The 52nd Annual Academy Awards are broadcast on delay via satellite from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

See also: Tuesday 15 April 1980 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Source: TV Times, 12 April 1980. The Age, 15 April 1980

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10
6AM			6am Hoppity Hooper 6.20 King Leonardo 6.40 Rocky And His Friends
7AM			7am Cartoons	7am The Early Bird Show
8AM	8am Sesame Street
9AM	9am For Schools: Careers 9.30 Play School		9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Rainbow
10AM	10am For Schools: Watch, Bookworm, Neighbours, Waterloo Street, Investigating, Out Of The Past	10am Romper Room	10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 All My Children	10am Alice 10.30 The Bernard King Show
11AM		11am Dinah!	11am Another World 11.55 News	11am Everyday
12PM	12pm Close	12pm Movie: Female On The Beach. 1955 [IMDB]	12pm The Mike Walsh Show	12pm Movie: Run For The Sun. 1956 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 For Schools: Our Asian Neighbours, Look Here, Watch, The Magic Bag	1.55 Olympic Minutes	1.30 Days Of Our Lives
2PM		2pm The Streets Of San Francisco	2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News	2pm The Doris Day Show 2.30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
3PM	3pm Close	3pm Riptide	3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow	3pm Matlock Police
4PM	4pm Alexander’s Afternoon. Includes Play School, Sesame Street, The Famous Five	4pm Flipper 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood	4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 Scooby Doo	4pm Spiderman 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
5PM	5.35 The Chinese Puzzle 5.58 ABC News Headlines	5pm Tom And Jerry 5.30 Bewitched	5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud. Tony Barber	5pm F Troop 5.30 The Gong Show
6PM	6pm The Goodies 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Today’s Sport	6pm Get Smart 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden	6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News	6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Hogan’s Heroes
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.26 Weather 7.30 Wodehouse Playhouse	7pm Willesee At Seven. Mike Willesee 7.30 Special: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards	7pm The Sullivans 7.30 Our World With Ita Buttrose	7pm MASH 7.30 The Restless Years
8PM	8pm Dad’s Army 8.30 Out		8.30 The Love Boat	8.30 Prisoner
9PM	9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide		9.30 Mini-Series: Backstairs At The Whitehouse. Part Two [IMDB]	9.30 Peter Couchman Tonight
10PM	10.10 The Outsiders	10pm Football: The Escort Championships. North Melbourne v Glenelg	10.30 Barnaby Jones
11PM	11.05 Close		11.30 Get Some In	11pm Movie: Sullivan’s Empire. 1967 (B&W) [IMDB]
12AM		12.30am Close	12am Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire. 1951 (B&W) [IMDB]	12.50am Close
1AM
2AM			2.10 Movie: High Noon. 1952 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM			3.50 Movie: Wedding Present. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.15 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am)

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8am Sesame Street 9am For Schools: Careers 9.30 Play School 10am For Schools: Watch, Bookworm, Neighbours, Waterloo Street, Investigating, Out Of The Past 12pm Close 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 For Schools: Our Asian Neighbours, Look Here, Watch, The Magic Bag 3pm Close 4pm Alexander’s Afternoon. Includes Play School, Sesame Street, The Famous Five 5.35 The Chinese Puzzle 5.58 ABC News Headlines 6pm The Goodies 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News 7.26 Weather 7.30 Wodehouse Playhouse 8pm Dad’s Army 8.30 Out 9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide 10.10 The Outsiders 11.05 Close	10.58am Program Highlights 11am Here’s Humphrey 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.25 At Home 2.40 General Hospital 3pm The Bob Newhart Show 3.30 Family Feud 4pm Yogi’s Space Race 4.20 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.50 Buddies Club News 4.55 Lassie’s Rescue Rangers 5.20 Bewitched 5.50 My Three Sons 6.15 Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 Special: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 10pm Grandpa Goes To Washington 11pm Close	11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 Local News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 The Young And The Restless 2.45 The Bernard King Show 3.15 Dr Kildare 3.45 Cartoon Corner 4pm Marine Boy 4.30 Catch Kandy 4.55 Get Smart 5.20 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.45 Family Feud 6.10 Forum 6.15 Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 The Sullivans 8pm Angie 8.30 Special: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 12am News 12.15 Epilogue; Close	11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 Local News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.15 Best Sellers 3pm The New Dick Van Dyke Show 3.30 Cartoons 4pm Batman 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.55 Gomer Pyle USMC 5.25 Hogan’s Heroes 5.55 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 6.10 Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Local Weather 7pm The Sullivans 7.30 Special: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 10.30 Bluey 11.30 News, Weather; Close	11am Thought For The Day 11.03 Fat Cat And Friends 11.30 Community Billboard 11.33 I’ve Got Gardenitis 11.57 News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.25 The Young And The Restless 2.50 Family Feud 3.15 The Little People 3.40 Rainbow 4pm Daily Fables 4.05 The Nature Of Things 4.35 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 5.10 My Three Sons 5.35 F Troop 6pm [BCV/GLV] Regional News 6pm [STV] Sunraysia At Six 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 Special: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 10pm Trapper John MD 11pm Hart To Hart 11.55 Thought For Tomorrow 11.58 Close