The trend to late-night music video shows is in full swing — with Rage (ABC) two nights a week, MTV: Music Television (Nine) three nights a week, and Night Shift (Ten) seven nights a week — all launched within weeks of each other.

Source: TV Scene, 25 April 1987

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM		News Overnight (cont’d)	6am 6AM With Eric Walters 6.30 Today. George Negus, Elizabeth Hayes	6am Daybreak. Ron Wilson, Claudia Emery
7AM	7.30am The 7.30 Report (Rpt)	7am Atom Ant 7.30 Tom And Jerry		7am Good Morning Australia. Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Tim Webster
8AM	8am Today’s Special 8.30 Sesame Street	8am Leave It To Beaver (B&W) 8.30 Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
9AM	9.30 Play School	9am Catch Us If You Can 9.30 TV Education	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Good Morning Melbourne. Roy Hampson, Annette Allison
10AM	10am For Schools: Insight, Let’s Go Maths, Junior Secondary Maths, Craft Design And Technology, Flip Slide Turn, Puppets, Scientific Eye	10am Romper Room	10am The Young Doctors 10.30 The Sullivans	10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Another World
11AM		11am Eleven AM. Richard Zachariah, Ross Symonds	11.30 National Nine News	11.30 Eyewitness News
12PM	12pm Countrywide 12.20 For Schools: The Australian Eye, Babies Need Books, Parenting, Come And Get It, Glass, For The Juniors, The Media, Voting, The Whys And Wherefores	12pm Movie: Marooned. 1969 [IMDB]	12pm Midday With Ray Martin	12pm Pot Luck. Ernie Sigley
1PM			1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm The Rockford Files
2PM		2.30 The New Price Is Right	2.30 The Young And The Restless	2pm Movie: Bullwhip. 1958 [IMDB]
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends	3pm When The Boat Comes In	3.30 General Hospital
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 The Wind In The Willows 4.50 Superted	4pm Wombat 4.30 Lassie	4pm C’mon Kids	4pm Andrew Daddo Presents. Includes Grizzly Adams	4.30pm Learning Network
5PM	5pm David Smith’s Earthwatch 5.30 You Can’t Do That On Television	5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 Have A Go. Jonathon Coleman, Ian Rogerson	5pm The Bugs Bunny Show 5.30 Say G’Day. Greg Evans	5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Perfect Match. Cameron Daddo, Kerrie Friend	5pm Legends Of The World 5.30 The Noise
6PM	6pm Inspector Gadget 6.25 Come And Get It 6.30 EastEnders	6pm Seven National News. Greg Pearce	6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 Willesee. Michael Willesee	6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jo Pearson	6pm Brookside 6.30 World News. George Donikian
7PM	7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty 7.30 The 7.30 Report. John Jost	7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 Torvill And Dean	7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Alyce Platt 7.30 Webster	7pm Neighbours 7.30 Highway To Heaven	7pm Dance With Me (Brazil) 7.30 Empress Wu (Hong Kong)
8PM	8pm To The Manor Born 8.30 Minder	8.30 Movie: Clash Of The Titans. 1981 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Revenge Of The Stepford Wives. 1980 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Blazing Saddles. 1974 [IMDB]	8.15 Let’s Parlez Franglais 8.30 Showbiz. Zuzanka Kutena
9PM	9.20 Friday Night Football: Sydney Swans v Carlton. Delayed coverage from Sydney				9pm 9 O’Clock. Christina Koutsoukos 9.30 Movie: Father And Son. 1981 (Hong Kong) [IMDB]
10PM			10.25 Newsbreak 10.35 MTV Music Television	10.20 News Update 10.35 Movie: The Man With The Golden Arm. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB]
11PM	11.30 ABC News 11.35 Movie: All That Jazz. 1979 [IMDB]	11pm Newsworld 11.30 Hail! To The Chief			11.10 The Noise (Rpt)
12AM		12pm News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC)(Continues to 7am)		12.55am Night Shift. David White
1AM	1.40am Rage (Continues to 7.30am)				1.25am Close
2AM			2.35am Movie: The Inheritor. 1960 [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4.35 Bonanza
5AM			5.30 Ask The Leyland Brothers (Continues to 6am)	5am Just Liz 5.30 Morecambe And Wise (Continues to 6am)

