The final episode of Midday, ending a three-year run with host Kerri-Anne Kennerley and a daytime TV tradition that dated back to The Mike Walsh Show beginning in 1973.
Seven presents The People’s Choice Awards, the alternative to the TV Week Logie Awards, in association with New Idea magazine.
National Nine News presenter Brian Naylor signs off for retirement, ending a 40-year career in television, twenty of those with Nine.
The final weekday of the ratings season sees Eleven AM, Hot Streak, Home And Away, Sale Of The Century and Neighbours all wind up for the year.
(This listing excludes community Channel 31 which is not listed in TV Week)
Source: TV Week, 21 November 1998
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| 6AM | 6am Open Learning 6.30 The Reading, Writing Roadshow |
6am Sunrise | 6am National Nine Early News | 6am Aerobics Oz Style 6.30 Sports Tonight (Rpt) |
(5am) Weatherwatch, Music 5.30 Worldwatch: 5.30 Japanese News, 6am Cantonese News, 6.20 Mandarin News, 6.55 Telegiornale, 7.30 Das Journal, 8am Ta Nea Ton Ennea, 9am Le Journal, 9.30 Itogi, 10.15 Telediario, 11am Indonesian News, 11.30 The Journal, 12pm Business Report |
| 7AM | 7am Perspective 7.35 Teletubbies |
7am Cartoon Connection | 7am Today. Steve Liebmann, Tracy Grimshaw | 7am Cheez TV | |
| 8AM | 8am Animal Shelf 8.10 Small Stories 8.15 Noddy 8.30 Sesame Street |
8.30 The Book Place | 8.30 The Music Shop | ||
| 9AM | 9.25 Miffy 9.30 Play School |
9am A Country Practice | 9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 How’d They Do That? |
9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton | |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Book Bug, More Than Words, Oceans Alive!, Scientific Eye, Worlds Of Faith, Hazards Disasters And Survival | 10am Acropolis Now 10.30 Rex Hunt Fishing Australia |
10.30 News | ||
| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11am What’s Cooking. Geoff Jansz 11.30 Entertainment Tonight |
11.30 Ten News. Jason Cameron | ||
| 12PM | 12pm World At Noon 12.30 Lateline (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Coins In The Fountain. 1990 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Kerri-Anne | 12pm The Roseanne Show | 12.30pm The Factory |
| 1PM | 1pm The Promised Land | 1pm Judge Judy 1.30 FCTV, Penny Cook, Julia Zaetta |
1.15 Coming Out Under Fire | ||
| 2PM | 2pm The Bill 2.50 Consuming Passions |
2pm Ricki Lake | 2pm Days Of Our Lives | 2.30 Oprah Winfrey | 2.15 Weatherwatch, Music |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine |
3pm Hey Dad! 3.30 The Wiggles |
3pm The Young And The Restless | 3.30 Breakers (Rpt) | 3pm TV Ed |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Babar 4.55 The World Of Eric Carle |
4pm A*Mazing. James Sherry 4.30 Bewitched |
4pm Now You See It 4.30 What’s Up Doc? |
4pm Driven Crazy 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful |
4pm The Bank, President And Pearl Of Africa |
| 5PM | 5pm Stickin’ Around 5.25 Little Lulu 5.30 Soul Music 5.55 Freaky Stories |
5pm Hot Streak. James O’Neill 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. Rob Elliott, Adriana Xenides |
5pm Family Matters 5.30 Catch Phrase. John Burgess |
5pm Ten News. Mal Walden, Jennifer Hansen, Stephen Quartermain, Mike Larkan | 5pm Newshour With Jim Lehrer (PBS) |
| 6PM | 6pm Stateline 6.30 Gardening Australia |
6pm Seven Nightly News. David Johnston 6.30 Today Tonight |
6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 A Current Affair |
6pm MASH 6.30 Neighbours |
6pm Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course 6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Kathy Bowlen 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Kerry O’Brien |
7pm Home And Away 7.30 Special: Feet Of Flames |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Burke’s Backyard |
7pm Seinfeld 7.30 Sliders |
7pm World Sports. Les Murray 7.30 Appetite For Asia |
| 8PM | 8pm Father Ted 8.30 McCallum. Includes ABC News Late Edition |
8.30 Special: The People’s Choice Awards. Live from State Theatre, Sydney. | 8.30 Movie: A Few Good Men. 1992 [IMDB] | 8pm As It Happened (Germany) | |
| 9PM | 9pm Special: The Magic Of Midday 2 | 9pm World News At Nine 9.30 Movie: An Almost Perfect Affair. 1995 (Germany) [IMDB] |
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| 10PM | 10.15 Basketball: NBL Summer. Melbourne Tigers v Sydney Kings | 10pm Special: When Rock Was Young. Johnny Young | |||
| 11PM | 11.30 Order In The House. Heather Ewart | 11.05 Seven Nightly News 11.35 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple |
11pm Nightline. Jim Waley 11.30 Special: Sex With Cindy Crawford |
11.20 Ten News. Sandra Sully 11.50 Sports Tonight |
11.15 Hotline. Anthony Mir 11.30 The Ride |
| 12AM | 12.30am Australia Television News | 12.30am Today (NBC) | 12.30am The Late Show With David Letterman | 12.50am Breakers | 12am Movie: Dona Herlinda And Her Son. 1986 (Mexico) [IMDB] |
| 1AM | 1am Rage. Simulcast JJJ (Continues to 9am) |
1.30 Entertainment Tonight | 1.20 Golf: The Players’ Championships. Day 2 | 1.30 Close | |
| 2AM | 2.30 Telemall Shopping | 2am Tennis: ATP Finals | 2.20 Basketball: NBA Action 2.50 Basketball: NBA Game Of The Week |
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| 3AM | 3.30 Movie: Victim Of Innocence. 1991 [IMDB] | 3.50 Video Hits | |||
| 4AM | 4am Hart To Hart | ||||
| 5AM | 5.10 The Greatest American Hero (Continues to 6am) |
5.30 All Together Now (Continues to 6am) |
5am Benny Hinn 5.30 JTV (Continues to 6am) |
5am Weatherwatch, Music 5.30 Worldwatch: Japanese News (Continues to 6am) |
