Source: TV Week, 24 October 1987
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| 6AM | 6.30am Learning Network | 6am Calvin And The Colonel 6.25 Huckleberry Hound 6.40 Cartoon Connection. Michael Horrocks, Alex Wileman |
6am Early Morning News. Eric Walters 6.30 Business Today. Michael Pascoe |
6am Daybreak | |
| 7AM | 7am Voltron Defender Of The Universe 7.30 Battle Of The Planets |
7am Today. George Negus, Elizabeth Hayes | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 8AM | 8am The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz 8.30 Sesame Street |
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| 9AM | 9.30 Play School | 9am The Love Game 9.30 TV Education |
9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 The Young Doctors |
9am Good Morning Melbourne | |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Music Time, Six Australians, The World Of Cooking, Infinity Limited, Puppets | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Sullivans | 10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Another World |
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| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11am The Home Shopping Show 11.30 National Nine News |
11.30 Eyewitness News | ||
| 12PM | 12pm Quantum (Rpt) 12.30 A New World (For Sure) |
12pm Movie: High Ice. 1979 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Ray Martin | 12pm Movie: Casanova’s Big Night. 1954 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm PGR: Parental Guidance Recommended 1.15 For Schools: Words Fail Me, For The Juniors, How We Used To Live, Shakespeare In Perspective, Masterworks From The World’s Great Museums |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2pm The New Price Is Right | 2.30 The Young And The Restless | 2pm The Rockford Files | 2pm Golf: ESP Australian PGA Championships. Live from Liverpool Golf Club, Sydney. | |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm Doctor On The Go 3.30 Bewitched |
3.30 General Hospital | 3pm The Six Million Dollar Man | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Kaboodle |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Littlest Hobo |
4pm C’mon Kids | 4pm Ridgey Didge | |
| 5PM | 5pm The Afternoon Show. Includes The Haunted School, The Goodies | 5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 Have A Go |
5pm Kathy, Bugs And Benson. Kathy Hopper 5.30 Benson |
5pm The New Real Ghostbusters 5.30 Perfect Match |
5.54 Cycling: Commonwealth Bank Classic |
| 6PM | 6pm Inspector Gadget 6.30 EastEnders |
6pm Seven National News. Greg Pearce | 6pm National Nine News. Brian Naylor, Rob Gaylard, Peter Mitchell, Ann Peacock 6.30 Willesee |
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Mal Walden | 6pm Brookside 6.30 World News. George Donikian |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty 7.30 The 7.30 Report. John Jost |
7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 George And Mildred |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Flying Doctors |
7pm Neighbours 7.30 Cheers |
7pm Office Gossip (Germany) 7.30 Civilisation: A Personal View By Kenneth Clark |
| 8PM | 8pm University Challenge 8.30 Dorothy L Sayers’ Mysteries |
8pm The Good Life 8.30 Special: The Saint In Manhattan |
8.30 Matlock | 8.30 Special: Return To The Titanic | 8.30 The Movie Show. David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz |
| 9PM | 9.25 Palace Of Dreams | 9.30 Movie: The Purple Rose Of Cairo. 1985 [IMDB] | 9.30 Hill Street Blues | 9pm Worldwide 9.30 Movie: A Double Suicide. 1984 (Japan) [IMDB] |
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| 10PM | 10.15 The Walsh Report 10.45 Soccer: Big League |
10.30 Newsbreak 10.35 MTV Music Television |
10.30 News Update 10.45 Superstar Wrestling |
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| 11PM | 11.40 Golf: Australian PGA Championships. Highlights. Day One | 11.15 Newsworld. Clive Robertson | 11.45 Gridiron: NFL | 11pm Windows 11.40 Close |
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| 12AM | 12.10am Close | 12am News Overnight. includes Today (NBC)(Continues to 6am) | 12.35am Movie: Magic. 1978 [IMDB] | ||
| 1AM | 1.15am Night Shift. David White | ||||
| 2AM | 2.30 Movie: Miracle In The Rain. 1954 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 4AM | 4.35 Bonanza | ||||
| 5AM | 5.30 Animal Express (Continues to 6am) |
5am Blankety Blanks 5.30 Superman (Continues to 6am) |