The mini-series The Dismissal, screened on the Ten Network in the eastern states, is instead run on Nine in Adelaide after SAS10 declined its interest.
Nine screened The Dismissal over three consecutive nights, while regional station SES8 opted for weekly screening.
The Dismissal: 40 years on [2023]
Source: TV Radio Extra, 16 April 1983
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| 6AM | 6.30am The National Today Show | 6.30am Good Morning Australia. Gordon Elliott, Kerri-Anne Wright | ||
| 7AM | 7am The All New Popeye Show 7.30 The Partridge Family |
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| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am Flintstone Frolics 8.30 Tom And Jerry |
8.30 The Richard Simmons Show | 8.30 The Flintstones |
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Detective 9.20 Mr Men 9.30 Play School |
9am Romper Room | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Bernard King Show |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Investigating, Oasis In Space, Flip Slide Turn, The Magic Bag, Kontakte, | 10am Lionel Williams’ Women’s World | 10am The Sullivans | 10am Texas |
| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11am National Nine Morning News. Eric Walters 11.30 The Mike Walsh Show |
11am Touch Of Elegance. Margaret Glazbrook | |
| 12PM | 12.30pm ABC News 12.41 Home Garden (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Rally Round The Flag Boys. 1959 [IMDB] | 12pm The Young And The Restless | |
| 1PM | 1pm Close 1.40 For Schools: Music Time, Upper Primary Art/Craft, Roadworthy |
1pm Search For Tomorrow 1.25 Slimming With Pat Davies 1.30 Days Of Our Lives |
1pm Another World | |
| 2PM | 2pm Police Woman | 2.30 General Hospital | 2pm Matlock Police | |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm Donahue | 3.25 The Young Doctors 3.55 Cartoons |
3pm Beauty And The Beast. Clive Robertson |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.35 Dr Snuggles 4.40 Under The Mountain |
4pm Wombat 4.30 Flipper |
4pm The Channel Niners. Includes You Asked For It, Match Mates, The Bugs Bunny Show | 4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World |
| 5PM | 5.05 Metal Mickey 5.30 Battle Of The Planets 5.54 Come And Get It. Peter Russell-Clarke 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm Family Feud. Daryl Somers 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. Ernie Sigley, Adriana Xenides |
5.30 Hogan’s Heroes | 5pm The Doris Day Show 5.30 Bewitched |
| 6PM | 6pm Home 6.30 Doctor Who 6.54 Take Five |
6pm State Affair. Guy Blackmore 6.30 Seven National News. Kevin Crease, Bruce McAvaney, Keith Martyn |
6pm Happy Days 6.30 News. Rob Kelvin |
6pm Eyewitness News. Tony Dickinson, Denise Marcos, Jane Reilly |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Our World |
7pm The New Price Is Right. Ian Turpie 7.30 Sons And Daughters |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Delvene Delaney 7.30 Diff’rent Strokes |
7pm MASH 7.30 Carson’s Law |
| 8PM | 8.29 ABC News 8.30 Nationwide. Dale Sinclair, Maxine McKew 8.55 The Fourth Arm |
8.29 Newsbreak 8.30 Football: Sterling Cup Championships. Hawthorn v Essendon. From VFL Park, Melbourne |
8.30 Mini-Series: The Dismissal. Part One [IMDB] | 8.35 Prisoner |
| 9PM | 9.50 ABC News, Weather | |||
| 10PM | 10pm Rock Arena. Andrew Peters 10.40 Close |
10.50 The Sweeney | 10.30 Snooker: State Express Tournament | 10.35 Flamingo Road |
| 11PM | 11.50 Glenview High | 11pm Movie: Snatched. 1973 [IMDB] | 11.40 Movie: Belle Of The Nineties. 1934 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 12AM | 12.50am Goodnight; Close | 12.25am On This Day (B&W); Epilogue; Close | ||
| 1AM | 1.05am God’s Wonderful World 1.10 Close |
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| ABLN2 Broken Hill NSW ABCS7 Ceduna ABGS1 Mt Gambier ABRS3 Riverland ABNS1 Spencer Gulf North ABWS7 Woomera |
GTS4 Spencer Gulf North BKN7 Broken Hill NSW |
RTS5A Riverland |
SES8 Mt Gambier |
| 8am Sesame Street 9am For Schools: Detective 9.20 Mr Men 9.30 Play School 10am For Schools: Investigating, Oasis In Space, Flip Slide Turn, The Magic Bag, Kontakte 12.30pm ABC News 12.41 Home Garden (Rpt) 1pm Close 1.40 For Schools: Music Time, Upper Primary Art/Craft, Roadworthy 3pm Sesame Street 4pm Play School 4.35 Dr Snuggles 4.40 Under The Mountain 5.05 Metal Mickey 5.30 Battle Of The Planets 5.54 Come And Get It. Peter Russell-Clarke 5.58 ABC News Headlines 6pm Home 6.30 Doctor Who 6.54 Regional News 7pm ABC News 7.30 Our World 8.29 ABC News 8.30 Nationwide. Dale Sinclair, Maxine McKew 8.55 The Fourth Arm 9.50 ABC News, Weather 10pm Rock Arena. Andrew Peters 10.40 Close |
12pm Movie: Snow Devils. 1966 [IMDB] 1.40 Port Pirie Woman’s World 2.30 Angels 3pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show 3.30 Fat Cat And Friends 4pm George Of The Jungle 4.30 Godzilla 5pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 5.30 Wombat 5.50 Jeopardy 6.15 Regional News 6.30 National News 7pm The New Price Is Right 7.29 Tide Times — West 7.30 Kings Crossing 8.29 Tide Times — East 8.30 The Professionals 9.29 Newsbreak 9.30 Mini-Series: East Of Eden. Part One [IMDB] 11.30 Tomorrow’s Programs; Close |
4.30pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 5pm The Porky Pig Show 5.25 The New Price Is Right 5.55 Riverland Community News 6pm State Affair 6.30 National News 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Mork And Mindy 8pm Kingswood Country 8.30 Dynasty 9.30 The Love Boat 10.30 Griff 11.30 Riverland Community News (Rpt) 11.35 Weather; Tomorrow’s Programs; Close |
11am Fat Cat And Friends 11.30 The Mike Walsh Show 1pm Days Of Our Lives 1.50 Woman’s World. Margaret Watkins 2.45 The Richard Simmons Show 3.10 The Young And The Restless 4pm Children’s Hour: Lassie, The Curiosity Show 5pm Batman 5.25 The New Price Is Right 5.55 State Affair 6.20 Regional News 6.35 National News 7pm Local Weather 7.05 Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Delvene Delaney 7.30 Sons And Daughters 8pm MASH 8.30 The Fall Guy 9.30 Mini-Series: The Dismissal. Part One [IMDB] 11.30 Regional News 11.50 Close |
