The Seven and Nine networks cross live to Monte Carlo for six hours of coverage of the International Olympic Committee’s announcement of Sydney as the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games. Sydney was up against competing bids from Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester. The Ten Network presents live coverage between 2.30am and 5am with updates during the morning repeat of Sports Tonight at 6am.

GTV9 presents the first prime-time edition of The Footy Show as a Grand Final preview. And HSV7 continues the annual tradition of the Grand Final Eve Football Marathon after midnight, playing selected highlights of Australian Rules football from over the decades.

See also: Friday 24 September 1993 — SYDNEY

Source: TV Week, 18 September 1993

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM	(5am) Open Learning 6.30 Australia Television News	(3.15am) Special: Sydney 2000 — The Decision. Live from Monte Carlo	(3am) Today — Special Edition: Olympic Verdict	6am Sports Tonight (Rpt) Includes Olympic Update 6.30 Neighbours (Rpt)
7AM	7am First Edition 7.30 Open Learning (cont’d)			7am The Bionic Six 7.30 Capitol Critters	7am Worldwatch: 7.01 The Journal (Germany), 7.30 Dateline (rpt), 8am Le Journal (France), 8.30 Chinese News (Mandarin), 9am Novosti (Russia), 9.30 First Business, 10am The MacNeil Lehrer Newshour, 11am Das Journal (Germany)
8AM	8.30 Sesame Street			8am Speed Racer 8.30 Mulligrubs
9AM	9.25 Paddington Bear 9.30 Play School	9am The Book Place 9.30 At Home. John Mangos, Sharon Dale	9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 Ernie And Denise. Ernie Sigley, Denise Drysdale	9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton
10AM	10am For Schools: Problem Creek, Australia Place, Geographical Eye, Scientific Eye	10.30 NBC Nightly News	10.30 National News
11AM		11am Eleven AM. Ann Sanders	11am What’s Cooking 11.30 Entertainment Tonight	11am Sally Jessy Raphael	11.30 Weatherwatch, Music
12PM	12pm The World At Noon 12.30 Lateline (Rpt)		12pm Midday With Ray Martin	12pm Santa Barbara
1PM	1pm Open Learning	1pm Special: Sydney 2000 — The Decision (Rpt)	1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm The Bold And The Beautiful 1.30 Donahue	1.15pm Professional And Graduate Education Service (PAGE)
2PM	2pm Attitude (Rpt) 2.40 Fire On The Rim 2.55 Consuming Passions	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 Special: Stay Tooned — The History Of Tom And Jerry	3.30 Supermarket Sweep	3.30 Live It Up
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Rupert 4.50 Superted	4pm Disney Adventures 4.30 Now You See It	4pm Parker Lewis Can’t Lose 4.30 Wonder World	4pm Lassie 4.30 Totally Wild	4.15 TV Ed 4.45 English At Work
5PM	5pm The Afternoon Show. Includes Captain Planet And The Planeteers, Press Gang	5pm Family Feud. Rob Brough 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. John Burgess, Adriana Xenides	5pm Paradise Beach 5.30 Rescue 911	5pm Ten Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jo Pearson	5.15 Little Missy (Brazil) 5.50 For Your Information
6PM	6pm A Dog’s Life 6.30 Gardening Australia. Peter Cundall	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 The Great Outdoors	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.29 Keno 7.30 Burke’s Backyard — Spring Special	7pm Hinch. Derryn Hinch 7.30 Are You Being Served?	7pm Dateline 7.30 Far Flung Floyd
8PM	8pm On The Up 8.28 ABC News 8.30 Movie: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. 1958 [IMDB]			8.30 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries With Inspector Wexford	8pm The Bookshow Specials 8.30 People
9PM		9pm Perry Mason	9pm The Footy Show Grand Final Preview. Max Walker, Dermott Brereton, Sam Newman, Simon O’Donnell, Simon Madden, Ted Whitten, Lou Richards, Mal Brown		9.30 Movie: Breathless. 1959 (B&W) (France) [IMDB]
10PM	10.20 ABC News 10.30 Live And Sweaty		10.30 Nightline. Jim Waley
11PM	11.30 Sticky Moments On Tour	11pm Tonight Live. Richard Stubbs	11pm Wiseguy	11pm Ten Eyewitness News. Anne Fulwood 11.30 Sports Tonight	11.05 Nomad
12AM	12.15am Australia Television News. Rosemary Church 12.45 Rage (continues to 9am)	12am Special: AFL Grand Final Football Marathon (continues to 8am)	12am Entertainment Tonight 12.30 Movie: Sorry Wrong Number. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB]	12am Basketball: NBL	12.05am Movie: Shivers. 1981 (Poland) [IMDB]
1AM					1.50 Close
2AM			2.10 Movie: The Hunted Lady. 1977 [IMDB]	2.15 Just For The Record 2.45 Movie: Operation Camel. 1961 [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4am The Twilight Zone 4.30 Great Circuses Of The World	4am Prisoner
5AM			5.30 The Sullivans (continues to 6am)	5am Tequila And Bonetti (continues to 6am)