 

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7.30am The 7.30 Report (Rpt) 8am Today’s Special 8.30 Sesame Street 9.30 Play School 10am For Schools: Insight, Let’s Go Maths, Junior Secondary Maths, Craft Design And Technology, Flip Slide Turn, Puppets, Scientific Eye 12pm Countrywide 12.20 For Schools: The Australian Eye, Babies Need Books, Parenting, Come And Get It, Glass, For The Juniors, The Media, Voting, The Whys And Wherefores 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends 4pm Play School 4.30 The Wind In The Willows 4.50 Superted 5pm David Smith’s Earthwatch 5.30 You Can’t Do That On Television 6pm Inspector Gadget 6.25 Come And Get It 6.30 EastEnders 7pm ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8pm To The Manor Born 8.30 Minder 9.20 Friday Night Football: Sydney Swans v Carlton. Delayed coverage from Sydney 11.30 ABC News 11.35 Movie: All That Jazz. 1979 [IMDB] 1.40am Rage (Continues to 7.30am)	6.59am Program Highlights 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Here’s Humphrey 10am Aerobics Oz Style 10.30 High School Education Project 11am About Town 11.30 National Nine News 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.30 The Wagga Gold Cup 3.30 King In The Kitchen 3.35 Sons And Daughters 4pm Wombat 4.30 Now You See It 5pm Camp Runamuck 5.30 Sale Of The Century 6pm Regional News 6.30 National Nine News 6.55 Weather 7pm Willesee 7.30 Magnum PI 8.30 Movie: National Lampoon’s Vacation [IMDB] 10.15 Movie: Animal House. 1978 [IMDB] 12am Epilogue; Close	6.30am The Smurfs 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 TV Education 10am Silver Spoons 10.30 The Morning Show 11am Sons And Daughters 11.55 News Centre 6 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.30 The Duchess Of Duke Street 3.30 The Jetsons 4pm Wombat 4.30 Thunder 5pm The Brady Bunch 5.25 Perfect Match 5.55 Job Shop 6pm News Centre 6. Includes National Nine News 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 It’s A Knockout 8.30 Special: John Farnham In Concert 9.30 Movie: Waikiki. 1980 [IMDB] 11.45 News Centre 6 Second Edition 12am Today (NBC) 2am Close	6.30am Morning Meditation 6.35 The New Adventures Of Superman 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Morning Meditation 9.05 Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 TV Education 10am Silver Spoons 10.30 The Morning Show 11am Sons And Daughters 11.55 News Centre 6 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.30 Jazz Fitness 2.35 The Onedin Line 3.30 Shazzam 4pm Children’s Hour 5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Sale Of The Century 6pm News Centre 6. Includes National Nine News 7pm Willesee 7.30 It’s A Knockout 8.30 Special: John Farnham In Concert 10pm Movie: The Stepford Wives. 1975 [IMDB] 12.05am Movie: Islands In The Stream. 1977 [IMDB] 1.50 National News; Close	6.55am Thought For The Day 7am Today 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 TV Education 10am The Young Doctors 10.30 Jazz Fitness 10.35 The Sullivans 11.30 National Nine News 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 The Young And The Restless 3.15 The Newlywed Game 3.45 Cartoons 4pm Wombat 4.30 Now You See It 5pm Say G’Day 5.25 Neighbours 5.55 [BCV/STV] Access 5.55 [GLV] This Week In Agriculture 6pm TV8 News Hour. Includes National Nine News 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Valerie 8pm Who’s The Boss? 8.30 Special: John Farnham In Concert 10pm News Hour Update 10.05 Willesee 10.35 The Twilight Zone 11.30 Movie: Pressure Point. 1977 [IMDB] 1.15am Late News 1.20 Thought For Tomorrow 1.25 Close