Australia's version of Super Sunday, from TV Week-Melbourne edition
RATINGS KEY
C-children's programming
PG-parental guidance suggested
M-recommended for mature audiences
MA-mature viewers only
ABV2-ABC
5.00 Rage (this music video show was simulcast with ABC's Triple J radio network)
8.00 Bottom Line
8.30 Open Learning: 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 Tennis, 2.25 Soccer Magazine, 2.50 School Sport, 3.00 NFL Football, 3.55 Rowing: FISA World Championships, 4.45 Sports News, 5.00 Masters' Games Welcoming Ceremony)
6.00 Family Album "Clowning Around"
7.00 ABC News
7.30 Attitude "Against His Will"
8.00 Frontline "The Siege" (PG, ABC News at 8.25)
8.30 The Bill "Shrinkage"/"Street Legal" (PG, ABC News airs during the program)
9.30 Man from Auntie (Auntie is a slang term for the ABC)
10.00 Beyond the Clouds "The Fate of a Missing Relative"
10.50 Movie "Ex" (PG)
12.30 Australia Television News (Australia Television was the ABC's international channel)
1.00 Rage
HSV7-Seven
8.00 Grand Final Breakfast
9.00 Juniors Grand Final
11.00 VSFL Grand Final (AFL farm teams)
2.00 AFL Grand Final: West Coast 143, Geelong 63
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" (this competition had 10 men competing in front of a all-female audience; PG, Tattslotto at 8.25)
8.30 Mulray (M)
9.30 Movie "Thunderblot and Lightfoot" (M)
11.50 Motor Racing: Tooheys Top 10
12.50 Golden Palace (PG)
1.45 Movie "After Midnight" (MA)
3.25 Mancuso FBI (MA)
4.20 Movie "Adventure in Ventana"
GTV9-Nine
6.00 Gillette World Sports
6.30 Motor Racing: Valvoline World Touring Cars
7.00 Goodsports (C, produced by TVT6 Hobart)
7.30 Hot Science (C)
8.00 Barney & Friends
8.30 The Zone
9.00 What's Up Doc
noon World Championship Wrestling
1.00 Wide World of Sports
5.00 Burkes' 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)
ATV10-Ten
6.00 It's a Knockout (local version of Jeux Sans Frontieres)
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 (beamed from TEN10 Sydney; ATV10 aired a local newscast weeknights...must have went over REALLY well in
Melbourne, given its deep and abiding hate for Sydney)
5.30 A Country Practice "Over the Edge" (episodes of the series were shown here in the Maritimes on ASN, which aired it as a lead-in to the midday news)
6.30 George & Mildred "The Dorothy Letters"
7.00 Brush Strokes
7.30 Unsolved Mysteries
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 (weather maps)
7.45 Worldwatch: Cantonese News
8.00 Worldwatch: Mandarin News
8.30 Worldwatch: Das Journal
9.00 Worldwatch: Le Journal
9.45 Worldwatch: Novosti
10.15 Weatherwatch & Music
10.30 Engineering Data Reduction Error
11.00 Worldwatch: The Journal
11.30 Nightly Business Report
noon English at Work
12.30 Movie "Green Green Grass of Home" (Taiwan, in Mandarin)
2.05 Archaeology (US)
2.30 Sunset Gang (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 "Menzies' Legacy"
8.30 Willie Nelson: My Life (US)
9.30 Movie "Corruption" (bw/PG, Italy)
10.55 Eat Carpet (independent film; legend has it that SBS producers had to have THAT other meaning of the term explained to them)
11.55 Movie "Catwalk" (M, France)
1.25 sign-off
Sky Channel (closed-circuit primarily-racing channel aimed at bars)
10.00 Boxing: Garcia-Occasio/de la Hoya-Williams
11.00 Skylarks "LA Lingerie Ladies"
11.30 Late Mail
noon Sky Raceday (action from Randwick, Newcastle, Flemington, Doomben, Toowoomba, Morphettville, Belmont, and Mowbray)
6.00 National Nine News (Sydney)
6.30 Sky Harness Racing (horse racing from Maitland, Moonee Valley, Albion Park, and Globe Derby/greyhound action from Wentworth Park and Penrith)
