All four networks provide coverage of the Federal Election after polls close at 8.00pm. The election went on to see the Australian Labor Party end 23 years of conservative rule.
See also: Saturday 2 December 1972 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Source: TV Times, 2 December 1972
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| 6AM | ||||
| 7AM | 7am Playroom 7.30 Humphrey B Bear’s Curiosity Show |
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| 8AM | 8.30am Cartoons 8.45 Movie: Little Tough Guys In Society. 1938 [IMDB] |
8.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday | 8am The Saturday Show. Sherry Wheeler | |
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| 10AM | 10am Movie: You’re Not So Tough. 1940 [IMDB] | |||
| 11AM | 11.20 Movie: Call A Messenger. 1939 [IMDB] | 11.30 The Samurai | 11am Building Today. Murray Jones | |
| 12PM | 12.40pm Movie: Give Us Wings. 1940 [IMDB] | 12pm Wrestling | 12pm Racing: Pakenham. John Russell, Keith Livingston 12.15 TV Form Guide. Clem Dimsey, Peter Lovitt |
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| 1PM | 1.25pm Hit Scene. Dick Williams 1.55 Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final: Richmond v Carlton (Rpt) |
1.50 Movie: Hit The Road. 1941 [IMDB] | 1.30 Movie: Thor And The Amazon Women. 1960 [IMDB] | 1pm Wide World Of Sport |
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| 3PM | 3pm Movie: Tough As They Come. 1942 [IMDB] | 3pm Daktari | 3pm Racing (cont’d) 3.30 Wide World Of Sport |
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| 4PM | 4.20 Cricket: Shieffield Shield. Victoria v South Australia. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4.15 Movie: Keep ‘Em Slugging. 1943 [IMDB] | 4pm Tales Of Wells Fargo 4.30 Safari To Adventure |
4.30 Sports Results Roundup. Keith Livingston |
| 5PM | 5.30 Jeopardy. Graham Webb | 5pm Junior Bandstand | 5pm Stars Of The Future. Carolyn Noble 5.30 Junior Jury. Noel O’Connor |
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| 6PM | 6pm The Magic Ball 6.15 The Wind In The Willows 6.30 Timeslip 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. David Johnston 6.30 Movie: Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear. 1964 [IMDB] |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 Nanny And The Professor |
6pm News. Wayne Tregaskis, Peter Sharp, Clem Dimsey 6.30 Petticoat Junction |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 The Val Doonican Show |
7pm Barefoot In The Park 7.30 All In The Family |
7pm Young Talent Time | |
| 8PM | 8.13 Election Report 8.15 Four Corners. Gordon Bick, Peter Reid, John Temple, John Sexton, Jim Downes, Caroline Jones, David Flatman, Peter Ross 8.45 Election 72. Robert Moore, James Dibble, Malcolm Mackerras, Dr Jim Prescott |
8.15 Penthouse Club. Michael Williamson, Mary Hardy. Includes Tattslotto, and Election 72 Updates from Canberra | 8pm The Odd Couple | 8pm Special: The Everly Brothers (Half-Hourly Election Updates from 8.30 to 11pm) |
| 9PM | 9pm Federal Election. Mike Willesee, John Bailey, Alan Reid, Tony Staley, Michael Schildberger, Brian Joyce, Bill Passick, Jim Waley, Ian Ross, Jim Wall | 9pm Special: Sex In The Sixties | ||
| 10PM | 10pm Movie: We Joined The Navy. 1962 [IMDB] | |||
| 11PM | 11.15 News. Peter Landy 11.30 Election Results. Brian Naylor, Norm Bennell, Maximilian Walsh |
11.30 Election Summary 11.45 News 11.50 Movie: Mission To Moscow. 1943 [IMDB] |
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| 12AM | 12am Close | 12am Playboy After Dark | ||
| 1AM | 1am Movie: The Mystery Of Marie Roget. 1942 [IMDB] | 1am Movie: Attack Of The Normans. 1960 [IMDB] | ||
| 2AM | 2.05 Close | 2.05am Weather; Close | ||
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| 4AM | 4am Epilogue 4.05 Close |
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