The telemovie Matthew And Son, a starring vehicle for former The Sullivans star Paul Cronin, screens on Ten. Produced by Johnny Young’s Television House production company and intended as a pilot for an ongoing series, the telemovie also starred Paula Duncan, Darius Perkins and Nicole Kidman.

Source: TV Week, 20 October 1984 (SBS: The Age, 22 October 1984)

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am The New Space Ghosts And Herculoids 6.25 Go Health 6.30 Scooby Doo Who Dunnit?	6am Felix The Cat 6.05 Courageous Cat 6.30 Superman
7AM		7am Marvel Super Heroes 7.30 Tom And Jerry	7am Today	7am Good Morning Australia
8AM	8am Sesame Street	8am Mickey And Donald 8.30 Mister Ed (B&W)
9AM	9am Kimba The White Lion 9.25 The Wombles 9.30 Play School	9am Family Affair 9.30 Celebrity Tattletales	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am The Waltons
10AM	10am For Schools: For The Juniors, Flip Slide Turn, Words And Pictures, Infinity Ltd	10am Romper Room 10.55 Take 5	10am Another World	10am Maja The Bee 10.30 Fat Cat And Friends
11AM		11am Eleven AM	11am Here’s Lucy 11.30 National Nine News	11am Good Morning Melbourne
12PM	12pm Four Corners (Rpt) 12.45 Weekend Magazine (Rpt)	12pm Movie: Caravan To Vaccares. 1974 [IMDB]	12pm The Mike Walsh Show	12pm Movie: Take Her She’s Mine. 1963 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 For Schools: The Erg Report, The Colonials, Northern Australian Documentaries		1.30 Days Of Our Lives
2PM	2.30 Countrywide (Rpt)	2pm Donahue	2.30 The Young And The Restless	2pm The Rockford Files
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Dr Snuggles	3pm The Persuaders	3.30 General Hospital	3pm Mission: Impossible
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends	4pm Wombat 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood	4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 The Ossie Ostrich Video Show	4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
5PM	5pm Blinky Bill 5.25 Danger Mouse 5.30 Inspector Gadget 5.54 Come And Get It 5.58 ABC News Headlines	5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie	5pm Wavelength 5.30 The Bugs Bunny Show	5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Perfect Match	5.10pm Follow Me 5.30 Marco Polo’s Stone (Italy)
6PM	6pm Sweet And Sour 6.30 Doctor Who 6.54 Take 5	6pm The New Price Is Right 6.29 Tatts 2 6.30 Seven National News	6pm Happy Days 6.30 National Nine News	6pm Eyewitness News	6pm Rock Around The World. Basia Bonkowski 6.30 Showcase Of History
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Let There Be Love 7.55 Open All Hours	7pm Sons And Daughters 7.30 Special: Malcolm Douglas Specials — One Wet Season	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Robin Of Sherwood	7pm MASH 7.30 Special Squad	7.15 Let’s Parlez Franglais 7.30 World News. George Donikian
8PM	8.25 Nationwide 8.55 The Consultant	8.30 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime	8.30 Special: The Best Of The Paul Hogan Show	8.30 Movie: Matthew And Son. 1984 [IMDB]	8pm Issues ’84. Margaret Throsby 8.30 Movie: Time Stands Still. 1981 (Hungary) [IMDB]
9PM	9.50 ABC News, Weather	9.30 Gaelic Football: First Test. Australia v Ireland	9.30 Willesee. Mike Willesee
10PM	10pm All-Star Soccer		10pm Tonight With Bert Newton	10pm Movie: Mosquito Squadron. 1970 [IMDB]	10pm Horizons: Contemporary USA
11PM	11pm Close	11pm Newsworld 11.35 Police Woman	11pm News 11.10 Hawaii Five-0	11.45 Nightmoves. Lee Simon. Simulcast EON FM	11pm Close
12AM		12.35am Amanda’s	12.10am Movie: The Nickel Ride. 1975 [IMDB]
1AM		1.05 Close		1.15am Three’s Company 1.45 Flappers
2AM			2.05 Movie: Madison Avenue. 1962 [IMDB]	2.15 Close
3AM			3.50 Movie: Bullet For A Badman. 1964 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am)