocasio and de la Hoya-Williams
11.00 Skylarks "LA Lingerie Ladies"
11.30 Latemail
noon Sky Racing: action from Randwick, Newcastle, Flemington, Doomben, Toowoomba, Morphettville, Belmont and Mobray
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Sky Harness Racing from Maitland, Moonee Valley, Albion Park, and Globe Derby/Greyhound Racing from Woodworth Park and Penrith
10.45 Sky Rock
2.00 sign-off
Ratings Key
C children's programs
G general
PGR parental guidance suggested
M mature content
MA for mature audiences
ABV2-ABC
6.00 Rage (all-night music videos, co-produced with sister radio network Triple J)
8.00 Bottom Line
9.00 Open Learning: The Global Economy
9.30 Open Learning: Everybody's Business
10.00 Open Learning: Visual Arts
10.30 Open Learning: Photography
11.00 Open Learning: Growing Awareness
11.30 Gardening Australia
noon Movie "Rosalie Goes Shopping"
1.30 How Do You Manage? "Huddling Up"
2.00 Saturday Afternoon Sport
2.00 ATP Tour Tennis
2.25 Soccer Magazine
2.50 School Sport
3.00 NFL Football
3.35 FISA World Rowing Championships
4.45 Sports News
5.00 Masters' Games Opening Ceremony
6.00 Family Album "Clowning Around"
7.00 ABC News Victoria
7.30 Attitude "Against His Will"
8.00 Frontline "The Siege" (PG/unlike its US namesake, this was a comedy)
8.25 ABC News
8.30 The Bill "Shrinkage"/"Street Legal" (PG/ABC News airs during program)
9.30 Man from Auntie (M; Auntie was a nickname for the ABC)
10.00 Beyond the Clouds "The Fate of a Visiting Relative"
10.50 Movie "Ex" (PG)
12.30 Australia Television News
1.00 Rage
HSV7-Seven
8.00 Grand Final Breakfast
9.00 Juniors Grand Final
11.00 Football-VSFL Grand Final: Northern Knights 117-Geelong Falcons 107 (Aussie rules; now known as the TAC Cup)
2.00 Football-AFL Grand Final: West Coast Eagles 143-Geelong Cats 63; the Cats are taking on perennial powerhouse Collingwood Magpies in this year's final this Saturday
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 Home Improvement "It was the Best of Tims, It was the Worst of Tims"
7.00 Family Matters "Heartstrings"
7.30 Man o Man: Champion of Champions (PG/10 male contestants' activities are judged by an all-female audience)
8.28 Tattslotto
8.30 Mulray (M)
9.30 Movie "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (M)
11.50 Tooheys Top 10 Motor Racing
12.50 Golden Palace (PG)
1.45 Movie "After Midnight" (MA)
3.25 Mancuso FBI (M)
4.20 Movie "Adventure in Ventana"
GTV9-Nine
6.00 Gillette World Sports
6.30 Valvoline World Touring Cars
7.00 GoodSports (C)
7.30 Hot Science (C)
8.00 Barney & Friends
8.30 The Zone
9.00 What's Up Doc (includes Animaniacs, Porky Pig, Merrie Melodies, Bugs Bunny, Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters, and Beetlejuice 2)
noon World Championship Wrestling
1.00 Wide World of Sports (includes racing from Epsom; co-host Ken "Two Dogs from Mudgee" Sutcliffe may be better known Down Under as a straight man for Aussie King of Television Graham Kennedy on Coast to Coast/Graham Kennedy's News Show; clips from that (as well as others with Ken's replacement, newsman John Mangos) on YouTube)
5.00 Burke's Backyard
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Hey Hey It's Saturday
8.30 Movie "Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach" (PG)
10.30 Movie "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege" (PG)
12.25 Late Night with David Letterman (PG)
1.25 Movie "Hollywood Harry" (M)
3.15 Movie "Naked Prey" (PG)
5.00 Kenneth Copeland
ATV10-Ten
6.00 It's a Knockout
7.00 Debate (C)
7.30 Doug (C)
8.00 X-Men
8.30 Biker Mice from Mars
9.00 Video Hits
11.00 Saturday Basketball
2.00 Movie "Botany Bay"
4.00 Healthy, Wealthy & Wise
5.00 Ten News
5.30 A Country Practice "Over the Edge"
6.30 George & Mildred "The Dorothy Letters"
7.00 Brush Strokes
7.30 Unsolved Mysteries (the IRS and FBI are on the hunt for a crook who fleeced 300 investors by way of a false company; a man finds a skeleton while exploring a cave)
8.30 Murder, She Wrote "Lines of Excellence" (PG)
9.30 Columbo "Blueprint for Murder" (PG)
11.00 Ten News
11.30 Sports Tonight
mid. Basketball: NBL Mitsubishi Challenge quarter-finals
2.00 Just for the Record
2.30 Movie "Listen Darling" (bw)
4.00 High School Narc
SBS28-SBS
6.30 Weatherwatch & Music
7.45 Cantonese News (SBS used the Worldwatch banner for its relays of foreign newscasts)
8.00 Mandarin News
8.30 Das Journal
9.00 Le Journal
9.45 Novosti
10.15 Weatherwatch & Music
10.30 Engineering Data Reduction Error
11.00 The Journal
11.30 Nightly Business Report (SBS also aired MacNeil-Lehrer as part of its sked)
noon English at Work
12.30 Movie "Green Green Grass of Home" (Taiwan, in Mandarin)
2.05 Archaeology (US)
2.30 Sunset Gang (PG/US)
3.30 Movie Show
4.00 Nigel Mansell's IndyCar '94 (UK)
4.30 For Better or for Worse (PG/US)
5.30 World Soccer
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Great Chefs of San Francisco (US)
7.30 Dateline "Menzie's Legacy"
8.30 Willie Nelson: My Life (US)
9.30 Movie "Corruption" (PG/bw; Italy)
10.55 Eat Carpet
11.55 Movie "Catwalk" (M, France)
1.25 sign-off
Sky Channel (pay TV)
10.00 Boxing: Garcia-Ocasio and de la Hoya-Williams
11.00 Skylarks "LA Lingerie Ladies"
11.30 Latemail
noon Sky Racing: action from Randwick, Newcastle, Flemington, Doomben, Toowoomba, Morphettville, Belmont and Mobray
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Sky Harness Racing from Maitland, Moonee Valley, Albion Park, and Globe Derby/Greyhound Racing from Woodworth Park and Penrith
10.45 Sky Rock
2.00 sign-off