Newsreader Eric Pearce presents a one-hour special of highlights of the year 1958, including the presentation of the GTV9 Man Of The Year award.

All three Melbourne channels present live coverage of the last two hours of play of the Second Test Cricket from the MCG. All three channels also present film highlights of the Davis Cup tennis being played in Brisbane.

ABV2 presents a one-hour variety special for New Year’s Day, and for GTV9’s In Melbourne Tonight it’s business as usual despite the holiday season.

Source: TV Week, 1 January 1959

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9
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9AM			9am Test Pattern
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12PM			12pm Special: Review Of 1958. Eric Pearce
1PM		1.45pm Young Seven. Ron Bond, Madeline Burke	1pm Thursday At One
2PM	2.30pm Movie: The Most Precious Thing In Life [IMDB]	2.45 Everywoman’s Theatre
3PM	3.35 Playing With Water	3.30 Tennis: Davis Cup. Highlights	3pm Tennis: Davis Cup. Highlights
4PM	4pm Cricket: Second Test. Australia v England. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground	4pm Cricket: Second Test. Australia v England. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground	4pm Cricket: Second Test. Australia v England. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground
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6PM	6.15 Lassie 6.42 Weather 6.45 News, Newsreel	6pm The Mickey Mouse Club 6.53 News, Weather	6pm The Tarax Happy Show 6.30 Popeye Theatre 6.45 News, Weather. Includes Professor Browne’s Study
7PM	7pm Amos ‘N Andy 7.30 Stage Seven	7pm Texas Rangers 7.30 The Honeymooners	7pm Wild Bill Hickok 7.30 The Sid Caesar Show
8PM	8pm Pride And Prejudice 8.30 Any Questions?	8pm Wire Service	8.30 Wagon Train
9PM	9pm Special: Happy New Year. Corinne Kerby, Barry McQueen	9pm The Californian 9.30 San Francisco Beat	9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Graham Kennedy
10PM	10pm Spotlight On Cricket 10.30 Tennis: Davis Cup. Highlights	10pm Big Hit Parade. Jean Bilceaux, Don Bennetts, Don Carter
11PM	11.30 Close	11pm Tennis: Davis Cup. Highlights	11pm Late News, Epilogue 11.20 Close
12AM		12am The Pendulum 12.30 Close
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