ABC debuts quiz show Mastermind, hosted by Huw Evans. Each week four contestants answer questions on general knowledge and specialist subjects. The winner at the end of the 17-week series will be named Mastermind  of Australia, 1978 and be invited to appear on the BBC program of the same name.

Source: TV Times, 25 March 1978

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM			6am Gene Autry (B&W)
7AM			7am The Super Flying Fun Show	7am The Early Bird Show
8AM	8am Sesame Street
9AM	9am For Schools: Six Faces Of Royalty, Living Tomorrow 9.30 Play School		9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Make A Wish 9.45 King’s Kitchen. Bernard King
10AM	10am For Schools: Behind The News, Industrial Arts, Thinkabout/Talkabout, Science, Writers Workshop, Words And Pictures	10am Romper Room. Miss Patricia	10am Dinah!	10am Movie: Machete (B&W) [IMDB]
11AM		11am Gidget 11.30 Willesee At Seven (Rpt)	11am Another World 11.55 News	11.30 Rooms
12PM	12pm The Pallisers 12.50 A Noise In The Ears	12pm Movie: The Way Ahead. 1944 (B&W) [IMDB]	12pm The Mike Walsh Show	12pm As The World Turns
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.10 Horizon-5 1.29 Weather 1.30 For Schools: For The Juniors, The Arcade Show, Outlook, Thinkabout/Talkabout		1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm Ryan’s Hope
2PM		2.30 The Adventurer	2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News. Peter Hitchener	2pm Shoulder To Shoulder. Mickie de Stoop, Carryl Browne
3PM	3pm Close	3pm The Saint	3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow	3pm Pot Of Gold International. Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Bernard King
4PM	4pm Play School 4.25 Kiri The Clown 4.30 Sesame Street	4pm The Beverly Hillbillies 4.30 The Partridge Family	4pm Groovy Goolies 4.30 Wacky Races	4pm Bugs Bunny And Friends 4.30 Petticoat Junction
5PM	5.30 The Nutty Squirrels 5.40 The Kids From 47A	5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Get Smart	5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud. Tony Barber	5pm Family Affair
6PM	6.05 My Favourite Martian 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Police File	6pm I Dream Of Jeannie 6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor	6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Eric Pearce, Peter Hitchener	6pm News At Six. Bruce Mansfield
7PM	7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 This Day Tonight. Mike Minehan	7pm Willesee At Seven. Mike Willesee 7.30 Special: Disco Fever	7pm A Current Affair. Michael Schildberger 7.30 Special: The Little River Band Live At The Rainbow, London	7pm Blankety Blanks, Graham Kennedy 7.30 The Restless Years
8PM	8pm Mastermind. Huw Evans PREMIERE 8.30 Special: The Bulls-Eye War	8.30 Movie: Kenner. 1969 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Summertree. 1971 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Innocent Bystanders. 1972 [IMDB]
9PM	9.20 Special: In The Great Pyramid
10PM	10pm ABC News, Weather 10.10 The Real Thing. Ron E Sparx 10.50 Close	10.15 Movie: John And Mary. 1969 [IMDB]	10.30 World Masters Snooker	10.35 The Peter Couchman Show
11PM			11.30 The Evil Touch	11.55 Movie: The Music. 1966 (B&W) [IMDB]
12AM		12.30am Close	12am Movie: RPM. 1970 [IMDB]
1AM			1.35 Movie: Crashout. 1955 (B&W) [IMDB]	1.25am Close
2AM
3AM			3am Movie: The New Interns. 1964 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5am Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6am)