"Home and Away" is an Australian soap opera that began airing on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. During the show's early years, it aired at 5:30 pm in Adelaide, at 6:00 pm in Melbourne and Sydney, at 6:30 pm in Brisbane, and at 7:00 pm in Perth. In January 1992, Seven moved "Home and Away" into the 7:00 pm timeslot across the network, putting it up against rival soap opera "Neighbours" on Network Ten. This caused Ten to move "Neighbours" to the 6.30 pm timeslot two months later. "Home and Away" airs at 7:00 pm every Mondays to Thursday first on Seven, and is the second-longest running drama series in Australian television.