Monday 28 March 1988 — MELBOURNE

ABC current affairs program Four Corners presents Wither The ABC?, a debate over the future direction of the national broadcaster. The program is hosted by Andrew Olle with studio guests David Hill (ABC managing director), Gareth Evans, Max Walsh, Terry Hayes, Peter Luck and Ted Thomas.

Blah Blah Blah was a comedy “non-tonight show” featuring Andrew Denton in his first hosting role.

See also: Monday 28 March 1988 — SYDNEY

Source: TV Week, 26 March 1988. The Age, 28 March 1988.

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6AM 6.30am Learning Network 6am Terrahawks
6.30 Cartoon Connection. Alex Wileman, Michael Horrocks. Includes Huckleberry Hound, Punky Brewster, The Smurfs, Secret Squirrel
6am Early News
6.30 Business Today
6am Daybreak
6.30 Good Morning Australia
7AM 7am Astroboy
7.30 The Comic Strip
7.55 Captain Cookaburra’s Australiha
7am Today
8AM 8am The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
8.30 Sesame Street
9AM 9.30 Play School 9am Romper Room. Includes Bicentennial Minutes 9am The Home Shopping Show
9.30 Here’s Humphrey
9am Good Morning Melbourne. Roy Hampson, Annette Allison
10AM 10am For Schools: Words And Pictures, Secondary Media, Rock School, Upper Primary Art And Craft, The Colonials, Lower Primary Science 10am When The Boat Comes In 10am The Young Doctors
10.30 The Sullivans
10am Fat Cat And Friends
10.30 Daywatch
11AM 11am Eleven AM. Don Willesee. Includes Bicentennial Minutes 11am National Nine News
11.30 Loving
11am Another World
12PM 12pm EastEnders 12pm Movie: The Jayne Mansfield Story. 1980 [IMDB] 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 12pm Santa Barbara
1PM 1pm Parental Guidance Recommended
1.10 For Schools: Staying In Touch, Hunter, A New World (For Sure), How We Used To Live, The Australian Eye
1.30 Days Of Our Lives 1pm The Bold And The Beautiful
1.30 Movie: A Man Called Gannon. 1969 [IMDB]
2PM 2pm Quincy ME 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55pm Bicentennial Diary
3PM 3pm Sesame Street 3pm Bewitched
3.30 Tom And Jerry
3.30 General Hospital 3.30 Check It Out 3pm TV Ed
4PM 4pm Play School
4.30 The Sooty Show
4.50 Superted
4pm Wombat
4.30 Lassie
4pm C’mon Kids 4pm Ridgey Didge 4pm Vox Populi (Rpt)
4.30 Kaleidoscope
5PM 5pm The Afternoon Show. James Valentine. Includes Grange Hill, The Mysterious Cities Of Gold 5pm Wheel Of Fortune
5.30 Press Your Luck
5pm Crossfire
5.30 The Addams Family (B&W)
5pm MASH
5.30 Perfect Match
5pm Oshin (Japan)
5.30 Brookside
5.57 Bicentennial Diary
6PM 6pm The Goodies
6.30 EastEnders
6pm Home And Away. Includes Tatts 2
6.30 Seven Nightly News. Jennifer Keyte, Glenn Taylor
6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor, Rob Gaylard, Rob Gell
6.30 A Current Affair. Jana Wendt
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Mal Walden, Tracey Curro 6pm The Noise. Annette Shun Wah
6.30 World News. George Donikian
7PM  7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty
7.30 The 7.30 Report. John Jost
7pm Hinch At Seven. Derryn Hinch
7.30 A Country Practice
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Alyce Platt
7.30 The Cosby Show
7pm Neighbours
7.30 Tour Of Duty
7pm Sport Report
7.30 The Story Of English
8PM  8pm Never The Twain
8.30 Executive Stress
8.30 The Equalizer 8pm A Different World
8.27 Crimestoppers
8.30 Movie: Amazons. 1984 [IMDB]
8.30 Mini-Series: Shogun. Part Two [IMDB] 8.30 Tass Is Authorised To Announce (USSR)
9PM  9pm Four Corners. Andrew Olle
9.45 Rubbery Figures
9.50 Blah Blah Blah. Andrew Denton
9.30 Hunter 9.30 Tonight With Paul Murphy
10PM  10.15 The World Tonight. Richard Palfreyman
10.45 Blah Blah Blah (cont’d)
10.30 Newsworld. Clive Robertson. Includes Bicentennial Minutes 10.30 Nightline
10.35 Tennis: Lipton International Players Championships
10.30 Late Night Australia. Don Lane 10pm State Of The Art
10.55 Partisan Air Squadron (Yugoslavia)
11PM  11.30 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum 11.30 TJ Hooker 11.40 Bicentennial Diary
11.45 Close
12AM  12am Close 12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC)
(Continues to 6am)
12.30am Melba
1AM  1am Nightshift. David White
2AM  2.05am Movie: In This Our Life. 1942 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM 
4AM  4am Movie: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer. 1938 [IMDB]
5AM  5.30 Expedition Danger
(Continues to 6am)
5am Marine Boy
5.30 The New Three Stooges
(Continues to 6am)