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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 28, 2017 0:26:28 GMT
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1951 - 1958, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine:  I don't know when it was first shown in Sydney Australia, but on Wednesday 12 December 1956 it aired on ATN-7 at 6:30PM. It aired against live local kids show "Fun Farm" on TCN-9, while ABN-2 had a policy against airing shows at 6:00PM-6:59PM at the time, as they felt it would stop parents from putting their children to bed. It was preceded on ATN-7's schedule by the popular "Captain Fortune" (which IMDb wrongly says debuted 1959. Another reason to not trust IMDb) and followed by the failed talk show "At Seven on 7". Australian TV was only a few months old and schedules were in a state of flux. Later in 1957 ATN-7 had moved "Wild Bill Hickok" to 7:00PM, where it aired against news on ABN-2, while TCN-9 aired a 15-minute newscast and U.S. documentary series "Kaleidoscope". In Melbourne, it first aired Wednesday 23 January 1957 (I could be wrong on this) on GTV-9 at 7:00PM, aired against a 15-minute newscast and local talk show "Be My Guest" on HSV-7, while it aired against a 15-minute newscast and "The Life of Riley" (Bendix version) on ABV-2. |
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