The first presentation of The Australian TV And Film Awards, nicknamed The Sammys. The awards were a joint venture between TV Times, the Seven Network and the Variety Club of Australia as a rival to the TV Week Logie Awards.
The 1976 awards were hosted by David Frost and held at the Sydney Opera House.
The Sammys were presented annually until 1981.
Source: TV Times, 2 October 1976
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| 6AM | 6am Thunderbirds | |||
| 7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | 7am Cartoon Carnival | ||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.45 Rin Tin Tin | ||
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Ten Australians 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Swami Sarasvati 9.15 Movie: The System. 1966 [IMDB] |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Papua New Guinea, History 1917-1971 (B&W), Scan, Social Studies, Social Science | 10am Celebrity Squares. Jimmy Hannan 10.30 Here’s Lucy |
10.45 King’s Kitchen. Bernard King | |
| 11AM | 11am Return To Peyton Place 11.30 Movie: Vigil In The Night. 1940 (B&W) [IMDB] |
11am Another World 11.55 News |
11am The Roy Hampson Show | |
| 12PM | 12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.55 News |
12pm Matlock Police | ||
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Horizon-5 1.30 For Schools: Behind The News, Thinkabout/Talkabout (B&W), Asian Neighbours |
1.30pm The Doris Day Show | 1pm Search For Tomorrow 1.30 The Young And The Restless |
1pm Vi’s Pad 1.30 The Mike Walsh Show |
| 2PM | 2pm Medical Centre | 2pm General Hospital 2.55 News |
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| 3PM | 3pm Homicide | 3pm Dinah! | 3pm Pot Of Gold | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School (B&W) 4.30 Flashez. Ray Burgess |
4pm Mister Ed (B&W) 4.30 The Monkees |
4pm Cartoon Corner | 4pm Hilarious House Of Frightenstein 4.30 Ripcord |
| 5PM | 5.05 The Wombles 5.10 Challenging Sea 5.30 F Troop |
5pm The Beverly Hillbillies 5.30 Get Smart |
5pm McHale’s Navy (B&W) | 5pm Lost In Space |
| 6PM | 6pm Gunsmoke 6.55 To Market |
6pm The Flintstones 6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor, David Johnston, Peter Landy, Ilona Komesaroff |
6pm National Nine News. Eric Pearce, Peter Hitchener, Arthur Higgins, Brian Bury 6.30 A Current Affair. Mike Minehan |
6pm Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Clem Dimsey, Briony Behets 6.30 Ernie. Ernie Sigley |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Weather 7.30 This Day Tonight. Peter Couchman |
7pm Bewitched 7.30 Welcome Back Kotter |
7pm Happy Days 7.30 Little House On The Prairie |
7.30 Australians At War |
| 8PM | 8pm Pot Black 8.30 Dave Allen At Large |
8pm Barney Miller 8.30 Special: Australian TV And Film Awards — The Sammys. David Frost. Live from Sydney Opera House |
8.30 Movie: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria. 1969 [IMDB] | 8.30 The Benny Hill Show |
| 9PM | 9.15 Alvin Purple 9.45 ABC News, Weather 9.55 State Of The Nation. George Negus, Noel Norton |
9.30 Movie: Zeppelin. 1971 [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | 10.25 Concert Hall | 10.30 The Untouchables (B&W) | ||
| 11PM | 11.15 Close | 11.30 Alias Smith And Jones | 11pm The Baron | 11.25 Soccer From West Germany |
| 12AM | 12.30am Close | 12am Movie: Death Of A Scoundrel (B&W) [IMDB] | 12.20am Mission Impossible | |
| 1AM | 1.20 Close | |||
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| 3AM | 3am Movie: The Cockeyed Cowboys Of Calico County [IMDB] | |||
| 4AM | 4.40 Movie: Rangers Of Fortune (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
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