Network Ten televises the Bicentenary Melbourne Cup Carnival.

ABC’s World At Six provides a competitor to SBS’ acclaimed World News.

The D-Generation present a comedy special on Seven to salute ‘Roy Smeck’.

Jo Pearson and Terry Willesee front Nine’s early evening magazine show Live At 5

Source: TV Week, 29 October 1988

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM		6am TVAM. John Barton, Kay McGrath	6am National Nine News 6.30 Business Today	6am USA Today 6.30 Ten News
7AM	7am Battle Of The Planets 7.27 Belle And Sebastian 7.52 Today’s Special	7.30 Cartoon Connection. Michael Horrocks, Alex Wileman	7am Today. George Negus, Elizabeth Hayes	7am Good Morning Australia. Mike Gibson, Kerri-Anne Kennerley
8AM	8.20 Sesame Street
9AM	9.20 Parental Guidance Recommended 9.30 Play School	9.30 Fat Cat And Friends	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Mulligrubs 9.30 Horse Racing: The Bicentenary Melbourne Cup Carnival. Bruce McAvaney, Mike Gibson, Annette Allison, Joan McInnes, Lady Susan Renouf. Live from Flemington
10AM	10am For Schools: Minimaths, The Australian Eye, Looking Into Paintings, Behind The News, Insight, Scientific Eye	10am Cash And Company	10am Diff’rent Strokes 10.30 General Hospital
11AM		11am Eleven AM	11.30 National Nine News
12PM	12pm Maelstrom	12pm Movie: Green Fire. 1956 [IMDB]	12pm Midday With Ray Martin
1PM	1pm Parental Guidance Recommended 1.10 For Schools: Let’s Learn Japanese, For The Juniors		1.30 Days Of Our Lives
2PM	2pm Four Corners (Rpt) 2.45 Animal Fair 2.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends	2.30 The Persuaders	2.30 The Young And The Restless
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends	3.30 The Flying Nun	3.30 Maude		3pm TV Ed
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 The Sooty Show 4.50 Mr Men	4pm Wombat 4.30 The Mouse Factory	4pm C’mon Kids		4pm The Electric Company 4.30 Kaleidoscope
5PM	5pm The Afternoon Show. Includes Inspector Gadget, Doctor Who	5pm Wheel Of Fortune. John Burgess 5.30 Press Your Luck. Ian Turpie	5pm Live At 5. Terry Willesee, Jo Pearson	5.30 Perfect Match. Greg Evans, Kerrie Friend	5pm Dance With Me (Brazil) 5.30 International Airport (Italy)
6PM	6pm World At Six. Fiona Bales 6.30 The Oz Game	6pm Home And Away 6.30 Seven Nightly News. Jennifer Keyte, Glenn Taylor	6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 A Current Affair. Jana Wendt	6pm Ten News. David Johnston, Mal Walden, Tracey Curro, Bruce McAvaney, Julie Foster	6pm The Noise. Annette Shun Wah 6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis
7PM	7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty 7.30 The 7.30 Report. John Jost	7pm Hinch At Seven. Derryn Hinch 7.30 A Country Practice	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.28 Keno 7.30 Who’s The Boss?	7pm Neighbours 7.30 Sable	7pm Sport Report 7.30 Reagan On Reagan
8PM	8pm The Investigators 8.28 ABC News 8.30 Floodtide	8.30 Beyond 2000	8pm Growing Pains 8.30 Mini-Series: A Fortunate Life. Part IV. [IMDB]	8.30 Mini-Series: Bluegrass. Part I. [IMDB]	8.30 Chateauvallon (France)
9PM	9.28 ABC News 9.30 The Last Resort	9.30 Special: The D-Generation’s Tribute To Roy Smeck			9.30 Tonight With Paul Murphy
10PM	10.20 The World Tonight. Richard Palfreyman 10.50 Rock Arena. Suzanne Dowling	10.30 Newsworld	10.30 Graham Kennedy’s News Show. Graham Kennedy, Ken Sutcliffe	10.30 Dallas	10pm Joys And Shadows (Spain)
11PM		11.30 Langley Bottom	11.30 Carson’s Comedy Classics	11.30 NFL Match Of The Week	11.05 The Awakening (Singapore) 11.55 Close
12AM	12.05am Close	12am Today (NBC)	12am Movie: The Amorous Adventures Of Moll Flanders. 1965 [IMDB]
1AM
2AM		2am Thriller	2.30 Movie: The Wrong Man. 1957 (B&W) [IMDB]	2.30am Nightshift
3AM		3.30 Duty Free
4AM		4am Dempsey And Makepeace	4.35 Bonanza
5AM		5am Newsworld (Rpt) (Continues to 6am)	5.30 The Young Doctors (Continues to 6am)	5am Hans Christian Andersen 5.30 Maya The Bee (Continues to 6am)