The Melbourne debut of groundbreaking soap opera Number 96. The series debuted in Sydney the night before, combining three half-hour episodes into one feature-length episode. The series then aired in Sydney each weeknight in half-hour episodes.

In Melbourne, Number 96 initially aired in blocks of two half-hour episodes twice a week. By the end of May, ATV0 adopted the stripped Monday-to-Friday format for the show, emulating the same schedule as Sydney.

Source: TV Week, 11 March 1972

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM			6.55am Kooky
7AM		7am Today	7am The Super Flying Fun Show	7am Early Birds
8AM	8am Sesame Street		8.30 Here’s Humphrey	8.30 Kindy
9AM	9am Close 9.50 Play School	9am Romper Room	9.30 Playroom	9am Owly’s School 9.30 His And Hers
10AM	10.20 Close 10.50 For Schools: Geography, For The Juniors, The Met Set, Making A Musical	10am Movie: The Action Man. 1967 [IMDB]	10am Nature Walkabout 10.30 The Unloved	10am Yoga 10.15 The Roy Hampson Show
11AM			11am Divorce Court 11.30 The Andy Griffith Show	11am Movie: Quality Street. 1937 [IMDB]
12PM	12.35pm Close	12pm Moment Of Truth 12.25 Headline News 12.30 Movie: Hold Back The Night. 1956 [IMDB]	12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.25 News 12.30 Movie: Before I Wake. 1955 [IMDB]	12.30pm Tommy Hanlon’s Surprise!
1PM	1pm News 1.15 For Schools: Physical Science, Form Five Maths, For The Juniors, History 1917-1967			1pm Petticoat Junction 1.30 Queen Of The House
2PM		2pm Temptation	2pm General Hospital	2pm Movie: Remember The Night. 1940 [IMDB]
3PM	3.20 The Flowerpot Men 3.35 Play School	3pm Beauty And The Beast	3pm All About Faces. Tony Murphy 3.30 Spending Spree. Jimmy Hannan	3.30 The Three Stooges
4PM	4pm Adventure Island 4.30 Sesame Street	4pm Batman	4pm Cartoon Corner. Daryl Somers	4pm Wonderful World Of The Young 4.55 Storytime
5PM	5.25 Cartoons 5.45 Gulliver	5pm Get Smart 5.30 Mister Ed	5pm Jim Bowie 5.30 Rifleman	5pm Lost In Space
6PM	6.05 My Favourite Martian 6.30 GTK 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 This Week In Britain	6pm The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father 6.30 Seven National News	6pm The Dick Van Dyke Show 6.30 National Nine News. John Bailey	6pm 0 Melbourne News 6.30 Gilligan’s Island
7PM	7pm ABC News, Newsreel, Weather 7.30 This Day Tonight	7pm The Doris Day Show 7.30 Homicide	7pm A Current Affair 7.30 Coronation Street	7pm The Money Makers. Philip Brady 7.30 Musical Cashbox
8PM	8pm Six Dates With Barker 8.25 News In Brief 8.30 The Restless Earth	8.30 Catwalk	8.30 Dan August	8pm Mayberry RFD 8.30 Number 96 PREMIERE Pat McDonald, Ron Shand, Elaine Lee, Briony Behets, Joe Hasham, Abigail, James Elliott, Elisabeth Kirkby, Lynn Rainbow, Joe James, Johnny Lockwood, Vivienne Garrett, Martin Harris (see advertisement below)
9PM		9pm Budgie	9.30 Night Gallery	9.30 Dateline 72
10PM	10.30 ABC News, Weather 10.40 Play: Combination	10pm The Bob Rogers Show	10.30 National News. Peter Smith 10.40 Movie: How Green Was My Valley. 1941 [IMDB]	10.30 News 10.35 Movie: The Dance Of Death. 1960 [IMDB]
11PM	11.15 Close	11.15 Late News 11.25 Movie: Teckman Mystery. 1954 [IMDB]
12AM			12.40am Can You Top This	12.10am Close
1AM		1.05am Close	1.10 Epilogue 1.15 Close
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