The opening ceremony of the Games Of The XXIV Olympiad from Seoul, South Korea.
Network Ten scheduled more than 15 hours of coverage each day of Olympic Games competition.
Source: The Age Green Guide, 15 September 1988
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| 6AM | Rage (cont’d) | 6am Crusader Rabbit 6.10 Frankenstein Junior And The Impossibles 6.35 Atom Ant |
6am Thunderbirds | 6am The World Tomorrow 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style |
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| 7AM | 7am Seven’s Super Saturday | 7am The Cartoon Company. Craig Campbell, Michelle Marr | 7am Ridgey Didge 7.30 The Muppet Babies |
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| 8AM | 8am The Early Bird Show | ||||
| 9AM | 9am The Factory. Andrew Daddo, Alex Papps | 9am Saturday Morning Live. Jonathan Coleman, Ian Rogerson | |||
| 10AM | 10am Olympic Games: Preview 10.30 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony |
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| 11AM | |||||
| 12PM | 12pm Rock Arena | 12pm Movie: The Hills Of Home. 1948 [IMDB] | 12pm Burke’s Backyard | ||
| 1PM | 1.15 Sandwich 1.20 Movie: From Hell To Texas. 1958 [IMDB] |
1.50 Movie: Go West. 1940 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1pm Wide World Of Sports. Ian Chappell, Max Walker, Lou Richards | 1.25pm Movie: Bewitched. 1981 (India) | |
| 2PM | 2pm Olympic Games: Preview. Mike Gibson, Bruce McAvaney | ||||
| 3PM | 3pm Rugby League: 1988 Grand Final. Randwick v Warringah | 3.25 Movie: Ma And Pa Kettle At The Fair. 1952 (B&W) [IMDB] | 3pm Olympic Games: Day 1 | 3.45 New World Ballet | |
| 4PM | 4.45 Sports Arena. Charles Slade | ||||
| 5PM | 5pm Get Smart 5.30 Seven Nightly News. Peter Mitchell, Kate Dunstan |
5pm Noah’s Ark (Spain) 5.30 World Soccer |
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| 6PM | 6pm ABC News. Edwin Maher 6.30 Countrywide. Mike Broadhurst |
6pm Football Highlights: VFL | 6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich, Jacki MacDonald |
6pm Ten News. Sarah Henderson, Alistair Paterson 6.30 Olympic Games: Day 1 |
6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm That’s Australia. John Derum 7.30 Upstairs Downstairs |
7.30 Probe. John Hosking, Sonia Humphrey, Ian Altschwager, Debbie Whitmont, Tim Graves | 7pm Floyd On France 7.40 Dateline. John Gilbert |
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| 8PM | 8.20 ABC News 8.30 Movie: The Ploughman’s Lunch. 1983 [IMDB] |
8.28 Tattslotto/Super 66 8.30 Movie: Blossoms In The Dust. 1941 [IMDB] |
8.30 21 Jump Street | 8.30 Movie: Zazie In The Metro. 1960 (France) [IMDB] | |
| 9PM | 9.28 Keno 9.30 Werewolf |
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| 10PM | 10.15 The Sweeney | 10.30 Knots Landing | 10pm The Twilight Zone 10.30 News 10.35 MTV Music Television. Simulcast EON FM |
10pm Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony (Rpt) | 10.05 Special: The Sensational Millie Jackson |
| 11PM | 11.05 Rage (Continues to 7am) |
11.30 Movie: Son Of Frankenstein. 1939 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11pm Movie: The First Reel. 1979 (Spain) [IMDB] | ||
| 12AM | 12am Olympic Games: Day 1 | 12.30am Close | |||
| 1AM | 1.30am Close | 1.35am Movie: Only Two Can Play. 1962 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1am Night Shift | ||
| 2AM | 2.15 Motorcycle Racing: World 500cc and 250cc Championships (Brazil) | ||||
| 3AM | 3.45 Movie: A Run For Your Money. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.25 The Young Doctors 5.55 Kenneth Copeland (Continues to 6.55am) |
5am Superman 5.30 Wall Street Journal (Continues to 6am) |
5.15 Close |
