1956[]
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1957[]
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1958[]
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1959[]
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1960[]
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1961[]
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1962[]
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1963[]
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1964[]
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1965[]
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1966[]
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1967[]
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1968[]
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1969[]
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1970[]
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1971[]
Debuts[]
1972[]
Debuts[]
1973[]
Debuts[]
1974[]
Debuts[]
January 22
- The Ernie Sigley Show (Nine Network)
February 11
- The Box (The 0-10 Network)
March 18
- Class of 74 (Seven Network)
April 8
- Blind Date (Seven Network)
June 21
- Alpha Scorpio (ABC)
June 15
- Don Burrows (ABC)
August 20
- Rush (ABC)
November 8
- Countdown (ABC)
November 21
- A Touch of Reverence (ABC)
Late 1974
- Sounds Unlimited (Seven Network)
International Debuts[]
January 21
- The Electric Company (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
15 February/4 April
- Hawkins (15 February: Seven Network - Sydney, 4 April: Seven Network - Melbourne)
1 April
- Dusty's Trail (Nine Network)
- The Young and the Restless (Nine Network)
15 April
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971-1972) (Nine Network/CBS/Hanna-Barbera Productions)
21 April
- Kojak (1973-1978) (The 0-10 Network/CBS/Universal Television)
6 May
- The Beachcombers (1972-1990) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC Television)
13 May
- Mission: Magic! (1973) (The 0-10 Network/American Broadcasting Company/Filmation)
26 May
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
27 May
- Wild, Wild World of Animals (Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Time-Life Television)
10 June
- Bailey's Comets (Nine Network)
26 June
- Shaft (1973-1974) (Seven Network/CBS/MGM Television)
30 June
- The Six Million Dollar Man (The 0-10 Network)
1 July
- Thriller (Seven Network)
20 July
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (ABC)
28 July
- My Favorite Martians (1973) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation/CBS/Filmation)
3 August
- Jack the Ripper (1973) (ABC)
18 August
- Man About the House (ABC)
14 September
- Needles and Pins (ABC)
22 September
- Happy Days (Nine Network)
17 October
- The Ascent of Man (ABC)
19 October
- Speed Buggy (ABC)
3 November
- Adam's Rib (Seven Network)
6 November/9 December
- Doc Elliot (6 November: Nine Network - Sydney, 9 December: Nine Network - Melbourne)
12 December
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Nine Network)
Unknown
- Inch High, Private Eye (Nine Network)
- Super Friends (1973) (The 0-10 Network)
1975[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
30 January
- The Manhunter (1974-1975) (Nine Network/CBS)
6 February
- Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983) (Nine Network/NBC/NBC Productions)
10 February
- The Rockford Files (Channel 0)
13 February
- No, Honestly (Seven Network)
16 February
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (ABC)
17 February
- Police Woman (Seven Network)
1 March
- The Wombles (1973) (ABC)
3 March
- Casanova '73 (ABC)
14 March
- Hong Kong Phooey (Nine Network)
6 May
- Carrie's War (ABC)
31 May
- Valley of the Dinosaurs (Nine Network)
7 June
- Shazam! (1974-1976) (Channel 0/CBS/Warner Bros. Television)
21 June
- Movin' On (Channel 0)
14 July
- Dinah! (Nine Network)
30 August
- Petrocelli (Nine Network)
7 September
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum (ABC)
5 October
- Moody and Pegg (ABC)
8 October
- The New Adventures of Gilligan (Channel 0)
