The VFL Grand Final — Carlton v Hawthorn — is telecast live on ABC.
ABC’s coverage begins with the all-night football marathon — highlights of past Grand Finals — a tradition initiated by former VFL broadcast partner HSV7.
The Seven Network was successful in re-gaining rights to cover VFL from season 1988.
Source: TV Week, 26 September 1987. The Age, 24 September 1987.
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| 6AM | Football: VFL. Grand Final Highlights (cont’d) | 6am The Adventures Of Gulliver 6.30 Jeannie |
6am Thunderbirds | 6am Tom Foolery 6.30 Barbie: The Making Of Mattel 6.35 Linus The Lionhearted |
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| 7AM | 7am Cartoon Connection | 7am Cartoon Company. Craig Campbell, Kathy Hopper | 7am The Early Bird Show. Darryl Cotton, Marie van Maaren | ||
| 8AM | 8am Football: VFL. Grand Final Breakfast. Live from Southern Cross Hotel | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Football: VFL. Under 19s Grand Final. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground | 9am Sounds. Donnie Sutherland | 9.55am Worldwide (Rpt) | ||
| 10AM | 10.25 Sport Report International (Rpt) 10.55 Showbiz (Rpt) |
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| 11AM | 11am Football: VFL. Reserves Grand Final. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground | 11.25 Vox Populi (Rpt) 11.55 Movie: Dictator Enlists Thanassis (Greece) |
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| 12PM | 12pm Horse Racing: Grandstand. Live from Moonee Valley | 12pm Burke’s Backyard | 12pm Movie: The Battle Of Britain. 1969 [IMDB] | ||
| 1PM | 1pm Wide World Of Sports. Ian Chappell, Mike Gibson, Max Walker | 1.25pm National Basketball League | |||
| 2PM | 2pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Pre-Match Entertainment. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 2.30 Football: VFL Grand Final. Carlton v Hawthorn. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground |
2.35 Movie: Riding Shotgun. 1954 [IMDB] | 2.25 On The Ball | ||
| 3PM | 3.25 Movie: Mandalina (Greece) | ||||
| 4PM | 4pm Chopper Squad | ||||
| 5PM | 5pm Fame | 5pm The Muppet Show | 5pm Newly Industrialised Countries 5.30 World Soccer |
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| 6PM | 6pm Football; VFL Grand Final. Highlights | 6pm Seven National News 6.30 The World Around Us |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday |
6pm Eyewitness News. Alister Paterson, Jennifer Hansen 6.30 Young Talent Time. Guest host Craig McLachlan |
6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Mike Walsh |
7.30 Our House | 7.30 Magnum PI | 7pm Floyd On Fish 7.30 Dateline. Paul Murphy |
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| 8PM | 8.30 Special: 41st Annual Tony Awards | 8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66 8.35 Special: Ocean Quest |
8.30 Hill Street Blues | 8.30 Movie: Under Capricorn. 1949 [IMDB] | 8.30 Derrick (Germany) |
| 9PM | 9.30 Spenser: For Hire | 9.30 Colette (France) | |||
| 10PM | 10pm ABC News 10.05 Callan |
10.30 Newsbreak 10.35 MTV: Music Television. Simulcast FOXFM |
10.55 Movie: Letter From An Unknown Woman. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | 10.30 Movie: The Duchess Of Langeais. 1942 (France) (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | 11pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Highlights | 11.55 Knots Landing | |||
| 12AM | 12am Rage (Continues to 7am) |
12.55am Close | 12.45am Night Shift | 12.05am Movie: Spells. 1944 (France) (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 1AM | 1.45 Close | ||||
| 2AM | 2.35am Movie: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre. 1967 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 4AM | 4.35 Bonanza | ||||
| 5AM | 5.30 Archie And Sabrina 5.55 Kenneth Copeland (Continues to 6.55am) |
5am Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy 5.30 Superman (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
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| Football: VFL. Grand Final Highlights (cont’d) 8am Football: VFL. Grand Final Breakfast 9am Football: VFL. Under 19s Grand Final 11am Football: VFL. Reserves Grand Final 2pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Pre-Match Entertainment 2.30 Football: VFL Grand Final. Carlton v Hawthorn 6pm Football; VFL Grand Final. Highlights 7pm ABC News 7.30 Mike Walsh 8.30 Special: 41st Annual Tony Awards 10pm ABC News 10.05 Callan 11pm Football: VFL Grand Final. Highlights 12am Close |
6.59am Program Highlights 7am Saturday’s Kids: The New Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Robotech, The Porky Pig Show 9am Sounds. Donnie Sutherland 12pm Indoor Cricket: National Championships 1pm Battlestar Galactica 2pm Movie: Li’l Abner. 1959 [IMDB] 4.05 Laredo 4.55 Get Smart 5.30 Cartoons 5.50 Regional News 6pm National Nine News 6.30 Young Talent Time 7.30 Webster 8pm Who’s The Boss 8.30 Movie: Wholly Moses. 1980 [IMDB] 10.25 Movie: American Hot Wax. 1978 [IMDB] 12.05am Epilogue 12.10 Close |
7am Turf Talk 7.15 Kids Only 7.45 Super Saturday Show: Care Bears, Gilligan’s Planet, Droids, Roman Holidays, The Transformers, Hey It’s The King 11am Solid Gold 12pm Gunsmoke 1pm Wide World Of Sports 5.55 Regional News 6pm National Nine News 6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday 8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66 8.35 Movie: Return Of The Beverly Hillbillies. 1981 [IMDB] 10.30 Movie: Captain Blood. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB] 12.15am Movie: Goodbye Raggedy Anne. 1971 [IMDB] 1.35 Close |
7am Super Saturday Show: The Transformers, Trollkins, Robotech, Loopy De Loop, The Smurfs 10.30 Get Smart 11am Variety Italian Style 12pm Bowls ’87 1pm Wide World Of Sports 6pm National Nine News 6.30 Regional News 6.35 Webster 7pm Charles In Charge 7.30 Highway To Heaven 8.30 Tattslotto/Super 66 8.35 Scarecrow And Mrs King 9.30 Movie: The Citadel. 1938 (B&W) [IMDB] 11.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday 1am Close |
7am Lassie 7.30 Merrie Melodies 8am Surprise! Surprise! 10am Sounds 12pm McHale’s Navy (B&W) 12.30 The Phil Silvers Show (B&W) 1pm Ripley’s Believe It Or Not 2pm Movie: Woman Obsessed. 1959 [IMDB] 3.45 Get Smart 4.15 All Creatures Great And Small 5.05 Flintstones 5.30 Punky Brewster 5.55 Drive 6pm National Nine News 6.30 Webster 7pm Charles In Charge 7.30 Movie: Salty. 1973 [IMDB] 9.50 Matlock 10.50 Hey Hey It’s Saturday 12.50am World Championship Wrestling 1.50 Close |
