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.
TCN9 presents the first prime-time edition of the NRL-based The Footy Show as a Grand Final preview ahead of the show becoming a regular Thursday night fixture from 1994.
See also: Friday 24 September 1993 — MELBOURNE
Source: The Daily Telegraph Mirror, 24 September 1993
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| 6AM | Open Learning (cont’d) 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 |
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 |
9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 Ernie And Denise |
9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton | |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Problem Creek, Australia Place, Geographical Eye, Scientific Eye | 10.30 How Do You Cope? | 10.30 National News | ||
| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 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 Special: Sydney 2000 — The Decision (Rpt) | 12pm Midday With Ray Martin | 12pm Santa Barbara | |
| 1PM | 1pm Open Learning | 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 Stay Tuned |
3.30 Supermarket Sweep | 3.30 Live It Up | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Rupert 4.55 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 The Press Gang | 5pm Family Feud 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune |
5pm Paradise Beach 5.30 The Cosby Show |
5pm Ten Eyewitness News | 5.15 Little Missy (Brazil) 5.50 For Your Information |
| 6PM | 6pm A Dog’s Life 6.30 Gardening Australia |
6pm Seven Nightly News 6.30 Real Life |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 A Current Affair |
6pm The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours |
6pm World Sports. Les Murray 6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report |
7pm Home And Away 7.30 The Great Outdoors |
7pm Sale Of The Century 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 Movie: Perry Mason The Case Of The Fatal Fashion [IMDB] | 9pm The Footy Show Grand Final Preview. Paul Vautin, Peter Sterling, Steve Roach, Rex Mossop (see advertisement below) | 9.30 Movie: Breathless. 1959 (B&W) (France) [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | 10.20 ABC News 10.30 Live And Sweaty |
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| 11PM | 11.30 Sticky Moments | 11pm Tonight Live | 11pm Nightline 11.30 Wiseguy |
11pm Ten Eyewitness News. Anne Fulwood 11.30 Sports Tonight |
11.05 Nomad |
| 12AM | 12.15am Australia Television News 12.45 Rage (Continues to 9am) |
12am Paradise | 12.30am Entertainment Tonight | 12am Basketball: NBL | 12.05am Movie: Shivers. 1981 (Poland) [IMDB] |
| 1AM | 1am Today (NBC) | 1am Movie: Sorry Wrong Number. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.50 Close | ||
| 2AM | 2.40 Movie: The Hunted Lady. 1977 [IMDB] | 2.15 Just For The Record 2.45 Movie: Operation Camel. 1961 [IMDB] |
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| 4AM | 4.35 Movie: For Us The Living [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
4.30 The Great Circuses Of The World | 4am Prisoner | ||
| 5AM | 5.30 The Sullivans (Continues to 6am) |
5am Tequila And Bonetti (Continues to 6am) |
