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
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |
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| 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) |
