The ratings battle for 1989 begins. From this week a number of new shows appear and old favourites return.
Source: TV Week, 11 February 1989
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| 6AM | Rage (cont’d) | 6am The Flying Nun 6.30 The Assembly Collection |
(5.35am) The Kenneth Copeland Show 6.30 Focus On Living |
6am Mass For You At Home 6.30 Footprints |
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| 7AM | 7am Outlook Conference: Highlights | 7am Boris’ Breakfast Club | 7am Turn Around Australia 7.30 CTA Special |
7am Video Hits | |
| 8AM | 8am Basketball: NBA | 8am Golf: Super Skins. Live from Port Douglas | 8am Business Sunday | ||
| 9AM | 9am The Factory | 9am Sunday. Jim Waley | |||
| 10AM | 10am Face To Face. Kerry O’Brien RETURN | 10.15am Italia News 10.45 Summer Survival |
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| 11AM | 11am Worship Sunday | 11am Movie: Toy Tiger. 1956 [IMDB] | 11am Cricket: FAI Cup. Queensland v Victoria. Live from Brisbane | 11am Business Week. Max Walsh | 11.45 Snooker: Winfield Masters Championship Series |
| 12PM | 12pm Compass | 12.50pm Huckleberry Hound | 12pm Movie: Support Your Local Sheriff. 1969 [IMDB] | 12.45pm Italian Soccer | |
| 1PM | 1pm The First Australians 1.50 Student Of The Year |
1pm Special: Dinosaur | 1pm Movie: A Challenge For Robin Hood. 1968 [IMDB] | 1.45 The Comrades (Greece) | |
| 2PM | 2pm Rodin 1840-1917 | 2pm Golf (cont’d) | 2.50 Movie: 55 Days At Peking. 1963 [IMDB] | 2pm Movie; Geronimo. 1962 [IMDB] | 2.30 Compassion (Turkey) |
| 3PM | 3.15 Chasing A Rainbow | 3.30 Summer Festival Of Rock | |||
| 4PM | 4.32 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy | 4pm Fantasy Island | |||
| 5PM | 5pm Soccer: The Big Match | 5pm Leyland Brothers World | 5pm The Facts Of Life 5.30 McMahon On Sunday. Anna McMahon PREMIERE 5.55 Queensland 2000 |
5.30 A Scandinavian Saga (Sweden) | |
| 6PM | 6pm ABC News. Narelle Matlin 6.30 All Creatures Great And Small |
6pm Seven Nightly News. Mike Higgins 6.30 The Magical World Of Disney |
6pm National Nine News. Mike London, Heather Foord 6.30 Our World RETURN |
6pm Ten News 6.30 Down Under. Jack Thompson |
6.30 World News. Lee Lin Chin |
| 7PM | 7.20 Back Chat 7.30 Captain James Cook |
7.30 Australia’s Most Wanted. Brian Marshall | 7.30 60 Minutes RETURN | 7.30 The Comedy Company RETURN | 7pm Indonesia — A Generation Of Change (Canada) 7.30 How To Be Celtic |
| 8PM | 8.25 ABC News 8.30 Movie: My Beautiful Laundrette. 1985 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: The Three Amigos. 1986 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Blind Date. 1987 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: The Jewel Of The Nile. 1985 [IMDB] | 8.30 Heimat (Germany) |
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| 10PM | 10.10 Time For Murder | 10.35 Golf: Super Skins. Highlights | 10.30 Nightline 10.35 Special: Talking To The Gorillas |
10.35 Entertainment This Week | 10.35 Movie: Bird Of The Orient. 1984 (Egypt) |
| 11PM | 11.05 Twentieth Century People 11.55 Close |
11.30 Kingswood Country | 11.05 Cricket: Highlights | 11.35 USA This Week | |
| 12AM | 12am News Overnight. Includes Today Sunday Edition (NBC), Meet The Press (NBC) | 12.05am Movie: Loophole. 1981 [IMDB] | 12.35am Throb | 12.05am Close | |
| 1AM | 1.05 Movie: Cassius Clay. 1970 [IMDB] | ||||
| 2AM | 2am Special: Nobel Peace Prize | 2am Movie: The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker. 1959 [IMDB] | 2.40 Movie: Harry And Tonto. 1974 [IMDB] | ||
| 3AM | 3.40 Movie: Fallen Idol. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5am Special: Queensland Country Music Muster (Continues to 6am) |
5.30 Happy Days (Continues to 6am) |
5am Marine Boy 5.30 Alvin And The Chipmunks (Continues to 6am) |