20 October
- Bod (ABC)
3 November
- Nakia (1974) (Nine Network/ABC/Columbia Pictures Television)
3 November
- Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (Nine Network)
4 November
- Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1972-1974) (ABC/BBC One)
15 November
- Paper Moon (Nine Network)
1976[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
2 January
- Canada Swiss Family Robinson (1974) (ABC)
22 January
- S.W.A.T. (Nine Network)
9 February
- Partridge Family 2200 A.D. (Seven Network)
- The Invisible Man (1975) (Nine Network)
- Starsky and Hutch (Nine Network)
17 February
- Switch (The 0-10 Network)
25 March
- Wodehouse Playhouse (ABC)
6 April
- Chico and the Man (The 0-10 Network)
15 April
- Welcome Back, Kotter (Seven Network)
- Barney Miller (Seven Network)
26 April
- Laverne and Shirley (Nine Network)
17 May
- Doctor on the Go (Seven Network)
May 21
- Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (aka Secret Squadron Rangers) (Toei Company)
- 20 June/4 September – United States Westwind (20 June: The 0-10 Network - Melbourne, 4 September: The 0-10 Network - Sydney)
- 22 June – United States The Dumplings (The 0-10 Network)
- 22 June – United States The Bob Crane Show (The 0-10 Network)
- 15 July – United States Barbary Coast (The 0-10 Network)
- 24 July – United States Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (Seven Network)
- 2 August – Canada Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild (ABC)
- 3 August – United Kingdom Microbes and Men (ABC)
- 8 August – United Kingdom How Green Was My Valley (ABC)
- 8 September – United Kingdom The Liver Birds (ABC)
- 1 November – Canada The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (The 0-10 Network)
- 4 November – United Kingdom I Didn't Know You Cared (ABC)
- 7 November – United States Fay (Nine Network)
- 7 November – United States Three for the Road (The 0-10 Network)
- 9 November – United Kingdom Space: 1999 (Seven Network)
- 9 November – United States Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Seven Network)
- 9 November – United States On the Rocks (Seven Network)
- 10 November – United Kingdom Carry on Laughing (Seven Network)
- 10 November – United States Doc (Seven Network)
- 10 November – United Kingdom Father Brown (Seven Network)
- 8 December – United Kingdom The Adventures of Sir Prancelot (ABC)
- 14 December – United Kingdom Notorious Woman (The 0-10 Network)
- 20 December – United Kingdom Days of Hope (ABC)
- 29 December – United Kingdom The Lotus Eaters (ABC)
Unknown
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies (Nine Network)
1977[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
January 31
- Charlie's Angels (1976-1981) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC)/Spelling-Goldberg Productions/Nine Network)
1978[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1979[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1980[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1981[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1982[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1983[]
Debuts[]
- 24 January – Carson's Law (Network Ten) (1983–1984)
- 2 February – Waterloo Station (Nine Network) (1983–1984)
- 3 March – Come and Get It (ABC TV) (1983–1992)
- 6 March – The Dismissal (Network Ten) (1983)
- 18 April – Starting Out (Nine Network) (1983)
- 12 July – Kings (Nine Network) (1983)
- 12 September – The Willow Bend Mystery (ABC TV) (1983)
- 20 September – Scales of Justice (ABC TV) (1983)
- 26 September – Australia You're Standing In It (ABC TV) (1983–1984)
- 4 October – All the Rivers Run (Seven Network) (1983)
- 24 October – Captain Cookaburra's Australiha (ABC TV) (1983–1988)
- 4 November – Five Mile Creek (Channel Seven) (1983)
International Debuts[]
6 January
- The Coral Island (ABC TV)
12 January
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (ABC TV)
8 February
- Remington Steele (Nine Network)
8 February
- Airline (ABC TV)
11 February
- Matt Houston (Network Ten)
18 February
