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
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| 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 |
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| 8AM | 8.30 Sesame Street | 8am Bobby’s World 8.30 Mulligrubs |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
