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

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10	SBS28
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)
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
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
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
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]
3AM		3am Movie: Memorial Day. 1983 [IMDB]
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)