Melbourne Cup Day listings, taken from The Age
ABV2
7.00 Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show
7.29 Dennis the Menace
7.50 Wonderful Wizard of Oz
8.15 Sesame Street
9.15 PGR
9.25 Come and Get It
9.30 Play School
10.00 Infant Maths
10.20 Biological Sciences
10.40 Update USA
11.00 Behind the News
11.25 Entreé Libre
11.40 Flip, Side, Turn
12.00 Howards' Way (from the BBC)
1.00 Four Corners
1.50 Insight
2.05 Words Fail Me
2.30 Paths of Development
3.00 Sesame Street
3.58 Jimbo & the Jetset
4.00 Play School
4.30 Adventures of Blinky Bill
5.02 Return of the Antelope
5.30 Doctor Who (part 2 of "Dragonfire")
6.00 Countdown Revolution
6.30 Living with the Law
7.00 ABC News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 The Investigators (ABC News at 8.28)
8.30 GP
9.20 Backchat (ABC News at 9.28)
9.30 The Big Gig
10.30 ABC News Late Edition
10.55 Gridiron Football: highlights of the 1989/90 NFL season
12.20 close
HSV7
6.00 TV-AM
7.00 Cartoon Connection
9.00 Bewitched
9.28 Community Update
9.30 Fat Cat & Friends
10.00 Kate & Allie
10.30 Family Medical Centre
11.00 Eleven AM
12.00 Bert Newton Show
1.30 Movie "Boys' Night Out"
4.00 Wombat
4.30 Now You See It
5.00 Hogan Family
5.30 Wheel of Fortune
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 Home and Away
7.00 Hinch
7.30 A Country Practice
8.30 Beyond 2000
9.30 Minder
10.35 Newsworld
11.30 The Power, the Passion
12.00 NBC Today
2.00 Movie "Framed"
3.55 Superior Court
4.20 Operation Raleigh
4.45 In Loving Memory
5.15 Newsworld (repeat)
GTV9
6.00 Bravestarr
6.30 ITN World News
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 In Melbourne Today
10.30 McHale's Navy
11.00 General Hospital
12.00 Midday with Ray Martin
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.30 Young and the Restless
3.30 Diff'rent Strokes
4.00 C'mon Kids
5.00 Happy Days
5.30 Our Place (music videos, competitions and guests)
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Sale of the Century (Keno at 7.28)
7.30/8.00 Who's the Boss?
