The VFL Grand Final is played in Melbourne but telecast into Melbourne is still restricted to evening replay telecasts — although HSV7’s Football Marathon, featuring footage of previous Grand Finals, and telecast of the North Melbourne Breakfast are already entrenched as Grand Final traditions.
Source: TV Week, 25 September 1976
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| 6AM | Football Marathon (cont’d from 11.35pm Friday) | 6am Thunderbirds | ||
| 7AM | 7am Gene Autry Hour (B&W) | |||
| 8AM | 8.30am North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast | 8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday | 8am Cartoon Carnival | |
| 9AM | 9.30 Movie: The Stand At Apache River. 1953 [IMDB] | |||
| 10AM | 10am Sound Unlimited. Donnie Sutherland | |||
| 11AM | 11am Daktari | 11am Rock Show 11.30 Please Don’t Eat The Daisies |
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| 12PM | 12pm Movies: Rocky Mountain. 1950 (B&W) [IMDB], PT109. 1963 [IMDB] | 12pm World Championship Wrestling | 12pm Movie: East Of Sumatra. 1953 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm Wide World Of Sport | 1.40 Movie: State Fair. 1962 [IMDB] | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Movie: Marco The Magnificent. 1966 [IMDB] | |||
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| 4PM | 4pm Big Ball Game 4.30 Sportsnight (Rpt) |
4pm This Week Has Seven Days. Mal Walden, Honor Walters | 4pm Happy Go Round. Jacki MacDonald | 4pm Junior Jury 4.30 What In The World |
| 5PM | 5.05 Countdown (Rpt) | 5pm Born Free | 5pm The Pink Panther 5.30 The Lost Islands |
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| 6PM | 6pm Who Won, Why? 6.25 Sykes 6.57 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. David Johnston. Includes Football Panel. | 6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 Bandstand 1976 Rock Awards |
6pm Eyewitness News. Brad Smart 6.30 Young Talent Time |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. John Amies 7.15 Today’s Football: VFL Grand Final 1976 Replay |
7pm VFL Replay: 1976 Grand Final | 7.30 Cannon | 7.30 Chase |
| 8PM | 8.30 Movie: The Last Escape. 1970 [IMDB] | |||
| 9PM | 9.15 Four Corners | 9.15 Penthouse Club. Michael Williamson, Mary Hardy | 9.30 Police Story | |
| 10PM | 10.10 Movie: Seaside Swingers. 1965 [IMDB] | 10.30 Movie: The Old Man Who Cried Wolf. 1970 [IMDB] | 10.15 Pot Of Gold: Grand Final. Tommy Hanlon Jnr | |
| 11PM | 11.40 Close | 11.15 Star Soccer | 11.15 Mission: Impossible | |
| 12AM | 12.30am Close | 12am Movie: A Hole In The Head. 1959 [IMDB] | 12.15am Movie: Malenka — The Niece Of The Vampire. 1970 [IMDB] | |
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| 2AM | 2am Movie: The Sea Wolf. 1941 (B&W) [IMDB] | 2.30 Close | ||
| 3AM | 3.25 Movie: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 4AM | 4.45 Movie: Little Caesar. 1930 (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
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