American actors Beau and Lloyd Bridges star in the telemovie Shimmering Light, a co-production between ABC and American company Trans-Atlantic Enterprises. The telemovie, filmed on location in Sydney, also starred John Meillon, Victoria Shaw, Mark Hembrow, Wendy Playfair, Victoria Shaw, Patrick Ward and Ingrid Mason. It was one of six telemovies produced by the ABC and Trans-Atlantic Enterprises joint venture.

See also: Tuesday 12 December 1978 — MELBOURNE, Tuesday 12 December 1978 — CANBERRA

Shimmering Light took ABC to the surf [2020]

Source: TV Week, 9 December 1978

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10
6AM			6am The Samurai (B&W) 6.30 The Job Show
7AM			7am The Super Flying Fun Show
8AM	8am Sesame Street			8.30am Fat Cat And Friends
9AM	9am For Schools: Inside Creation 9.30 Play School		9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Rainbow 9.25 That’s The Difference 9.30 Perfect Match. Dave Allenby
10AM	10am Close	10am Romper Room	10am Room 222	10am Pyramid Challenge. Malcolm Searle 10.30 Good Morning Sydney. Maureen Duval, Bernadette Hughson, Maria Quinn
11AM	11.20 For Schools: Waterloo Street 11.40 Close	11am Eleven AM	11am Division 4 11.55 News
12PM		12pm Tennis: South Australian Women’s Classic. Live from Memorial Drive Courts, Adelaide	12pm Honeymoon Suite	12pm News 12.30 The Waltons
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close		1.30 Silent Number	1.30 The Steve Raymond Show
2PM			2.30 The Bob Newhart Show 2.55 News	2.30 Westside Medical
3PM	3.25 Play School 3.55 Cricket: Sheffield Shield. NSW v Victoria		3pm The Big Valley	3.28 News 3.30 Dog Father 3.58 News
4PM			4pm The Go Show 4.30 Woobinda Animal Doctor	4pm Batman 4.30 The Brady Bunch
5PM	5.45 Forest Rangers		5pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 5.30 Here’s Lucy	5pm Daniel Boone
6PM	6.10 Laurel And Hardy (B&W) 6.30 The Governor And JJ	6pm Fish 6.30 Seven National News. Roger Climpson	6pm Family Feud. Tony Barber 6.30 National Nine News	6pm Eyewitness News. Katrina Lee, John Bailey, John Cootes, David Ellyard
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Wildlife Australia	7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 The Oregon Trail	7pm Laverne And Shirley 7.30 Petrocelli	7pm Love On A Rooptop 7.30 The Restless Years
8PM	8pm Movie: Shimmering Light. 1978 [IMDB]	8.30 Tennis: Adelaide International Tennis Challenge. From Memorial Drive Courts, Adelaide	8.30 The Mary Tyler Moore Show	8.30 The Blue Knight
9PM	9.30 ABC News, Weather 9.40 The Ape That Stood Up		9pm Rhoda 9.30 National Nine News. Brian Henderson	9.30 Search
10PM	10.30 World Of Music		10pm All In The Family 10.30 Tales Of The Unexpected	10.30 Movie: The Sergeant. 1968 [IMDB]
11PM	11.15 Close		11.30 The Bob Newhart Show
12AM		12am Late News. John Bok, Mike Bailey 12.30 Close	12am Movie: The Mouse That Roared. 1959 [IMDB]	12.35am King Of Kensington
1AM			1.30 Movie: I’m All Right Jack. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB]	1.05 That’s The Difference 1.10 Close
2AM
3AM			3.15 Movie: Only Two Can Play. 1962 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5am Seaway (B&W) (Continues to 6am)