SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis presents a half-hour preview of the network’s new morning programming block, Worldwatch — marking SBS’ debut in daily early morning television.

Worldwatch started the following morning at 7am with four hours of news programs via satellite from broadcasters in China, Germany, Russia and the United States. Following Worldwatch is Weatherwatch, a continuous weather forecast featuring up to date satellite images, through to the late afternoon resumption of programming.

Source: TV Week, 21 August 1993

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM	(5am) Open Learning 6.30 The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle	6am Aerobics Oz Style 6.30 Agro’s Cartoon Connection	(5.30am) Motorcycling: Czechoslovakian 500cc & 250cc Grand Prix	6am Neighbours (Rpt)
7AM	7am Journey Into India 7.30 Open Learning		7am Today	7am Bionic Six 7.30 Ren And Stimpy	7am Worldwatch Launch. Mary Kostakidis 7.30 Close
8AM	8.30 Sesame Street			8am Bobby’s World 8.30 Mulligrubs
9AM	9.25 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends 9.30 Play School	9am The Book Place 9.30 At Home	9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 Ernie And Denise	9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton
10AM	10am For Schools: Return To The Magic Library, Read All About It, Look Up, Mission: Reading, Concepts In Science	10.30 Morning News	10.30 Morning News
11AM		11am Eleven AM. Ann Sanders	11am What’s Cooking 11.30 Entertainment Tonight	11am Sally Jessy Raphael
12PM	12pm The World At Noon 12.30 The Italians	12pm Movie: Babies. 1990 [IMDB]	12pm Midday With Ray Martin	12pm Santa Barbara
1PM	1pm The Investigators (Rpt) 1.30 Quantum (Rpt)		1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm The Bold And The Beautiful 1.30 Donahue
2PM	2pm Landline (Rpt)	2pm Perry Mason	2.30 The Young And The Restless	2.30 Oprah Winfrey
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas	3pm The Beverly Hillbillies 3.30 My Three Sons	3.30 Supermarket Sweep	3.30 Live It Up
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Rupert 4.50 Superted	4pm Disney Adventures / Ducktales 4.30 Now You See It	4pm Parker Lewis 4.30 Wonder World	4pm Munsters Today 4.30 Totally Wild	4.15pm TV Ed 4.45 English At Work
5PM	5pm The Afternoon Show. Michael Tunn. Includes Captain Planet And The Planeteers 5.30 Vidiot. Eden Gaha	5pm Family Feud 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune	5pm Paradise Beach 5.30 Graham Kennedy’s Funniest Home Videos	5pm Ten Eyewitness News	5.15 Little Missy (Brazil) 5.50 For Your Information
6PM	6pm The Brittas Empire 6.30 TVTV	6pm Seven Nightly News. Jennifer Keyte 6.30 Real Life. Stan Grant	6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor 6.30 A Current Affair. Mike Willesee	6pm The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours	6pm World Sports. Les Murray 6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis
7PM	7pm ABC News. Ian Henderson 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Mary Delahunty	7pm Home And Away 7.30 A Country Practice	7pm Sale Of The Century. Glenn Ridge, Jo Bailey 7.28 Keno 7.30 Murphy Brown	7pm Hinch 7.30 Healthy Wealthy And Wise	7pm Dateline. Paul Murphy 7.30 Timewatch
8PM	8pm Holiday. Sarah Henderson, Alex Smith, David De Vos, Patrick O’Neill 8.28 ABC News 8.30 Four Corners. Andrew Olle	8.30 Movie: Turner And Hooch. 1989 [IMDB]	8pm Love & War 8.30 Cricket: The Ashes — Sixth Test. England v Australia. Day Five. From Foster’s Oval	8.30 Mini-Series: The Boys Of St Vincent. Part Two [IMDB]	8.30 Masterpiece
9PM	9.15 Media Watch. Stuart Littlemore 9.30 This Sporting Life. HG Nelson, Rampaging Roy Slaven				9.30 Movie: My Dear Tom Mix. 1991 (Mexico) [IMDB]
10PM	10pm Review 10.30 Lateline. Includes ABC News Late Edition	10.30 Tonight Live	10.30 Nightline With Jim Waley 10.40 Cricket (Cont’d)	10.30 Ten Eyewitness News
11PM	11.05 English Soccer	11.30 Knots Landing		11pm Special: The Making Of In The Line Of Fire 11.30 Movie: Psycho. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB]	11.05 Fine Cut
12AM	12am May To December 12.30 Australia Television International News	12.30am Today (NBC)			12.35am Close
1AM	1am Minder			1.40 Movie: I’m Going To Be Famous. 1982 [IMDB]
2AM	2am It’s A Business Doing Pleasure 2.30 Movie: Carry On Loving. 1970 [IMDB]	2.30 Movie: American Ninja. 1985 [IMDB]
3AM			3am Globe TV	3.30 In Living Colour
4AM	4am I Love Lucy (B&W) 4.30 Doctor Who	4.10 Mixed Doubles 4.40 Dateline	4am Dangerman (B&W)	4am Prisoner
5AM	5am Open Learning (Continues to 6.30am)	5.30 Sons And Daughters (Continues to 6am)	5am Motor Racing: Indy Car Race. From Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (Continues to 7am)	5am General Hospital (Continues to 6am)