The 1982 VFL Grand Final dominates HSV7’s schedule, including the traditional all-night football marathon featuring footage from past Grand Final matches, followed by the North Melbourne Football Club’s Grand Final breakfast.

The Grand Final broadcast live on HSV7 with evening replays on both HSV7 and ABC

Source: TV Week, 25 September 1982

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM		Football Marathon (cont’d)	6am Thunderbirds
7AM			7am Fabulous Funnies 7.30 The Lone Ranger	7.30am Rainbow People 7.35 Spiderman
8AM		8am North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast	8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich, Jacki MacDonald	8am The Monkees 8.30 Movie: Countdown. 1968 [IMDB]
9AM		9am Sounds
10AM				10am Cartoons 10.30 The Magic Wok
11AM		11.20 Football: The Statewide Cup Grand Final	11am Reg Lindsay’s Country Homestead	11am Daniel Boone
12PM	12pm Jack High 12.55 Soccer: Match Of The Day		12pm Time Tunnel	12pm Movie: Follow That Dream. 1962 [IMDB]
1PM	1.55 Pot Black		1pm Wide World Of Sports
2PM	2.55 Sydney Rugby League: Grand Final	2pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground		2pm Movie: It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. 1963 [IMDB]
3PM	3.55 Commonwealth Games: Weightlifting Trials		3pm Movie: Smoky. 1966 [IMDB]
4PM					4.20pm Follow Me/People You Meet
5PM	5.05 Rock Arena	5.30 Grandstand	5pm The Bugs Bunny Show 5.30 Candid Camera	5pm Solid Gold	5pm International Sports Magazine
6PM	6pm Saturday Night Football: VFL	6pm Seven National News 6.30 Seven’s Big League: Grand Final Replay	6pm National Nine News. John Gatfield 6.30 Diff’rent Strokes	6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Young Talent Time	6pm Captain Socceroo 6.30 The Flute And The Tuba (Netherlands) 6.40 Cartoons 6.50 Brasil Pandeiro (Brazil)
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Four Corners		7.30 Charlie’s Angels	7.30 Parkinson	7.30 World News
8PM	8pm The Little World Of Don Camillo 8.30 Movie: Follow The Fleet. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB]	8pm Special: That Was The Season That Was. Includes Super 66	8.30 Hawaii Five O	8.30 Movie: The Bridge At Remagen. 1969 [IMDB]	8pm The Tiger Brigades (France) 8.55 Movie: Living. 1952 (Japan) [IMDB]
9PM		9.30 Australian Lotto Bloc 9.35 McMillan And Wife	9.30 Taurus Rising
10PM	10.20 ABC News 10.30 Football: VFL Grand Final Replay		10.30 Special: 34th Annual Emmy Awards	10.45 All Star Soccer
11PM		11.05 Big League Soccer		11.45 Movie: The World Of Henry Orient. 1964 [IMDB]	11pm Movie: The Belle Starr Story (Italy) [IMDB]
12AM	12.50am Close	12.20am Close	12.30am Movie: Monsieur Beaucaire. 1946 (B&W) [IMDB]		12.55am Close
1AM				1.45am The Doris Day Show
2AM			2.20 Movie: The Slender Thread. 1966 (B&W) [IMDB]	2.15 Close
3AM			3.55 Movie: Part-Time Wife. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Big Valley (Continues to 6am)