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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
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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 |
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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] | ||||
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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) |