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

ADELAIDE
	ABS2	ADS7	NWS9	SAS10
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
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
2AM
3AM
4AM
5AM

REGIONALS
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