8.30 Murder, She Wrote
9.30 Wiseguy
10.30 Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast
11.30 Houston Knights
12.30 Movie "Czech Mate"
1.55 Movie "The Hazing"
3.45 Movie "The Proud Ones"
5.30 The Young Doctors
ATV10
6.00 That Girl
6.30 Real Ghostbusters
7.00 Good Morning Australia
8.58 Melbourne's Ten Billboard
9.00 Mulligrubs
9.30 Horse Racing: Melbourne Cup
5.30 Perfect Match
6.00 Ten Eyewitness News
7.00 Neighbours
7.30 Candid Camera on Australia
8.00 Cheers
8.30 Bangkok Hilton (part 3; final)
10.30 Ten Eyewitness News
10.35 Cheers
11.05 Santa Barbara
12.05 Wrestling: Summerslam 1989 (from the MSG in New York)
3.00 Emergency!
4.00 Half Nelson
5.00 Duet
5.30 Lassie
SBS
2.35pm Australian AIDS Tape (in Serbian)
3.00 TV Ed
4.00 Sport Report (repeat)
4.30 Vox Populi
5.00 Kaleidoscope
5.30 The Electric Company
6.00 The Fox & the Fool (Greece)
6.30 World News
7.00 Sport Report
7.30 First in Line
8.00 Tonight
8.30 The Cutting Edge
9.30 There is No Turning Back (Italy)
11.10 Hadji Manuel (Greece)
12.05 Compassion (Turkey)
1.00 close
ABV2
7.00 Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show
7.29 Dennis the Menace
7.50 Wonderful Wizard of Oz
8.15 Sesame Street
9.15 PGR
9.25 Come and Get It
9.30 Play School
10.00 Infant Maths
10.20 Biological Sciences
10.40 Update USA
11.00 Behind the News
11.25 Entreé Libre
11.40 Flip, Side, Turn
12.00 Howards' Way (from the BBC)
1.00 Four Corners
1.50 Insight
2.05 Words Fail Me
2.30 Paths of Development
3.00 Sesame Street
3.58 Jimbo & the Jetset
4.00 Play School
4.30 Adventures of Blinky Bill
5.02 Return of the Antelope
5.30 Doctor Who (part 2 of "Dragonfire")
6.00 Countdown Revolution
6.30 Living with the Law
7.00 ABC News
7.30 The 7.30 Report
8.00 The Investigators (ABC News at 8.28)
8.30 GP
9.20 Backchat (ABC News at 9.28)
9.30 The Big Gig
10.30 ABC News Late Edition
10.55 Gridiron Football: highlights of the 1989/90 NFL season
12.20 close
HSV7
6.00 TV-AM
7.00 Cartoon Connection
9.00 Bewitched
9.28 Community Update
9.30 Fat Cat & Friends
10.00 Kate & Allie
10.30 Family Medical Centre
11.00 Eleven AM
12.00 Bert Newton Show
1.30 Movie "Boys' Night Out"
4.00 Wombat
4.30 Now You See It
5.00 Hogan Family
5.30 Wheel of Fortune
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 Home and Away
7.00 Hinch
7.30 A Country Practice
8.30 Beyond 2000
9.30 Minder
10.35 Newsworld
11.30 The Power, the Passion
12.00 NBC Today
2.00 Movie "Framed"
3.55 Superior Court
4.20 Operation Raleigh
4.45 In Loving Memory
5.15 Newsworld (repeat)
GTV9
6.00 Bravestarr
6.30 ITN World News
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 In Melbourne Today
10.30 McHale's Navy
11.00 General Hospital
12.00 Midday with Ray Martin
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.30 Young and the Restless
3.30 Diff'rent Strokes
4.00 C'mon Kids
5.00 Happy Days
5.30 Our Place (music videos, competitions and guests)
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Sale of the Century (Keno at 7.28)
7.30/8.00 Who's the Boss?
8.30 Murder, She Wrote
9.30 Wiseguy
10.30 Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast
11.30 Houston Knights
12.30 Movie "Czech Mate"
1.55 Movie "The Hazing"
3.45 Movie "The Proud Ones"
5.30 The Young Doctors
ATV10
6.00 That Girl
6.30 Real Ghostbusters
7.00 Good Morning Australia
8.58 Melbourne's Ten Billboard
9.00 Mulligrubs
9.30 Horse Racing: Melbourne Cup
5.30 Perfect Match
6.00 Ten Eyewitness News
7.00 Neighbours
7.30 Candid Camera on Australia
8.00 Cheers
8.30 Bangkok Hilton (part 3; final)
10.30 Ten Eyewitness News
10.35 Cheers
11.05 Santa Barbara
12.05 Wrestling: Summerslam 1989 (from the MSG in New York)
3.00 Emergency!
4.00 Half Nelson
5.00 Duet
5.30 Lassie
SBS
2.35pm Australian AIDS Tape (in Serbian)
3.00 TV Ed
4.00 Sport Report (repeat)
4.30 Vox Populi
5.00 Kaleidoscope
5.30 The Electric Company
6.00 The Fox & the Fool (Greece)
6.30 World News
7.00 Sport Report
7.30 First in Line
8.00 Tonight
8.30 The Cutting Edge
9.30 There is No Turning Back (Italy)
11.10 Hadji Manuel (Greece)
12.05 Compassion (Turkey)
1.00 close