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6.00 Discovering Psychology
6.30 Visual Arts
7.00 Aboriginal Studies
7.30 Growing Awareness
8.00 What-a-Mess
8.25 Adventures of Spot
8.30 Sesame Street
9.25 Bananas in Pyjamas
9.30 Play School
10.00 For the Juniors
10.15 Naturally Australia
10.30 Economic Australia
11.50 Concepts in Mathemathics
12.00 World at Noon
12.30 Lateline
1.00 Toadskin Spell
2.00 Parliament Question Time: House of Representatives (final)
3.00 Sesame Street
3.55 Thomas the Tank Engine
4.00 Play School
4.30 Blinky Bill
4.55 William's Wish Wellingtons
5.00 Animals of Farthing Wood
5.25 Feral TV
5.30 Bump in the Night
6.00 Heartbreak High
6.30 Goodnight Sweetheart
7.00 News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 Two Fat Ladies (final)
8.30 Missing Postman (premiere)
9.30 The Big Picture "Uni: Touch and Go"
10.25 News
10.30 Lateline (final)
11.05 Procedure 769: Witness to an Execution
12.25 Australia TV News
12.50 Parlament Question Time: Senate (final)
1.50 Stalin's Foreign Slaves
3.00 French in Action
3.30 Out of Empire
4.00 Open Learning: Time to Grow
4.30 Against All Odds
5.00 Dragon's Tongue
5.30 Perspective: Energy Resources
Seven
6.00 Sunrise
7.00 Agro's Cartoon Connection
8.30 The Book Place
9.00 Golden Girls
9.30 A Country Practice
10.30 News
11.00 Eleven AM
12.00 Golf: Australian Open (day 1)
2.30 Funeral Service for Michael Hutchence (live coverage; from Sydney)
3.45 Golf: Australian Open (cont'd)
6.00 News
6.30 Today Tonight
7.00 Home and Away
7.30 Bullpitt! (comedy; it served as a continuation of the 1980s program Kingswood Country, also aired by Seven; final)
8.00 Eric (final; before his Hollywood days, Eric Bana was a comedian in his homeland of Australia: for a brief time, he had his own show, which was cancelled due to low ratings)
8.28 Powerball
8.30 World's Greatest Commercials: Adults Only Special IV
9.30 Oz Encounters (hosted by actor Martin Sacks, from Blue Heelers)
10.30 Star Trek
11.30 News
12.00 Golf: Australian Open highlights
1.00 Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom
2.00 NBC Today
4.00 Bluey
5.10 Beyond 2000
Nine
6.00 CNN World News
6.30 Early News
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 The Flying Doctors
10.30 News
10.50 Cricket: Australia v. New Zealand (from Hobart)
1.00 Cricket Show
1.30 Cricket: Australia v. New Zealand (cont'd)
6.00 News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Sale of the Century (final)
7.29 Keno
7.30 Getaway (a special on the 50th anniversary of the first flight from Sydney to London by an Australian airline; it's also the last episode of the year)
