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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] | |
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| 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) |
