The Opening Ceremony and first matches of the FIFA World Cup 98 from France. SBS planned over 200 hours of coverage over the course of the competition.
(This listing excludes community Channel 31 which is not listed in TV Week)
Source: TV Week, 6 June 1998
| ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | ATV10 | SBS28 | |
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| 6AM | 6am Open Learning: 6am Anthropology, 6.30 French In Action, 7am Perspective | 6am Sunrise News. Melissa Doyle, David Koch | 6am CNN World News 6.30 National Nine Early News |
6am Aerobics Oz Style 6.30 Barney And Friends |
6am Worldwatch: 6am Japanese News, 6.30 Weatherwatch & Music, 7am Telegiornale, 7.35 Cantonese News, 7.55 Mandarin News, 8.30 Das Journal, 9am Le Journal, 9.40 Weatherwatch & Music, 10.15 Telediario, 11am Indonesian News, 11.30 The Journal, 12pm Business Report |
| 7AM | 7.30 Teletubbies | 7am Cartoon Connection | 7am Today | 7am Cheez TV | |
| 8AM | 8am The Busy World Of Richard Scarry 8.25 Hairy Maclary 8.30 Sesame Street |
8.30 The Book Place | 8.30 The Music Shop | ||
| 9AM | 9.25 Pingu 9.30 Play School |
9am A Country Practice | 9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 In The House |
9pm Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton | |
| 10AM | 10am More Than Words 10.15 Mathica’s Mathshop 10.30 The Text Files 10.45 The Living Landscape |
10am Dateline (NBC) | 10am Real TV 10.30 National Nine Morning News |
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| 11AM | 11.05 Behind The News 11.30 Perspective |
11am Eleven AM | 11am What’s Cooking 11.30 Entertainment Tonight |
11.30 Ten News. Jason Cameron | |
| 12PM | 12pm World At Noon 12.30 Lateline (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Downhill Racer. 1969 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Kerri-Anne | 12pm Sally Jessy Raphael | 12.30pm Movie: Madonna And Child. 1995 (Philippines) [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1pm National Press Club Luncheon | 1.30 Days Of Our Lives | 1pm Judge Judy 1.30 FCTV. Rob Duckworth, Julia Zaetta |
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| 2PM | 2pm Embassy | 2.30 Ricki Lake | 2.30 The Young And The Restless | 2.30 Oprah Winfrey | 2.35 Weatherwatch, Music |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Petals |
3.30 Disney Adventures | 3.30 Perfect Strangers | 3.30 Breakers (Rpt) | 3pm TV Ed 3.30 World Sports (Rpt) |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Magic Mountain 4.40 The Forgotten Toys 4.50 The Morph Files |
4pm A*Mazing 4.30 Denise. Denise Drysdale |
4pm Challenger 4.30 What’s Up Doc? Includes Animaniacs |
4pm Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful |
4pm TV Frames (Canada) |
| 5PM | 5pm Hey Arnold! 5.25 Little Lulu 5.30 The Secret World Of Alex Mack 5.55 Freaky Stories |
5pm Hot Streak. James O’Neill 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. Rob Elliott, Adriana Xenides |
5pm Welcome Back Kotter 5.30 Catch Phrase. John Burgess |
5pm Ten News. Mal Walden, Jennifer Hansen, Stephen Quartermain, Mike Larkan | 5pm Night Pharmacy (Spain) 5.30 The Newshour With Jim Lehrer (PBS) |
| 6PM | 6pm Heartbreak High 6.30 As Time Goes By |
6pm Seven Nightly News. David Johnston 6.30 Today Tonight |
6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 A Current Affair. Ray Martin |
6pm Battle Of The Sexes 6.30 Neighbours |
6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Ian Henderson 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Kerry O’Brien |
7pm Home And Away 7.30 JAG |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Includes Keno 7.30 Our House |
7pm Seinfeld 7.30 The Simpsons |
7pm World Sports 7.30 The Movie Show. David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz |
| 8PM | 8pm Big Cat Diary 8.30 Wildside |
8.30 Blue Heelers | 8pm Money. Paul Clitheroe, Kim Watkins, Kellie Sloan 8.30 Special: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed 2 |
8pm Just Shoot Me 8.30 The X-Files |
8pm About Us |
| 9PM | 9.20 This Life | 9.30 Live And Kicking. Jason Dunstall, Doug Hawkins, James Hird, Paul Couch, Mick McGuane | 9.30 Special: Chippendales: A Secret History | 9.30 The Panel. Rob Sitch, Santa Cilauro, Glenn Robbins, Tom Gleisner | 9pm World News At Nine. Indira Naidoo 9.30 Special: Andrea Bocelli — A Night In Tuscany (Italy) |
| 10PM | 10.05 Express. Stephen Feneley. Includes ABC News Late Edition 10.35 Lateline. Maxine McKew |
10.30 Millennium | 10.30 Nightline | 10.30 Ten News. Sandra Sully | 10.30 Movie: Dancing Feet. 1994 (Sweden) [IMDB] |
| 11PM | 11.10 Movie: The 39 Steps. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11.30 Seven Nightly News | 11pm Kung Fu | 11pm Sports Tonight. Tim Webster 11.30 Breakers |
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| 12AM | 12.35am Australia Television News | 12am LAPD 12.30 Today (NBC) |
12am The Late Show With David Letterman | 12am Something Is Out There | 12am Fantasy World Cup 12.30 Soccer: FIFA World Cup. Opening Ceremony |
| 1AM | 1am Movie: The Flemish Farm. 1943 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1am Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Tennis: ATP Tour. Highlights |
1am Talk To Me | 1am Soccer: FIFA World Cup. Brazil v Scotland | |
| 2AM | 2.20 The Wokabout Somil | 2.30 Telemall Shopping | 2.30 Celebrity Home Shopping | 2am Telemall Shopping | |
| 3AM | 3am Open Learning: 3am Australian Studies, 3.30 Race To Save The Planet, 4.30 Destinos, 5am Astronomy, 5.30 Visual Arts (Continues to 6am) |
3.30 Sightings | 3.30 Turn Round Australia | 3.30 Africa’s Big Game | |
| 4AM | 4.20 Robocop | 4am All Together Now 4.30 Lost On Earth |
4am Life In The Word 4.30 Kenneth Copeland |
4.30 Soccer: FIFA World Cup. Morocco v Norway (Continues to 7am) |
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| 5AM | 5.10 MacGyver (Continues to 6am) |
5am 20/20 (Continues to 6am) |
5am Marilyn Hickey 5.30 Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am) |