- Joanie Loves Chachi (Nine Network)
21 February
- Tales of the Gold Monkey (Channel Seven)
21 February
- The Chinese Detective (ABC TV)
23 February
- It Takes a Worried Man (ABC TV)
5 March
- Pac-Man (1982-1983) (Seven Network/ABC/Hanna-Barbera Productions)
7 March
- Ritter's Cove (ABC TV)
8 March
- Under the Mountain (ABC TV)
11 March
- The Amazing Adventures of Morph (ABC TV)
24 March
- Knight Rider (1982-1986) (Nine Network/NBC/Universal Television)
25 March
- Fame (1982-1983) (Seven Network/NBC)
5 April
- Holocaust (Channel Seven/NBC)
12 April
- Metal Mickey (ABC TV)
23 April
- Tucker's Witch (1982-1983) (Nine Network/CBS/Hill-Mandelker Films)
25 April
- Never the Twain (ABC TV)
25 April
- The President's Diamonds (Network 0/28)
26 April
- Bring 'Em Back Alive (Nine Network)
27 April
- The Devlin Connection (Nine Network)
4 May
- Hungary Gustavus (ABC TV)
9 May
- Casper and the Angels (1979) (ABC TV/NBC/Hanna-Barbara Productions)
5 June
- Herbie the Love Bug (Nine Network)
12 June
- The Barchester Chronicles (ABC TV)
17 June
- Andy Robson (ABC TV)
24 June
- Sea Urchins (ABC TV)
6 July
- The Legend of King Arthur (1979) (ABC TV/BBC1)
29 July
- T.J. Hooker (Network Ten)
31 July
- Harry's Game (Nine Network)
8 August
- Star Blazers (ABC TV)
- Seeing Things (ABC TV)
22 August
- Cecilia's Family (Network 0/28)
19 September
- Codename Icarus (ABC TV)
1 October
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985) (Channel Seven/Filmation Associates)
14 October
- No Soap, Radio (Nine Network)
13 November
- Teachers Only (Channel Seven)
14 November
- Gavilan (Channel Seven)
15 November
- Open All Night (Nine Network)
- World War III (1982) (Network Ten/NBC/Finnegan Associates)
16 November
- Silver Spoons (Network Ten)
18 November
- Fraggle Rock (Network Ten)
20 November
- Cheers (1982-1993) (Nine Network/CBS/Paramount Television)
22 November
- Simon and Simon (1982-1987) (Channel Seven/NBC/Lightkeeper Productions)
23 November
- The Renegades (Network Ten)
27 November
- At Ease (Network Ten)
28 November
- Family Ties (Channel Seven)
1 December
- Casablanca (Network Ten)
9 December
- Highcliffe Manor (Nine Network)
16 December
- Secombe with Music (ABC TV)
23 December
- Astro Boy (1980) (ABC TV)
25 December
- The Snowman (ABC TV)
Unknown
- Pandamonium (1982) (Nine Network/CBS/Marvel Productions/MGM-UA Television)
1984[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1985[]
Debuts[]
International Debuts[]
1986[]
Debuts[]
- 20 January - Off the Dish (Network Ten)
- 28 January - The 7.30 Report (ABC-TV)
- 30 January - Prime Time (Nine Network)
- 10 February - C'mon Kids (Nine Network)
- 10 February - Return to Eden (Network Ten)
- 9 March - A Fortunate Life (Nine Network)
- 13 March - The D-Generation (ABC-TV)
- 20 March - The Girl from Steel City (SBS)
- 31 March - Edge of the Wedge (ABC-TV)
- 3 April - Game of Life (ABC-TV)
- 6 May - The Video Comedy Show (ABC-TV)
- 9 May - Saturdee (Channel Seven)
- 15 May - Fame and Misfortune (ABC-TV)
- 26 May - The Flying Doctors (Nine Network)
- 15 June - Don Spencer's Feathers, Furs or Fins (ABC-TV)
- 19 July - The Cartoon Company (Nine Network)
- 29 July - The Noise (SBS)
- 22 September - My Brother Tom (Network Ten)
- 28 September/30 September - Whose Baby? (28 September: Channel Seven - Melbourne, 30 September: Channel Seven - Sydney)
30 September
- Studio 86 (ABC-TV)
- Filmstruck (ABC-TV)
2 October
- The Haunted School (ABC-TV)
14 October
- The Challenge (Nine Network)
20 October
- Sword of Honour (Channel Seven)
30 October
- The Movie Show (SBS)
10 November
- Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (Nine Network)
International Debuts[]
January 25
- Punky Brewster (1984-1988) (Seven Network/NBC/Columbia Pictures Television)
1987[]
Debuts[]
| Program | Network | Debut date |
|---|---|---|
| For Love or Money | ABC TV | 3 February |
| Hey Dad...! | Seven Network | 11 February |
| Rafferty's Rules | Seven Network | 12 February |
| Video Hits | Network Ten | 15 February |
| The Afternoon Show | ABC TV | 16 February |
