The Nine Network debuts another in its line of ultimately ill-fated soaps, Family And Friends. The series screened twice a week, up against Ten’s E Street, before being shifted to an afternoon timeslot and then playing out its remaining episodes over the following summer.
Ten screens a re-run of its award-winning 1987 mini-series Vietnam, starring Barry Otto, Nicholas Eadie, Nicole Kidman and Veronica Lang.
Source: TV Week, 3 February 1990
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| 6AM | 6am Holiday World 6.30 Agro’s Cartoon Connection. Includes Speed Buggy, The New Fred And Barney Show, Thundercats, The Smurfs |
6am MASK 6.30 ITN World News |
6am Lassie 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style |
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| 7AM | 7am Astroboy 7.30 The Berenstain Bears 7.55 Belle And Sebastian |
7am Today. Elizabeth Hayes, Steve Liebmann | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 8AM | 8.20 Sesame Street | ||||
| 9AM | 9.20 Parental Guidance Recommended 9.30 Play School |
9am Gidget 9.30 Fat Cat And Friends |
9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 In Melbourne Today RETURN |
9am ‘Til Ten | |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: ABC Daytime For Primary Students, Animal Fair, Everyday China, Curious George, Behind The News, Puppets, Junior Secondary Maths, Secondary Media, In Transit | 10am Falcon Crest | 10.49 Newsbreak 10.50 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day Five. Live from Sydney |
10am Mulligrubs 10.30 Ten Morning News |
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| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11am Another World | |||
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Passion Flower. 1986 [IMDB] | 12pm Santa Barbara | |||
| 1PM | 1pm National Press Club Luncheon | 1pm Ten-Pin Bowling 1.30 Cricket (cont’d) |
1pm The Bold And The Beautiful 1.30 Donahue |
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| 2PM | 2pm Scene 2.30 Avec Plaisir |
2pm Perry Mason (B&W) | 2.30 The Rockford Files | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.58 Pinny’s House |
3pm The Beverly Hillbillies 3.30 I Dream Of Jeannie |
3.30 House Calls | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Wind In The Willows 4.50 Fireman Sam |
4pm Get Smart 4.30 Now You See It |
4pm Neighbours Again 4.30 Double Dare |
4pm Kaleidoscope 4.30 The Brotherhood Of The Blue Seagull (Yugoslavia) |
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| 5PM | 5pm Ramona 5.26 Danger Mouse 5.36 The Campbells |
5pm Family Feud 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune |
5pm The Munsters (B&W) 5.30 Charles In Charge |
5pm Malgudi Days (India) 5.30 Changing Partners (Hong Kong) |
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| 6PM | 6pm Countdown Summer 6.30 EastEnders |
6pm Seven Nightly News. Glenn Taylor, Jennifer Keyte 6.30 Home And Away |
6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 A Current Affair |
6pm Ten Evening News. David Johnston, Tracey Curro | 6pm Noah’s Ark (Spain) 6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty 7.30 The 7.30 Report |
7pm Hinch. Derryn Hinch 7.30 Hey Dad |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.28 Keno 7.30 Family And Friends PREMIERE |
7pm Neighbours 7.30 E Street |
7pm Three Ladies And Their Hot Dog Stand (West Germany) 7.30 Repercussions |
| 8PM | 8pm A Question Of Survival 8.28 ABC News Update 8.30 Special: Tumbledown [IMDB] |
8pm Full House 8.28 Tattslotto 8.30 Football: Fosters Cup. Footscray v Richmond |
8.30 Movie: Lovesick. 1983 [IMDB] | 8.30 Mini-Series: Vietnam. Part Four [IMDB] | 8.30 The Investigator (West Germany) |
| 9PM | 9.25 Masterpiece: Under Milkwood | ||||
| 10PM | 10.25 Aspel And Co | 10.30 Nightline 10.35 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v Pakistan. Highlights |
10.25 Movie: The Hour Of The Wolf (Greece) [IMDB] | ||
| 11PM | 11.05 ABC News Late Edition 11.15 The Makers 11.45 Close |
11pm Tonight Live With Steve Vizard | 11.05 Sonny Spoon | 11.25 Nightwatch 11.30 Crime Story |
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| 12AM | 12.10am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) | 12.05am Movie: The Borgia Stick. 1967 [IMDB] | 12.30am Return To Eden | 12.10am Close | |
| 1AM | 1.55 Movie: Go For The Gold. 1983 [IMDB] | 1.30 Movie: The Miracle Of The Bells. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 2AM | 2.10 Dempsey And Makepeace | ||||
| 3AM | 3.10 Big Deal | 3.40 Movie: Billy Liar. 1963 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 4AM | 4.05 Night Heat | 4am Heart Of The City | |||
| 5AM | 5am Hot Shots (Continues to 6am) |
5.30 The Young Doctors (Continues to 6am) |
5am Dallas (Continues to 6am) |
