The Adelaide 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. The Adelaide debut of The Sullivans came one day after its debut in Sydney and Melbourne.

40 years since The Sullivans [2016]

Source: TV Guide, 13 November 1976

ADELAIDE
	ABS2	ADS7	NWS9	SAS10
6AM
7AM				7am The New Earlybirds
8AM	8am Sesame Street
9AM	9am Play School (B&W) 9.30 For Schools: Men And Science (B&W), Scene (B&W), History 1917-1971 (B&W), Man And His World, Merry-Go-Round (B&W), Inside Out			9am Close
10AM		10am Cartoons 10.30 Ready, Set, Go. Maryann Thomas		10.45 Cooking With King
11AM		11am It’s A Women’s World. Lionel Williams	11am Here’s Humphrey	11am Touch Of Elegance. Jaye Walton
12PM	12.30pm ABC News 12.40 Horizon-5	12pm The Mike Walsh Show	Anne Wills hosts the afternoon programs 12pm Movie: Raw Edge. 1956 [IMDB]	12pm The Young And The Restless 12.30 Solomon’s Home Beautiful 12.35 Pot Of Gold. Tommy Hanlon Jnr
1PM	1pm Today At One 1.40 For Schools: For The Juniors (B&W), Starters, Science All Round (B&W)	1.30 Movie: The Last Safari. 1967 [IMDB]	1.25 Slimming With Pat. Pat Davies 1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1.30 Medical Centre
2PM			2.30 Search For Tomorrow	2.30 Matlock Police (B&W)
3PM	3.05 Sesame Street	3.30 The Real McCoys (B&W)	3pm General Hospital	3.30 Jonah (B&W)
4PM	4pm Play School (B&W) 4.30 Flashez. Ray Burgess	4pm Pam And Steve’s Super Fun Show. Includes Wacky Races, The Cisco Kid, The Flying Nun	4pm The Channel Niners’ Super Cartoon Show. Dean Davis, Helen Woods	4pm Cartoon Parade. Includes Junior Jury
5PM	5.05 The Wombles 5.10 Trails To Adventure 5.30 F Troop	5.30 Gomer Pyle USMC	5pm Land Of The Giants	5pm Barrier Reef 5.30 Hazel
6PM	6pm Bellbird 6.55 Take Kerr With Graham Kerr	6pm Class Of ’75 6.30 Seven National News. Alec Macaskill	6pm Celebrity Squares. Jimmy Hannan 6.30 News. Roger Cardwell	6pm News. John Bok 6.30 The Doris Day Show
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 This Day Tonight. Clive Hale	7pm Casino 10. Philip Brady 7.30 When Things Were Rotten	7pm Here’s Lucy 7.30 The Sullivans PREMIERE	7pm The Celebrity Game 7.35 Matlock Police
8PM	8pm Torque. Peter Wherrett 8.30 Who Do You Think You Are?	8pm One Day At A Time 8.30 Superstar	8.30 Barnaby Jones	8.35 Number 96
9PM	9pm ABC News 9.05 Beryl’s Lot 9.55 The World About Us	9.30 Beacon Hill	9.30 Movie: Manhunter. 1974 [IMDB]	9.35 The Box
10PM	10.45 Close	10.30 Star Soccer	10.55 Edgar Wallace Theatre (B&W)	10.35 Movie: The Eye Of The Monocle. 1962 [IMDB]
11PM		11.30 Thirty Minutes Worth	11.55 On This Day (B&W); Epilogue; Close
12AM		12am Goodnight; Close		12am Close
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