| Willing and Abel | Nine Network | 18 February |
| Pot Luck | Network Ten | 23 February |
| Vietnam | Network Ten | 23 February |
| Camera Script | ABC TV | 6 April |
| The Dingo Principle | ABC TV | 6 April |
| Rage | ABC TV | 17 April |
| Night Shift | Network Ten | April |
| MTV | Nine Network | April |
| Fields of Fire | Nine Network | 14 June |
| Relative Merits | ABC TV | 15 June |
| Pals | ABC TV | 13 July |
| University Challenge | ABC TV | 1 September |
| Poor Man's Orange | Network Ten | 6 September |
| Ridgey Didge | Network Ten | 7 September |
| Burke's Backyard | Nine Network | 12 September |
| The Factory | ABC TV | 19 September |
| Kaboodle | ABC TV | 26 October |
| Nancy Wake | Seven Network | 4 November |
| Crossfire | Nine Network | 7 December |
| Rubbish | Nine Network | 19 December |
Internatioanl Debuts[]
February 14, 1987
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985-1986) (Network Ten/CBS/Columbia Pictures Television/DIC Enterprises)
November 27, 1987
- Life with Lucy (ABC/Aaron Spelling Productions/Nine Network)
- Misfits of Science (1985-1986) (Universal Television/Seven Network)
December 28
- The Cavanaughs (1986) (CBS/Paramount Television/ABC TV)
- The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986-1987) (ABC/Touchstone Television/Seven Network)
1988[]
Debuts[]
1989[]
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1990[]
Debuts[]
| Program | Network | Debut date |
|---|---|---|
| Agro's Cartoon Connection | Seven Network | 22 January |
| Saturday Disney | Seven Network | 27 January |
| Video Smash Hits | Seven Network | 27 January |
| The Super Sunday Show | Seven Network | 28 January |
| Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Seven Network | 29 January |
| Family and Friends | Nine Network | 7 February |
| Lateline | ABC TV | 13 February |
| Gardening Australia | ABC TV | 16 February |
| Facing Writers | ABC TV | 26 February |
| The C Company | Nine Network | 3 March |
| The Party Machine | ABC TV | 12 March |
| Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Video Show | Nine Network | 29 March |
| Robbo's World | Nine Network | 2 April |
| Skirts | Seven Network | 18 April |
| The Greatest Tune on Earth | Seven Network | 20 May |
| The Private War of Lucinda Smith | Nine Network | 20 May |
| Elly & Jools | Nine Network | 11 June |
| The Bugs Bunny Show | Nine Network | 18 June |
| More Winners | ABC TV | 1 July |
| Savage Indictment | ABC TV | 1 July |
| Flair | Seven Network | 1 August |
| Let the Blood Run Free | 10 TV Australia | 20 August |
| Johnson and Friends | ABC TV | 3 September |
| Embassy | ABC TV | 12 September |
September 27
- The Search for the World's Most Secret Animals (1990)
October 7
- Jackaroo (1990) (Seven Network)
October 30
- The Girl from Tomorrow (1990) (Nine Network)
Unknown
- Imparja National News (Imperja Television)
- In Brisbane Today
1991[]
Debuts[]
1992[]
Debuts[]
Monday July 20, 1992 - Friday December 14, 2001
- Bananas in Pyjamas (1992-2001) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ABC-TV)
1993[]
Debuts[]
1994[]
Debuts[]
1995[]
Debuts[]
January 31
- Time Trax (1993-1994) (Seven Network/Lorimar Television)
October 23
- Clarrisa Explains It All (1991-1994) (Nickelodeon Network)
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991) (Nickelodeon/ABC TV)
- Papa Beaver's Storytime (1993-2002) (Nickelodeon)
- Rugrats (1991-1994) (Nickelodeon/ABC TV)
- Baywatch (1989) (Fox8/Network Ten)
- Garfield and Friends (Nickelodeon/Network Ten)
- Gullah Gullah Island (1994-2000) (Nickelodeon Network)
- L.A. Law (Fox8/Network Ten)
- Nick Arcade (1992) (Nickelodeon Network)
- Rocko's Modern Life (1993) (Nickelodeon/ABC TV)
- The Simpsons (1989-Present) (Fox8/Network Ten)
Switching Networks[]
1996[]
Debuts[]
Domestic[]
Pacific Drive Nine Network 29 January
Water Rats Nine Network 12 February
Who Dares Wins Seven Network 14 February
Stateline ABC 16 February
Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion ABC 19 February
Naked: Stories of Men ABC 3 March
