Two new Australian-made daytime programs launched on the Seven Network — a soap opera, Motel, followed later by Marriage Confidential, following the daily life of a marriage counsellor.  The couples featured in the program are actors using information from real-life scenarios.

Motel, produced at ATN7 Sydney, is strategically scheduled for 12.30pm to avoid clashing with the popular US soap Days Of Our Lives.

Seven’s Motel promised daytime sizzle [2018]

Source: TV Times, 8 May 1968

	MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM
7AM
8AM
9AM	9.50am Play School	9.55am Romper Room	9.58am Prologue
10AM	10.20 Commonwealth Study Conference. The Duke of Edinburgh opens the third Commonwealth Study Conference	10.25 Charity Corner 10.30 Movie: Behind The Eight Ball. 1942 [IMDB]	10am Nature Walkabout 10.30 Playroom	10am The Magic Circle Club 10.55 Interlude
11AM	11.20 Close	11.30 What’s Cooking 11.45 News	11am Here’s Humphrey 11.30 The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis	11am Morning Magazine. Roy Hampson, Katrina Pye
12PM	12.35pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt)	12pm The Beverly Hillbillies 12.30 Motel PREMIERE	12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.30 Movie: Cheaper By The Dozen. 1950 [IMDB]	12pm Racing: Cranbourne Trots
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.05 Special: Robert Burns 1.30 Z Cars	1pm Casebook 1.30 Beauty And The Beast
2PM	2.20 Special: And Now Miguel	2.30 People In Conflict	2pm The Tommy Hanlon Show 2.30 Everybody’s Talking
3PM	3.20 Andy Pandy 3.35 Play School	3pm Marriage Confidential PREMIERE 3.30 Hancock’s Half Hour	3pm Divorce Court 3.30 The Unloved
4PM	4pm Adventure Island 4.30 Cartoons 4.45 Flicker Special	4pm The Mickey Mouse Club 4.55 The Happy Club	4pm Marine Boy 4.30 Superman
5PM	5.10 Lens On Lilliput 5.20 Doctor Who 5.45 Hey Presto It’s Rolf!	5pm The Wackiest Ship In The Army	5pm Phantaman 5.30 The Addams Family	5pm Laredo
6PM	6.15 F Troop 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 In A Good Cause	6pm Batman 6.30 News. Brian Naylor, Geoff Raymond	6pm Bachelor Father 6.30 News. Bob Walters, Kevin Sanders, Rosemary Margan	6pm News. Barry McQueen, Brian Taylor 6.30 Gilligan’s Island
7PM	7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.30 This Day Tonight. Bill Peach	7pm BP Pick A Box. Bob Dyer, Dolly Dyer 7.30 Gomer Pyle USMC	7pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 7.30 Daktari	7pm Mothers-In-Law 7.30 Showcase ’68. Gordon Boyd
8PM	8pm Man In A Suitcase 8.50 Sue Becker	8pm Mannix	8.27 Computer Football 8.30 Peyton Place	8.30 The Fugitive
9PM	9.03 News In Brief 9.05 At Last… The 1948 Show 9.30 The Lost Peace 9.55 ABC News, Weather	9pm Tell The Truth. Michael Williamson 9.30 TV Ringside. Ron Casey	9pm Coronation Street 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Graham Kennedy	9.30 Movie: Thunder Road. 1958 [IMDB]
10PM	10.05 Sportsreel 10.20 Commonwealth Study Conference (Rpt)	10.45 News. Geoff Raymond	10.45 News. Kevin Sanders
11PM	11.20 Close	11.05 The Beachcomber 11.35 Close	11.15 Thriller	11.15 News. Ron Alderton 11.45 Close
12AM			12.15am Epilogue 12.20 Close
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2AM
3AM
4AM
5AM

REGIONALS
Albury ABAV1 Ballarat ABRV3 Bendigo ABEV1 Gippsland ABLV4 Mildura ABMV4 Shepparton ABGV3 Swan Hill ABSV2	AMV4 Albury	BTV6 Ballarat	GMV6 Shepparton	BCV8 Bendigo	STV8 Mildura	GLV10 Gippsland
9.50am Play School 10.20 Commonwealth Study Conference 11.20 Close 12.35pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1pm ABC News 1.05 Special: Robert Burns 1.30 Z Cars 2.20 Special: And Now Miguel 3.20 Andy Pandy 3.35 Play School 4pm Adventure Island 4.30 Cartoons 4.45 Flicker Special 5.10 Lens On Lilliput 5.20 Doctor Who 5.45 Hey Presto It’s Rolf! 6.15 F Troop 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.30 This Day Tonight 8pm Man In A Suitcase 8.50 Sue Becker 9.03 News In Brief 9.05 At Last… The 1948 Show 9.30 The Lost Peace 9.55 News, Weather 10.05 Sportsreel 10.20 Commonwealth Study Conference (Rpt) 11.20 Close	4pm Tommy Hanlon 4.25 Cobbers Club 4.30 Tiny Time 4.55 Cohns Cobbers 5.05 The Flintstones 5.30 Cobbers Club 5.35 The Monkees 6pm Batman 6.25 District News 6.30 News 7pm Pick A Box 7.30 Showcase ’68 8.25 I Spy 9.25 District News 9.35 The Mavis Bramston Show 10.20 Dragnet 10.40 Close	4.30pm Superman 5pm BTV Juniors 5.30 Flash Gordon 6pm The Pied Piper 6.30 News (HSV7) 6.54 Western News 7pm Pick A Box 7.30 Showcase ’68 8.30 Ironside 9.30 Garrison’s Gorillas 10.30 Green Hornet 11pm Late News 11.10 Epilogue, Close	12pm Tiny Time 12.30 Everybody’s Talking 1pm Tommy Hanlon 1.30 Movie: Larceny. 1948 [IMDB] 3pm Divorce Court 3.30 The Marriage Game 4pm Here’s Humphrey 4.25 The Mickey Mouse Club 4.50 GMV Juniors 5.15 Kit Carson 5.45 Cartoons 6pm The Lone Ranger 6.30 News (HSV7) 7pm Pick A Box 7.30 Showcase ’68 8.30 Phyllis Diller 9pm Peyton Place 9.30 Garrison’s Gorillas 10.30 News 10.45 Epilogue, Close	3.30pm Tommy Hanlon 4pm Here’s Humphrey 4.30 Fury 5pm Jet Jackson 5.25 My Three Sons 5.50 Channel 11 News 5.55 Rat Patrol 6.20 District News 6.30 News (GTV9) 7pm Pick A Box 7.30 Showcase ’68 8.30 District Spotlight 8.35 Peyton Place 9.05 Coronation Street 9.30 Gideon’s Way 10.25 TV Readers Digest 10.45 News 10.55 Epilogue, Close	5.15pm The Paddlewheelers 5.40 The Lone Ranger 6.05 Car 54 Where Are You? 6.30 Flipper 7pm National News 7.20 Sunraysia News 7.30 Pick A Box 8pm The Man From UNCLE 8.55 Stock Report 9pm The Dick Van Dyke Show 9.25 Peyton Place 9.50 Sunraysia News 10.02 Tomorrow On 8 10.05 Close	12pm Racing: Cranbourne Trots 5pm The Mickey Mouse Club 5.25 Magic Moments In Sport 5.30 Phantom Agents 6pm The Monkees 6.25 Gippsland News 6.30 News (GTV9) 7pm Pick A Box 7.30 The Rounders 8pm Mission: Impossible 9pm Blue Light 9.25 Gippsland News 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight 10.45 News (GTV9) 11.15 Epilogue, Close