Saturday 26 September 1987 — VICTORIA

The VFL Grand Final — Carlton v Hawthorn — is telecast live on ABC.

ABC’s coverage begins with the all-night football marathon — highlights of past Grand Finals — a tradition initiated by former VFL broadcast partner HSV7.

The Seven Network was successful in re-gaining rights to cover VFL from season 1988.

Source: TV Week, 26 September 1987. The Age, 24 September 1987.

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6AM Football: VFL. Grand Final Highlights (cont’d)  6am The Adventures Of Gulliver
6.30 Jeannie
6am Thunderbirds 6am Tom Foolery
6.30 Barbie: The Making Of Mattel
6.35 Linus The Lionhearted
7AM 7am Cartoon Connection 7am Cartoon Company. Craig Campbell, Kathy Hopper 7am The Early Bird Show. Darryl Cotton, Marie van Maaren
8AM 8am Football: VFL. Grand Final Breakfast. Live from Southern Cross Hotel
9AM 9am Football: VFL. Under 19s Grand Final. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 9am Sounds. Donnie Sutherland 9.55am Worldwide (Rpt)
10AM 10.25 Sport Report International (Rpt)
10.55 Showbiz (Rpt)
11AM 11am Football: VFL. Reserves Grand Final. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 11.25 Vox Populi (Rpt)
11.55 Movie: Dictator Enlists Thanassis (Greece)
12PM 12pm Horse Racing: Grandstand. Live from Moonee Valley 12pm Burke’s Backyard 12pm Movie: The Battle Of Britain. 1969 [IMDB]
1PM 1pm Wide World Of Sports. Ian Chappell, Mike Gibson, Max Walker 1.25pm National Basketball League
2PM 2pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Pre-Match Entertainment. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground
2.30 Football: VFL Grand Final. Carlton v Hawthorn. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground
2.35 Movie: Riding Shotgun. 1954 [IMDB] 2.25 On The Ball
3PM 3.25 Movie: Mandalina (Greece)
4PM 4pm Chopper Squad
5PM 5pm Fame 5pm The Muppet Show 5pm Newly Industrialised Countries
5.30 World Soccer
6PM 6pm Football; VFL Grand Final. Highlights 6pm Seven National News
6.30 The World Around Us
6pm National Nine News
6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday
6pm Eyewitness News. Alister Paterson, Jennifer Hansen
6.30 Young Talent Time. Guest host Craig McLachlan
6.30 World News
7PM  7pm ABC News
7.30 Mike Walsh
7.30 Our House 7.30 Magnum PI 7pm Floyd On Fish
7.30 Dateline. Paul Murphy
8PM  8.30 Special: 41st Annual Tony Awards 8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66
8.35 Special: Ocean Quest
8.30 Hill Street Blues 8.30 Movie: Under Capricorn. 1949 [IMDB] 8.30 Derrick (Germany)
9PM  9.30 Spenser: For Hire 9.30 Colette (France)
10PM  10pm ABC News
10.05 Callan
10.30 Newsbreak
10.35 MTV: Music Television. Simulcast FOXFM
10.55 Movie: Letter From An Unknown Woman. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] 10.30 Movie: The Duchess Of Langeais. 1942 (France) (B&W) [IMDB]
11PM  11pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Highlights 11.55 Knots Landing
12AM  12am Rage
(Continues to 7am)
12.55am Close 12.45am Night Shift 12.05am Movie: Spells. 1944 (France) (B&W) [IMDB]
1AM  1.45 Close
2AM  2.35am Movie: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre. 1967 [IMDB]
3AM 
4AM  4.35 Bonanza
5AM  5.30 Archie And Sabrina
5.55 Kenneth Copeland
(Continues to 6.55am)
5am Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy
5.30 Superman (B&W)
(Continues to 6am)

 

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Football: VFL. Grand Final Highlights (cont’d)
8am Football: VFL. Grand Final Breakfast
9am Football: VFL. Under 19s Grand Final
11am Football: VFL. Reserves Grand Final
2pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Pre-Match Entertainment
2.30 Football: VFL Grand Final. Carlton v Hawthorn
6pm Football; VFL Grand Final. Highlights
7pm ABC News
7.30 Mike Walsh
8.30 Special: 41st Annual Tony Awards
10pm ABC News
10.05 Callan
11pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Highlights
12am Close
6.59am Program Highlights
7am Saturday’s Kids: The New Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Robotech, The Porky Pig Show
9am Sounds. Donnie Sutherland
12pm Indoor Cricket: National Championships
1pm Battlestar Galactica
2pm Movie: Li’l Abner. 1959 [IMDB]
4.05 Laredo
4.55 Get Smart
5.30 Cartoons
5.50 Regional News
6pm National Nine News
6.30 Young Talent Time
7.30 Webster
8pm Who’s The Boss
8.30 Movie: Wholly Moses. 1980 [IMDB]
10.25 Movie: American Hot Wax. 1978 [IMDB]
12.05am Epilogue
12.10 Close
7am Turf Talk
7.15 Kids Only
7.45 Super Saturday Show: Care Bears, Gilligan’s Planet, Droids, Roman Holidays, The Transformers, Hey It’s The King
11am Solid Gold
12pm Gunsmoke
1pm Wide World Of Sports
5.55 Regional News
6pm National Nine News
6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday
8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66
8.35 Movie: Return Of The Beverly Hillbillies. 1981 [IMDB]
10.30 Movie: Captain Blood. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB]
12.15am Movie: Goodbye Raggedy Anne. 1971 [IMDB]
1.35 Close
7am Super Saturday Show: The Transformers, Trollkins, Robotech, Loopy De Loop, The Smurfs
10.30 Get Smart
11am Variety Italian Style
12pm Bowls ’87
1pm Wide World Of Sports
6pm National Nine News
6.30 Regional News
6.35 Webster
7pm Charles In Charge
7.30 Highway To Heaven
8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66
8.35 Scarecrow And Mrs King
9.30 Movie: The Citadel. 1938 (B&W) [IMDB]
11.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday
1am Close
7am Lassie
7.30 Merrie Melodies
8am Surprise! Surprise!
10am Sounds
12pm McHale’s Navy (B&W)
12.30 The Phil Silvers Show (B&W)
1pm Ripley’s Believe It Or Not
2pm Movie: Woman Obsessed. 1959 [IMDB]
3.45 Get Smart
4.15 All Creatures Great And Small
5.05 Flintstones
5.30 Punky Brewster
5.55 Drive
6pm National Nine News
6.30 Webster
7pm Charles In Charge
7.30 Movie: Salty. 1973 [IMDB]
9.50 Matlock
10.50 Hey Hey It’s Saturday
12.50am World Championship Wrestling
1.50 Close