10.45 Sky Rock
2.00 sign-off
RATINGS KEY
C-children's programming
PG-parental guidance suggested
M-recommended for mature audiences
MA-mature viewers only
ABV2-ABC
5.00 Rage (this music video show was simulcast with ABC's Triple J radio network)
8.00 Bottom Line
8.30 Open Learning: 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 Tennis, 2.25 Soccer Magazine, 2.50 School Sport, 3.00 NFL Football, 3.55 Rowing: FISA World Championships, 4.45 Sports News, 5.00 Masters' Games Welcoming Ceremony)
6.00 Family Album "Clowning Around"
7.00 ABC News
7.30 Attitude "Against His Will"
8.00 Frontline "The Siege" (PG, ABC News at 8.25)
8.30 The Bill "Shrinkage"/"Street Legal" (PG, ABC News airs during the program)
9.30 Man from Auntie (Auntie is a slang term for the ABC)
10.00 Beyond the Clouds "The Fate of a Missing Relative"
10.50 Movie "Ex" (PG)
12.30 Australia Television News (Australia Television was the ABC's international channel)
1.00 Rage
HSV7-Seven
8.00 Grand Final Breakfast
9.00 Juniors Grand Final
11.00 VSFL Grand Final (AFL farm teams)
2.00 AFL Grand Final: West Coast 143, Geelong 63
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" (this competition had 10 men competing in front of a all-female audience; PG, Tattslotto at 8.25)
8.30 Mulray (M)
9.30 Movie "Thunderblot and Lightfoot" (M)
11.50 Motor Racing: Tooheys Top 10
12.50 Golden Palace (PG)
1.45 Movie "After Midnight" (MA)
3.25 Mancuso FBI (MA)
4.20 Movie "Adventure in Ventana"
GTV9-Nine
6.00 Gillette World Sports
6.30 Motor Racing: Valvoline World Touring Cars
7.00 Goodsports (C, produced by TVT6 Hobart)
7.30 Hot Science (C)
8.00 Barney & Friends
8.30 The Zone
9.00 What's Up Doc
noon World Championship Wrestling
1.00 Wide World of Sports
5.00 Burkes' 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)
ATV10-Ten
6.00 It's a Knockout (local version of Jeux Sans Frontieres)
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 (beamed from TEN10 Sydney; ATV10 aired a local newscast weeknights...must have went over REALLY well in
Melbourne, given its deep and abiding hate for Sydney)
5.30 A Country Practice "Over the Edge" (episodes of the series were shown here in the Maritimes on ASN, which aired it as a lead-in to the midday news)
6.30 George & Mildred "The Dorothy Letters"
7.00 Brush Strokes
7.30 Unsolved Mysteries
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 (weather maps)
7.45 Worldwatch: Cantonese News
8.00 Worldwatch: Mandarin News
8.30 Worldwatch: Das Journal
9.00 Worldwatch: Le Journal
9.45 Worldwatch: Novosti
10.15 Weatherwatch & Music
10.30 Engineering Data Reduction Error
11.00 Worldwatch: The Journal
11.30 Nightly Business Report
noon English at Work
12.30 Movie "Green Green Grass of Home" (Taiwan, in Mandarin)
2.05 Archaeology (US)
2.30 Sunset Gang (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 "Menzies' Legacy"
8.30 Willie Nelson: My Life (US)
9.30 Movie "Corruption" (bw/PG, Italy)
10.55 Eat Carpet (independent film; legend has it that SBS producers had to have THAT other meaning of the term explained to them)
11.55 Movie "Catwalk" (M, France)
1.25 sign-off
Sky Channel (closed-circuit primarily-racing channel aimed at bars)
10.00 Boxing: Garcia-Occasio/de la Hoya-Williams
11.00 Skylarks "LA Lingerie Ladies"
11.30 Late Mail
noon Sky Raceday (action from Randwick, Newcastle, Flemington, Doomben, Toowoomba, Morphettville, Belmont, and Mowbray)
6.00 National Nine News (Sydney)
6.30 Sky Harness Racing (horse racing from Maitland, Moonee Valley, Albion Park, and Globe Derby/greyhound action from Wentworth Park and Penrith)
10.45 Sky Rock
2.00 sign-off