The Sydney premiere of the Nine Network’s World War II drama series The Sullivans. Often acclaimed for its accurate portrayal of Melbourne in the 1940s, the series became a ratings hit and sold well overseas, clocking up over 1100 episodes over six years.

See also: Monday 15 November 1976 — MELBOURNE

40 years since The Sullivans [2016]

Source: TV Week, 13 November 1976

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10
6AM			6am Gene Autry (B&W)
7AM			7am The Super Flying Fun Show	7am Wilma The Witch 7.01 Jeff’s Collie (B&W) 7.30 Marvel Superheroes
8AM	8am Sesame Street			8am Cool McCool 8.30 Movie: Seven Days To Noon. 1950 (B&W) [IMDB]
9AM	9am For Schools: Web Of Life 9.30 Play School		9am Here’s Humphrey	9.55 Religion
10AM	10am For Schools: For The Juniors, Science All Round, Interaction, Scan, Ten Australians	10am Romper Room	10am Danger Man (B&W)	10am Switched On Living 10.15 Yoga 10.30 The Real McCoys (B&W)
11AM		11am Eleven AM	11am Another World 11.55 National Nine News	11am The Maggie Eckardt Show
12PM	12.35pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt)	12pm Movie: Handle With Care. 1958 (B&W) [IMDB]	12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.55 National Nine News	12pm The Mike Walsh Show
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.10 Horizon 5 1.30 For Schools: Merry Go Round, 1945 The Year That Shaped Our World, Thinkabout Talkabout		1pm Search For Tomorrow 1.30 The Young And The Restless	1.30 Pot Of Gold
2PM		2pm Ben Casey (B&W)	2pm General Hospital 2.55 National Nine News	2.30 Casino 10
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.30 Cricket: Sheffield Shield. NSW v Western Australia	3pm Mannix	3pm Dinah!	3pm Three Coins In The Fountain 3.45 Cricket: Sheffield Shield. NSW v Western Australia
4PM		4pm Catch Kandy 4.30 Elephant Boy	4pm Cartoon Corner
5PM	5.10 Trails To Adventure 5.30 F Troop (B&W)	5pm The Beverly Hillbillies (B&W) 5.30 My Three Sons	5pm Dusty’s Trail 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo	5.30 Family Affair
6PM	6pm Soccer: The Big Match (UK) 6.55 This Week In Britain	6pm Wait Till Your Father Gets Home 6.30 Seven National News. Roger Climpson	6pm Here’s Lucy 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Henderson	6pm Eyewitness News. Eric Walters, Sonia Humphrey 6.59 Dough Re Mi
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 This Day Tonight	7pm Solo One 7.30 How’s Your Father	7pm A Current Affair 7.30 The Young Doctors	7pm The Celebrity Game 7.30 The Magician
8PM	8pm Peach’s Australia 8.30 Power Without Glory	8pm Billy Liar 8.30 City Of Angels	8pm The Sullivans PREMIERE	8.30 Number 96
9PM	9.20 Monday Conference	9.30 The Sweeney	9pm Baretta	9.30 The Box
10PM	10.15 ABC News, Weather 10.25 Bennelong’s Haven	10.30 Kung Fu	10pm English Rugby League	10.30 Soccer
11PM	11.10 Close		11pm Movie: Crawlspace. 1971 [IMDB]	11.35 Movie: The Lost People. 1950 (B&W) [IMDB]
12AM		12.30am Close	12.30am Movie: The Monk. 1969 [IMDB]
1AM			1.50 Movie: Underworld USA. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB]	1.15am Close
2AM
3AM			3.30 Movie: Hunted Men. 1938 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM			4.30 Movie: Ghost Train (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am)
5AM