The local premiere of the ABC series A Taste For Blue Ribbons, based on the book by Eugene Lumbers, starring Ron Graham, Sheila Bradley, Sally Conabere and her father Syd Conabere. The series first debuted in Victoria a week earlier and other states during June. In 1975 it was followed up by a sequel, Lucky Colour Blue.
See also: Sunday 27 May 1973 — MELBOURNE, Sunday 27 May 1973 — SYDNEY
Source: TV Week, 26 May 1973. The Canberra Times, 26 May 1973
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| 10AM | 10.50am Is This Your Career? | |
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | |
| 12PM | 12pm A Big Country 12.30 Science Report 12.45 Southern Gardener |
12pm Sports Action. Rex Mossop |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Royal Ballet: Ondine |
1pm Rawhide 1.55 World Championship Wrestling |
| 2PM | 2.55 Basketball: NBA | |
| 3PM | 3.20 Origami 3.30 The Original Laurel And Hardy 3.40 TDT Special: Johnny Farnham |
3.30 Rugby League: Queanbeyan Kangaroos v East Canberra |
| 4PM | 4.15 Movie: The Lively Set. 1964 [IMDB] | 4.30 Movie: They Rode West [IMDB] |
| 5PM | 5.50 Rugby League | |
| 6PM | 6pm The Stable Artist 6.25 A Taste For Blue Ribbons PREMIERE 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News (ATN7) 6.30 Disneyland |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 The Magic Of Music. Eric Jupp, Shirley McDonald, Neil Williams |
7.30 The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 8PM | 8pm The Regiment 8.50 ABC News, Weather 8.55 Retrospect |
8pm Movie: The Searchers. 1956 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.50 Special: Local Measures On A World Scale | |
| 10PM | 10.20 ABC News, Weather 10.30 Broaden Your Mind |
10.10 Federal File 10.40 Point Of View 10.50 Man Alive |
| 11PM | 11pm Close | 11.30 Close |
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