Opening Ceremony from the Olympic Games in Montreal, with ABC, Seven and Nine presenting joint coverage — though the Nine Network branched out of the co-operative effort to provide overnight coverage of the competition as reports and film of events becomes available, whereas ABC and Seven were limiting daily event coverage to highlights packages screened several times a day, starting Monday 19 July.
The 0-10 Network restricting its Olympic coverage to updates during the main evening news bulletin.
Source: TV Times, 17 July 1976. The Age Green Guide, 15 July 1976.
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| 6AM | (5am) Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony. Live via satellite from Montreal | (5am) Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony. Live via satellite from Montreal | (5am) Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony. Live via satellite from Montreal | |
| 7AM | 7am Close | 7am Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony (Rpt) | ||
| 8AM | 8am Olympic Games 1976. US and Australian team trials and profiles of Australian 1976 Olympians | |||
| 9AM | 9.05 It Is Written 9.35 Sunday Magazine 9.50 World Of Sport Replay |
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| 10AM | 10am Garner Ted Armstrong 10.30 You Say The Word |
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| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11.55 World Of Sport. Peter Landy | 11.55 Point Of View | 11.30 Mass For You At Home |
| 12PM | 12pm A Place In The Country 12.30 Science Report 12.45 Sow What? (Rpt) Kevin Heinze |
12pm World Championship Wrestling | 12pm Variety Italian Style | |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 One Man’s China |
1pm Wide World Of Sport | 1pm Racing Review Clem Dimsey 1.45 Football: VFA |
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| 2PM | 2.25 Squash: Victorian Open Championships | 2pm Olympic Games 1976. US and Australian team trials and profiles of Australian 1976 Olympians | ||
| 3PM | 3.30pm Movie: Mister Roberts. 1955 [IMDB] | |||
| 4PM | 4.05 Rail Crash (B&W) | |||
| 5PM | 5pm Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony Highlights | 5.30 It’s Academic. Andrew Harwood | 5.30 Ask The Leylands | 5pm Bonanza |
| 6PM | 6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney |
6pm National Nine News. Eric Pearce 6.30 New Faces. Bert Newton |
6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Almost Anything Goes |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 The Pallisers |
7.30 This Is Your Life. Michael Willesee | 7.30 Donny And Marie | 7.30 The Bionic Woman |
| 8PM | 8.20 The Mighty Continent | 8pm Phyllis 8.30 Movie: Doctor At Large. 1957 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: Blind Terror. 1971 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: The Statue. 1971 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.10 A Picture Of Katherine Mansfield | |||
| 10PM | 10pm ABC News, Weather 10.10 Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony Highlights (Rpt) |
10.20 Olympic Games 1976: Opening Ceremony (Rpt) | 10.15 Face The Nation. Gerald Stone 10.45 Olympic Games 1976: It’s Happening In Montreal! All-night standby for film of Olympic Games Day 1 events: Swimming, Cycling, Hockey, Gymnastics, Rowing, Shooting (Continues to 7am) |
10.10 Movie: Elizabeth The Queen. 1939 [IMDB] |
| 11PM | 11.10 Close | |||
| 12AM | 12.20am Close | 12.15am Close | ||
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