Time Masters Seven Network 1 April
Feral TV ABC 3 April
Good News Week ABC 19 April
April 20
- S'Cool Sport (ABC)
- Recovery (ABC)
- Sweat (Network Ten)
May 2
- Mercury (ABC)
Australian Story ABC 29 May
Crocadoo Nine Network 31 May
Where You Find the Ladybird Network Ten 1 July
Sun on the Stubble ABC 14 July
Animal Hospital Nine Network 30 July
The Silver Brumby Network Ten 3 August
August 4
- Friends (1994-2004) (Seven Network/Warner Bros. Television)
August 5
- The Music Shop (Network Ten)
September 1
- The Adventures of the Bush Patrol (Seven Network)
September 10
- Medivac (Network Ten)
December 2
- Twisted Tales (Nine Network)
December 16
- Bananas in Pyjamas: Singing Time (ABC)
Unknown
- In Pit Lane (C31 Melbourne)
- House Gang (SBS)
International[]
Subscription premieres[]
1997[]
Debuts[]
Domestic[]
International[]
January 30
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996-1997) (Seven Network/Cartoon Network/Hanna-Barbera Cartoons)
- Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia (1996) (Seven Network/BBC One)
- Fantomcat (1995-1996) (Network 10/ITV/Cosgrove Hall Films)
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996-1998) (Network Ten/Fox Kids/Amblin Television/Harveytoons/Universal Cartoon Studios)
February 2
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003) (Seven Network/ABC/Paramount Television)
February 3
- Amazing Grace (1995) (Seven Network/NBC Productions)
- A Mug's Game (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
February 4
- Beethoven (1994) (Network Ten/CBS/Universal Cartoon Studios)
February 6
- Dark Skies (1996-1997) (Nine Network/NBC/Columbia TriStar Television)
- The Pretender (1996-2000) (Nine Network/NBC/MTM Enterprises)
February 8
- Goosebumps (1995-1998) (Network Ten/Fox Kids)
- The Adventures of Sinbad (1996-1998) (Network 10/Global Television Network/All American Television/Alliance Atlantis)
February 10
- Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (1996-1997) (Seven Network/Walt Disney Television)
- Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (1995-1997) (Network Ten/E!/Big Ticket Television)
- Lightning Force (1991-1992) (Network Ten/Viacom Enterprises)
February 16
- Touched by an Angel (1994-2003) (Nine Network/CBS Productions)
February 19
- Something So Right (1996-1998) (Network Ten/NBC)
February 21
- Seahouse (ABC)
March 4
- Beavis and Butt-Head (1993-2011) (Network Ten/MTV Animations)
December 20
- South Park (SBS/Comedy Central)
- Robin (SBS)
December 23
- A Christmassy Ted (Nine Network)
December 26
- The Buddha of Suburbia (ABC)
December 28
- The Client (Nine Network)
- Crocodile Shoes II (Nine Network)
December 30
- Profit (Seven Network)
Unknown
- Masked Rider (Seven Network)
- Quack Pack (Seven Network)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995-`1997) (Nine Network/CBS/Morgan Creek Productions)
- Power Rangers Zeo (1996) (Seven Network/Fox Kids/Saban Entertainment)
- Space Strikers (Seven Network/UPN/Saban Entertainment)
- Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers (1996) (Seven Network/Fox Kids/Saban Entertainment)
- The Adventures of Mickey and Donald (Seven Network/Walt Disney Animation)
- Flash Gordon (1996-1997) (Seven Network/Hearst Entertainment)
- Superman: The Animated Series (Nine Network/Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics)
Switching Networks[]
1998[]
Debuts[]
Switching Networks[]
1999[]
Debuts[]
Sunday April 18, 1999
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999-2021) (Nine Network/Grundy Television/Celedor/2waytraffic/Sony Pictures Television)
2000[]
Debuts[]
Switching Networks[]
2001[]
Debuts[]
Switching Networks[]
2002[]
Debuts[]
Switching Networks[]
2003[]
Debuts[]
Switching Networks[]
2005[]
Debuts[]
Domestic[]
International[]
2009[]
Debuts[]
Domestic[]
International[]
December 7
- The Middle (Warner Bros. Television/Nine Network)
2011[]
Debuts[]
Domestic[]
International[]
September 27
- Charlie's Angels (2011) (American Broadcasting Company/Sony Pictures Television/Nine Network)