The Opening Ceremony of The Games Of The XX Olympiad is broadcast live via satellite on ABC and Seven. It is the first time since the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 that an Olympics opening ceremony is broadcast live in Australia.

Both ABC and Seven would go on to broadcast half-hour highlights packages each morning and evening during the Olympic Games.

Source: TV Week, 26 August 1972.

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM
7AM			7am Playroom 7.30 Humphrey Bear’s Curiosity Show	7am Building Today. Murray Jones
8AM		8.30am Cartoons	8.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers. Includes Phantaman, The Adventures Of Mr Magoo, Bomba The Jungle Boy.	8am Happening 72. Jeff Phillips, Johnny Young
9AM		9am Jet Set. Trudy Jaworski
10AM
11AM			11.30 The Samurai
12PM	12.50pm Hit Scene. Dick Williams	12pm Movies: Man Of Bronze. 1951 [IMDB]; Million Dollar Legs. 1932 [IMDB]. Includes VFL updates at 2.05, 2.40, 3.15, 4.05, 4.40 and live crosses to races at Sandown	12.30pm World Championship Wrestling. Jack Little	12pm On The Ball. Peter Sharp, Ted Henrys 12.30 Racing. Craig Kelly, John Russell
1PM	1.20 Sportsview		1.30 Movie: Blondie’s Hero. 1950 [IMDB]	1.15 TV Form Guide. Clem Dimsey, Peter Lovitt. 1.45 Wide World Of Sport
2PM				*2.20 Racing: Sandown
3PM			3pm Daktari	*3pm Racing: Werribee *3.30 Racing: Sandown (* indicates approximate times only)
4PM	4.55 Sporting Roundup		4pm Wells Fargo	4.45 Sporting Roundup. Keith Livingstone, Peter Sharp
5PM	5.05 Cattanooga Cats 5.47 Grasshopper Island	5.30 Jeopardy. Graham Webb	5pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson	5pm Roller Game
6PM	6pm Today’s Football 6.30 Golden Silents 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. David Johnston 6.30 Football Inquest. Michael Williamson	6pm National Nine News. Peter Smith, Bert Bryant, Ted Whitten 6.30 The Godfathers	6pm 0 Melbourne News. Ron Alderton, Clem Dimsey, Peter Sharp 6.30 Young Talent Time
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Football Replay: VFL	7pm Big Replay: VFL	7pm Split Second. Ken James	7.30 The Monroes
8PM	8.30 Four Corners	8.15 Penthouse Club. Michael Williamson, Mary Hardy	8pm Hawaii Five O	8.30 Movie: Ring Of Treason. 1964 [IMDB]
9PM	9.25 The Danny Thomas Hour		9pm Movie: A Run For Your Money. 1950 [IMDB]
10PM	10.15 Movie: Fame Is The Name Of The Game [IMDB]		10.35 News. Jason Davis 10.40 Olympic Report 10.45 VFL Matches Of The Day	10.10 Late News. Ron Alderton 10.15 Movie: Hunchback Of Rome [IMDB]
11PM	11.50 Tales From Hoffnung	11pm News. Peter Landy 11.15 Big Replay: VFL	11.45 Movie: The Devil’s Jest. 1960 [IMDB]
12AM	12am The Games Of The XX Olympiad: Opening Ceremony. Live from Munich	12am The Games Of The XX Olympiad: Opening Ceremony. Live from Munich	12.45am Movie: The Three Avengers. 1965 [IMDB]	12.05am Weather 12.07 Close
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3AM			3.45 Close
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