The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is covered on commercial TV for the first time, with Network Ten screening a highlights package of the previous weekend’s event. Hosted by Tottie Goldsmith.

ABC had previously screened highlights of the annual parade from 1994 to 1996.

(This listing excludes community Channel 31 which is not listed in TV Week)

Source: TV Week, 1 March 1997

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM	6am Open Learning: 6am Discovering Psychology, 6.30 Study Skills, 7am French In Action	6am Sunrise	6am CNN World News 6.30 Daybreak. Includes Business Today	6am Sports Tonight (Rpt) 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style	6am Worldwatch: 6am Japanese News, 6.30 Ta Nea Toy Antenna, 7am Telegiornale Italiano, 7.35 Cantonese News, 7.55 Mandarin News, 8.30 Das Journal, 9am Le Journal, 9.45 Vremya, 10.15 Spanish News, 11am Indonesian News, 11.30 The Journal, 12pm Business Report
7AM	7.30 The Reading Writing Roadshow	7am Agro’s Cartoon Connection	7am Today	7am Cheez TV
8AM	8am English Have A Go 8.30 Sesame Street	8.30 The Book Place		8.30 The Music Shop
9AM	9.25 Dick Bruna Films: Miffy 9.30 Play School	9am The Beverly Hillbillies 9.30 A Country Practice	9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 The Hogan Family	9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton
10AM	10am For Schools: For The Juniors, Seahouse, Rigolecole, Here’s How!, Scientific Eye, Concepts In Science	10.30 Seven Morning News	10am Hope And Gloria 10.30 Morning News
11AM		11am Eleven AM	11am What’s Cooking 11.30 Entertainment Tonight	11.30 Ten News
12PM	12pm The World At Noon 12.30 Lateline (Rpt)	12pm Movie: Perry Mason – The Case Of The Poisoned Pen. 1989 [IMDB]	12pm Midday With Kerri-Anne	12pm General Hospital	12.30pm Movie: The Sixth Day. 1986 (Egypt) [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Foreign Correspondent (Rpt)		1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm Yan Can Cook 1.30 Roseanne
2PM	2pm GP 2.50 Consuming Passions	2pm Ricky Lake	2.30 The Young And The Restless	2pm Oprah Winfrey	2.15 Weatherwatch, Music 2.30 A New World
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends	3pm Unhappily Ever After 3.30 The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest	3.30 Married With Children	3pm Monday To Friday. Greg Evans, Joan Hardy	3pm TV Ed 3.30 English At Work
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Babar 4.55 Nellie The Elephant	4pm A*Mazing 4.30 Bewitched	4pm Challenger 4.30 What’s Up Doc?	4pm Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful	4pm Insight (Rpt)
5PM	5pm The Ferals 5.30 Ready Or Not	5pm Family Feud 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune	5pm Full House 5.30 The Price Is Right	5pm Ten News. Mal Walden, Jennifer Hansen	5pm For Your Information 5.05 Newshour (PBS)
6PM	6pm Stateline. Ian Henderson 6.30 Gardening Australia	6pm Seven Nightly News 6.30 Today Tonight	6pm National Nine News 6.30 A Current Affair. Ray Martin	6pm MASH 6.30 Neighbours	6pm Den Of Wolves (Mexico) 6.30 World News
7PM	7pm ABC News. Ian Henderson 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Kerry O’Brien	7pm Home And Away 7.30 Where Are They Now?	7pm Sale Of The Century. Includes Keno 7.30 Burke’s Backyard. Don Burke	7pm The Nanny 7.30 Sliders	7pm World Sports. Les Murray 7.30 New Horizons
8PM	8pm Good News Week. Paul McDermott, Mikey Robins, Julie McCrossin 8.30 Fallen Angels	8pm Ripsnorters. Garry McDonald 8.30 Football: Ansett Australia Cup. 2nd Quarter Final	8.30 Cybill	8.30 Special: Seinfeld Uncut	8pm Great Castles Of Europe 8.30 People
9PM	9.30 Elizabeth R		9pm Frasier 9.30 Bramwell	9.30 Special: The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. Tottie Goldsmith	9.30 Movie: Full Sun. 1960 (France) [IMDB]
10PM
11PM	11pm ABC News Late Edition 11.10 Movie: Bitter Harvest. 1963 [IMDB]	11.30 Seven Nightly News. Anne Fulwood	11.30 Motor Racing: Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Highlights	11pm Ten News. Sandra Sully 11.30 Sports Tonight. Includes Video Review With Brigitte Duclos	11.25 Hit And Run 11.55 Movie: A Wedding On The Fringe. 1989 (Greece) [IMDB]
12AM	12.45am Australia Television News	12am Movie: Ghosts Can’t Do It. 1990 [IMDB]	12.30am Nightline	12.32am The Beatles Story
1AM	1.15 Rage. Simulcast JJJ (Continues to 9am)		1am The Late Show With David Letterman	1.30 A Year To Remember	1.30am Close
2AM		2am Telemall Shopping	2am Rugby League: ARL Friday Night Football. Parramatta v Norths	2am Telemall Shopping
3AM		3am Today (NBC)	3.50 Late Night Home Shopping
4AM				4am Forever Knight
5AM		5am Telemall Shopping (Continues to 6am)	5.50 Carson’s Comedy Classics (Continues to 6am)	5am Benny Hinn 5.30 JTV (Continues to 6am)