Neighbours debuts on Network Ten after being axed by the Seven Network in 1985. It is the first time an Australian series has changed networks.

Cameron Daddo, Simon Watts and Gwen Soares host the new Network Ten children’s program Off The Dish. The show marks Daddo’s TV hosting debut after appearing on talent quest series Star Search.

See also: Monday 20 January 1986 — MELBOURNE

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 1986

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10	SBS28
6AM		6am Rainbow 6.30 The Adventures Of Black Beauty	6am Nightline USA 6.30 Today	(5.55am) Religion 6am Daybreak
7AM		7am Cartoon Connection		7am Good Morning Australia
8AM	8am Sesame Street	8.30 Mister Ed (B&W)
9AM	9am Flash Gordon 9.25 The Toothbrush Family 9.30 Play School	9am Romper Room	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Good Morning Sydney
10AM	10am Close	10am Movie: Hugo The Hippo [IMDB]	10am Cartoons	10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Another World
11AM			11am Coast To Coast 11.30 National Nine News	11.30 News	11.05am Drunken City (Greece)
12PM	12.40pm 3-2-1 Contact	12pm Movie: Star Crash. 1979 [IMDB]	12pm Tennis: Nabisco Masters Finals	12pm Movie: Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle. 1978 [IMDB]	12pm Movie: Minestrone. 1981 (Italy) [IMDB]
1PM	1.10 The Flaxton Boys 1.35 Come Midnight Monay				1.45 Close
2PM	2.05 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 2.30 Watch This Space	2pm The New Price Is Right	2.30 Movie: Brave Warrior. 1952 [IMDB]	2pm Carson’s Law
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 The Adventures Of Paddington	3pm The Powers Of Matthew Star		3pm McHale’s Navy (B&W) 3.30 Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 The Beachcombers	4pm Wombat 4.30 The Doombolt Chase	4pm Beating Around The Bush 4.30 Boomerang	4pm Off The Dish PREMIERE 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
5PM	5pm Maestro’s Company 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 News Free Zone. Grahame Bond	5pm Those Amazing Animals	5pm Mickey And Donald Present Sports Goofy 5.30 Blankety Blanks. Daryl Somers	5pm Good Times 5.30 The Best Of Perfect Match	5.30 Lesniewski Family (Poland)
6PM	6.05 Come And Get It 6.10 Inspector Gadget 6.35 Doctor Who	6pm Seven National News 6.45 The Mossop Report	6pm National Nine News 6.30 The Odd Couple	6pm Eyewitness News	6pm 620 Soul Train 6.45 Man And Technology (Italy)
7PM	7pm ABC Summer National 7.30 Never The Twain 7.55 Porridge	7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 Sons And Daughters	7pm Webster 7.30 Hardcastle And McCormick	7pm Neighbours (see advertisement below) 7.30 The Finder Of Lost Loves	7pm World News 7.30 Inside Japan (Japan)
8PM	8.25 The Spanish Civil War	8.30 Mini-Series: The Chisholms. Part One [IMDB]	8.30 Cover Up	8.30 Movie: The Betsy. 1977 [IMDB]	8pm The Ariake Tideland (Japan) 8.30 And Life Goes On (Italy)
9PM	9.25 Blott On The Landscape		9.27 Lotto 9.30 Eye To Eye		9.30 Movie: Gikor. (USSR) [IMDB]
10PM	10.20 The Road To Wembley	10.30 Newsworld	10.30 National Nine News	10.50 Matt Houston
11PM	11.15 Close	11.30 Bless Me Father	11pm Strangers	11.50 Hawk	11pm Close
12AM		12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 6am)	12am Movie: The Borgia Stick. 1967 [IMDB]	12.50am Religion 12.55 Close
1AM			1.55 Movie: Destiny Of A Spy. 1969 [IMDB]
2AM
3AM			3.50 Movie: Distant Early Warning. 1975 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am)	5.55 Religion (Continues to 6am)