The first day of the 1980 ratings year for Sydney

See also: Sunday 17 February 1980 — QUEENSLAND

Source: TV Guide, 16 February 1980

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10
6AM			6am Cartoons. Includes The Hoppity Hooper Show, King Leonardo And His Short Subjects, Rocky And His Friends
7AM	7am Ethnic Television (SBS)		7am The Huckleberry Hound Show 7.30 Day Of Discovery	7am You Say The Word 7.30 Challenge Of The Superfriends 7.55 Kum Kum
8AM			8am Good News 8.30 It Is Written	8.20 The Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty 8.45 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
9AM		9am Please Explain 9.30 Rugby League: Cronulla v Canterbury (Rpt)	9am The Rex Humbard Hour	9.10 Marine Boy 9.35 Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle
10AM			10am A People To Belong To 10.30 This Is The Life 10.55 Point Of View	10am Goober And The Ghost Chasers 10.30 Hour Of Power
11AM	11am Divine Service	11am Sports World. Rex Mossop	11am Whicker’s World	11.30 Turn Round Australia
12PM	12pm Four Corners (Rpt)		12pm World Of Sport. Ron Casey, Johnny Tapp	12pm Variety Italian Style
1PM	1pm Golf: Victorian Open Championship. Live from Metropolitan Golf Course, Melbourne	1pm Winter Olympics 1980: Highlights (Rpt)		1pm Movie: Tarzan And The She-Devil. 1953 (B&W) [IMDB]
2PM			2pm Movie: Doctor In Distress. 1964 [IMDB]	2.30 Movie: Challenge For Robin Hood. 1968 [IMDB]
3PM
4PM		4pm Movie: Loving You. 1957 [IMDB]	4pm Movie: Hollywood Or Bust. 1956 [IMDB]	4.20 Movie: The Lion And The Horse. 1952 [IMDB]
5PM
6PM	6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. Roger Climpson 6.30 Special: The 1980 Golden Globe Awards. Highlights	6pm National Nine News 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm Eyewitness News. Rod McNeil 6.30 Shirley
7PM	7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 The Onedin Line	7.30 Special: The Muppet Special	7.30 60 Minutes	7.30 MASH
8PM	8.30 Mini-Series: Rebecca. Part Three [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Monty Python And The Holy Grail. 1975 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Big Jake. 1971 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: The Poseidon Adventure. 1972 [IMDB] (see advertisement below)
9PM	9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Changes
10PM	10pm World Of Music 10.50 Close	10.30 The 1980 Winter Olympics. Highlights. Via satellite from Lake Placid, New York	10.30 The World At War	10.40 The Paper Chase
11PM			11.30 Get Some In	11.40 The Rookies
12AM		12.30am Religion	12am Movie: Why Bother To Knock. 1961 [IMDB]	12.40am Something To Sing About 12.45 Close
1AM		1am Close	1.40 Movie: Deadlier Than The Male. 1967 [IMDB]
2AM
3AM			3.25 Movie: Two Living One Dead. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.15 Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6am)