8.30 This is Your Life (final)
9.30 RPA (final)
10.30 ER
11.30 Nightline
12.00 Pacific Drive
1.00 Late Show with David Letterman
2.00 Cricket: highlights of Australia v. New Zealand
2.30 Celebrity Home Shopping
3.30 Hunter
4.30 Barney Miller
5.00 Brooklyn Bridge
5.30 Circus Boy
Ten
6.00 Aerobics Oz Style
6.30 Street Sharks
7.00 Count Duckula (final)
7.30 Eagle Riders
8.00 Inspector Gadget
8.30 The Music Shop
9.00 Good Morning Australia
11.30 News
12.00 Little House on the Prairie
1.00 Judge Judy
1.30 Oprah Winfrey
2.30 Monday to Friday
3.30 C.O.P.S.
4.00 Ocean Girl
4.30 Bold and the Beautiful
5.00 News
6.00 M*A*S*H (final)
6.30 Neighbours
7.00 The Simpsons
7.30 Seinfeld
8.00 Newsradio
8.30 M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
11.00 News
11.30 Sports Tonight
12.00 Movie "The Gate II"
1.45 Aboriginal Australia
2.00 Telemall Shopping
4.00 Life in the Word
4.30 Kenneth Copeland
5.00 Marilyn Hickey
5.30 This is Your Day
SBS
6.00 Japanese News
6.30 Ta Nea Toy Antenna
7.00 Telegiornale Italiano
7.35 Cantonese News
7.55 Mandarin News
8.30 Das Journal
9.00 Le Journal
9.40 WeatherWatch & Music
10.15 Telediario
11.00 Indonesian News
11.30 The Journal
12.00 (Nightly) Business Report
12.30 Movie "Everything for Sale" (Poland)
2.05 WeatherWatch & Music
3.00 TV Ed
3.30 English at Work
4.00 World Sports (replay)
4.30 School Torque
5.00 Happiness (Brazilian soap)
5.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 World Sports
7.30 Insight
8.30 UEFA Champions League highlights
9.30 Movie "Vive L'Amour" (Taiwan)
11.35 Movie "Tinted Dreams" (Czechoslovakia)
1.00 Movie "Faraway Sunset" (Japan)
3.00 sign-off
5.00 WeatherWatch & Music
Channel 31
5.30pm Mansfield's Melbourne
6.00 Polmel
6.30 Ieri Oggi Domani
7.00 Gran Bazar (shopping?)
7.30 Hashavua
8.00 Nat Chat
8.15 Northern Community News
8.30 Nat at the Maribyrnong
9.00 It's All Greek to Me
10.00 Noise TV
10.30 Chaos
11.30 sign-off
ABC
6.00 Discovering Psychology
6.30 Visual Arts
7.00 Aboriginal Studies
7.30 Growing Awareness
8.00 What-a-Mess
8.25 Adventures of Spot
8.30 Sesame Street
9.25 Bananas in Pyjamas
9.30 Play School
10.00 For the Juniors
10.15 Naturally Australia
10.30 Economic Australia
11.50 Concepts in Mathemathics
12.00 World at Noon
12.30 Lateline
1.00 Toadskin Spell
2.00 Parliament Question Time: House of Representatives (final)
3.00 Sesame Street
3.55 Thomas the Tank Engine
4.00 Play School
4.30 Blinky Bill
4.55 William's Wish Wellingtons
5.00 Animals of Farthing Wood
5.25 Feral TV
5.30 Bump in the Night
6.00 Heartbreak High
6.30 Goodnight Sweetheart
7.00 News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 Two Fat Ladies (final)
8.30 Missing Postman (premiere)
9.30 The Big Picture "Uni: Touch and Go"
10.25 News
10.30 Lateline (final)
11.05 Procedure 769: Witness to an Execution
12.25 Australia TV News
12.50 Parlament Question Time: Senate (final)
1.50 Stalin's Foreign Slaves
3.00 French in Action
3.30 Out of Empire
4.00 Open Learning: Time to Grow
4.30 Against All Odds
5.00 Dragon's Tongue
5.30 Perspective: Energy Resources
Seven
6.00 Sunrise
7.00 Agro's Cartoon Connection
8.30 The Book Place
9.00 Golden Girls
9.30 A Country Practice
10.30 News
11.00 Eleven AM
12.00 Golf: Australian Open (day 1)
2.30 Funeral Service for Michael Hutchence (live coverage; from Sydney)
3.45 Golf: Australian Open (cont'd)
6.00 News
6.30 Today Tonight
7.00 Home and Away
7.30 Bullpitt! (comedy; it served as a continuation of the 1980s program Kingswood Country, also aired by Seven; final)
8.00 Eric (final; before his Hollywood days, Eric Bana was a comedian in his homeland of Australia: for a brief time, he had his own show, which was cancelled due to low ratings)
8.28 Powerball
8.30 World's Greatest Commercials: Adults Only Special IV
9.30 Oz Encounters (hosted by actor Martin Sacks, from Blue Heelers)
10.30 Star Trek
11.30 News
12.00 Golf: Australian Open highlights
1.00 Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom
2.00 NBC Today
4.00 Bluey
5.10 Beyond 2000
Nine
6.00 CNN World News
6.30 Early News
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 The Flying Doctors
10.30 News
10.50 Cricket: Australia v. New Zealand (from Hobart)
1.00 Cricket Show
1.30 Cricket: Australia v. New Zealand (cont'd)
6.00 News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Sale of the Century (final)
7.29 Keno
7.30 Getaway (a special on the 50th anniversary of the first flight from Sydney to London by an Australian airline; it's also the last episode of the year)
8.30 This is Your Life (final)
9.30 RPA (final)
10.30 ER
11.30 Nightline
12.00 Pacific Drive
1.00 Late Show with David Letterman
2.00 Cricket: highlights of Australia v. New Zealand
2.30 Celebrity Home Shopping
3.30 Hunter
4.30 Barney Miller
5.00 Brooklyn Bridge
5.30 Circus Boy
Ten
6.00 Aerobics Oz Style
6.30 Street Sharks
7.00 Count Duckula (final)
7.30 Eagle Riders
8.00 Inspector Gadget
8.30 The Music Shop
9.00 Good Morning Australia
11.30 News
12.00 Little House on the Prairie
1.00 Judge Judy
1.30 Oprah Winfrey
2.30 Monday to Friday
3.30 C.O.P.S.
4.00 Ocean Girl
4.30 Bold and the Beautiful
5.00 News
6.00 M*A*S*H (final)
6.30 Neighbours
7.00 The Simpsons
7.30 Seinfeld
8.00 Newsradio
8.30 M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
11.00 News
11.30 Sports Tonight
12.00 Movie "The Gate II"
1.45 Aboriginal Australia
2.00 Telemall Shopping
4.00 Life in the Word
4.30 Kenneth Copeland
5.00 Marilyn Hickey
5.30 This is Your Day
SBS
6.00 Japanese News
6.30 Ta Nea Toy Antenna
7.00 Telegiornale Italiano
7.35 Cantonese News
7.55 Mandarin News
8.30 Das Journal
9.00 Le Journal
9.40 WeatherWatch & Music
10.15 Telediario
11.00 Indonesian News
11.30 The Journal
12.00 (Nightly) Business Report
12.30 Movie "Everything for Sale" (Poland)
2.05 WeatherWatch & Music
3.00 TV Ed
3.30 English at Work
4.00 World Sports (replay)
4.30 School Torque
5.00 Happiness (Brazilian soap)
5.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 World Sports
7.30 Insight
8.30 UEFA Champions League highlights
9.30 Movie "Vive L'Amour" (Taiwan)
11.35 Movie "Tinted Dreams" (Czechoslovakia)
1.00 Movie "Faraway Sunset" (Japan)
3.00 sign-off
5.00 WeatherWatch & Music
Channel 31
5.30pm Mansfield's Melbourne
6.00 Polmel
6.30 Ieri Oggi Domani
7.00 Gran Bazar (shopping?)
7.30 Hashavua
8.00 Nat Chat
8.15 Northern Community News
8.30 Nat at the Maribyrnong
9.00 It's All Greek to Me
10.00 Noise TV
10.30 Chaos
11.30 sign-off
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