The first day of the 1980 ratings year for Sydney
See also: Sunday 17 February 1980 — QUEENSLAND
Source: TV Guide, 16 February 1980
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] | ||
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| 4PM | 4pm Movie: Loving You. 1957 [IMDB] | 4pm Movie: Hollywood Or Bust. 1956 [IMDB] | 4.20 Movie: The Lion And The Horse. 1952 [IMDB] | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1AM | 1am Close | 1.40 Movie: Deadlier Than The Male. 1967 [IMDB] | ||
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| 3AM | 3.25 Movie: Two Living One Dead. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
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| 5AM | 5.15 Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
