Nine’s coverage of the 1990 Commonwealth Games begins with the Opening Ceremony from Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Caroline Jones hosts the new three-part series The Way We Really Were, a selection of films, documentaries and archival footage of Australian society from the past 30 years. The program is introduced by Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
Source: TV Week, 20 January 1990
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| 6AM | 6am Holiday World 6.30 Agro’s Cartoon Connection. Includes Donkey Kong, The New Fred And Barney Show, Thundercats, The Smurfs |
6am Mask 6.30 ITN World News |
6am Lassie 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style |
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| 7AM | 7am Astroboy 7.30 The Berenstain Bears 7.55 Storybreak |
7am Today. Steve Liebmann, Elizabeth Hayes | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 8AM | 8.20 Sesame Street | ||||
| 9AM | 9.20 Parental Guidance Recommended 9.30 Play School |
9am Gidget 9.30 Fat Cat And Friends |
9am Here’s Humphrey 9.59 Newsbreak |
9am ‘Til Ten | |
| 10AM | 10am Puddle Lane 10.15 Matilda’s Dream 10.30 Noddy 10.45 The Giddy-Game Show 10.55 The Croc-Note Show |
10am Wombat 10.30 Now You See It |
10am KTV 10.30 McHale’s Navy (B&W) |
10am Mulligrubs 10.30 News |
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| 11AM | 11am The Beachcombers 11.30 3-2-1 Contact |
11am Tennis: Australian Open. Men’s Quarter Finals. Live from National Tennis Centre, Melbourne. | 11am General Hospital | 11am Another World | |
| 12PM | 12pm Four Corners (Rpt) | 12pm Police Story | 12pm Santa Barbara | ||
| 1PM | 1pm Heil Caesar 1.30 Spirit Bay |
1pm Sanford And Son 1.30 Days Of Our Lives |
1pm The Bold And The Beautiful 1.30 Donahue |
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| 2PM | 2pm Square One TV 2.30 Do It |
2.30 The Young And The Restless | 2.30 The Rockford Files | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.58 Pinny’s House |
3.30 Small Wonder | 3.30 House Calls | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends |
4pm Charlie Brown | 4pm Neighbours Again 4.30 Double Dare |
4pm Kaleidoscope 4.30 Once Upon A Time… Space (France) |
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| 5PM | 5pm The Body Electric 5.25 Danger Mouse 5.35 The Campbells |
5pm Mork And Mindy 5.30 Benson |
5pm The Munsters (B&W) 5.30 The Best Of Perfect Match |
5pm And Father Makes Four (Greece) 5.30 International Airport (Italy) |
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| 6PM | 6pm Yachting: Grand Prix. Highlights 6.30 EastEnders |
6pm Seven Nightly News. Jennifer Keyte, Glenn Taylor 6.30 Home And Away |
6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor, Rob Gaylard, Rob Gell 6.30 A Current Affair Summer Edition |
6pm Ten Evening News. David Johnston, Tracey Curro | 6pm Noah’s Ark (Spain) 6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Edwin Maher 7.30 The 7.30 Report |
7pm Hinch. Derryn Hinch 7.30 ALF |
7pm Growing Pains 7.28 Keno 7.30 Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony. From Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Ken Sutcliffe, Ray Martin, Max Walker |
7pm Neighbours 7.30 E Street |
7pm Three Ladies And Their Hot Dog Stand (Germany) 7.30 Repercussions |
| 8PM | 8pm Quantum. Karina Kelly 8.28 ABC News Update 8.30 The Way We Were. Caroline Jones PREMIERE (see advertisement below) |
8pm The Hogan Family 8.28 Tattslotto 8.30 Tennis: Australian Open (cont’d) |
8.30 Movie: Man Woman And Child. 1983 [IMDB] | 8.30 The Investigator (West Germany) | |
| 9PM | 9.25 Masterpiece: Degas (Canada) | ||||
| 10PM | 10.35 Aspel And Co | 10pm Nightline 10.05 Movie: First Affair. 1983 [IMDB] |
10.20 Nightwatch 10.25 Crime Story |
10.30 Movie: My Brother (Turkey) [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | 11.15 ABC News Late Edition 11.25 The Makers 11.55 Close |
11.25 Return To Eden | |||
| 12AM | 12.10am Movie: The War Between The Tates. 1977 [IMDB] | 12.25am Movie: How I Won The War. 1967 [IMDB] | 12.05am Close | ||
| 1AM | 1am Today (NBC) | ||||
| 2AM | 2.05 Movie: Baby Blue Marine. 1976 [IMDB] | 2.30 227 | |||
| 3AM | 3am Dempsey And Makepeace 3.55 Big Deal |
3.45 Movie: Perfect Friday. 1970 [IMDB] | 3am Emergency | ||
| 4AM | 4.50 Science International | ||||
| 5AM | 5am Fame (Continues to 6am) | 5.30 The Young Doctors (Continues to 6am) | 5am Dallas (Continues to 6am) |
